Pre Game
00:00
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Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:08
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Paul Chapman)
07:38
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Paddy Ryder)
10:39
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Paul Chapman)
12:14
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Ben Howlett)
18:25
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Sam Wright)
20:07
Kangaroos Interchange - Todd Goldstein off due to an injury.
21:40
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
23:29
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
26:07
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Dal Santo)
29:06
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Paddy Ryder)
02:31
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Kyle Hardingham)
03:39
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
06:54
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
10:10
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
11:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Sam Wright)
12:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Sam Wright)
15:39
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Ben Howlett)
19:07
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Brendon Goddard)
21:04
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Kyle Hardingham)
24:48
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Joe Daniher)
25:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Jake Carlisle)
26:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Mark Baguley)
29:06
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:56
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
05:13
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Paul Chapman)
05:54
Kangaroos Interchange - Ben Cunnington off due to the blood rule.
10:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Paul Chapman)
12:32
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Jobe Watson)
15:11
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
15:34
Kangaroos Interchange - Ben Cunnington off due to a concussion.
17:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Jake Carlisle)
19:18
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Brendon Goddard)
21:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Brendon Goddard)
22:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
24:52
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
28:43
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Harvey with a rare 'brain fade' calls for the hand-pass from Adams who was settling down for a set shot 40 out, Boomer misses...in the Coaches Box, Scott goes off.
29:19
THREE QUARTER TIME - The Roos found their mo-jo late in the term and should have cut the margin to under 20 points, if not for Harvey's, 'brain fade'.
29:20
THREE QUARTER TIME - Essendon looked to be out and away but costly turn overs late in the term allowed the determined Roos back into the match.
Quarter 4
00:00
FOURTH QUARTER - On the tear the Roos look dangerous, the question is can they get enough of the ball when faced with the high possession game plan of Essendon?
00:40
Adams, the Roos' substitute had a big impact on the closing stages of the term...they will need his fresh legs to keep on injecting pace through the middle.
01:50
Carlisle at the back of the pack grabs the ball fends off an opponent and then hacks the kick out on the full.
03:56
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Jobe Watson)
04:50
GOAL BOMBERS - From the free kick Gibson delivers the ball straight to Chapman who offloads to Watson and the Skipper goals...that was poor kicking from the Roos' defender.
05:49
Cunnington is back on, remember if you go off with concussion you can activate the Sub while the tests are carried out...Adams is still on however and McMahon is now wearing the Red Vest.
07:55
GOAL BOMBERS- Goddard lets rip with a long, high ball deep into the Bombers' forward line...running with the flight Daniher takes the mark, he goes back on a 45 degree angle and goals.
08:37
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Joe Daniher)
09:19
Bombers Interchange - Jake Carlisle off due to an injury.
09:40
Carlisle hobbled off with a trainer and is currently having his left ankle re-strapped. The Bombers have already activated their Sub so if he is out they'll be a man down.
11:40
Goldstein has played most of this match with one arm, he hurt his shoulder in the opening term and has played injured ever since...a gutsy effort.
13:50
GOAL BOMBERS - Ambrose kicks the ball out in front off Chapman...he is all alone in the forward 50, he gathers and dashes clear to tumble home his fourth goal of the game, Bombers by 39.
14:12
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Paul Chapman)
15:40
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Daniher at full stretch, and at the wrong end of the ground, gets his fist to the ball and thumps through a rushed behind. That is the Roos first score of the term.
15:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
17:29
GOAL BOMBERS - A long kick into the goal square finds Goddard one out with his man, he muscles him under the ball and then turns, gathers and goals...that's number three.
18:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Brendon Goddard)
18:40
BEHIND BOMBERS - Goddard with a hurried snap sends the ball behind.
18:49
North are finding it really hard to get forward, the Dons are swarming on the ball through the centre and half back, cutting off all avenues to goal for the Roos.
19:53
Bombers Interchange - Paul Chapman and is possibly out for the game.
20:04
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Bradley McKenzie)
20:25
GOAL KANGAROOS - McKenzie from just outside the arc launches a bomb...it has the carry...and the accuracy. That's the Roos first goal of the final term.
23:38
The pace has gone out of the game as Essendon get numbers back and slow the game down...the Roos are looking a little lost trying to get forward.
25:10
With just under two minutes to go the Roos are going to drop the first game of the season and Essendon is going to record a gutsy win.
26:09
In a passage of play that sums up North's game tonight, 'Boomer' Harvey breaks through the centre and delivers a laces out pass to the opposition!
27:39
FULL TIME - There is a god...the siren sounds and guess who has the ball in hand? That's right, the milestone man, Dustin Fletcher, he raises it skyward with a wry smile.
27:40
FULL TIME - Essendon run out 39 point winners, their high possession brand of football starved the Kanga's of scoring opportunities and allowed them time to build up the forward forays.
27:41
FULL TIME - North looked a forward short and the injury to Goldstein didn't help their cause, he soldiered on but played 'one armed'...they need to find a way to get more of the ball before next week.