Sydney Swans vs Western Bulldogs — Rd 20 2024 Commentary@endsection
Match

Sydney Swans vs Western Bulldogs

Commentary / 28 Jul 2024

Pre Game

00:00
The Bulldogs have kicked just eight goals from outside 50 this season, three less than any other team.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:37
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rhylee West)
02:25
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
03:45
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
04:05
Aaron Naughton has three of the Bulldogs first four inside 50s of the match and has two score assists already.
05:45
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Riley Garcia)
05:55
The Bulldogs have six of the first seven inside 50s of the match and they have enjoyed 82 per cent time in forward half. They also enjoy an early advantage of six in contested possession.
07:13
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
09:12
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Ed Richards)
09:20
The Bulldogs have generated six scores from nine inside 50s to start the match, a strike rate of 67 per cent. Both Bulldog goals have come via forward half stoppages, an area that they rank No.1 in the competition in.
14:14
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
14:34
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
18:02
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
18:35
The Bulldogs continue to dominate the contest, leading post-clearance contested possession by 11, leading to an advantage of 10 in inside 50s. They have won nine intercepts in midfield, resulting in 1.3.9.
22:04
After teammates Rory Lobb and Buku Khamis took 11 intercept marks between them last week, Liam Jones has returned to the Bulldogs side and has taken four intercept marks in the first term. Three of these intercept marks have been contested.
22:27
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Caleb Poulter)
29:01
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Rhylee West)
29:16
It has been one of the more awesome first quarters by any side this season. The Bulldogs have been dominant, scoring 4.3.27 from forward half chains, winning nine forward half intercepts to two.
30:35
In what has been a trend, Sydney has lost another first quarter. The Swans have only won three of their last 11 first quarters of the season.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:35
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
01:52
The Swans have only had seven disposals inside their forward 50. Isaac Heeney has three of these disposals, with two of them resulting in score assists for the only two scores Sydney have generated for the match.
03:39
Swans Interchange - Errol Gulden off due to an injury.
06:40
Sydney leads the tackle count seven to nil in the second quarter. With the Bulldogs doing most of the attacking in the opening quarter, the Swans actually led the tackle count by five in the first quarter.
06:58
Swans Interchange - Lewis Melican off due to an injury.
10:36
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
10:57
Sydney has the last six inside 50s of the match and have scored 2.0.12 as a result, both from forward half stoppages. The Western Bulldogs have a kicking efficiency of just 40 per cent this quarter, compared to Sydney's 84 per cent.
15:25
Sydney leads the tackle count 15 to two this quarter and have a pressure rating of 223 compared to the Bulldogs 161.
15:30
Swans Interchange - Will Hayward off due to the blood rule.
18:09
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Laitham Vandermeer)
19:56
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
21:06
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
22:37
With Lewis Melican subbed out injured, the Bulldogs key forwards look ominous. Jamarra Ugle-Hagan and Sam Darcy both each have two marks inside 50, while Aaron Naughton has played higher up the ground and has seven marks and four score involvements already.
24:47
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Sam Darcy)
30:16
The other area where the Bulldogs had dominance against Sydney in Round 11 was the inside 50 count. In Round 11, the Bulldogs won this area by 14, Sydney's worst result in any game this season. At half time, the Bulldogs lead today's match by 14 inside 50s as well.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:42
Bulldogs Interchange - Nick Coffield off due to an injury.
04:26
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
05:49
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lachlan McNeil)
06:03
Sydney averages an inside 50 from 25 per cent of its defensive 50 chains this season, ranked fourth. Today, they have just four inside 50s from 29 defensive 50 chains, a strike rate of 14 per cent, a strike rate which is lower than the 18th ranked side in the competition.
07:44
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
09:55
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Callum Mills)
13:28
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
14:18
Sydney are owning a bit more of the football in the third quarter, recording 19 more uncontested possessions than the Bulldogs so far this term.
14:45
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
16:10
The Bulldogs forward half game has been magnificent today. They have generated 22 forward half intercepts to Sydney's 13 and have outscored the Swans 5.3.33 to 0.1.1 from this source.
18:24
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Braeden Campbell)
20:26
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
21:17
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Ed Richards)
21:57
The Bulldogs advantage in contested possession has ballooned to 29 for the match, well on track to surpass the advantage off 33 that they enjoyed in this area against the Swans in Round 11. Adam Treloar and Tom Liberatore lead the side with 11 contested possessions apiece.
22:30
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
23:58
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
25:38
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has kicked four goals again today, the third time in the last three weeks he has achieved this feat. Over the last three weeks, Ugle-Hagan leads the AFL with 29 score involvements.
25:43
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
29:56
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Joel Amartey)
30:00
Adam Treloar has enjoyed another fantastic game in what has been an excellent season for the Bulldogs midfielder. Today, Treloar has 29 disposals, 15 contested possessions and nine intercepts, all match-highs.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:20
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Sam Darcy)
02:18
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Rhylee West)
02:39
Sydney's intercept game has seemingly deserted them over the last two weeks. After scoring only 25 points from this source against Brisbane, its lowest return of the season, the Swans have kicked just 1.4.10 from this source today.
04:27
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lachlan McNeil)
07:06
Swans Interchange - Will Hayward off due to an injury.
07:51
After outscoring Geelong by 41 points from intercept last week, their best return since Round 9, the Bulldogs have outscored Sydney by 45 points from this source today.
16:29
The Bulldogs lead contested possession by 34 for the match, their best differential in a game this season. This includes an advantage of 21 in post-clearance contested possession, an advantage of 26 in groundball gets and an advantage of five in contested marks.
17:10
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tim English)
17:41
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
19:38
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Braeden Campbell)
20:48
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
23:13
Matt Roberts has tried hard for the Swans today with a career-high 34 disposals and 735 metres gained. His previous high was 27 disposals in the side's Round 4 loss to Richmond.
23:34
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
25:00
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
26:45
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Matt Roberts)
28:34
Chad Warner had a game that he would rather forget, finishing the match with just 11 disposals, his lowest tally of the season. Prior to today, Warner had totalled 20 or more disposals in every game bar one, and in that game he finished with 19 disposals.