Match

Brisbane Lions vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 07 Jul 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Brisbane has lost just one of its last 27 matches against non-Victorian teams at the Gabba – with an average winning margin of 37 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:12
The Crows kick off the game with the first centre clearance. They rank last for centre clearance differential since Round 12, averaging 6.5 fewer than their opponents in this time.
01:27
Mark Keane begins his game with an intercept mark from Brisbane's first inside 50. He is fourth in the competition for intercept possessions since Round 8 – averaging 8.5 per game.
02:23
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
03:28
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
03:38
Cam Rayner opens the scoring for the Lions with a goal from within 15 metres of goal. The Lions have kicked 47 goals from shots within 15 metres of goal – the most of any side.
05:42
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
06:13
Cam Rayner slots the first two goals of the game, with both coming from turnovers. Brisbane averages nine more points than their opponent from turnover - the fourth best differential in the league this season.
07:57
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lachie Neale)
08:08
Lachie Neale has been on fire to start, collecting five disposals, of which two have been won in a contested manner, as well as a goal.
11:56
The Lions have had nine of the last 11 entries and have been able to retain 67% of those. On the flipside, Adelaide hasn't been able to retain any of their entries thus far.
15:03
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brayden Cook)
15:47
Josh Dunkley has racked up early, already having nine disposals, four contested possessions, 103 metres gained and three marks. In Round 16, he became the first player to have 10 or more kicks, handballs, marks, tackles, contested possessions, and score involvements in a game.
16:46
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
17:46
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
17:56
Against his former side, Ben Keays converts Adelaide's first goal of the game. This goal was launched from a kick-in, which sees the Crows score 4.5 points from on average - ranked seventh.
19:24
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
20:01
Both teams' first two goals have been from the same player, with Adelaide's first two coming from Ben Keays. He has kicked multiple goals in six games this season.
22:36
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lachie Neale)
23:01
Lachie Neale equals his season-high goal tally of two goals to add to his already impressive performance. His career-high goal tally in a game is four, which came back in 2017 against Melbourne.
24:21
Adelaide has thrown themselves back into the contest, leading the groundball count by four after trailing in the first 10 minutes. Adelaide was plus-21 in groundball-gets against the Giants in Round 16 – its best groundball get differential since Round 15, 2023.
27:11
Crows Interchange - Izak Rankine off due to the blood rule.
28:12
Lions Interchange - Brandon Starcevich off due to an injury.
28:38
Jordan Dawson with just his first disposal of the game late in the first term. He has had fewer than 20 disposals in two of his last four games.
29:40
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
32:08
Three of Brisbane's four goals have come from forward-half intercepts. They are averaging 27.5 points from this source this season - ranked sixth.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:40
The pressure has been low, with the match having a pressure factor of 172 (the AFL average is 181). The Crows have been involved in the equal-third highest pressure games on average this season, whilst the Lions have been involved in the equal-fifth lowest pressure games on average.
03:33
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
05:36
The Lions have had a clear motive to move the ball through marks, taking 12 more marks and gaining 327 more mark metres in comparison to Adelaide.
06:10
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lachie Neale)
10:31
Brisbane has started the quarter with four unanswered inside 50s, as well as a time in forward half of 69%. The Lions have lost the time in forward half differential just once this season and have won that measure by eight minutes and nine seconds per game – ranked No.1.
11:02
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
11:55
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
14:35
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
14:51
Taylor Walker culls the margin to eight points with Adelaide's first goal from a mark. From rounds 1-6, the Crows averaged the second lowest portion of scores from marks, but from Round 7 onwards, 48.6% of their scores have come from marks - the highest portion in this time.
16:44
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Kai Lohmann)
18:02
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Josh Dunkley)
18:26
It has been midfield dominance from the Lions, with Josh Dunkley and Lachie Neale combing for 38 disposals and four goals, while Jordan Dawson and Rory Laird have 15 disposals and no goals between them.
19:46
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
19:56
Eric Hipwood kicks his first of the game to add to his goal tally of recent weeks. From Rounds 13-16, he has kicked 14 goals - the most in the league in this time frame.
21:34
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
24:18
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
24:41
The Crows were able to hold off the brunt from the Lions, but Brisbane has been able to get on top, having seven of the last eight inside 50s and five of the last six clearances.
26:17
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
26:46
Izak Rankine shushes the boos and strikes from a difficult angle to keep the Crows in it. He was instrumental last week, collecting 27 disposals, six clearances and two goals.
27:27
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)
30:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
32:10
Despite having four fewer inside 50s, the Crows were able to take one more inside 50 mark, as well as being able to directly find a mark from 38% of their entries in comparison to none from the Lions in the second term.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:38
Brisbane has won seven of the nine games where they have been leading at halftime, while the Crows have only won one of their eight games when they have been trailing at the main break.
03:25
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Kai Lohmann)
04:14
Over the last four weeks, the Crows have conceded a score from just 40% of their opponents inside 50s – ranked No.1 defensively. Tonight, they have conceded a score from 50% of Brisbane's inside 50s.
06:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Max Michalanney)
08:00
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitchell Hinge)
09:40
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
10:24
Elliot Himmelberg has been targeted three times inside 50 today, has taken three inside 50 marks and had four shots on goal for a result of 2.1 (13).
10:48
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
12:23
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jake Soligo)
13:04
The Crows have been lethal with their ball movement from their defensive 50. Three of their four chains from this zone have resulted in inside 50s as well as resulting in a score of 1.1 (17) already this term. They have launched 4.1 (25) for the game from this zone compared to Brisbane's 0.1 (1).
17:43
Mitchell Hinge has had 30 or more disposals in three out of his last four matches – he had only done it once in his previous 54 career matches. He has only had nine disposals thus far.
17:54
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
21:18
Adelaide has scored from 40% of their chains in the third term - well above their output of 16% in the first half.
21:26
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Logan Morris)
25:02
31% of Reilly O'Brien's hitouts have been to the advantage of a teammate compared to 19% of Oscar McInerney's. O'Brien ranks third for hitout-to-advantage percentage this season (minimum 10 games).
25:06
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Will Ashcroft)
28:22
The Lions have scored the last three goals of the match. This season, third quarters have been the lowest scoring quarter for Brisbane, scoring just 19.7 points on average - ranked equal-fifth last.
30:54
Crows Interchange - Mitchell Hinge off due to an injury.
31:05
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
31:26
A career-high four goals for Ben Keays in what has been a stellar performance sees the margin culled to 20 points. He has been involved in a game-high seven scoring chains tonight.
33:21
Adelaide's pressure was through the roof, with them outtackling the Lions by nine and having a pressure factor that was 38 more than Brisbane. The Crows rank fifth for pressure factor over the last three rounds.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:04
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
04:20
Taylor Walker has kicked multiple goals in all 10 matches he has played at the Gabba. He has only kicked one goal so far tonight.
04:46
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
07:33
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Oscar McInerney)
08:12
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
08:19
Charlie Cameron averages 2.9 goals per game over seven matches against his former club Adelaide – his highest average against any opponent.
09:35
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
10:17
The Crows are disposing of the ball at 56% by foot in this term. They average a kick efficiency of 73.9% - ranked fifth this season.
10:39
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
12:03
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
14:07
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Zac Taylor)
15:20
Adelaide has wanted to move the ball by hand tonight, having a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.42 as well as having 33 more handball receives in comparison to Brisbane. The Crows have also been able to gain 310 more metres from handball receives tonight.
16:17
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Ryan Lester)
17:05
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
19:32
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
20:48
Charlie Cameron is found with a mark inside 50 to stretch the margin out to 23 points. The Lions have only found a mark from 17% of their inside 50s tonight, when over the last month they have found a mark 26% of the time - ranked second in this period.
22:10
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Josh Dunkley)
24:04
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
24:09
Darcy Fogarty is one of just six players in the competition with 25-plus goals and 15-plus score assists this season. He has kicked one goal and had one goal assist tonight.
25:15
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
25:29
Two goals in quick succession to make the margin 12 points with just under five minutes left on the clock. Both of these goals have come from contested marks inside 50. Darcy Fogarty has now taken the sixth most contested marks inside 50 this season.
26:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
32:10
Adelaide trailed for the entire match but gave Brisbane a scare late in the piece. The Crows scored 54 points from clearance chains in Round 16 – the most of any team for the round, but were only able to score 27 points from this source tonight. Ben Keays stepped up against his former side, slotting four goals and being involved in seven scores.