Match

St Kilda vs Collingwood

Commentary / 21 Mar 2024

Pre Game

00:00
The Magpies were outscored by 47 points from intercept possessions last round – their second-worst differential over the last three seasons.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:39
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
03:02
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
03:15
Jack Higgins kicks the Saints first goal of the match, he has kicked 123 across his career. 35 of those goals have been kicked at the MCG.
05:40
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
07:10
Collingwood has lost the contested possessions by five in the first quarter of each match this season. But they are leading the Saints early in this measure - leading the count 17-12.
09:10
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Patrick Lipinski)
10:55
Collingwood's kicking efficiency is at 81 per cent in the match so far compared to St.Kilda's 59. The Magpies are more effective inside the forward half with their efficiency 79 compared to 50 in this measure.
12:23
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Reef McInnes)
14:56
The Saints are on top in the clearances 7-3 - scoring 1.0 (6) from that source. Rowan Marshall has been dominant with four whilst Jack Steele has two.
17:13
Collingwood is applying more forward-half pressure than St.Kilda and has a pressure rating of 228 to 173 in that zone
28:00
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
29:05
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Liam Henry)
31:12
Saints Interchange - Zaine Cordy off due to an injury.
31:53
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Liam Henry)
32:06
St.Kilda has had a good spread of scores from all zones this evening - scoring from every zone apart from forward 50. They have a 100 per cent record of going inside 50 from centre bounces so far in the match as well
33:44
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Bradley Hill)
34:25
Magpies Interchange - Oleg Markov off due to the blood rule.
36:40
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
39:09
Billy Frampton has a career-high 9 disposals to quarter time. His previous best was seven in 2022 in Round 6 against the Western Bulldogs. He has the second most disposals on the ground with a disposal efficiency of 89 per cent.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:26
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
04:26
The Saints have been deadly from general play - scoring 5.0 (30) from that source and already have five individual goalkickers for the match.
05:59
After having a pressure factor in the forward half of only 167 in the first term, St.Kilda's pressure has soared to begin the second term (205). Tackling across the match is fairly even with sides locked at 15-15 and then the Saints posting a tackle efficiency of 56 per cent compared to the Magpies' 50.
07:38
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
08:20
Lachie Schultz kicks his first goal of the night, he averages 1.1 goals per game in his career, whilst when playing at the MCG it increases to 1.4.
11:15
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
13:28
Collingwood has had far quicker ball movement than St.Kilda through the corridor. They are playing on 30 per cent of the time from 10 marks, while the Saints are playing on just 17 per cent from six marks.
14:14
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
15:33
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
17:35
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Reef McInnes)
18:21
Saints Interchange - Bradley Hill off due to an injury.
19:50
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Patrick Lipinski)
20:41
The Pies have now kicked the last three goals of the game. All three have been generated from turnover. Lachie Schultz is leading the Magpies with pressure acts with a team-high seven in the second quarter.
23:29
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
23:46
The Magpies' forward half game has been on full display today - winning 17 attacking midfield intercepts to the Saints' eight. They have scored 6.2 (38) from that source to 2.0 (12).
24:50
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
28:01
The form of Nasiah Wangannen-Milkera has been a real positive to start the season for St.Kilda. He helped himself to a game-high 17 disposals at 88 disposal efficiency, 13 uncontested possessions and 256 metres gained.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:34
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
03:44
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
03:56
St.Kilda's defensive midfield ball movement has been strong this evening - with 20% of its defensive 50 chains resulting in a score compared to Collingwood who is yet to score from this source.
06:33
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
07:32
In the last 25 minutes, St.Kilda has scored 8.2 (50) to Collingwood's 4.3 (27) including the last three goals.
11:57
The first possession battle has been close - with St.Kilda edging the Magpies 25-17 and clearances are in its favour 19 - 16. The Saints have scored 1.1 (7) at stoppages whilst Collingwood 0.1 (1).
12:38
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
15:26
Saints Interchange - Liam Stocker off due to an injury.
15:44
Saints Interchange - Rowan Marshall off due to the blood rule.
16:47
Scott Pendlebury has averaged a career-high 21 per cent of game time as a defender this season. However this evening he has played 100 per cent as a midfielder accumulating 15 disposals. He averages 25.7 disposals per game in his 242 appearances at the MCG from his 385 AFL matches.
17:09
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
18:27
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
20:04
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
22:01
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
23:24
Collingwood has had the better of the ruck battle - winning the hitouts 30-5 and hitouts-to-advantage 10-3. However, the Saints have had 29-19 first possessions and are on top in the clearances 24-17.
24:28
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Darcy Wilson)
25:15
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Mitch Owens)
26:59
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
29:00
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
30:15
Jack Crisp had a team-high 8 disposals in the third quarter. Tonight he moves to 217 consecutive matches played, he is on track to move to 2nd on the all-time list on the King's Birthday match against Melbourne in Round 13.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:32
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Liam Henry)
01:27
Liam Henry kicks the first goal of the quarter to push out St.Kilda's lead to 26 points. In their previous four matches, the side who has led at three-quarter time has gone on to win the match, with an average margin of 19 points.
03:15
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Liam Henry)
03:24
Beau McCreery has applied a game-high 22 pressure acts so far in this match, with 17 of these coming in the forward half of the ground. He only has a tackle efficiency of 33% (1 tackle from 3 attempts).
04:04
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mattaes Phillipou)
04:48
Saints Interchange - Liam Henry off due to an injury.
05:40
After having a pressure rating of 171 across the first three quarters, Collingwood has dropped away to 126 so far in the fourth term.
07:19
Jack Steele has worked hard all evening, having a disposal efficiency of 91% from his 22 disposals. He averages 23.3 disposals per game across his career, which slightly increases to 23.8 when playing at the MC, whilst against Collingwood it is 22.9.
08:13
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
08:40
Jamie Elliott has a team-high three goals this evening. His career-high against St.Kilda is four, achieving this on two occasions in Round 11, 2014 and Round 3, 2015.
12:22
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
14:08
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
15:37
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
19:10
St.Kilda has had over half of their scores launched from defensive 50 this evening scoring 7.3 (45). While Collingwood's most effective zone has been attacking 50 with 5.1 (31).
20:26
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
22:03
Jack Higgins kicks his fourth goal of the match and a career-high against Collingwood. His previous best was two which he had achieved on five occasions and most recently in Round 5 last year.
23:49
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Mattaes Phillipou)
28:08
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
29:17
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Reef McInnes)
30:49
Josh Daicos had a strong match this evening with his equal third highest amount of handball-receives of 17 in a match in his career. His career-high is 20 which was against Geelong in Round 22 last year.
31:26
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
32:49
The siren has sounded to end Q4.