Match

Essendon vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 15 Aug 2015

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:07
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
05:53
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Courtenay Dempsey)
07:52
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Jonathan Giles)
10:14
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
11:52
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
13:47
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
15:21
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Jayden Laverde)
17:17
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
18:19
Bombers Interchange - Brendon Goddard off due to an injury.
18:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
19:38
Crows Interchange - Luke Brown off due to an injury.
21:47
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
24:18
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
26:44
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Jackson Merrett)
27:50
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
30:48
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:01
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
03:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
04:16
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
05:29
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jarryd Lyons)
07:07
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Brendon Goddard)
08:24
Crows Interchange - Patrick Dangerfield off due to an injury.
10:41
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
16:22
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
18:42
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Nathan Van Berlo)
20:33
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
24:28
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
25:55
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
28:20
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Atkins)
29:40
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:42
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
05:01
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Charles Cameron)
08:49
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Dyson Heppell)
09:49
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
11:34
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
13:09
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
14:06
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
14:33
Bombers Interchange - David Myers and is possibly out for the game.
15:29
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
18:26
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Shaun Edwards)
20:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
23:05
GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
25:09
BEHIND - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
27:12
BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
28:47
GOAL - Bombers (Michael Hibberd)
32:02
GOAL - Crows (Riley Knight)
32:20
Riley Knight becomes Adelaide's 11th individual goalscorer for the match, its equal second-highest tally in any game this season.
33:13
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:33
GOAL - Bombers (David Zaharakis)
00:55
Essendon Interchange - Jonathan Giles off due to an injury.
02:35
GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
03:23
Rory Sloane kicks Adeladie's second goal from a forward 50 stoppage for the game. It has outscored Essendon by 18 points from clearance chains across all zones.
04:10
GOAL - Crows (David Mackay)
07:19
GOAL - Bombers (Jake Melksham)
07:51
Essendon has improved its ball use in the final term, hitting the target with 23 of 24 disposals to record a disposal efficiency of 96 per cent. That figure was 74 per cent in the opening three quarters.
08:33
BEHIND - Bombers (Shaun Edwards)
09:35
BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
10:58
GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)
13:30
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
14:28
GOAL - Crows (Charlie Cameron)
15:33
Charlie Cameron kicks his second goal of the game and Adelaide's 21st for the match, its equal-highest tally in any game this season. It also recorded 21 goals in the season opener against North Melbourne.
16:13
GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
18:16
GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
19:20
GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
20:12
The Crows are running away with this game, scoring eight goals to two in the final term. Their current points tally of 153 is their fourth-highest at Etihad Stadium on record.
24:48
GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
25:07
This quarter six of the Crows nine goals have come from intercepts. They have scored 107 points from intercepts for the match, 20 more than in any other game this season.
26:34
GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
28:54
GOAL - Crows (Sam Jacobs)
31:55
The siren has sounded to end Q4.