Pre Game
00:00
Last season, Geelong won the disposal count by 43 per game and the contested possession count by 10 per game, leading the AFL in each measure.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Rory Laird)
02:20
The Crows have opened the game with the first five clearances.
03:31
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
03:32
Taylor Walker kicks the first goal of the season for Adelaide. The big man recorded 15 goals from 14 games in 2020.
05:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Josh Jenkins)
07:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Sam Berry)
07:47
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
08:21
Despite trailing slightly on the scoreboard, Geelong leads the time in possession, 43 percent to 27.
11:32
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
11:33
Both of Adelaide's first two goals have been sourced from stoppages.
12:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Luke Dahlhaus)
13:54
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Billy Frampton)
17:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
17:50
The Crows are kicking the ball at an excellent 73 percent efficiency, bettering the 62 percent of Geelong.
19:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
23:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
24:32
The Crows lost the inside 50 count by ten per game in 2020, ranked last in the competition. So far today they are winning this measure, ten to eight.
27:39
Crows Interchange - Luke Brown off due to an injury.
27:45
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Brandan Parfitt)
30:00
Tom Hawkins has been targeted four times inside forward 50 for the Cats, but is yet to take a mark.
31:31
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
32:51
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
32:52
The Crows hold the edge over the more-fancied Cats by 13 points at the first break. Adelaide's pressure was key - for the term, it won the tackle count 19 to 13, as well as the contested possessions 43 to 29.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:42
Of the five free kicks that Adelaide has conceded, four of the indiscretions have been for holding the man.
02:43
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
03:11
Crows Interchange - Luke Brown and is possibly out for the game.
07:10
All four of the intercept marks recorded by Adelaide have occurred in the Cats' forward 50 zone.
07:46
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (James Rowe)
10:00
The time in possession for the first ten minutes of the second term favours the Crows 45 percent to 30.
11:02
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Ned McHenry)
12:50
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
14:44
The Crows kicked four goals in the first quarter, all from beyond 40 metres from goal. In the second term, each of their three goals has been kicked from inside 40 metres.
15:33
Crows Interchange - Jake Kelly and is possibly out for the game.
19:52
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
21:33
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
23:02
Taylor Walker has contributed an involvement in six of the 12 Adelaide Crows scores.
24:04
Crows Interchange - Shane McAdam off due to an injury.
25:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Brodie Smith)
27:15
Patrick Dangerfield has gained 391 first-half metres for the Cats. The next most on the ground is 384 metres gained by Adelaide's Brodie Smith.
27:36
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Brandan Parfitt)
29:36
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
31:55
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Ned McHenry)
33:09
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
33:31
Adelaide forward Taylor Walker has three goals in a match for the first time since Round 7 of last season.
34:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Josh Jenkins)
36:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
38:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
39:06
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
39:09
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
39:10
The Crows enter the long break holding a 38 point lead, courtesy of a dominant second term where they controlled the time in possession 58 percent to 29, and outscored the Cats 7.3 to 3.2.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:43
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Mark Blicavs)
02:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
05:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Isaac Smith)
06:02
Crows Interchange - Mitchell Hinge off due to an injury.
06:22
The leading tackler on the ground is Geelong's Brandan Parfitt with five, already exceeding his career per-game average of 4.8.
07:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
08:50
The Crows kicking efficiency inside their forward 50 zone is 52 percent, far superior to the 39 percent of the Cats.
09:37
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
09:38
The last time Taylor Walker kicked five goals in a game was in Round 23 of the 2019 season.
12:10
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (James Rowe)
15:04
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
16:04
With a tally of three, Adelaide's Tom Doedee is the only player on the ground to have recorded multiple broken tackles.
18:28
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
18:30
The Cats kick consecutive goals for just the second time today.
20:20
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Luke Dahlhaus)
20:21
All four Geelong third-quarter goals have been the end result of a disposal chain that began at a stoppage.
23:33
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
27:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Billy Frampton)
29:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Gary Rohan)
29:38
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
29:39
In the last ten minutes of the third term, Geelong won the disposal count 50 to 18, the time in possession 63 percent to 19, the inside 50s eight to four, and outscored the Crows 4.1 to 0.1.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:48
Cats Interchange - Patrick Dangerfield off due to the blood rule.
04:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Ned McHenry)
04:08
In the early stages of the final quarter, the Crows have won the first three clearances and generated the first five inside 50 entries, but have only converted this dominance into 0.1 on the scoreboard.
06:02
Crows Interchange - Rory Laird off due to an injury.
08:04
The Cats have just a single forward half disposal in over eight minutes of final quarter play.
08:20
Crows Interchange - Mitchell Hinge off due to an injury.
09:24
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Zach Guthrie)
09:56
Cats Interchange - Sam Menegola and is possibly out for the game.
10:16
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
10:26
Crows Interchange - Jordon Butts off due to an injury.
12:33
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Isaac Smith)
14:26
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Billy Frampton)
15:17
Leading all players on the ground with eight one percenters, Adelaide's Jordon Butts' hard work has held Geelong spearhead Tom Hawkins to seven disposals and three marks, well down on his 2020 per-game averages of 12.4 disposals and 6.7 marks.
17:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Rory Laird)
18:06
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Isaac Smith)
18:07
Isaac Smith's second goal of the day is also the second Cats major that was sourced from a kick-in from full back.
21:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Shaun Higgins)
23:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
24:17
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
24:27
The Crows' final quarter kick-to-handball ratio is 2.41, significantly different to the 1.54 they recorded for the same measure over the first three quarters.
25:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
28:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
29:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Billy Frampton)
30:40
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
30:41
The Crows withstand a final-quarter onslaught from the Cats to hold on for a stirring 12 point victory. A key to the win was Adelaide veteran Rory Sloane, contributing 20 disposals at 80 percent efficiency, eight score involvements, seven clearances, and five marks.