Match

GWS Giants vs Carlton

Commentary / 06 Jul 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Carlton has outscored opponents by 191 points in the first 10 minutes of quarters – ranked second.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:53
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
02:45
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
04:12
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
06:07
Blues Interchange - Tom De Koning off due to an injury.
06:09
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
08:37
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
10:12
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
11:38
The Blues kicking efficiency is 73% in the match compared to the Giants' 61%. Carlton is more effective inside the forward half with an efficiency of 67% compared to 43%.
11:57
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
13:06
Carlton has had a good spread of scores from all zones this evening - scoring from every zone apart from defensive 50 and attacking midfield. They have a 67% record of going inside 50 from centre bounces so far in the match as well
15:54
Harry McKay has already equalled his career-high of goals in a match against GWS, he has achieved this feat within the first 12 minutes of the game. He has 15 goals from eight career matches when versing the Giants.
17:24
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Adam Cerra)
19:03
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Toby McMullin)
23:06
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Zac Williams)
23:38
GWS is applying more forward-half pressure than Carlton and has a pressure rating of 211 to 158 in that zone.
24:18
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Cottrell)
24:48
The Giants have had far quicker ball movement than Carlton through the corridor. They are playing on 43% of the time from seven marks, while Carlton is playing on just 25% from four marks.
25:14
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Zac Williams)
28:38
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
30:28
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Zac Williams)
32:22
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
33:20
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Darcy Jones)
34:27
The Giants have conceded 5.2 (32) from stoppages in the first quarter. This already surpasses their season average of conceding 31.7 per game.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:04
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
05:56
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Stephen Coniglio)
06:13
Blues Interchange - Jacob Weitering off due to an injury.
07:46
The Blues are on top in the clearances 21-9 - scoring 5.2 (32) from that source. Tom De Koning has been dominant with seven whilst Patrick Cripps has three.
08:48
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Callan Ward)
10:26
Carlton's defensive midfield movement has been strong this evening - with 40% of its chains resulting in a score compared to the Giants with 17%.
10:31
GIANTS Interchange - Tom Green off due to the blood rule.
11:43
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jake Riccardi)
15:04
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
15:21
GIANTS Interchange - Finn Callaghan off due to an injury.
16:13
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Orazio Fantasia)
18:16
GIANTS Interchange - Tom Green off due to the blood rule.
21:29
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Toby Bedford)
23:06
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
24:17
The Giants have dominated time in the forward half 70% to 30% this quarter and are leading inside 50's 12 -5. They have kicked 5.1 (31) to 2.0 (12) for the quarter.
25:54
Blues Interchange - Tom De Koning off due to the blood rule.
27:04
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Toby Bedford)
28:09
Carlton has won the uncontested possession count in first halves by 8.5 per game this season - ranked 5th. The Giants are dominating this measure leading the Blues by 26, this is a reason they have reduced the margin to eight after being behind by 33 points at quarter time.
31:10
Mitch McGovern is at his running and rebounding best so far tonight. McGovern has 276 metres gained from his seven disposals but is only kicking at 60% efficiency.
31:36
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
34:07
The Blues have been deadly from general play - scoring 4.2 (26) from that source and already have five individual goalkickers for the match.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:32
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
02:50
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Harvey Thomas)
04:42
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Stephen Coniglio)
06:48
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Tom Green)
08:17
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Finn Callaghan)
09:54
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
11:17
The GWS' forward half game has been on full display today - winning 11 attacking midfield intercepts to the Blues' six. They have scored 5.1 (31) from that source to 1.0 (6).
11:53
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Isaac Cumming)
12:32
The Giants has the last 11 scores of the match, kicking 8.3 (51) with Jesse Hogan kicking four goals straight in that time.
14:44
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Kennedy)
15:13
Elijah Hollands has applied a game-high 22 pressure acts so far in this match, with 11 of these coming in the forward half of the ground. He only has a tackle efficiency of 67% (four tackles from six attempts).
17:05
GIANTS Interchange - Jesse Hogan off due to an injury.
18:30
GWS has had over half of their scores launched from their forward half this evening scoring 8.2 (50). Carlton's most effective zone has been the defensive half with 4.1 (25).
20:37
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Isaac Cumming)
22:27
GWS has kicked seven goals straight from between 40 - 50 metres this evening. Heading into the match tonight their accuracy from this distance was 41.28%.
23:24
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
25:16
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Kennedy)
27:29
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Kieren Briggs)
28:51
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
32:27
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
33:23
The first possession battle has been close - with the Giants edging the Blues 41-32 - but the clearances are in Carlton's favour 34-32. GWS have scored 31.2% of their clearances compared to Carlton's 17.6%.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:33
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
06:03
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
06:19
Both teams are applying strong pressure so far in the match with GWS leading 213 to Carlton's 182. This is above the competition's season average of 182.
07:27
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
08:34
GWS has won the tackle count by 5.2 per game this season - ranked 5th. They have been strong this evening in that area - currently leading the count 63-53.
10:19
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Kennedy)
10:49
Jack Buckley is the only player on the ground to have played 100% of the match so far.
12:04
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
12:21
It has been an intriguing contest in the ruck this evening between Kieran Briggs and Tom De Koning with the clearance count favouring the Giants 30-24 when they have been rucking opponents. Briggs has had three more hitouts-to-advantage from their 62 ruck contests.
14:05
Connor Idun has worked hard all evening - hitting the target with all 21 disposals. He has a game-high nine intercept possessions and has had six score involvements as well.
15:31
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Callan Ward)
16:50
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
21:37
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Owies)
22:42
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Kennedy)
24:20
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Blake Acres)
29:38
Tom Green had a strong game for the Giants with 33 disposals, six clearances, eight scoring involvements, five tackles, 10 ground ball gets, 14 contested possessions and one goal.