Match

Geelong Cats vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 20 Mar 2014

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:14
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Brown)
02:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shaun McKernan)
04:20
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
05:57
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
08:43
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Mitchell Grigg)
09:57
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Hamish McIntosh)
11:15
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
13:26
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Josh Caddy)
15:21
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
16:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Podsiadly)
20:15
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Dawson Simpson)
21:46
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
26:51
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
28:31
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shaun McKernan)
31:21
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:51
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Sam Jacobs)
02:02
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Lincoln McCarthy)
04:37
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
06:12
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jordan Murdoch)
09:13
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
10:59
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
12:41
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
14:39
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Mathew Stokes)
17:11
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Scott Thompson)
18:27
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
21:05
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
22:22
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lewis Johnston)
24:39
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Corey Enright)
26:07
Cats Interchange - Josh Caddy off due to the blood rule.
29:38
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lewis Johnston)
31:43
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:13
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Steve Johnson)
06:05
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
11:16
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lewis Johnston)
15:57
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mathew Stokes)
18:30
BEHIND CATS - The Crows defence under pressure with the ball off hands.
19:29
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)
19:30
BEHIND CROWS - Eddie Betts does his best impersonation of a pick pocket and pinches the Sherrin. He runs into an open goal and tries to be too elegant and hits the post.
20:00
GOAL CROWS - TURNOVER. As the robot from Lost in Space would say. Danger, Danger. No, it's not Dangerfield, but it's Jaensch who bursts way and drills it through.
20:02
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Matthew Jaensch)
20:57
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Joel Selwood)
21:00
BEHIND CATS - Geelong surge forward once again. The ever reliable Selwood takes the footy and fires at goal, but he misses to the left.
22:30
SUBSTITUTION CROWS - Adelaide bring on Lyons and he takes the place of Crouch who goes on the couch. Or perhaps the pine.
25:00
BEHIND CROWS - Sloane is all alone. Hang on, a budding poet, I kid you not! Lets try it again. Sloane is by himself and runs to the edge of 50 and fires, but misses.
25:08
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)
26:40
BEHIND CROWS - Betts handballs to Wright who runs in and kicks for goal but he kicks it to the wrong area. Behind to the Crows.
26:41
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Matthew Wright)
27:40
This one is hotting up and the kitchen is steaming. What a wonderful game of footy to entertain us on a Thursday night.
28:20
Three quarter time at Simonds Stadium with Geelong clinging on to a 5 point lead.
28:28
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:01
The final quarter is underway and I am already on the edge of my seat. Can the Cats do it for Bartel in his 250th?
02:00
It's quite conceivable that the Cats could lose here tonight. The Crows are building and are hitting their targets.
03:10
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
03:50
GOAL CROWS - The Crows are pushing big time. Here comes the Danger! Dangerfield that is! He takes off with the footy tucked under his arm and kicks a long, long, kick for a goal!
05:20
The Adelaide Crows have hit the front and lead by the barest of margins. Over to you, Geelong.
06:00
GOAL CATS - The ball is pumped long to Stevie J and Kerridge tries to run across to effect the spoil, but he misses and keeps running. Johnson plays on and kicks the goal.
06:05
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Steve Johnson)
08:30
BEHIND CATS - Bartel kicks long from the edge of the 50. His kick bounces and bounces and bounces, but it's to the wrong side of the big sticks.
08:35
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Steve Johnson)
09:07
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Brown)
09:10
GOAL CATS - Stokes roves off Brown before handballing back to Brown who kicks it around the corner for a goal. The Cats lead by 12 points.
10:00
It's not over yet. Don't go to the bathroom. Don't go and make that cuppa. There is plenty of footy to be played in this one.
10:47
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
11:40
BEHIND CATS - The Cats are lifting! They have started each quarter well and this is no exception. Taylor's long kick is touched off the boot.
11:52
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Harry Taylor)
14:15
GOAL CATS - Turnover in the middle. The Cats go straight down the guts where Brown collects, passes go and sends the footy straight over the goal umpire's hat! He has three goals!
14:23
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Brown)
15:20
Geelong have kicked the last three goals of the game and lead by 20 points. We still have over ten minutes remaining and this is where the Crows have picked up at each quarter.
17:16
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Joel Selwood)
17:30
GOAL CATS - Geelong almost have a match winning lead here. The Courageous Caddy who is much better with a footy in his hand than a golf club marks strongly and kicks the goal. Cats on fire!
19:30
BEHIND CROWS - Sloane keeps on keeping on and bursts through rugby league style. He fires in a tired looking shot at goal and he misses to the right.
19:33
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)
21:00
The Cats looking like they have the four points in the bag with the intensity of the Crows dropping off somewhat.
22:00
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
22:30
GOAL CATS - Hamish McIntosh runs into the open goal and draws in the opponent. Sensing the occasion he draws an opponent and handballs to Bartel who takes a bow and kicks his fourth.
24:00
GOAL CATS - Smiles all round for the Cats. Selwood can't take the mark in the marking contest but he recovers first and runs inside 50. He takes a bounce and ices the cake!
24:07
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Joel Selwood)
26:00
It has been a superb effort by the Cats who have run away from the Crows in the final quarter.
26:34
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
28:00
Jimmy Bartel gets the milestone game he well and truly deserves and the Cats are not done with yet. With this performance they confirm that they will be a force to be reckoned with in 2014.
29:38
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
29:40
There goes the final siren and Geelong have kicked 6 goals in the final quarter to run away from the Adelaide Crows and record a 38 point win. Bartel is acknowledged in game 250. Congratulations!