Match

Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 12 Sep 2015

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to MCG for the Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Crows Round 1 clash.
59:34
Changes for Bulldogs Ins: D.Morris, R.Murphy, M.Boyd, W.Minson, L.Jong Outs: J.Johannisen, J.Roughead, L.Webb, Z.Cordy, B.Goodes
59:36
Changes for Crows Ins: K.Cheney, D.Mackay Outs: J.Lever, J.Lyons
00:00
The Crows have won a centre clearance 48 per cent of the time Rory Sloane has attended a centre bounce, ranked No.1 at the club.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:45
Sam Jacobs has won the only two hitouts of the game, but the Bulldogs have won the only two clearances with the second, won by Marcus Bontempelli, launching the opening goal of the game.
02:01
Crows Interchange - Scott Thompson off due to the blood rule.
02:57
Make that three hitouts to Sam Jacobs, but three clearances to the Dogs with both of their goals coming from stoppages.
03:15
Crows Interchange - Charles Cameron off due to an injury.
04:40
The Dogs now lead the clearance count 5-0 and have booted all three of their goals from stoppages.
05:47
Marcus Bontempelli has won four clearances and been involved in all three of the Dogs' goals. No other Dog has recorded more than one score involvements.
06:25
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
08:30
Eddie Betts boots the Crows first goal, sourced from a turnover created in their defensive midfield.
11:00
That goal to Stewart Crameri was launched from an intercept mark grabbed by Liam Picken in the Dogs' attacking midfield.
12:38
Eddie Betts has grabbed the only two marks inside 50 for the game and booted a goal from both.
13:45
Matt Crouch won the Crows' first centre bounce clearance for the game to launch their first goal from stoppages. Crouch has launched two of his team's three goals.
15:54
The Crows have gone inside 50 and scored four goals. Rory Sloane has two goal assists to goal with his goal and Eddie Betts has one goal assist to go with his two goals.
17:49
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
18:43
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jarrad Grant)
19:18
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
21:18
Eddie Betts has grabbed four marks inside 50. All other players have grabbed two.
21:38
The Crows have created 10 turnovers and booted goals from four of them.
23:36
Make that five goals from 11 turnovers for the Crows, with four of the goals originating in the defensive half.
25:17
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Sam Jacobs)
25:49
The Dogs have failed to generate a score from six chains originating in their defensive half.
26:04
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
26:54
Easton Wood has grabbed two marks with both coming from Crows' kicks.
29:27
Luke Dahlhaus has recorded a game-high 12 disposals at 83 per cent efficiency and six score involvements.
30:09
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
30:36
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
32:06
The Dogs scored just two behinds from chains originating in their defensive half whilst the Crows scored just eight points from chains originating in their forward half.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:30
Jarrad Grant runs down Scott Thompson to launch the first goal of the second quarter.
02:55
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
05:12
The Dogs have recorded five more disposals than the Crows this quarter and lead the tackle count 6-1.
05:28
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
06:17
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
07:34
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
07:49
The Crows have recorded three inside 50s from eight kick-ins and generated two scores from them.
10:17
The Crows have now scored 38 points from chains originating in their defensive half. The Dogs have scored 2 points from chains originating in their defensive half.
12:13
Rory Sloane has gained a game-high 277 metres with the Crows retaining possession from 100 per cent of his 10 disposals. Sloane has recorded six score involvements, including three score assists and two as the launch player.
15:07
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
15:10
The Dogs have now scored 35 points from chains originating in their forward half. The Crows have scored 8 points from chains originating in their forward half.
18:08
The Dogs have recorded four more inside 50s than the Crows this quarter with both teams scoring 2.2 (14).
19:38
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Knight)
19:50
The Crows have grabbed seven marks inside 50 and booted six goals from marks.
22:06
The Dogs have created 12 turnovers this quarter and sourced five scores from them. The Crows have sourced two scores from 13 turnovers.
25:20
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Charles Cameron)
25:49
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
27:09
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
28:56
Jack Macrae has laid a quarter-high four tackles to go with six disposals and two clearances.
29:57
The Crows won three fewer clearances than the Dogs but generated the only three scores from stoppages.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:42
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
03:00
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jack Macrae)
03:10
The Dogs have recorded 19 disposals to four this quarter.
03:57
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Luke Brown)
04:30
The Crows boot the first goal of the third quarter. It was sourced from a turnover created in their attacking midfield and it was just their second goal from chains originating in their forward half.
06:32
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jarrad Grant)
06:40
The Dogs have scored three behinds this quarter from four inside 50s.
07:43
Joel Hamling has won four intercept possessions with two of them launching goals for the Dogs.
09:37
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
11:39
Bulldogs Interchange - Easton Wood off due to the blood rule.
12:10
Dale Morris has won two intercept possessions this quarter with both launching scores for the Dogs.
17:12
David Mackay dispossessed Jake Stringer in the Crows' defensive 50 to launch his team's third goal from turnovers created in this zone.
19:06
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tory Dickson)
21:25
That was just the Crows second goal from stoppages.
23:49
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
25:33
Both teams have grabbed eight marks inside 50 with the Dogs scoring 3.5 (23) to 7.1 (43) from them.
27:15
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
27:45
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
29:47
The Crows have scored 1.2 (8) from three forward 50 clearance wins.
31:08
Easton Wood grabbed a quarter-high five marks including two intercept marks. No other player grabbed more than two marks.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:01
Mitch Wallis wins the opening clearance of the last quarter to launch the Dogs' fifth goal from stoppages. Wallis has won five clearances with two of them launching goals for his team.
04:30
Ricky Henderson has won a team-high four clearances with two of them launching goals for his team.
06:10
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jarrad Grant)
10:52
Lachie Hunter has seven score involvements including two score launches and two score assists to go with his 24 disposals.
11:58
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
12:27
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
12:28
Only one of the Dogs' 14 goals have come from chains originating in their defensive half.
13:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
14:22
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Matt Crouch)
15:17
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
17:00
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
21:30
The Dogs lead the clearance count 11-3 this quarter and have generated three scores to one from stoppages.
22:01
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
22:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)
23:25
The Dogs have recorded 13 more disposals than the Crows this quarter and laid seven more tackles.
24:49
The Crows have recorded the last six inside 50s and scored 1.2 (8) from them.
27:48
Taylor Walker is up to six disposals and three marks this quarter as well as five score involvements.
30:38
Taylor Walker finished with a game-high 13 score involvements including five scores, two score launches and a score assist.