Match

Adelaide Crows vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 29 Jun 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Adelaide has won just two of their past nine matches played at the Adelaide Oval.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
01:35
Crows Interchange - Darcy Fogarty off due to an injury.
03:23
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
04:29
Adelaide has the early ascendancy in the territory contest, generating four of the first five inside 50s. The Crows have lost the inside 50 count in their last three matches.
08:16
Adelaide lead clearances seven to one with Izak Rankine leading the way with two. The Crows lost the clearances by 21 in their last match before their bye - their worst result of the season.
09:05
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
12:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
14:07
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
14:33
Both of Adelaide's goals have been scored by Ben Keays. the most recent coming following a mark inside 50. Keays' scoreboard impact had dropped away in recent matches, only managing one goal in his last three match.
18:15
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Isaac Cumming)
18:33
In his first game of the season, Isaac Cumming has kicked the first goal of the game for the Giants. Cumming scored a career-high six goals last season.
21:36
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
21:50
The Giants have increased their pressure, laying nine of the last 10 tackles. The Giants average 62.5 tackles per game this season - ranked fifth.
22:43
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
23:09
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brayden Cook)
23:58
Izak Rankine has been on fire for the Crows, winning a game-high nine disposals, three clearances, four inside 50s and five score involvements. The most score involvements by any Crow in a quarter this year is six (Harry Schoenberg v West Coast in Round 11).
24:34
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Josh Kelly)
27:12
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jake Riccardi)
27:18
Jake Ricciardi has taken a strong contested mark inside 50 for the Giants resulting in a goal to level the scores. The Giants have won 10 first quarters this season – the second-most in the AFL behind Brisbane (11).
29:53
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
29:58
The Giants scored the last four goals of the quarter to give them a six point advantage at the first break. Adelaide had 10 shots at goal in the first quarter for a poor return of two goals whereas the Giants scored four goals from their five shots at goal.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:30
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
02:45
The opening goal of the second quarter falls the Giants way, with Toby Greene scoring a goal directly from a forward 50 stoppage. The Giants average 7.5 points per game from forward 50 stoppages - ranked 12th.
04:08
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
08:32
The Crows have recorded the second-best scoring accuracy for the season (64%). They have only converted two of their 11 shots at goal tonight into a goal.
10:33
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
11:47
Izak Rankine has snapped the five-goal streak to the Giants following a clever mark inside 50. Rankine has finished goalless just once this season in 11 games – averaging a career-high 2.0 goals. He has also posted a career-high shot at goal accuracy of 57.9%.
12:19
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
13:59
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
15:01
The Crows have piled on three quick goals this term, with two of these goals being sourced directly from centre bounces. In the last four rounds, the Crows have lost the centre bounce clearances by nine per game – ranked last.
19:51
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
21:22
Adelaide has scored their fourth goal of the quarter from a stoppage, taking their total scores from this source tonight to 5.4 (34). The Crows average 29 points per game from this source this season - ranked fourth-last.
23:24
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
24:24
A significant concern for the Giants is their inability to convert their attacking 50 entries into scores. They have recorded a scores per inside 50 conversion of 23% - significantly lower than Adelaide's 60% conversion. Their lowest conversion this season is 32%.
25:13
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
26:00
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
27:25
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
29:22
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
31:34
Adelaide enters half time with the last seven goals of the match after conceding five consecutive goals prior to this run. The Crows scored 31 points from stoppages in the second quarter. Their best result in any quarter from stoppages over the last 10 seasons is 36 points.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:40
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
01:25
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
03:56
Adelaide has won the first three clearances of the second half. The Crows have scored from 22% of the clearances this season – ranked fourth-last. They have scored from 41% of their clearances tonight.
04:15
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Stephen Coniglio)
05:24
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
06:14
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
08:23
The Giants have not taken a mark inside 50 since the first quarter. The Giants average 13.6 marks inside 50 this season – ranked second to Brisbane.
09:06
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Josh Kelly)
09:27
GWS Giants have scored the opening goal of the second half to end a seven-goal streak for the Crows. The Giants conceded 10 goals in a row last round against the Swans for the first time since the 2019 Grand Final.
12:39
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
13:41
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
14:17
Adelaide was outscored by 26 points from intercept possessions by Sydney in its last game – its worst result at Adelaide Oval this season. They have outscored the Giants by 13 points from this source tonight.
17:27
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Callan Ward)
19:01
Adelaide has scored from four of their eight centre clearances. This has been an area of concern defensively for the Giants recently. In the last four rounds, the Giants have allowed their opponents to score from 42.9% of their centre bounce clearances – ranked last.
20:46
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Callum M. Brown)
21:55
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jake Riccardi)
22:37
The Giants have increased their pressure in the third quarter, recording a pressure rating of 199 for the term. Their pressure rating in the second quarter was 173.
25:52
After only winning seven disposals in the first half, Jordan Dawson has accumulated a quarter-high 10 disposals this term. He has also recorded his first score involvement for the match in this quarter. Dawson leads the Crows for unique score involvements this season with 89.
27:42
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Kieren Briggs)
28:03
The Giants reduced the half time margin by 10 points in the third quarter. The Giants only generated six shots at goal in the first half but increased this to nine shots at goal in the third quarter. The Crows could only generate one goal from their 17 inside 50s for the term.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:37
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Jake Riccardi)
01:47
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
02:11
Toby Greene has scored the important first goal of the final quarter sourced from a forward half turnover. The Giants average 28.6 points per game sourced from forward half turnovers – the fourth-best in the AFL.
04:23
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Sholl)
05:36
Adelaide leads forward 50 groundballs 21 to 13, with their most recent being won by Lachlan Sholl resulting in a goal. The Crows lead groundballs over the entire ground by 16.
06:14
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Kieren Briggs)
07:32
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
09:12
Mitchell Hinge has collected a team-high 28 disposals playing his regular role as a rebounding defender for the Crows tonight. Hinge's career-high disposals is 33 and he has only ever won 30 or more three times in his career.
09:46
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
10:55
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
14:22
GIANTS Interchange - Stephen Coniglio off due to an injury.
14:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
15:31
Adelaide has only scored one goal from defensive 50 launches tonight. The Crows have scored 18.4 points per game from defensive 50 chains this season – ranked second. It has also conceded 11.0 points per game via that source – ranked second defensively.
16:05
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Rushed)
17:25
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Billy Dowling)
18:37
The Crows have only scored over 100 points in one of their last 10 games played at the Adelaide Oval.
20:44
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Callan Ward)
22:01
Callan Ward has now scored two goals in consecutive matches for the first time as a Giant and his first time in his career since 2011. Ward has won 21 disposals tonight with an impressive 90% disposal efficiency.
26:10
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
26:36
The Giants have scored four goals from forward half intercepts this quarter after only scoring one goal from this source and zone in the first three quarters. The Giants lead forward half intercepts nine to two this term.
30:27
Adelaide's stoppage game was too strong for the Giants tonight. They led clearances 44 to 36 and scored 33 more points from this source.