Match

Adelaide Crows vs Melbourne

Commentary / 18 Apr 2015

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
05:37
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Sam Frost)
06:21
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Benjamin Newton)
09:20
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Nathan Jones)
10:56
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
13:23
Crows Interchange - Rory Laird off due to the blood rule.
14:39
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
17:19
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Dean Kent)
19:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
20:52
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
22:46
Demons Interchange - Chris Dawes off due to an injury.
26:44
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Mark Jamar)
29:33
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Charles Cameron)
30:34
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Cameron Ellis-Yolmen)
31:55
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:43
Demons Interchange - Sam Frost off due to an injury.
03:42
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
05:10
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
09:30
Demons Interchange - Tom McDonald off due to an injury.
13:08
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
16:39
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
17:58
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
23:50
Demons Interchange - Christian Salem off due to an injury.
26:24
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Dean Kent)
30:45
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)
31:02
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:50
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
02:39
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
10:03
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Luke Brown)
11:55
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
14:11
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Charles Cameron)
15:14
Demons Interchange - Chris Dawes off due to the blood rule.
15:55
BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
16:12
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
16:19
BEHIND - Demons (Nathan Jones)
16:36
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Nathan Jones)
24:54
GOAL - Demons (Dean Kent) On the Run (40-50m, Right Side)
25:11
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Dean Kent)
25:56
GOAL - Crows (David Mackay) On the Run (40-50m, Right Side)
25:59
Melbourne has been outscored 4.2.26 to 0.3.3 from stoppages. This year the Demons have been outscored by 17 points per game from stoppages, ranked 17th in the competition.
26:13
SCORE GOAL - Crows (David Mackay)
28:39
Neither team have launched a score from the defensive 50. Melbourne have launched 32 chains from defensive 50 for just one inside 50 while Adelaide have had four inside 50s from 21 score chains launched from defensive 50.
30:42
BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
30:59
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
34:45
Since quarter time, Adelaide leads the inside 50s 33 to 12, outscoring the Demons 6.3.39 to 3.5.23 over the time period.
35:41
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
35:58
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:56
BEHIND - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
02:04
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
03:31
BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
06:00
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
08:49
BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
10:14
GOAL - Crows (Cam Ellis-Yolmen)
12:14
Adelaide are leading the contested possession count 19 to 12 this quarter. They have lost the contested possession count in each of the first three quarters.
13:32
BEHIND - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
17:03
GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
17:37
Adelaide have outscored Melbourne 6.3.39 to 0.3.3 from stoppages today. In the last six quarters, the Demons have been outscored 84 to 10 from stoppages.
18:48
BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
19:46
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
23:36
Adelaide Crows Interchange - Rory Laird replaces Jake Kelly due to the blood rule.
25:26
With that Tom Lynch tackle, Adelaide notched its 100th tackle for the match, the highest number of tackles ever recorded by the club in a game, eclipsing the 99 tackles laid against the Western Bulldogs in Round 4, 2013.
27:03
In his first game of the season, Scott Thompson has enjoyed the wet conditions, amassing 25 disposals from 17 contested possessions, a match high 10 clearances and 10 tackles.
30:36
Rory Sloane has been magnificent again for Adelaide with 30 disposals, 18 via contested possession, 8 clearances and 10 tackles. In all three games this season Sloane has had at least 26 disposals, 13 contested possessions, 5 clearances and 4 tackles.
30:59
GOAL - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
33:19
Melbourne Interchange - Ben Newton off due to an injury.
34:08
BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
34:14
The siren has sounded to end Q4.