Match

Brisbane Lions vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 20 May 2017

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to Gabba for the Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows Round 9 clash.

59:33

Outs for Lions: J.Schache, T.Rockliff, R.Bewick

59:34

Ins for Lions: D.Beams, H.McCluggage, M.Hammelmann

59:35

Outs for Crows: D.Mackay, J.Jenkins, T.Menzel

59:36

Ins for Crows: J.Lever, J.Gallucci, H.Greenwood

59:40

Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.

00:00

Adelaide's kicking efficiency in their defensive half is 69 per cent in 2017, ranked 17th in this category in the competition. Last week against Melbourne their kicking efficiency in this zone was 51.5 per cent, the worst of any side

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:41

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)

03:00

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Jake Barrett)

04:18

Brisbane in their forward half has had 10 disposals, whilst Adelaide has yet to have a disposal in their forward half

05:14

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)

07:01

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)

08:46

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

09:10

Dayne Zorko's and the Lions first goal was sourced from a Crows turnover inside their defensive 50 zone

10:47

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

13:37

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

15:32

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

16:30

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)

17:24

Tom Lynch's and Adelaide's first goal was sourced from a Lion turnover inside their defensive 50 zone

19:29

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Jake Barrett)

21:40

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

22:40

Brisbane has taken 21 marks compared to Adelaide's six in the midfield zone and the Lions lead the Crows 24-13 overall in this category

24:52

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lewis Taylor)

26:24

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)

28:56

Brisbane has laid 13 tackles in their forward half, whilst the Crows have made just the five in their attacking half. Adelaide trails the Lions 16-25 overall in this category

29:51

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

31:53

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Hugh Greenwood)

31:55

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

32:05

Hugh Greenwood's first career goal, was Adelaide's third. All of the Crows goals have been sourced from Lions turnovers

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:16

Lions Interchange - Claye Beams and is possibly out for the game.

01:41

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)

03:58

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

06:38

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

07:29

Eddie Betts' second goal for the Crows was another score sourced from a Lion turnover. Adelaide has scored all bar one behind of their score of 5.3 (33) from this source

08:46

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Matthew Hammelmann)

12:47

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Michael Close)

17:00

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jake Barrett)

17:02

After the Crows had 11 of the previous 13 inside forward 50 entries, Brisbane has had five of the last six, outscoring the Crows 1.1 (7) to no score during this period

19:22

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Dayne Beams)

19:55

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Hugh Greenwood)

19:57

Greenwood's second goal was Adelaide's first from a chain starting in their defensive 50 zone

21:08

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Hugh Greenwood)

22:19

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Atkins)

23:33

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Wayne Milera)

25:26

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Jarrod Berry)

25:43

Adelaide leads Brisbane in second quarter forward half disposals 39-28 after trailing the Lions 41-39 in this category in the first quarter

27:13

Lions Interchange - Michael Close off due to the blood rule.

27:42

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)

30:12

Dayne Zorko for the Lions leads the metres gained category with 454, whilst Dayne Beams from Brisbane leads the disposal count with 19 (including eight kicks at 38 per cent efficiency)

30:46

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Tom Bell)

32:00

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Andy Otten)

32:12

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:53

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Charles Cameron)

06:18

Sam Jacobs(Adelaide) and Stefan Martin (Brisbane) have had 42 ruck contests, with Jacobs leading the hit outs 23-15 and 8-3 to advantage

07:04

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Charles Cameron)

08:40

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Charles Cameron)

10:07

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

11:05

Taylor Walker's goal for the Crows was their eighth in a row and 11 of the last 12

12:06

Lions Interchange - Marco Paparone off due to the blood rule.

13:06

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Charles Cameron)

15:19

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Matthew Hammelmann)

15:51

Crows Interchange - Curtly Hampton and is possibly out for the game.

16:01

Matthew Hammelmann's inside forward 50, mark and goal for Brisbane means they have had the last two entries into this zone, breaking Adelaide's streak of the previous seven

16:33

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Charles Cameron)

19:27

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

21:43

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Wayne Milera)

22:40

Charlie Cameron has kicked a career best four goals for Adelaide, his previous best being three against Fremantle in Round 12 of 2014 and Gold Coast in Round 17 of 2015

24:15

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)

24:51

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brad Crouch)

25:59

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lewis Taylor)

29:41

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

30:29

In the third quarter in forward half statistics, Adelaide leads the Lions 70-17 in disposals, 25-5 in contested possessions, 16-4 ground ball gets and 12-2 in intercept possessions

31:07

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:56

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)

03:10

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

05:28

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Nick Robertson)

06:02

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Andy Otten)

07:26

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Ben Keays)

07:52

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)

09:37

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lewis Taylor)

10:39

Brisbane has had four of the six inside forward 50 entries in the fourth quarter, but have been outscored 3.1 (19) to 0.3 (3)

12:01

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)

13:42

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)

18:54

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Josh Walker)

22:16

Brisbane has had just the four disposals inside their forward 50 zone in the last quarter, whilst Adelaide has had 21 inside their attacking 50

22:25

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Andy Otten)

23:13

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Charles Cameron)

24:07

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

24:56

Brisbane leads the clearances 7-5 in the last quarter and 3-0 in centre clearances, but trail Adelaide overall 32-38 and 10-14 respectively in these categories. Dayne Beams leads the clearance winners on the ground with 10

25:07

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

25:34

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jordan Gallucci)

27:08

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jake Barrett)

28:49

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Josh Walker)

29:01

Brisbane has had five of the last seven inside forward 50 entries, outscoring Adelaide 1.3 (9) to 1.0 (6) during this period

29:37

Dayne Beams has had a career high 40 disposals and equal career high 21 contested possessions for Brisbane. His previous best disposal count was 38 versus St Kilda (round 9/2015) and when playing for Collingwood against North Melbourne (round 21/2012)

29:40

The siren has sounded to end Q4.