Match

Adelaide Crows vs Melbourne

Commentary / 04 Apr 2024

Pre Game

00:00
49.2% of Melbourne's score has been recorded from clearances - the highest percentage in the league.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:55
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harrison Petty)
05:38
The pressure is high from both teams to start the game with Melbourne recording a pressure factor of 247 compared to 190 for the Crows. The AFL average is 180.
05:57
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
07:36
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
07:45
After conceding three of the first four clearances of the game, the Crows have won the last four clearances.
10:39
Judd McVee has won three intercept possessions - no other Melbourne player has won more than one.
13:59
Melbourne has the early advantage in general play, winning seven more post-clearance contested possessions but only converting this into five more uncontested possessions.
14:50
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
15:23
The Crows have generated five forward half intercepts with Izak Rankine scoring Adelaide's first goal from this source.
16:19
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
16:59
Crows Interchange - Darcy Fogarty off due to an injury.
17:26
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
17:38
The Demons go coast-to-coast from the kick-in to score their second goal. Entering the game, Melbourne has generated an inside 50 from 14.8% of its kick-ins - ranked 17th.
20:16
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
20:31
The Crows have won six more clearances but only scored 0.4 (4) from the source.
23:28
Steven May has taken three contested intercept marks for the Demons - no other Melbourne player has taken more than one intercept mark.
25:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
30:26
The Crows have recorded the last eight inside 50s of the game and lead the overall count by 11.
31:30
Adelaide generated 10 forward half intercepts to Melbourne's three, outscoring the Demons 2.1 (13) to 0.0 (0).

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:15
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
02:42
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Tom Sparrow)
03:25
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Billings)
03:38
78% of play to start the second quarter has occurred in Melbourne's forward half with the Crows only recording four disposals in their forward half.
04:29
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kade Chandler)
05:00
The Crows have struggled to transition the ball with none of Adelaide's 12 defensive 50 chains being converted into an inside 50.
06:21
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
08:35
Melbourne has won the last six clearances of the game - the Demons lost the clearance count by seven in the first quarter.
09:23
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
09:37
Christian Petracca has had a strong start to the second quarter with a team-high five disposals, two clearances, and 163 metres gained.
12:07
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
14:59
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Laird)
15:17
Adelaide scores its first goal from a clearance in two weeks. Across last week and the start of this game, the Crows had scored eight points from clearances - all behinds.
18:10
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Matt Crouch)
18:33
After conceding seven straight clearances, the Crows have won five of the last seven clearances of the game.
19:31
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Harrison Petty)
20:54
Both teams have struggled to use the ball in their forward half, with Adelaide recording a kicking efficiency of 48% in this zone compared to 52% for the Demons.
22:53
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kade Chandler)
24:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Chris Burgess)
26:01
After recording a pressure factor of 172 in the first quarter, Adelaide's pressure has increased to 201 this quarter.
26:31
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
26:43
Melbourne has scored 2.2 (14) from intercepts this quarter after failing to score from the source in the first quarter.
27:51
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Billings)
29:56
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
30:23
The Demons have generated an inside 50 from 21% of chains starting in their defensive 50, scoring 2.1 (13).
31:23
Adelaide has won four more clearances when Reilly O'Brien has been against Max Gawn in the ruck but has only scored 0.5 (5) compared to 2.4 (16) for the Demons.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:37
That is four goals in a row for the Demons and they have a game-high 23-point lead. All four goals have been scored from intercept possessions, including two from forward half intercepts.
04:48
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
05:37
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
07:11
Adelaide score their fourth game of the game and their first from a chain starting in their defensive half.
08:58
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Harrison Petty)
09:21
Both teams have struggled to score from centre bounce clearances with Adelaide scoring two points from eight chains and the Demons scoring two points from four chains.
10:50
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
11:06
Melbourne has scored 3.5 (23) to Adelaide's 1.7 (13) from clearances despite winning five less clearances.
14:26
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
14:36
The Demons have scored 6.2 (38) from set shots, including 3.2 (20) from shots taken beyond 40 metres of goal.
15:40
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Viney)
15:45
Chris Burgess has been subbed out of the game and replaced by Sam Berry.
18:01
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
18:21
Adelaide has transitioned the ball well this quarter with 43% of its defensive 50 chains resulting in an inside 50. In the first half, only 15% of defensive 50 chains went inside 50.
21:57
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
23:53
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
24:07
The Crows through Darcy Fogarty score the first goal of the game from a centre bounce clearance for either team. Before this, the teams had combined for five points from the source.
25:44
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
26:58
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jordan Dawson)
29:32
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Billings)
29:47
10 different Melbourne players have taken an intercept mark, led by Steven May and Tom McDonald with three apiece.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:40
Crows Interchange - Patrick Parnell off due to an injury.
01:52
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
02:39
After losing the contested possession count by five in the first quarter, the Demons have won 16 more contested possessions since quarter-time.
02:59
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
04:14
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Harrison Petty)
06:00
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Alex Neal-Bullen)
07:31
The pressure has increased this quarter with the Demons recording a pressure factor of 225 to Adelaide's 199.
09:56
The Crows have taken 13 marks this quarter - 11 have come in their defensive half.
10:08
Crows Interchange - Jordon Butts off due to an injury.
11:53
Jake Lever has taken three intercept marks this quarter and has a game-high five overall. The Demons have taken 19 intercept marks to Adelaide's eight.
12:51
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jordan Dawson)
13:33
Ben Brown has been subbed out of the game and replaced by Taj Woewodin.
14:13
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brayden Cook)
14:23
The Crows have registered the last five inside 50s of the game after conceding the previous four entries before that. Adelaide has recorded four more inside 50s this quarter.
17:01
Three goals in a row and the Crows have reduced the margin to 15 points. Adelaide has scored both goals this quarter from turnovers.
18:39
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
19:57
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
20:27
57% of the play this quarter has occurred in Adelaide's forward half with the Crows recording eight of the last 10 inside 50s.
21:28
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Clayton Oliver)
22:31
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Alex Neal-Bullen)
23:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
25:44
Melbourne has won the last four clearances of the game with the last three being won by Christian Petracca.
26:49
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
28:55
Jake Soligo finished among the best for Adelaide, amassing 27 disposals, 14 contested possessions, eight tackles, and seven clearances.