Match

Collingwood vs Geelong Cats

Commentary / 12 Jul 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Since Round 12, Collingwood captain Darcy Moore has recorded 32 effective spoils, bettered only by Sydney's Tom McCartin who has 39 effective spoils to lead the AFL in this category in the same span.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:29
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Shaun Mannagh)
01:12
Geelong open the scoring in the opening minute with a goal off the back of a holding the ball free kick. The Cats have won 6.4 holding the ball free kicks per game since Round 12, the highest average of any side for this free kick type.
01:32
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Shannon Neale)
03:40
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Shannon Neale)
03:47
Geelong score their third goal from their third inside 50 entry and their 10th disposal of the match. The Cats have averaged 7.7 points per game before the 10 minute mark of the opening quarter, ranked sixth in the AFL.
06:55
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Patrick Lipinski)
07:07
Collingwood get on the scoreboard with their first goal of the match. All four goals in tonight's match have been sourced from stoppage clearances. The Magpies have been outscored by 10 points per game from this source since Round 12, the second-lowest average margin of any side.
13:29
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Joe Richards)
14:44
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
15:59
Since Geelong's last score, the Magpies have held the ascendancy in the contest, leading contested possessions 17-11 off the back of being first to the ball at ground level, notching 14 groundball-get's to Geelong's eight.
17:07
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gryan Miers)
17:34
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
18:22
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Joe Richards)
19:28
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brad Close)
20:29
Collingwood have found it a challenge to bring the ball out of their back half, kicking the ball at just 43% efficiency behind the halfway line. Their season average of 71.7% defensive half kicking efficiency ranks them third-last in the AFL in 2024.
21:14
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
22:23
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nathan Kreuger)
24:51
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
26:32
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Mark Blicavs)
27:02
After six straight goals to open the match, both sides have combined for eight behinds. Geelong rank third in the AFL in 2024 for scoring accuracy at 53%, while the Magpies rank ninth at 49%.
28:14
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
29:03
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
29:47
Jamie Elliott kicks a goal in his return to the senior side. The Magpies have outscored the Cats 14-1 from intercept possessions in the opening term. Steele Sidebottom has been the leader in this regard, as he is the only player on the ground with multiple intercept possessions (four).
32:06
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brad Close)
32:09
Since Round 12, Bradley Close had kicked eight goals from eight shots at goal, the highest streak of this kind in the AFL. His behind after the siren ends that streak.
32:11
Jeremy Cameron was held without a disposal for the first time in in any quarter in 2024. His primary matchup has been Isaac Quaynor, who has followed Cameron for just under 23 minutes of the first term and racked up three disposals of his own.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:33
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
02:02
Just like that, Jeremy Cameron records his first disposal of the match and finds the goals to open the scoring in the second term. His 57 goals scored against Collingwood since he entered the league in 2012 is the most of any player since then.
07:11
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
07:38
Cats Interchange - Shannon Neale off due to an injury.
10:39
Collingwood have conceded 31 points from stoppage clearance chains in tonight's match, including both of Jeremy Cameron's second-term goals. Since Round 12 they have conceded 39 points per game from this source, the second-highest average of any side.
11:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Joe Richards)
13:01
Nick Daicos has been awarded three free kicks in the second term, making him the leader for the match after not receiving a free for in the first term. Between Rounds 12 to 17, he led the league with 18 free kicks for.
17:20
After both teams failed to generate a pressure rating over 200 in the opening term, they have both passed this threshold to this point in the second term, with Collingwood leading the pressure factor 231-215.
18:39
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
20:32
Collingwood's ball use by hand in the second term has been excellent, finding a teammate from 86% of their handpasses. However their kicking efficiency has been well below average at just 48% in the quarter.
21:03
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
24:50
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
25:27
Jack Crisp kicks Collingwood's first set shot goal of the match. Just 46% of Collingwood's goals in 2024 have come from set shots, the lowest ratio of any side this year.
29:14
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
30:25
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
31:19
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
31:31
Geelong scored 75 points from intercept possessions last round against Hawthorn, the second-highest tally of any side for the weekend. However the Magpies have conceded just eight points to the Cats in the first half from this source.
33:03
Geelong's defensive unit did not allow any Collingwood forward to have a one-on-one marking contest in the first half. The Cats average 11 defensive one-on-one contests per game in 2024, ranked ninth in the AFL.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:04
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
02:57
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
04:15
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
05:10
Geelong get the first major of the second half through Jeremy Cameron and their second of the match from directly in front of the goal. By comparison, the Magpies have not scored a goal from the corridor in tonight's match.
06:09
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
10:40
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
12:59
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
15:08
Collingwood's effort in the contest has lifted in the third term and they have been rewarded with two goals to retake the lead. They lead the groundball-get count 16-9, and are even more dominant in their forward half in this metric (8-2).
18:25
Geelong's pressure rating has dropped dramatically in the third term, falling below average to 167 for the quarter. Meanwhile the Magpies pressure factor is comfortably above average at 1.91. No team has had a higher average pressure factor applied to them than Geelong in 2024, averaging out at 189.
20:35
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
22:53
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
25:40
After not allowing a one-on-one contest in the first half, the Cats have defended six one-on-one's this term, and not lost any of them. The Cats have lost 22.5% of their defensive one-on-one's in 2024, the second-best defensive record in the league.
26:24
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
28:25
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Oliver Dempsey)
29:12
Only two of Geelong's six clearances this term have been effective, however they record their fourth goal from a centre clearance for the match from their second effective clearance this quarter. The Cats have averaged 13 points per game from centre clearances in 2024, ranked fourth in the AFL.
31:42
Collingwood were able to dominate the contested phase of the third term, leading contested possessions 35-22 for the term, however the Cats were able to gain momentum in the second half of the quarter through uncontested chains, leading the uncontested possession count 75-40 off the back of 39-13 uncontested marks.

Quarter 4

00:00
Ollie Henry has replaced Shannon Neale as the tactical substitute.
01:22
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
02:06
Collingwood open the scoring in the final term through Steele Sidebottom. That is their fifth goal of the match scored from general play. The Magpies average 5.5 goals per game form general play, ranked third in the AFL this season.
03:27
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
05:36
Magpies Interchange - Lachie Schultz off due to an injury.
05:42
Cats Interchange - Tom Stewart off due to an injury.
05:59
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nathan Kreuger)
06:15
Tom Stewart comes off after a head-knock with Lachie Schultz, who also makes his way to the bench. Stewart has been influential in the early stages of the final term, recording all three of his team's clearances for the quarter.
07:20
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jack Bowes)
08:45
After recording 11 contested possessions in the first half, Nick Daicos has had just one such possession since. He's been followed for the majority of the match by Geelong's Tom Atkins who has held the disposal battle to 7-9 in Daicos' favour since the main break.
11:41
Reef McInnes has replaced Lachie Schultz (head) as the medical substitute.
11:48
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Shaun Mannagh)
11:53
Magpies Interchange - Bobby Hill off due to an injury.
13:07
Cats Interchange - Lawson Humphries off due to an injury.
13:13
Sam De Koning's influence on this game can not be understated. He has been beaten in the ruck contests when matched up against the Magpies number one ruck Darcy Cameron (4-22 hitout count in Cameron's favour) but when they have been matched up in the ruck, the Cats have won the clearance count 20-10 and goals from clearances 6-3.
14:13
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Oliver Henry)
18:55
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
19:20
Collingwood have held the Cats to just nine intercept marks in tonight's match, which is just over half of their season average of 17 which is the third-best of any side in 2024. Additionally, the Magpies have recorded 13 effective spoils to just two for Geelong.
23:45
Collingwood have gained almost 600 metres of territory in tonight's match by handball, compared to the Cats 211 handball metres gained. The Magpies average 429 metres gained per game from handpasses, ranked second in the AFL, with the Cats not far behind in fourth at 336 metres per game.
24:59
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
25:38
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
28:03
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
28:17
Darcy Cameron gets a late consolation goal in the final minute but the Cats have controlled the tempo of the final term, outperforming the Magpies when using the ball by foot (82-61 per cent kicking efficiency) and accordingly doubling their opponents in the uncontested mark tally 40-18.
29:49
After dominating via the intercept possession game last weekend, the Cats flexibility to win this game via their conversion of clearance to score in tonight's match was very impressive, particularly from centre bounce clearances (16-6, four goals to one from this source).