Match

North Melbourne vs Collingwood

Commentary / 16 Jun 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Collingwood has won seven of their last 10 games, having drawn two and losing one. Their only has come at Marvel Stadium, which saw them lose by 18 points against the Bulldogs.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:07
Nick Daicos wins the first centre clearance of the day for Collingwood. The Magpies average a centre clearance differential of 1.8 this season - ranked second behind Fremantle.
01:06
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
01:10
Bobby Hill slots the first goal of the game after going goalless last week. This goal was launched from a centre bounce, which only generates 10.5 points on average for the Magpies this year - ranked 14th.
02:43
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
03:50
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
04:09
Nick Larkey kicks off the scoring for North Melbourne. He has booted five goals in each of his last two games against the Magpies.
06:29
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
06:30
The Kangaroos have started off the game having five of the first six inside 50s. Of those entries Nick Larkey has been targeted three times already, taken two forward 50 marks and converted two goals.
08:17
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)
08:25
The North Melbourne midfield brutes have started this game on fire, with George Wardlaw collecting six disposals as well as being involved in all four of North Melbourne's scores, as well as Luke Davies-Uniacke collecting five disposals of which all have been effective.
12:52
Inside the first 10 minutes, the Kangaroos had seven inside 50s and the Magpies only managed one entry. North Melbourne has only had one game this season where they have had more inside 50s in the first 10 minutes of the game, whereas Collingwood has only had one game this season where they have had one entry in this time.
13:44
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
15:32
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
17:09
When the ball has been in contention, the Kangaroos have been stronger, winning 10 more contested possessions and 11 more groundball gets. North Melbourne ranks last for the differential in both of these measures this season.
17:49
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (George Wardlaw)
19:18
George Wardlaw kicks his first goal of the day, making it North Melbourne's highest-scoring first quarter this year. This becomes his eleventh disposal of the match - his equal-most in a quarter in his career.
21:40
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Harry Sheezel)
24:08
The Magpies have struggled to get their hands on the ball so far. They have only collected 49 disposals as a team - 40 fewer than the Kangaroos. Their lowest amount of disposals in a quarter in the last three seasons is 57.
24:22
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Billy Frampton)
27:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)
27:17
The Magpies have won the first quarter in each of their last five games. Of the five games where they have been trailing at quarter-time, they have only won two.
29:09
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
29:47
North Melbourne booted eight goals in a row last round – the first time they have achieved that feat since 2019. They have kicked the last eight goals of this match.
30:42
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
30:43
A late goal from Lachie Schultz claws back the margin to 35 points but otherwise, a quarter to forget for Collingwood. They haven't been able to get their hands on the Sherrin, collecting 51 fewer disposals, as well as not being able to get any territory, having only 39% of the quarter played in their forward half.
30:49
A magnificent quarter of football from the Kangaroos sees them in front by 35 points at the first change. They have dominated all facets of the game, but in particular, they have been lethal from turnovers. Five of their eight goals have come from forward-half intercepts.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:30
The pressure being applied from the Kangaroos has been immense as they are registering a pressure factor of 205. The Kangaroos had a pressure factor of 200 last week against West Coast – its highest over the last four years.
04:38
Collingwood has only had one repeat entry today. The last four weeks have seen them only average 10.7 per game - ranked 17th in this time, after averaging 19.2 and ranking second for this measure from Rounds 7-10.
05:30
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
05:41
Jack Crisp kicks the first goal of the second term. He has been a shining light for the Magpies so far, collecting eight disposals, 192 metres gained and two clearances.
07:37
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
08:16
A run of three goals for the Magpies sees them slowly claw back the margin to 23 points. Both of their goals this term have come from defensive-half stoppages. Collingwood normally scores from 8.4% of their clearances in this zone this season - ranked 17th.
09:39
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
10:53
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
13:29
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
13:41
Lachie Schultz slots his second of the match, with his goal coming from a corridor entry. Despite the Magpies having nine fewer inside 50s, both teams have had seven inside 50s come from the corridor.
13:52
Magpies Interchange - Lachie Schultz off due to an injury.
16:46
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Bailey Scott)
17:43
Bailey Scott scores a goal from outside 50 metres. North Melbourne's scores have come from a wide spread of positions, with five goals coming from within 30 metres, as well as five goals coming from further than 30 metres from goal.
18:47
Magpies Interchange - Jeremy Howe off due to an injury.
20:57
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tristan Xerri)
21:22
North Melbourne has kicked 9.1 (57) from set shots today. They have the third-best set shot accuracy in the league, scoring a goal from 59% of their set shots.
24:25
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
26:32
North Melbourne has had a clear motive to control the ball this term, collecting 17 more uncontested marks in comparison to the Magpies. Collingwood has only taken eight uncontested marks in the second term - they have averaged 11.1 fewer uncontested marks than their opponents this season - ranked 16th for uncontested marks differential.
27:01
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tristan Xerri)
29:16
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Harry Sheezel)
29:47
Harry Sheezel converts his second of the match to stretch the lead out to a game-high 42 points. The Magpies have led on the scoreboard in 81% of games against teams outside the top-eight – the highest percentage in the AFL. Today, they have trailed for 95% of game time.
31:43
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
34:23
A disappointing half of footy for the Magpies. Only the 13 points from turnovers - inside their lowest 10 turnovers scores in a half in the past three seasons. They allowed the Kangaroos to take 58 uncontested marks - their third most conceded since the beginning of the 2023 season, as well as only taking 18 themselves - their second-fewest since the start of 2022.
34:38
North Melbourne leads by 48 points against last season's premiers after kicking a whopping 86 points - their biggest first half since 2013. They have been on top in all key measures, with the standouts being contested possessions (82-66), marks (66-25) and scores from turnovers (61-13).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:57
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
00:59
North Melbourne starts the second half with another goal from a mark. They have now taken 13 forward 50 marks (they average 9.1 - ranked 18th) as well as scoring 11.1 (67) from marks today.
02:59
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Reef McInnes)
03:18
Reef McInnes makes an instant impact with a goal from a free kick after being subbed on. The Magpies have scored three goals from free kicks today after only scoring two goals from this source in the past four weeks.
05:34
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
06:18
Lachie Schultz's third goal was launched from Collingwood's defensive midfield, which is their third from this zone today. The Magpies rank 15th for scores launched from defensive midfield this season after ranking first for scores launched from this zone in 2023.
07:39
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Will Phillips)
09:10
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
11:20
Only 25% of Collingwood's rebounds have found an uncontested possession today. Since Round 9, they find an uncontested possession from 35.7% of their rebounds - ranked 5th in that time.
11:42
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Lachlan Sullivan)
13:07
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
15:21
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
15:28
Despite spending 64 minutes of this game on Will Phillips, Nick Daicos has still been able to impact this contest. He has collected 14 disposals, of which 10 were won in a contested manner, four clearances and a goal.
17:42
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
18:13
The Magpies have flipped the switch in this quarter, with them now being able to be threatening from their turnovers. They are gaining 72 metres on average from their intercepts, as well as restricting the Kangaroos to gain just 20 metres on average from their turnovers. Three of their four goals for the quarter have also come from turnovers.
19:54
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Toby Pink)
20:33
Toby Pink strikes to bring the Kangaroos' tally to 104 - the first time for the year they have been able to kick over 100 points in a game.
21:15
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Curtis Taylor)
23:01
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
24:16
Collingwood's pressure has lifted this term, as they have registered a pressure factor of 205 in the third quarter. In contrast, they registered a pressure factor of 173 in the first half.
25:37
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Nathan Kreuger)
25:48
Nathan Kreuger strikes his first goal of the match with his second kick. He finished with 11 disposals, three marks inside 50, three score assists, and three goals last round in his first match since Round 7 last year.
29:00
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nathan Kreuger)
29:08
North Melbourne has had 10 individual goalkickers today - their most in a game since Round 12, 2023.
30:36
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
32:47
The Kangaroos were able to win the clearance ledger by two, but they were lethal in capitalising on their clearances with all four of their goals sourcing from stoppage (two from centre bounce and two from ball ups). Both goals from centre clearances for the Kangaroos in the third term were launched by Will Phillips.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:42
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
01:24
Collingwood has only won one of four games this season where they have been trailing at halftime. North Melbourne has won the only game where they have had the lead going into the final quarter.
03:15
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
03:57
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Harvey Harrison)
04:22
Harvey Harrison's goal becomes the first goal today launched from a kick-in. The Magpies rank 10th for scores from kick-ins percentage after ranking 15th for this measure last season.
07:46
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
08:07
The second half has seen Collingwood take six forward 50 marks and score 3.1 (19) from this source, in comparison to them only taking two forward 50 marks and scoring 2.0 (12) in the first half.
09:17
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Beau McCreery)
09:52
The Magpies are surging as they cull the margin down to just 13 points. They have had five more inside 50s this term and have scored a goal from 43% of their entries.
13:36
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
14:03
Collingwood has been lethal from getting shallow inside 50s. They have had 25 entries land more than 30 metres from goal, and have scored 9.3 (57) from those entres. On the flipside, the Kangaroos have had 20 entries land from more than 30 out and have scored 5.0 (30).
16:33
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
16:43
Bobby Hill kicks his fourth of the game to close the gap to just one goal. The Magpies have been allowed to move the ball from their defensive 50 this quarter, launching three inside 50s from five defensive 50 chains, with two of those resulting in goals.
18:38
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nathan Kreuger)
19:08
North Melbourne's pressure factor has dropped to 163 this term, with Collingwood registering a pressure factor of 194. Collingwood ranks 5th for fourth quarter pressure factor, whereas the Kangaroos rank 16th.
21:31
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jeremy Howe)
21:38
A margin that once felt out of reach has been overturned with six minutes remaining. The Magpies have kicked 5.3 (33) to North Melbourne's singular point. Two of Nick Daicos' kicks inside 50 have resulted in goals this term.
24:09
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brynn Teakle)
24:38
Brynn Teakle kicks a goal on his North Melbourne debut to regain the lead. The Kangaroos had conceded the last five inside 50s of the match prior to this goal.
26:15
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jeremy Howe)
27:25
Collingwood capitalise on Zac Fisher's rebounding turnover. In the first half, the Kangaroos were able to find an uncontested possession from 67% of their rebounds. In the second half, they have found an uncontested possession from 6% of their rebounds.
32:24
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Zac Fisher)
32:44
The Magpies overcome a 54-point deficit to win the game by one point after a 40-point last quarter. Nine of their 11 second-half goals came from intercepts. A virtuoso performance from Nick Daicos saw him collect 29 disposals, of which 18 were won in a contested manner, 490 metres gained and two goals. Bobby Hill kicked three goals in the last term was enormous as he finished with five for the day.