Match

Adelaide Crows vs Melbourne

Commentary / 03 May 2014

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:50
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
09:53
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Rohan Bail)
11:52
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jay Kennedy Harris)
14:02
Demons Interchange - Alexis Georgiou off due to a concussion.
17:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Podsiadly)
20:34
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Salem)
21:57
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Watts)
30:10
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
04:25
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Chris Dawes)
06:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitchell Grigg)
09:57
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jay Kennedy Harris)
14:32
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Viney)
14:59
Crows Interchange - Matthew Jaensch and is possibly out for the game.
16:46
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Chris Dawes)
17:11
Demons Interchange - Jack Watts off due to an injury.
18:00
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Dom Tyson)
19:50
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)
20:58
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Scott Thompson)
22:40
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
25:07
Demons Interchange - Neville Jetta off due to an injury.
27:53
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:53
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
05:58
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Scott Thompson)
08:26
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
10:36
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Matt Crouch)
16:08
Demons Interchange - Jack Viney off due to an injury.
16:50
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
18:12
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jared Petrenko)
18:40
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (James Frawley)
20:01
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (David Mackay)
25:03
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)
27:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
28:40
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
30:32
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Chris Dawes)
31:24
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:01
Underway in the final quarter with Adelaide 12 points down, kicking into a strong breeze and one-man down with Lynch injured early. Can they conjure some magic to overtake the Demons..?
02:55
GOAL CROWS - Adelaide create themselves a rare one-on-one as the ball is lofted into the square where Podsiadly shows too much strength to haul the ball in. From 25m out, it's put through.
03:18
SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Podsiadly)
05:25
Adelaide earn themselves a golden free kick as Thompson is held from the bounce. Bombing long it's Podsiadly who gets his hands up but has it punched late to deny him a second bite at it..
07:20
It's congestion personified at the top of the Demons 50 as Crows players stream in from every angle to lock the ball. They'll fancy their chances from the ball up as they're dominating clearances.
08:20
Kennedy-Harris has only 10 metres between himself and putting the Demons 12 points up before he's seized upon in a desperate act of tackling by Talia. All he had to do was get a boot on it..
10:35
Crows Interchange - James Podsiadly off due to an injury.
10:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)
10:40
BEHIND CROWS - With Podsiadly limping off the ground and clutching at a knee, Sloane is rewarded a free for a hold in the contest. From 30m out, almost in front, he collects the woodwork.
12:08
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
12:10
BEHIND CROWS - Jenkins is on his limit as he marks in the centre square before slinging it to Crouch who hammers it long before it's punched through on the last line. Costly miss?
14:28
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Nathan Jones)
14:30
GOAL DEMONS - This one isn't over with as the Demons surge forward where Jamar taps it to the boundary to see Jones taken high. Against the boundary, Jones bananas it through. Demons by 10!
16:21
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
16:30
GOAL CROWS - Nothing but sheer tenacity and heart as Dangerfield scrambles the ball forward, toes it ahead, breaks two tackles, regathers, runs to within 20m, steadies and hoists it home. WOW.
18:45
Here's the equation for Adelaide and Melbourne. The Crows have 7 minutes to find a go-ahead major whilst for the Demons, they have the same amount of time to hang on. Four points the difference.
20:29
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Mark Jamar)
20:30
GOAL DEMONS - Melbourne just WON'T GO AWAY as Watts sends a long ball towards the square which Jamar reaches out to drag down. Coming in from the right, Jamar curls it home. Demons by 10!
23:11
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Dom Tyson)
23:15
GOAL DEMONS - Is that the game? Melbourne scramble it forward where Tyson busts out the back of the pack to drag in the loose ball before snapping home from 20m out. All over??
24:41
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jared Petrenko)
24:50
GOAL CROWS - This will help Adelaide's cause as Petrenko is taken high after Dangerfield had worked the ball forward. Taking no time from 30m out, Petrenko spears it through. Back to 10 points.
26:03
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Podsiadly)
26:10
BEHIND CROWS - Podsiadly's harassed and bustled onto his left foot as he chases down a loose handball inside the right forward pocket and duly curls wide from 35 metres out.. 9 points the difference.
28:50
Nine points in favour of the Demons with 2:20 on the clock and the ball trapped deep inside Adelaide's attacking 50. Pedersen does the ruck work and hammers it clear; Melbourne survive for now.
29:55
Still nine points the difference and the ball is again inside the Crows forward 50 as McDonald does enough to clear before it's sent back in where Terlich breaks the lines. Melbourne might be home.
31:10
GOAL CROWS - Adelaide are ensuring we have a thriller on our hands as Podsiadly does all the hard work before taking the ball in to snap home from the top of the goal square!! 20 SECONDS REMAIN.
31:14
SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Podsiadly)
32:39
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
33:00
Full Time and Melbourne have produced the boilover of the round, and arguably the season, producing an effort full of heart and passion to outlast a late surge from the Crows. Demons win by 3 points.