Match

Adelaide Crows vs Western Bulldogs

Commentary / 21 Apr 2013

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Welcome to AAMI Stadium for this afternoon's clash between Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs
00:01
The Crows will be keen to atone for a poor start to the season while the Doggies will be hoping last week's thrashing against Richmond was an aberration
00:02
Banners are blowing about pre-game. Seems like the game is going to be played in windy conditions
00:03
Jason Porplyzia is the sub for Adelaide while Jake Stringer will make his senior debut for the Dogs in the green vest
00:04
We are underway!!
00:57
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
01:20
GOAL CROWS: Dangerfield finds space inside 50 and streams into the open goal and puts through the game's first major
03:30
Torrential downpour at AAMI Stadium. Will make the contest tighter in the clinches
05:17
BEHIND DOGS: Jones makes a meal of an open goal by sliding along the ground to pick ball up. By the time he dishes off for a handball, receiving Dogs player is bundled over by the defender for a point
07:37
Players slipping and sliding in tough conditions. Free flowing game would have definitely suited Adelaide. They must adjust to a tough, contested slog
09:29
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
09:45
BEHIND DOGS: Liberatore can't covert and it's a minor score for the Doggies
12:21
Both teams struggling to score here. Ball spending a lot of time out of bounds or in a contest surrounded by players
13:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jared Petrenko)
13:24
BEHIND CROWS: Petrenko soccers the ball off the ground from a tight angle but it just trickles over for a behind
14:23
Morris doing well on Walker early. Big Tex gives away a free kick with Morris getting into front position
15:36
BEHIND CROWS: Roughead drops a mark, Walker profits and finds Thompson 40m out directly in front. Thompson goes back and misses the set shot to the right
15:53
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Scott Thompson)
17:00
GOAL CROWS: Douglas goes long to the goal-square and Dangerfield crumbs his own one-on-one contest and kicks a goal from point-blank
17:24
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
18:06
Gun tagger Nick Lower is playing on Dangerfield. Sanderson responds by sending Dangerfield to full-forward and the young gun has snagged the only two goals of the game
20:55
BEHIND CROWS: Dangerfield tackled after disposing the ball in midfield. Given free kick and 50m penalty. From 45m out, Dangerfield misses to the left. Should have been his third
21:12
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
24:00
Bulldogs Interchange - Ryan Griffen off due to an injury.
24:45
Nearing the end of the quarter. Dogs pushing hard forward to get their first of the quarter. Young Jack Macrae impressive
25:27
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Matthew Boyd)
25:51
GOAL DOGS: Finally they get their FIRST! Boyd finds space outside 50 and goes BANG
26:20
GOAL DOGS: TWO IN A MINUTE FOR THE DOGS! Cooney takes the handball driving through the corridor, runs full measure and converts from 35m out. Dogs down by only 1 point now!
26:27
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Adam Cooney)
29:00
QUARTER TIME: Adelaide were on top for most of the quarter but two very late goals to the Dogs keep them within striking distance. The conditions could mean this game is a tight one! Crows by a point.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:01
Second quarter underway!!
02:40
BEHIND CROWS: Walker takes a BIG mark right on the behind line but plays on and gets tackled and the ball trickles over for a behind. Huge wasted opportunity
03:42
Doggies defending desperately on their last line. Crows pushing hard for the first goal of the term
09:33
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
15:27
SCORE GOAL - Crows (David Mackay)
26:15
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
30:48
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:10
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
05:16
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
08:17
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
13:11
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ricky Henderson)
18:47
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
20:44
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
23:39
Bulldogs Interchange - Ryan Griffen off due to an injury.
23:49
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Brett Goodes)
27:39
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brad Crouch)
28:36
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:42
Bulldogs Interchange - Ryan Griffen and is possibly out for the game.
03:35
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Luke Dahlhaus)
04:25
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Richard Douglas)
08:35
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
15:06
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
21:32
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Adam Cooney)
24:08
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jack Macrae)
30:57
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Sam Kerridge)
31:02
The siren has sounded to end Q4.