Match

Adelaide Crows vs Fremantle

Commentary / 08 Apr 2023

Pre Game

00:00
Fremantle has lost eight of its last 10 matches at Adelaide Oval - having a narrow one-point win over the Crows in Round 1 last season.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:02
The Dockers have taken two marks, both from opposition kicks.
02:58
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
03:08
Adelaide kicks the first goal for the game, sourced from a forward half intercept. The Crows have won just 15 forward half intercept possessions per game - ranked last in the AFL.
04:42
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
04:52
Bailey Banfield boots the Dockers' first goal, sourced from a centre clearance. Fremantle has scored just 5.3 points per game from this source - ranked 17th.
07:19
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
08:21
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
08:31
Taylor Walker has been involved in all three of his team's scores. No other Crow has recorded more than one score involvement.
10:04
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
13:32
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
13:42
Fremantle has kicked one goal from eight inside 50s (12.5%). The Dockers have scored a goal from 18.2% of their entries this season - the third-lowest percentage in the competition.
16:26
Jaeger O'Meara has had four disposals, with all winning a clearance for his team.
17:50
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
19:20
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Wayne Milera)
19:30
Adelaide has scored five times from six inside 50s (83.3%). The Crows have scored from 50.6% of their entries this season - ranked No.1.
22:44
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
22:54
The Dockers have won five forward half intercepts, scoring from two of these. They have won 27 forward half intercepts per game this season - ranked No.1.
27:49
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
27:59
The Crows hold a slight advantage at stoppages, winning 12 clearances to the Dockers' 10, and they have outscored Fremantle by 12 points from this source (19-7). Adelaide has scored 46.7 points per game from this source - ranked No.1 after three rounds.
31:09
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
31:19
Michael Walters has recorded two kicks, both into the forward 50 and resulting in a goal.
34:14
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Gollant)
34:17
Fremantle conceded seven scores from 12 Adelaide inside 50s in the first term (58.3%). The Dockers have conceded a score from just 37.3% of opposition entries this season - ranked second defensively.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:03
Adelaide has recorded 11 disposals this quarter - all in its defensive half.
05:24
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
06:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
07:06
The Crows continue to hold sway at stoppages, leading the clearance count 5-2 in the second term. Both scores have come from this source.
09:00
Both teams are struggling to move the ball, failing to generate a single inside 50 from 26 defensive 50 chains. The AFL average is 23.6%.
09:34
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
09:44
Izak Rankine boots his second goal with his fifth disposal. He has had at least 15 disposals and kicked at least two goals in all three completed games this season.
11:29
Not content with hitting the scoreboard, Izak Rankine has applied a game-high five tackles, including four this quarter, to equal his career-high.
14:00
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jake Soligo)
14:10
Adelaide has already grabbed seven marks inside 50, kicking 5.1 from this shot source. The Dockers allowed their opposition to take 8.7 marks inside 50 per game across the first three rounds - ranked third defensively.
17:32
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
18:49
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
18:59
Jye Amiss kicks a much-needed goal for his team. It was the first score for the game launched from defensive 50.
20:18
Crows Interchange - Izak Rankine off due to an injury.
21:46
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Gollant)
21:56
The Crows have won 11 intercept possessions this quarter, scoring 3.1 (19) from these. Fremantle has not generated a score from seven intercepts.
23:40
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
28:05
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
28:15
Another goal from an intercept to the Crows. All four of their second-quarter goals are from this source, with the last two launched from defensive 50.
30:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Gollant)
30:06
Fremantle has recorded 44 kicks in its forward half, with just half of these effective. The Crows have recorded a kicking efficiency of 72.9% in their forward half.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:54
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
06:11
The Dockers have been better at absorbing the Crows' attack to start the third quarter, conceding just one behind from five Adelaide entries.
08:31
Adelaide has been first to the ball all game. It leads the contested possession count by 10 to start the third quarter (21-11) after winning it by seven and four in the first and second quarters respectively.
11:04
Dockers Interchange - Luke Ryan off due to an injury.
11:27
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
11:37
Fremantle breaks the second-half goal drought. It has scored 1.2 (8) from 12 forward half clearances. The Dockers have scored 22 points per game from this source this season - ranked second.
14:08
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
15:54
Both teams have been inefficient by foot in the third term, with just 11 of the Dockers' 25 kicks effective, while 12 of Adelaide's 29 have found their mark.
17:48
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
19:53
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
21:23
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jordan Dawson)
21:33
Jordan Dawson ends his team's streak of goalless inside 50s at 12. He has recorded a game-high 13 effective kicks - four more than any other player.
22:56
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
25:48
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Laird)
26:36
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
26:37
Dockers Interchange - Brandon Walker off due to an injury.
27:41
Rory Sloane had 13 disposals in the third term after recording just seven in the first half. He won a team-high five contested possessions and two clearances.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:26
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
00:36
Fremantle makes a fast start to the final term. Lachie Schultz has recorded one goal assist as well as kicking two goals for a scoreboard impact of 18 points - a team-high.
02:47
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
04:07
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
04:39
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
04:49
Adelaide has outscored the Dockers by 36 points from forward half intercepts (45-9).
05:00
Dockers Interchange - Sam Switkowski off due to an injury.
06:45
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
06:55
Both teams have scored 3.3 (21) from stoppages. James Aish has won three clearances, with his third launching that goal to Luke Jackson.
09:58
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
12:37
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jake Soligo)
12:47
Another goal from a forward half intercept to the Crows. Eight of their 13 goals are from this source.
16:29
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
16:39
Michael Walters has been held goalless in four of his last six games against Adelaide.
18:37
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
19:53
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
20:03
Taylor Walker has been accurate in front of goal, kicking four goals straight. He recorded 3.6 across the first three rounds.
22:53
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
24:52
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
25:02
The Crows have won 15 hardball-gets in forward 50 to the Dockers' four, scoring 6.4 (40) to 0.3 (3) from snap shots.
26:07
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
28:31
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Ethan Hughes)
28:41
Fremantle has generated nine scores this quarter from 16 inside 50s (56.3%) after hitting the scoreboard 12 times from 33 entries (36.4%) to three-quarter time.
31:06
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
32:23
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
33:44
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Liam Henry)
33:47
Back-to-back wins for the Crows, built on a dominant first half when they booted 10 goals to Fremantle's four. Jordan Dawson won 14 of his 28 possessions in a contest (50%) but was still able to finish with a disposal efficiency of 93% (95% by foot).