Match

Sydney Swans vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 13 Jul 2024

Pre Game

00:00

Since Round 13, North Melbourne have conceded scores from 41.9% of opponent's inside 50s, ranked first in the competition defensively.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:23

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)

01:35

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)

04:38

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)

05:07

Tom Papley converts Sydney's first goal, and it's from a defensive 50 intercept chain. The Swans average 16.2 score launches per game from intercepts in 2024, ranked first in the competition.

07:05

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)

09:06

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Joel Amartey)

10:05

Toby Pink slots North Melbourne's first goal of the match from a defensive midfield chain. 17.1% of North Melbourne's score launches have been from this zone in 2024, ranked 17th in the competition.

10:31

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Toby Pink)

15:24

The Swans lead the disposal count 72-43, contested possessions 23-20 and inside 50s 10-8, while clearances are level at 4-4.

17:45

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)

19:00

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)

21:12

The Swans lead the spoil count 13-2, and have taken 4-2 intercept marks.

23:49

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Taylor Adams)

26:36

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)

26:57

Logan McDonald has a game-high five score involvements, with two goals and one behind. He also has a team-high nine disposals, three marks and three inside 50s.

29:22

The Swans have the past four inside 50s of the match.

29:36

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)

29:40

The two teams are level in clearances 9-9, with 100% effectiveness. Sydney lead the contested possession count 37-34 and inside 50s 17-12, while North Melbourne lead ground ball gets 25-23.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:36

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)

02:34

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)

03:47

The Swans kick the first two goals of the second quarter from 2-0 inside 50s.

04:13

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)

07:04

The Swans have kicked 3.1 to 0.1 from stoppages, despite the Swans leading clearances by just 11-10.

10:08

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)

11:06

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)

12:23

The Swans have had 12-8 chains from attacking midfield, but they trail scores from this zone 1.1 to 2.1. Both teams have entered forward 50 seven times from these chains.

13:56

SCORE GOAL - Swans (James Jordon)

15:46

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Joel Amartey)

17:46

In the past five minutes, the Swans lead inside 50s 6-3, clearances 2-1, contested possessions 10-6, and ground ball gets 6-4.

18:09

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)

20:10

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Hayden McLean)

21:18

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)

21:55

The Swans lead the pressure factor 155 to 148 in this second term. The competition average is 181.

22:18

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Chad Warner)

23:34

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)

24:50

Chad Warner has a game-high nine score involvements, 311 metres gained, 14 disposals, four inside 50s, one goal assist and a scoreline of 2.1.

26:54

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Brodie Grundy)

28:14

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)

29:13

The Swans lead scores from defensive midfield 3.1 to 0.0, and scores from attacking midfield 3.1 to 0.1 for the second term.

32:44

The Swans have kicked eight of the last nine goals.

32:58

The Kangaroos trail attacking midfield intercept chains 10-13, but they lead scoring from this zone 2.1 to 1.2, with an inside 50 percentage rate of 70% to 62%.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:34

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)

02:56

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Joel Amartey)

03:47

A costly North Melbourne turnover leads to a Joel Amartey goal. The Swans lead scores from intercepts 5.7 to 4.3.

06:25

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)

06:57

Swans Interchange - Justin McInerney off due to an injury.

07:15

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)

08:52

Sydney have kicked 7.6 to 3.2 from set shots.

09:41

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)

10:01

Errol Gulden has a game-high seven disposals, 128 metres gained, two score involvements and two inside 50s.

11:25

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)

13:54

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)

14:01

North Melbourne lead clearances 4-3, contested possession 19-13, marks 12-9 and ground ball gets 13-8. However, they trail inside 50s 5-7 and have scored from only 40% of inside 50s as opposed to Sydney's 57%.

18:29

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)

21:31

After being substituted into the game, Luke Parker has recorded three of the past four clearances for the Swans.

22:32

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)

23:51

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)

26:47

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Taylor Adams)

27:57

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)

28:27

The Swans have scored 9.4 to 1.1 from stoppages for the match.

29:52

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Hayden McLean)

31:33

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)

32:17

Luke Parker converts his 200th career goal. He also has a game-high four tackles, four contested possessions, three clearances and three marks in the third term.

33:15

The Swans converted 59% to 33% of their 17-9 inside 50s into scores in the third term. Although Sydney only outscored the Kangaroos by 3.2 to 3.1 from intercepts, they scored 3.2 to 0.0 from stoppages.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

02:37

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Callum Mills)

04:29

The Swans convert their first goal of the final term from an attacking midfield chain. The Swans have scored 33.9% of their scores in 2024 from this zone, ranked first in the competition.

06:17

Swans Interchange - Jake Lloyd off due to an injury.

06:49

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)

09:03

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Joel Amartey)

10:12

The Swans have scored 5.2 to 0.0 from throw-ins today.

10:36

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)

13:05

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)

14:03

The Swans have kicked the last six goals of the match with six unique goal-kickers in this period.

15:42

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)

17:21

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Nick Blakey)

19:23

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)

20:28

Errol Gulden has a game-high eight disposals, 156 metres gained, three score involvements and three inside 50s in the final term.

25:09

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Hayden McLean)

25:33

The Swans lead the inside 50 count 62-37 and have a scores from inside 50 percentage of 50% to 32%.

26:47

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Eddie Ford)

30:00

The Kangaroos lead the contested possession count 38-25, ground ball gets 25-16 and effective clearances 8-7 in the final term.

30:16

Harry Sheezel had a team-high 29 disposals, seven contested possessions, five clearances, and two goal assists.