Match

Adelaide Crows vs Hawthorn

Commentary / 28 Jul 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Hawthorn has lost seven of its last nine matches at Adelaide Oval by an average margin of 23 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:13
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
01:29
Luke Breust slots the opener for the Hawks, with his goal coming from the forward 50 zone. They are only scoring 12.3 points from this zone on average this season - ranked fourth-last.
03:33
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
04:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
05:24
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
05:45
A second goal for Luke Breust, with this goal coming from a defensive 50 chain. The Hawks only score 10.1 points launched from this zone on average - ranked last.
08:15
The Crows have had the last four clearances of the match. Adelaide ranks inside the bottom six for clearance differential this year.
08:43
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
10:28
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Connor Macdonald)
11:00
Connor Macdonald has kicked a goal 40% of the time he has been targeted inside 50 – the highest percentage for any player with more than 20 targets in the AFL.
12:11
Jake Soligo has averaged just 19.7 disposals over his last six matches after averaging 25.2 disposals over his 10 games before that. He has started today with a game-high six disposals, of which three have been won in a contested manner, two clearances and five pressure acts.
13:08
Taylor Walker kicks the first two goals for the Crows. Both of Adelaide's goals have been generated from defensive-half intercepts. This has not been a fruitful source of scores for the Crows since Round 14, averaging just 12.8 scores from this source - ranked last in this time.
15:29
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Nick Watson)
16:50
Hawthorn's accuracy by foot has been phenomenal to start, as they are registering a kicking efficiency of 90%. They have had 21 kicks of which only two have been ineffective. Karl Amon leads the way with three effective kicks so far.
17:13
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
18:58
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Dylan Moore)
19:05
Dylan Moore kicks his first major of the day. He finished with 27 disposals, 10 contested possessions, and booted five goals when these teams met in Round 12 this season.
21:39
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
21:58
Adelaide has been stronger on the inside, collecting seven more contested possessions, and has been able to effectively get the ball to the outside, having seven more uncontested possessions.
22:19
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
22:50
The inform Ben Keays continues to impress as he slots through another for the Crows. He became just the third Adelaide player to have 20-plus disposals, five-plus tackles, and boot five or more goals in a match.
23:55
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
24:10
All four of Adelaide's goals have come from possession gains. Since Round 6, the Crows have scored the sixth most points from turnovers on average.
27:01
Will Day has been influential so far, amassing team-highs with seven disposals, four contested possessions, three clearances and 253 metres gained.
30:26
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
30:53
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
32:09
Since Round 16, the Hawks have conceded 18 points per game from the opponent’s defensive half chains – ranked No.1 defensively, although they have conceded 18 points so far from this source this afternoon.
32:49
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
35:19
Adelaide has owned territory, having 65% of the quarter spent in their forward half, as well as winning the inside 50 count by five. They have found four marks inside 50 in comparison to Hawthorn's one, but there accuracy in front of goal has kept them from having a bigger lead.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:45
Adelaide's pressure has been electric, registering a pressure factor of 198 compared to Hawthorn's 180. The AFL average is 182.
01:48
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Nick Watson)
03:58
Jack Ginnivan finished with 31 disposals and 11 contested possessions – both career-highs – as well as two goals against his old side in Round 19. He has only had one disposal so far after spending the majority of today on Hugh Bond.
09:48
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jai Newcombe)
10:17
Hawthorn is yet to score a goal generated from the midfield zone. Normally they score 58 points launched from this zone - ranked third in the competition.
11:38
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
12:35
The Crows capitalise on their limited centre bounce opportunities with a goal from their third centre clearance. Since round 16, Adelaide has scored 14 points on average from centre clearances - ranked third in this period.
16:16
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Calsher Dear)
17:07
The Hawks regain the lead, with his goal coming from a snap. Hawthorn has scored the four-least amount of goals from snaps this season, scoring 42 goals from this type of shot.
19:13
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Will Day)
20:40
When the ball has left the stoppage zone, the Crows have been stronger on the ground, winning seven more post-clearance groundball-gets compared to Hawthorn. The Hawks have a post-clearance groundball-get differential of plus-124 this season – ranked No.1 and more than double that of any other team.
22:03
Crows Interchange - Luke Nankervis off due to an injury.
24:01
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Josh Ward)
25:42
Hawks Interchange - Nick Watson off due to an injury.
25:47
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Mabior Chol)
26:48
The Hawks have been able to find seven marks in their forward half this term whilst restricting the Crows to none - a huge improvement from the first quarter.
28:22
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Mabior Chol)
30:31
In this second term, the Hawks have been piercing from turnovers, gaining 720 more metres from their turnovers as well as scoring 25 points to none from this source.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:57
Reilly O'Brien has been on top in the ruck contest against Lloyd Meek, winning the hitouts 16-11 and the hitouts-to-advantage 7-3, as well as the Crows winning the clearances by four whilst these two have been ruck opponents.
01:03
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
02:50
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Dylan Moore)
04:40
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarman Impey)
04:57
Jarman Impey becomes Hawthorn's ninth individual goal-kicker. Since Round 12, the Hawks are averaging 7.6 individual goal-scorers - ranked equal-fifth in this time.
07:06
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Ginnivan)
07:47
Both of Hawthorn's goals this term have come from defensive midfield chains. The Crows have allowed its opponents to score from just 11.5% of their defensive midfield chains this year – ranked No.1 defensively.
08:52
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Nick Watson)
13:29
Jack Scrimshaw has launched four scores today - all of them have resulted in goals (the next most is two). The most score launches he had in a game before today was three.
13:42
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Connor Macdonald)
14:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
16:49
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Ginnivan)
17:34
Only one of Adelaide's 14 defensive half chains has resulted in an inside 50 this term. On the flip side, the Hawks have had six of their 10 defensive half chains result in inside 50s, with three of those also leading to goals.
18:09
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Calsher Dear)
21:30
Daniel Curtin has come on and made an instant impact. In 4% time on ground, he has collected four disposals, two clearances and a free kick for holding the ball.
25:03
The Hawks apply of post-clearance pressure factor of 148 in their forward 50 – ranked 17th. Today they have registered 161 in this zone.
26:07
Jai Newcombe is rewarded with a goal after winning a one-on-one marking contest. The Hawks have been strong in this situation today, winning 21% of all one-on-one contests compared to Adelaide's 7%.
27:40
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
29:03
The Hawks were ferocious in their forward half in the third term. They were able to have 56 more disposals, 10 more tackles and a pressure factor that was 28 better than Adelaide.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:42
Hawthorn has won nine of the 10 games where they have been leading at three-quarter-time this season. On the flip side, Adelaide has only won one game from the 11 times they have been trailing at the final change.
01:29
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
03:18
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Calsher Dear)
03:19
Hawthorn scored 52 points in the fourth quarter in Round 19 – its most in a quarter since 2016. They have started the quarter with a quick goal through Calsher Dear.
07:13
Only five forward 50 marks for the Hawks, yet they have still managed to find avenues to goal as they have scored 14 goals. They scored 20 goals and took just five marks in their forward 50 last round – the fewest marks taken inside 50 by any team to score 20-plus goals on record.
07:20
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
10:24
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Mabior Chol)
11:45
Connor Macdonald has been exceptional in this match, collecting team-highs in disposals (23), uncontested possessions (17), score involvements (11) and goal assists (3). He has also pitched in with a goal of his own.
12:25
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Ginnivan)
14:10
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (James Sicily)
14:53
The Hawks have been ruthless in locking the ball in their forward half this quarter, with 75% of the term being spent in their forward half, as well as being able to score 3.1 (19) from nine forward half chains.
18:52
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Connor Macdonald)
19:57
Second halves have been a weapon for the Hawks. Since Round 16, they are averaging 54.8 points scored in the second half - ranked first. Comparatively, the Crows are averaging 39.8 points - ranked 11th.
21:25
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (James Sicily)
22:00
James Sicily smashes the ball out of the stadium to kick his second in his 150th game. He has taken an equal team-high two forward 50 marks after only moving forward in this quarter.
23:11
Hawks Interchange - Changkuoth Jiath off due to an injury.
24:46
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Ginnivan)
26:10
The Crows have never been goalless in a second half in their history - they are yet to score a second-half goal today with limited time remaining.
26:27
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Dylan Moore)
28:52
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
30:14
There have only been five individual goal-kickers tonight for the Crows. Their lowest for the season is four.
30:34
Crows Interchange - Zac Taylor off due to an injury.
30:56
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
32:05
The Crows were unable to get any territory, with only 40% of time being spent in their forward half as well as having 17 fewer inside 50s - their fourth-worst differential for the season.