PC2011/12RP The Pride of South Australia - Adelaide Crows

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Round 9 - Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide - Etihad Stadium

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Jake Lever - Kyle Hartigan - Luke Brown
HB: Kyle Cheney - Daniel Talia - Rory Laird
C: Brodie Smith - Patrick Dangerfield - Rory Sloane
HF: Charlie Cameron - Josh Jenkins - Tom Lynch
FF: Harry Dear - Taylor Walker - Richard Douglas
R: Sam Jacobs - Scott Thompson - Brad Crouch
INT: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen - Matthew Jaensch - Nathan VanBerlo
SUB: Matthew Wright





WESTERN BULLDOGS

B: Matthew Fuller - Jordan Roughead - Michael Talia
HB: Lukas Webb - Dale Morris - Easton Wood
C: Marcus Bontempeli - Matthew Boyd - Ryan Murphy
HF: Declan Hamilton - Stewart Crameri - Tory Dickson
FF: Ayce Cordy - Tom Boyd - Jake Stringer
R: Will Minson - Tom Liberatore - Luke Dahlhaus
INT: Lachlan Hunter - Josh Prudden - Liam Picken
SUB: Clay Smith

 

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Crows roll on in Melbourne, down dogs

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Western Bulldogs: 4.2 - 9.4 - 10.5 - 13.9 (87)
Adelaide: 4.2 - 10.6 - 13.8 - 19.8 (122)


GOALS: Bulldogs: Crameri 6, Liberatore, Hamilton, Murphy, Dickson, T.Boyd, Bontempeli, Stringer
Adelaide: Walker 6, Douglas 3, Dangerfield 2, VanBerlo 2, Jenkins, Crouch, Talia, Lynch, Ellis-Yolmen, Thompson


BEST: Bulldogs: Stringer, Crameri, Minson, M.Boyd, Bontempeli
Adelaide: Walker, Thompson, Smith, VanBerlo, Sloane


DISPOSALS: Bulldogs: Stringer 36, Boyd 33, Bontempeli 28, Hunter 24, Minson 22
Adelaide: Smith 34, Thompson 32, Sloane 31, VanBerlo 25, Ellis-Yolmen 23



Other Key Crow Stats

Clearances: Thompson (9), Sloane, Smith (6), Ellis-Yolmen, Jaensch (3)

Marks: Walker (8), Thompson, Douglas (7), Brown, Hartigan, Crouch (6)

Tackles: Shaw (8), Cheney (7), Ellis-Yolmen, Dear, VanBerlo (5)

Inside 50s: VanBerlo (8), Smith (7), Jacobs, Dangerfield (6), Ellis-Yolmen, Sloane, Thompson (5)

Rebound 50s: Cheney (7), Hartigan, Shaw, Laird (6), Brown (4)



Head to Head

Possessions: 300 – 397 (W)
Kicks: 160 – 224 (W)
Handballs: 140 – 173 (W)
Contested Marks: 18 – 25 (W)
Uncontested Marks: 45 – 50 (W)
Tackles: 34 – 55 (W)
Hitouts: 33 – 40 (W)
Inside 50: 42 – 49 (W)
Clearances: 40 – 36 (L)
Rebounds: 28 – 43 (W)



Coaches Comments

We had a small injury scare before the match with young Jake Lever being a late withdrawl from the game, but I thought Sam Shaw was fantastic in what was another solid win from the group. A 35 point victory in Melbourne in front of a healthy crowd of just under 40,000 at Etihad Satdium. I thought loosing Lever was a big blow for us at the start of the match, but to the credit of Shaw who played his first game of the season, played really well down back.
Brodie Smith after signing a new 2 year contract really attracted the footy today and had one of his best games of the year racking up 34 touches, 6 clearances and 7 inside 50s. Thompson, Sloane and VanBerlo all had plenty of ball through the midfield, but it’s guys like Cam Ellis-Yolmen (23 possessions, 5 tackles and 1 goal) and Luke Brown (22 possessions, 4 rebounds) that are really standing up for this club at the moment.

Captain Taylor Walker really stood up for us again this afternoon as he kicked another bag of 6 goals while he had great support from Richie Douglas and Patrick Dangerfield, two of our midfielders were able to get forward and get on the scoreboard. That’s the great thing about this club, is guys like Brad Crouch, Cameron Ellis-Yolmen and Brodie Smith in the side, allows us to put them through the middle of the ground, while we can gives guys like Douglas and Dangerfield a breather in the forward half to throw off the opposition.

I was very happy with the result today, as the boys were able to get on top of the game from the get go. We won all bar 1 stat for the afternoon which was the clearances, but I thought our midfielders were able to work hard and read the ball off the Bulldogs ruckman for most of the day.

 

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Club Stats after Round 9


Goals
1. Taylor Walker - 40
2. Josh Jenkins - 17
3. Richard Douglas - 12
4. Patrick Dangerfield - 10
5. Eddie Betts - 9


Disposals
1. Nathan VanBerlo - 253
2. Brodie Smith - 241
3. Patrick Dangerfield - 222
4. Rory Sloane - 196
5. Richard Douglas - 190


Clearances
1. Rory Sloane - 38
2. Brad Crouch - 36
3. Brodie Smith - 33
4. Scott Thompson - 32
5. Richard Douglas - 22


Tackles
1. Kyle Cheney - 40
2. Brodie Smith - 38
3. Luke Brown - 36
4. Nathan VanBerlo - 34
5. Richard Douglas – 30

 

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Round 10 - Gold Coast vs Adelaide - Metricon Stadium

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Andy Otten - Kyle Hartigan - Luke Brown
HB: Kyle Cheney - Daniel Talia - Rory Laird
C: Brodie Smith - Patrick Dangerfield - Rory Sloane
HF: Charlie Cameron - James Podsiadly - Tom Lynch
FF: Matthew Wright - Taylor Walker - Richard Douglas
R: Sam Jacobs - Scott Thompson - Brad Crouch
INT: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen - Matthew Jaensch - Nathan VanBerlo
SUB: Mitch Grigg

IN: Mitch Grigg, James Podsiadly, Andy Otten
OUT: Sam Shaw (inj) - Josh Jenkins (inj) - Harry Dear (omitted)




GOLD COAST SUNS

B: Nick Malceski - Seb Tape - Sean Lemmens
HB: Danny Stanley - Rory Thompson - Trent McKenzie
C: Kade Kolodjashnij - Michael Rischitelli - Jack Martin
HF: Aaron Hall - Charlie Dixon - Timmy Sumner
FF: Zac Smith - Sam Day - Dion Prestia
R: Tom Nicholls - Jaeger OMeara - David Swallow
INT: Alex Sexton - Harley Bennell - Jared Harbrow
SUB: Jarrod Garlett

 

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Sun goes down, as Crows fly high

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Gold Coast: 3.0 - 7.1 - 10.4 - 17.6 (108)
Adelaide: 4.5 - 5.5 - 10.6 - 18.8 (116)


GOALS: Gold Coast: Day 6, Hall 2, Dixon 2, Rischitelli 2, McKenzie, Malceski, Garlett, Sumner, Bennell
Adelaide: Walker 6, Podsiadly 3, Douglas 2, Lynch, Cheney, Wright, Brown, Thompson, Ellis-Yolmen, Dangerfield


BEST: Gold Coast: Day, Swallow, Rischitelli, Raines, Dixon
Adelaide: Walker, Thompson, Sloane, Ellis-Yolmen, VanBerlo


DISPOSALS: Gold Coast: Swallow 37, Bennell 29, Rischitelli 28, Kolodjashnij 23, Sumner 22
Adelaide: Sloane 36, Thompson 32, VanBerlo 31, Ellis-Yolmen 25, Smith 24



Other Key Crow Stats

Clearances: Ellis-Yolmen (8), Smith (7), Thompson (5), Jaensch (4)

Marks: Jacobs (7), Douglas, Sloane (6), Crouch, Walker, Thompson (5)

Tackles: Thompson (6), Ellis-Yolmen, VanBerlo, Cheney (5), Laird, Dangerfield, Sloane (4)

Inside 50s: Sloane (7), Jacobs, Smith (5), Ellis-Yolmen, Thompson, VanBerlo (4)

Rebound 50s: Cheney (8), Ellis-Yolmen (6), Jacobs, Laird (5), Brown, VanBerlo, Grigg (4)



Head to Head

Possessions: 325 – 368 (W)
Kicks: 164 – 216 (W)
Handballs: 161 – 152 (W)
Contested Marks: 16 – 27 (W)
Uncontested Marks: 49 – 40 (L)
Tackles: 54 – 51 (L)
Hitouts: 44 – 29 (L)
Inside 50s: 49 – 35 (L)
Clearances: 28 – 35 (W)
Rebounds: 38 – 48 (W)



Coaches Comments

Another solid win away from home. This playing group is getting tighter and better each week and we’re starting to see the results of a preseason together. We’ve worked hard over the summer and now we are starting to see the results as we sit in 4th positions on the AFL Ladder after this win against the Gold Coast. We have a 7-3 record heading into the second half of the season.

It just shows you again this afternoon that we’ve got players wanting to play for this jumper and we’ve got guys in the SANFL ready to make an impact once there’s an injury or suspension. James Podsiadly, one of our veterans has been in the SANFL all year, but with the injury to Jenkins and the out of form Lowden and Dear, we needed a tall forward, and Pods was able to come in, play his role and kick 3 important goals for us this afternoon.
Cameron Ellis-Yolmen is starting to surprise the AFL world. He’s played the last 3 games in a row now, and he is taking the world by storm. 14 possessions, 1 goal and 4 clearances in a solid outing against the Power, 23 touches, 5 tackles and a goal against the Bulldogs last weekend and now his best game to date with 25 possessions, 5 tackles a goal and 8 clearances this afternoon against the Suns. The 20 year old is starting to gain a lot of confidence in his body, and is keeping his position ahead of fancies like Matt Crouch, Mitch Grigg and Sam Kerridge.

The Big Texan was awesome again today with another bag of 6 goals, takes his tally to 40 for the season and is now looking at a top 3 finish in the Coleman Medal counting.
Sloane, Thompson and VanBerlo again all got 30+ touches, while Podsiadly and Douglas provided to be targets inside forward 50. This is the Crows third win in a row and coming up against the Lions at home next weekend we’ll be in position to be in good form heading into the round 12 encounter against the reigning premiers Hawthorn at the MCG. That will be our biggest test, and a perfect way we can compare ourselves up against the competitions best

 

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Round 11 - Adelaide vs Brisbane - Adelaide Oval

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Andy Otten - Kyle Hartigan - Luke Brown
HB: Kyle Cheney - Daniel Talia - Rory Laird
C: Brodie Smith - Patrick Dangerfield - Rory Sloane
HF: Charlie Cameron - James Podsiadly - Tom Lynch
FF: Matthew Wright - Taylor Walker - Richard Douglas
R: Sam Jacobs - Scott Thompson - Brad Crouch
INT: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen - Matthew Jaensch - Mitch Grigg
SUB: Matt Crouch

IN: Matt Crouch
OUT: Nathan VanBerlo




BRISBANE LIONS

B: Jed Adcock - Matt Maguire - Luke McGuane
HB: Josh Watts - Daniel Merrett - Ryan Lester
C: Pearce Hanley - Dayne Beams - Dayne Zorko
HF: Lewis Taylor - Josh McGuiiness - Rohan Bewick
FF: Stefan Martin - Brent Staker - Allen Christensen
R: Matthew Luenberger - Daniel Rich - Tom Rockcliff
INT: Sam Mayes - Jack Redden - Justin Clarke
SUB: Jaden McGrath

 

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Walker fires, as Crows tame the Lions

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Adelaide: 4.1 - 10.2 - 15.4 - 21.6 (132)
Brisbane: 6.3 - 10.4 - 10.6 - 13.10 (88)


GOALS: Adelaide: Walker 6, Lynch 3, B.Crouch 2, Douglas 2, Podsiadly 2, Hartigan, Thompson, Otten, Sloane, Smith, Dangerfield
Brisbane: Staker 4, Zorko 2, Bewick 2, McGuiness, Martin, Taylor, Rockcliff, Clarke


BEST: Adelaide: Jacobs, Thompson, Walker, Sloane, Otten
Brisbane: Rockcliff, Redden, Mayes, Beams, Clarke


DISPOSALS: Adelaide: Smith 30, Thompson 30, Grigg 27, Sloane 25, Dangerfield 23
Brisbane: Rockcliff 35, Beams 28, Redden 27, Mayes 24, Rich 21



Other Key Crow Stats

Clearances: Ellis-Yolmen, Dangerfield, Sloane (6), Jacobs (4)

Marks: Jacobs (13), Podsiadly, Otten, Thompson, Jaensch (7)

Tackles: Otten (8). Thompson, Cheney (7), Wright (6), Douglas (5)

Inside 50s: Sloane, Thompson (7), Ellis-Yolmen (6), Dangerfield, Jaensch (5)

Rebound 50s: Hartigan (7), Cheney, Laird (6), Otten (4), B.Crouch, Brown, Talia (3)



Head to Head

Possessions: 375 – 327 (W)
Kicks: 210 – 172 (W)
Handballs: 165 – 155 (W)
Contested Marks: 27 – 20 (W)
Uncontested Marks: 58 – 51 (W)
Tackles: 60 – 38 (W)
Hitouts: 32 – 41 (L)
Inside 50s: 44 – 43 (W)
Clearances: 35 - 35
Rebounds: 41 – 38 (W)



Coaches Comments

A very handy 44 point win at home today. Wasn’t happy with the way we started the game as the Lions were harder at the ball and put scoreboard pressure on us. But to the credit of our players, we were able to get into the game through sheer hard work and gut running.

Led by our Captain Tex Walker in the forward half, who finished with another 6 goals for the night, he was well supported by Tom Lynch who kicked 3, and Brad Crouch, Douglas and Podsiadly with 2 each. I was very happy with the ball movement around the ground from the players as well. We want to be a team that kicks the ball more then we handball, and we showed that today I thought. 210 kicks to 162 handballs which means we’re basically kicking the ball every 2nd possession we get.

Jacobs was again awesome for us, Smith, Dangerfield, Sloane and Walker were all good again today. But I was most happy with Mitch Grigg. After being on the cusp of this side in recent years, he has certainly grown to be a vital player in our side. He amassed 27 possessions today, I think he’s best effort for the club, and his lethal left foot, puts us in a great position going forward. Guys like Walker, Jenkins and Pods love when Grigg has the ball as he most times finds his target.

 

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Round 12 - Hawthorn vs Adelaide - MCG

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Hartigan - Daniel Talia - Luke Brown
HB: Kyle Cheney - Andy Otten - Rory Laird
C: Brodie Smith - Patrick Dangerfield - Rory Sloane
HF: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen - Josh Jenkins - Tom Lynch
FF: James Podsiadly - Taylor Walker - Eddie Betts
R: Sam Jacobs - Richard Douglas - Brad Crouch
INT: Matt Crouch - Matthew Jaensch - Mitch Grigg
SUB: Jarryd Lyons

IN: Josh Jenkins - Jarryd Lyons - Eddie Betts
OUT: Scott Thompson (inj) - Matthew Wright (omitted) - Charlie Cameron (Inj)




HAWTHORN HAWKS

B: Grant Birchall - Brian Lake - Matt Spangher
HB: Daniel Howe - James Frawley - Matt Suckling
C: Isaac Smith - Sam Mitchell - Brendan Whitecross
HF: Ben Stratton - Jarryd Roughead - Cyril Rioli
FF: Ben McEvoy - Jack Gunston - Shaun Burgoyne
R: David Hale - Luke Hodge - Jordan Lewis
INT: Liam Shiels - Luke Bruest - Paul Puopolo
SUB: Brad Hill

 

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Hawks too strong, winged Crows

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Hawthorn: 9.0 - 14.4 - 17.4 - 21.5 (131)
Adelaide: 2.3 - 6.4 - 8.7 - 13.12 (90)


GOALS: Hawthorn: Roughead 6, Gunston 5, Lewis 2, Suckling, Shiels, Rioli, Whitecross, Hale, Howe, Puopolo, McEvoy
Adelaide: Walker 5, M.Crouch 2, Jenkins 2, Brown, Betts, Ellis-Yolmen, Lynch,


BEST: Hawthorn: Roughead, Lewis, Hodge, Howe, Gunston
Adelaide: M.Crouch, Smith, Sloane, Walker, Lynch


DISPOSALS: Hawthorn: Hodge 32, Lewis 32, Mitchell 27, Bruest 24, Hale 20
Adelaide: M.Crouch 33, Sloane 32, Grigg 29, Smith 28, Dangerfield 24



Other Key Crow Stats

Clearances: B.Crouch (9), M.Crouch (7), Jaensch (6), Sloane (5), Smith (4)

Marks: Jacobs (7), Jenkins, Laird (6), Jaensch, Douglas (5)

Tackles: Douglas (11), Dangerfield (6), Smith, Cheney (5), Brown, Otten, Grigg (4)

Inside 50s: Sloane (9), Grigg, M.Crouch (6), Jacobs (4), Douglas, Smith, Jaensch (3)

Rebound 50s: Cheney, M.Crouch (6), Hartigan, Brown (4), B.Crouch, Laird, Otten, Sloane, Dangerfield, Smith (3)



Head to Head

Possessions: 290 – 415 (W)
Kicks: 155 – 240 (W)
Handballs: 135 – 175 (W)
Contested Marks: 26 – 22 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 35 – 58 (W)
Tackles: 50 – 57 (W)
Hitouts: 14 – 59 (W)
Inside 50s: 35 – 45 (W)
Clearances: 24 – 44 (W)
Rebounds: 44 – 48 (W)


Coaches Comments

Certainly when you look at the result today, and when you see the stats, you’d think that the Adelaide Crows would have beaten the Hawks convincingly. You would not have believed that Hawthorn beat Adelaide by 41 points. But that was the case, we had more football then our opposition, but still lost by 7 goals. Hawthorn, when got the ball are a very dangerous football side. They have such an awesome attack, with Roughead (6), Gunston (5) goals leading the way.

We have +125 disposals, +45 hitouts, +10 inside 50s, +20 clearances and yet we still lost the game by 7 goals.
Apart from the loss we had 2 injuries to 2 of our star players. Eddie Betts suffered a groin strain and he’s likely to miss at least 3 weeks. Patrick Dangerfield was our other casualty with Danger suffering a quad strain and the doc’s say he is likely to miss 5-6 weeks.
That put a massive damper on a dark day for the club against the reigning premiers.

But let’s have a look at the positives. Youngster Matt Crouch was outstanding for the afternoon. He had 33 possessions, kicked 2 goals and 7 clearances. Mitch Grigg again has really stood up in our midfield, another 29 disposal game, 4 tackles and 6 inside 50s. Brodie Smith has continued his great year, while Dangerfield was very good before he got injured in the last quarter racking up 24 possessions and 6 tackles.

Taylor Walker was again a stand out in our forward line. Kicked another 5 goals which now takes his total for 57 for the year at the half way mark, and is leading the Coleman Medal currently.

The club does have a bye in Round 13, so hopefully we can get a few injuries and suspensions back and come out firing against the Bombers at home in Adelaide.

 

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Club Stats after Round 12


Goals
1. Taylor Walker - 57
2. Josh Jenkins - 19
3. Richard Douglas - 16
4. Patrick Dangerfield - 12
5. Eddie Betts - 10


Disposals
1. Brodie Smith - 323
2. Patrick Dangerfield - 292
3. Rory Sloane - 289
4. Nathan VanBerlo - 284
5. Richard Douglas - 244


Clearances
1. Brad Crouch - 50
2. Rory Sloane - 49
3. Brodie Smith - 47
4. Scott Thompson - 37
5. Patrick Dangerfield - 31


Tackles
1. Kyle Cheney - 57
2. Brodie Smith - 50
3. Richard Douglas - 49
4. Luke Brown - 48
5. Nathan VanBerlo – 39




Injury List (Round 13)

Patrick Dangerfield – Quad Strain – 5 weeks
Mitch Grigg – Broken Leg – 7 weeks
Eddie Betts – Groin Strain – 3 weeks
Scott Thompson – AC Joint - 5 weeks
Nathan VanBerlo – Achillies – 3 weeks

 

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Round 14 - Adelaide vs Essendon - Adelaide Oval


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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Hartigan - Andy Otten - Matthew Jaensch
HB: Kyle Cheney - Daniel Talia - Rory Laird
C: Ricky Henderson - Richard Douglas - Cameron Ellis-Yolmen
HF: Charlie Cameron - Taylor Walker - Tom Lynch
FF: David Mackay - Josh Jenkins - Luke Lowden
R: Sam Jacobs - Rory Sloane - Brodie Smith
INT: Brad Crouch - Matt Crouch - Nathan VanBerlo
SUB: Brodie Martin

IN: Ricky Henderson - Charlie Cameron - Luke Lowden - David Mackay - Brodie Martin
OUT: Patrick Dangerfield (inj) - James Podsiadly (omitted) - Eddie Betts (inj) - Mitch Grigg (inj) - Jarryd Lyons (omitted)



ESENDON BOMBERS

B: Courtney Dempsey - Michael Hurley - Tate Pears
HB: Mark Baguley - Cale Hooker - James Gwilt
C: Dyson Heppell - Jobe Watson - Paul Chapman
HF: Jason Winderlich - Joe Daniher - Travis Colyer
FF: Jonathan Giles - Jake Carlisle - Adam Cooney
R: Tom Bellchambers - Brendon Goddard - Brent Stanton
INT: Jayden Leverde - David Zaharakis - Heath Hocking
SUB: Shane Edwards

 

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As the Bombers fly up up

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Adelaide: 6.2 - 9.3 - 10.6 - 12.9 (81)
Essendon: 5.2 - 12.4 - 16.8 - 17.11 (113)


GOALS: Adelaide: Jenkins 2, M.Crouch 2, Lowden 2, Hartigan 2, Walker 2, Ellis-Yolmen, Mackay
Essendon: Carlisle 4, Giles 3, Zaharakis 2, Baguley, Laverde, Bellchambers, Colyer, Stanton, Cooney, Daniher, Hocking


BEST: Adelaide: Jacobs, Hartigan, Otten, B.Crouch, Henderson
Essendon: Chapman, Watson, Stantion, Goddard, Zaharakis


DISPOSALS: Adelaide: B.Crouch 27, Henderson 22, Jacobs 22, Hartigan 22, Otten 22
Essendon: Watson 40, Stanton 37, Chapman 36, Zaharakis 30, Goddard 30



Other Key Crow Stats

Clearances: B.Crouch (6), Henderson (5), M.Crouch, Lynch, Sloane (3)

Marks: Jacobs (8), Henderson, Douglas (6), Ellis-Yolmen (5)

Tackles: Hartigan (12), Cameron (6), Cheney (5), Laird, Jacobs (4)

Inside 50s: Jacobs (6), Sloane, B.Crouch (4), Martin, Henderson (3)

Rebounds 50s: Talia (10), Otten, Hartigan (5), Cheney (4)



Head to Head

Possessions: 305 – 404 (L)
Kicks: 168 – 210 (L)
Handballs: 137 – 194 (L)
Contested Marks: 13 – 17 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 47 – 50 (L)
Tackles: 49 – 69 (L)
Hitouts: 43 – 30 (W)
Inside 50s: 28 – 49 (L)
Clearances: 21 – 32 (L)
Rebounds: 40 – 41 (L)



Coaches Comments

Coming back after the bye, we thought the group had a very relaxing time off, except with the injuries to some of our star players, Dangerfield, Betts and Thompson we had to make 5 changes to the side against the Bombers.

The Bombers were just too good for us this evening at Adelaide Oval. Essendon won by 32 points and really dominated most of the major stats of the night.
I was very pleased with Kyle Hartigan’s game. With Otten and Talia taking key defensive posts as well as Kyle Cheney being the 3rd tall defender, we thought we could use Hartigan as a swing man. It’s certainly he’s best game for the club picking up 22 possessions, laid 12 tackles and kicked 2 goals. 12 tackles is massive for a 194cm defender. 6 spoils and 5 rebounds to go with his numbers, he and Jacobs were certainly 2 of our best players.

Sam Jacobs was again solid today, after a bit of a training mishap. Jacobs finished with 22 possessions, 8 marks, 35 hitouts and 6 inside 50s. With Tex Walker a little quieter this week, all credit goes to Michael Hurley who played a wonderful game against our captain, but it was time for guys like Jenkins, Lowden and Lynch to stand up. I was impressed with Luke Lowden today. His first game for a long time, he doesn’t get plenty of the ball, but if he is able to allow Jenkins play as a full time forward, he goes into the ruck and give Jacobs a rest, and he also kicked 2 goals, if Lowden can do that each week, he’ll be a valuable trade in for our club.

 

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Round 15 - West Coast vs Adelaide - Domain Stadium

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Hartigan - Andy Otten - Matthew Jaensch
HB: Kyle Cheney - Daniel Talia - Rory Laird
C: Ricky Henderson - Richard Douglas - Cameron Ellis-Yolmen
HF: Charlie Cameron - Taylor Walker - Tom Lynch
FF: David Mackay - Josh Jenkins - Luke Lowden
R: Sam Jacobs - Rory Sloane - Brodie Smith
INT: Brad Crouch - Matt Crouch - Nathan VanBerlo
SUB: Luke Brown

IN: Luke Brown
OUT: Brodie Martin (omitted)




WEST COAST EAGLES

B: Beau Waters - Will Schofield - Mitch Brown
HB: Liam Duggan - Eric Mackenzie - Shannon Hurn
C: Andrew Gaff - Matt Priddis - Chris Masten
HF:: Josh Hill - Jack Darling - Mark LeCras
FF: Scott Lycett - Jeremy McGovern - Luke Shuey
R: Nic Naitanui - Sharrod Wellingham - Matt Rosa
INT: Jamie Cripps - Sam Butler - Scott Selwood
SUB: Brandon Sheppard

 

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Crows back on winners list, win in the west

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West Coast: 2.3 - 6.4 - 7.7 - 14.9 (93)
Adelaide: 6.2 - 10.3 - 17.5 - 20.6 (126)


GOALS: Eagles: Darling 5, LeCras 2, Lycett 2, McGovern 2, Gaff 2, Cripps
Adelaide: Jenkins 5, Walker 4, Cameron 2, Ellis-Yolmen 2, Mackay, Lowden, Lynch, M.Crouch, Sloane, Cheney, Smith


BEST: Eagles: Darling, Gaff, Masten, Brown, Waters
Adelaide: Douglas, Sloane, Smith, B.Crouch, Jacobs


DISPOSALS: Eagles: Masten 32, Butler 28, Brown 23, Gaff 23, Wellingham 21
Adelaide: Douglas 36, Smith 31, Sloane 30, B.Crouch 28, Henderson 24



Other Key Crow Stats

Clearances: Smith (7), B.Crouch, Sloane, Douglas (5)

Marks: B.Crouch, Douglas (8), Jacobs, Lynch (7)

Tackles: Douglas (8), Smith (7), Sloane (6), Talia, Hartigan, VanBerlo, Brown, Henderson, Cheney, Otten (3)

Inside 50s: B. Crouch, Douglas (7), Sloane (6), Smith (5), M.Crouch, Ellis-Yolmen (3)

Rebound 50s: Laird (6), Otten (5), Hartigan, Cheney, Douglas, Sloane (4)



Head to Head

Possessions: 344 – 357 (W)
Kicks: 176 – 180 (W)
Handballs: 168 – 177 (W)
Contested Marks: 24 – 22 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 54 – 47 (L)
Tackles: 57 – 53 (L)
Hitouts: 30 – 43 (W)
Inside 50s: 45 – 38 (L)
Clearances: 24 – 27 (W)
Rebounds: 46 – 43 (L)



Coaches Comments

It’s nice to be back on the winners list after the defeat at home by the Bombers last week. Coming over here against a side that is hard to beat on it’s best day, and coming over to Perth is arguably the toughest road trip in footy today, it was nice to come away with the 4 points.

This win keeps us within the top 8 for the time being, and now being at round 15, the top 8 is starting to settle itself, so hopefully for this playing group, we can keep winning games and stay inside.
It was a great effort from the guys today, as I mentioned before, coming up against a Eagles outfit who before today had been sitting in 3rd positions on the AFL ladder, and at their home deck, it was going to be a tough ask. But we had confidence and we walked away with a solid 33 point win.

We move to 9-5 now after 15 rounds, so hopefully those type of wins against sides who are either above us or around us will set us up for the remainder of the year.
Very pleased to see Josh Jenkins stand up and play one of his best games for the year. He finished with 13 possessions, 6 hitouts and 5 goals. Even though Tex was able to kick his 4 goals, it was nice to be able to see someone else sand up and kick a bag, rather than rely on Walker each week to kick us a winning score. Jenkins since injury has come back into the side and played his role. The combination of Walker and Jenkins went a long way to winning us this game tonight.

You know I thought our midfield stood up as well, without Dangerfield and Thompson in the middle, it seemed we lacked from grunt in the middle, but I was happy with the step up from Richard Douglas today, he has been playing mainly as a small forward this season, but with the injuries we put him in the middle and he answered for us with 36 possessions, 8 marks, 8 tackles, 5 clearances and 7 inside 50s. It was certainly a complete game from Richie. He was well supported by Smith, Sloane and Brad Crouch through the middle as well.

I was also very impressed with our defenders tonight as well. We all know West Coast have a prone attack, but apart from Darling (5 goals), I thought most of their forwards were well held by our defense. Kyle Cheney was solid (19 possessions, 4 rebounds), Andy Otten is building a lot of form (19 possessions, 11 spoils), Luke Brown is becoming our most important shut down small forward (17 possessions)

Very happy with the result and beating a team sitting in 3rd position at their home ground. Look forward to taking to the field against St.Kilda at home next Sunday night

 

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Round 16 - Adelaide vs St.Kilda - Adelaide Oval

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Jake Lever - Kyle Hartigan - Matthew Jaensch
HB: Kyle Cheney - Andy Otten - Ricky Henderson
C: Brad Crouch - Richard Douglas - David Mackay
HF: Matthew Wright - Josh Jenkins - Charlie Cameron
FF: Eddie Betts - Taylor Walker - Sam Jacobs
R: Luke Lowden - Rory Sloane - Brodie Smith
INT: Tom Lynch - Matt Crouch - Nathan VanBerlo
SUB: Brodie Martin

IN: Jake Lever, Eddie Betts, Brodie Martin, Matthew Wright
OUT: Daniel Talia (suspend), Rory Laird (rested), Cameron Ellis-Yolmen (rested), Luke Brown (rested)




ST.KILDA SAINTS

B: Sean Dempster - Sam Gilbert - Luke Delaney
HB: Dylan Roberton - Sam Fisher - Jarryn Geary
C: Farren Ray - Leigh Montagna - Jack Billings
HF: Shane Savage - Nick Riewoldt - Ahmed Saad
FF: Lewis Pearce - Patrick McCartin - Luke Dunstan
R: Billy Longer - David Armitage - Jack Steven
INT: Adam Schneider - Seb Ross - Cameron Shenton
SUB: Jack Newnes

 

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Saints fight, but Crows too strong

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Adelaide: 4.2 - 7.4 - 10.6 - 16.10 (106)
St.Kilda: 4.4 - 5.7 - 9.8 - 15.10 (100)


GOALS: Adelaide: Walker 7, Wright 3, B.Crouch, Jenkins, Jacobs, Mackay, Smith, Henderson
St.Kilda: Pierce 4, Savage 2, Dempster 2, Saad 2, Schneider 2, McCartin, Ray, Longer


BEST: Adelaide: Douglas, VanBerlo, Walker, Smith, Jacobs
St.Kilda: Schneider, Ray, Longer, Armitage, Dempster


DISPOSALS: Adelaide: Douglas 37, VanBerlo 36, Smith 29, Sloane 24, Lynch 22
St.Kilda: Ray 33, Schneider 31, Armitage 27, Billings 26, Riewoldt 23




Other Key Crow Stats

Clearances: Lynch, Douglas (7), M.Crouch, Smith (6), Sloane, Mackay, B.Crouch (4)

Marks: Lowden (8), Douglas, Mackay (6), Henderon, Jaesnch, Lynch, Lever (5)

Tackles: Lever, VanBerlo, Smith (6), Mackay, Sloane (5)

Inside 50s: M.Crouch (8), Lynch, Smith (6), Douglas (5), Mackay (4)

Rebound 50s: Cheney (6), Henderson, Lever, Hartigan, Douglas (4)




Head to Head

Possessions: 348 – 350 (L)
Kicks: 198 – 168 (W)
Handballs: 150 – 182 (L)
Contested Marks: 20 – 22 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 44 – 46 (L)
Tackles: 53 – 48 (W)
Hitouts: 47 – 26 (W)
Inside 50s: 39 – 38 (W)
Clearances: 44 – 36 (W)
Rebounds: 28 – 50 (L)




Coaches Comments

This game was a lot close than the ladder positions suggests. All credit goes to the Saints today who really pushed us in the last quarter right down to the final minutes. The game could of gone either way, it was fast paced and a high scoring affair. Glad our boys had the desire to win and ended up with the 4 points
The game was close all afternoon, there was no time in the coaches box where I was like, “Ok, we’ve got this one in the bag”, to the Saints credit, they had a real crack this afternoon, and another 2-3 minutes longer and they could’ve pipped us at the line.

Another huge game from our captain today. Tex is starting to show everyone why he was the certain choice for Captain of this club. A bag of 7.4 today, could have finished with 10 in the end, but to kick another 7 after already having 63 for the season is an amazing effort from the big guy.
Matthew Wright was handy as a small forward kicking 3 goals, he’s best return for the season. Eddie Betts is way down on confidence at the moment, and we needed someone like Wright to stand up and kick goals, which he did.

Richard Douglas again was one of our best. Another 37 possession game from Douglas, with 7 clearances and 6 marks he is starting to hit some peak form at the right time of the season. After a few quiet games I thought VanBerlo got back some form today, was amongst the possessions again with 36 at the end, while Smith and Sloane again were great for us.

Again, all credit goes to the Saints and Alan Richardson for such a hard fought game. A 6 goal last term just wasn’t enough to get us in the end, but they have something pretty special brewing down at Seaford at the moment, and they’ll certainly be in a few years’ time, a contender.

 

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Round 17 - Sydney vs Adelaide - SCG

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Jake Lever - Kyle Hartigan - Matthew Jaensch
HB: Kyle Cheney - Andy Otten - Ricky Henderson
C: David Mackay - Nathan VanBerlo - Brodie Smith
HF: Matthew Wright - Taylor Walker - Brodie Martin
FF: Luke Lowden - Josh Jenkins - Edddie Betts
R: Sam Jacobs - Rory Sloane - Richard Douglas
INT: Matt Crouch - Brad Crouch - Tom Lynch
SUB: Charlie Cameron





SYDNEY SWANS

B: Rhyce Shaw - Xavier Richards - Alex Johnson
HB: Alex Brown - Ted Richards - Nic kSmith
C: Gary Rohan - Josh Kennedy - Dan Hannebery
HF: Adam Goodes - Lance Franklin - Lewis Jetta
FF: Tom Derickx - Kurt Tippett - Luke Parker
R: Myke Pyke - Jared McVeigh - Kieran Jack
INT: James Rose - Tom Mitchell - Craig Bird
SUB: Isaac Heeney

 

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Wayward kicking a killer for the Crows

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Sydney: 3.1 - 7.6 - 9.7 - 15.8 (98)
Adelaide: 2.0 - 5.7 - 7.12 - 9.17 (71)


GOALS: Sydney: Tippett 4, Derickx 3, Franklin 3, Goodes 2, Parker, Bird, Rohan
Adelaide: Jenkins 3, Mackay 2, Jaensch, Wright, Martin, Lynch


BEST: Sydney: Tippett, Kennedy, Pyke, McVeigh, Franklin
Adelaide: Jenkins, M.Crouch, Lynch, Mackay, Martin


DISPOSALS: Sydney: Kennedy 36, McVeigh 27, Shaw 22, Pyke 22, Jack 22
Adelaide: M.Crouch 33, Martin 29, B.Crouch 28, Lynch 28, Mackay 28




Other Key Crow Stats

Clearances: M.Crouch (6), Smith (4), B.Crouch, Sloane, Mackay, Lynch (3)

Marks: Sloane (9), Walker, Jaensch, Mackay (6), Douglas, Lynch (5)

Tackles: Martin, M.Crouch (6), B.Crouch, Lever (5), Cheney, Henderson, Sloane, Lynch (4)

Inside 50s: M.Crouch (7), Martin (6), Smith, Sloane, B.Crouch (5)

Rebound 50s: Henderson (7), Lever, Martin (5), Cheney (4)




Head to Head

Possessions: 344 – 351 (W)
Kicks: 187 - 187
Handballs: 157 – 164 (W)
Contested Marks: 20 - 20
Uncontested Marks: 59 – 42 (L)
Tackles: 60 – 49 (L)
Hitouts: 26 – 47 (W)
Inside 50s: 39 – 40 (W)
Clearances: 28 – 27 (L)
Rebounds: 37 – 39 (W)




Coaches Comments

I know what you guys are expecting, me to come out and say “Oh, we should have won that game, they had 23 scoring shots and we had 26 scoring shots, but we kicked poorly and scored 17 behinds”. Reality is, we missed shots on goal, Sydney capitalized on our poor kicking and punished us. Apart from the scoreboard though, I thought the game was very much in the balance, and had we of kicked straighter, it would have been an interesting finish to the match.

It just wasn’t our day on the scoreboard, and credit goes to the Swans who seen the opportunity and pounced which now puts them into the top 8 and has us lingering in 8th position hanging on with our teeth.
Like I mentioned before, apart from our goal kicking, I thought we were right in this contest. Jenkins played well up forward and play a lot more in the ruck this week and picked up 22 possessions.

Matt Crouch showed why it was a good idea to trade out Bernie Vince last year, with a 33 possession game, with 6 tackles, 6 clearances and 7 inside 50s. The more games we get into him, the better Crouch will become. I thought Brodie Martin was very good today after not getting much opportunity in the seniors this year and playing a lot of games as the sub, I thought he was solid enough to play a full match and he showed good patience and produced on game day. He’ll certainly keep his position in the side this next week.

 

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Round 18 vs Richmond - Adelaide Oval

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Jake Lever - Kyle Hartigan - Matthew Jaensch
HB: Kyle Cheney - Andy Otten - Ricky Henderson
C: Brodie Martin - Nathan VanBerlo - Brodie Smith
HF: Matthew Wright - Taylor Walker - Richard Douglas
FF: Sam Kerridge - Josh Jenkins - Jarryd Lyons
R: Sam Jacobs - Rory Sloane - Patrick Dangerfield
INT: Matt Crouch - Brad Crouch - Tom Lynch
SUB: David Mackay

IN: Lyons - Kerridge - Dangerfield
OUT: Cameron (omitted) - Betts (omitted) - Lowden (omitted)




RICHMOND TIGERS

B: Bachar Houli - Troy Chaplin - David Astbury
HB: Ricky Petterd - Alex Rance - Nick Vlastuin
C: Nathan Gordon - Brett Deledio - Antony Miles
HF: Ben Lennon - Jack Riewoldt - Sam Llyod
FF: Ben Griffiths - Ty Vickery - Shane Edwards
R: Shaun Hampson - Trent Cotchin - Shaun Grigg
INT: Matt McDonough - Brandon Ellis - Taylor Hunt
SUB: Chris Knights

 

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Crows share the load, as Jenkins kicks into gear

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Adelaide: 5.0 - 9.1 - 11.5 - 17.8 - (110)
Richmond: 4.1 - 4.4 - 9.8 - 13.9 - (87)


GOALS: Adelaide: Jenkins 3, VanBerlo 2, Martin 2, Wright 2, Lever, Lyons, Henderson, Walker, Jacobs, M.Crouch, Sloane, Smith
Richmond: Riewoldt 3, Vlastuin 2, Vickery 2, Llyod 2, Knights, Hunt, Gordon, Hampson


BEST: Adelaide: Jacobs, Smith, Wright, M.Crouch, VanBerlo
Richmond: Gordon, Cotchin, Vlastuin, Deledio, Miles


DISPOSALS: Adelaide: M.Crouch 29, Lynch 28, Smith 26, B.Crouch 24, Jacobs 22
Richmond: Gordon 31, Cotchin 31, Deledio 29, Grigg 25, Ellis 23



Other Key Crow Stats


Clearances: Sloane (7), M.Crouch (5), Jacobs (4), Martin (3)

Marks: Walker (9), Jacobs (8), Jenkins (6), Lynch (5)

Tackles: Wright (10), Cheney (9), Lyons (8), Kerridge, Smith (7)

Inside 50s: M.Crouch (11), Lynch (10), Smith (9), Dangerfield, B.Crouch (5)

Rebound 50s: Henderson (8), Cheney (7), Smith, Otten (4)




Head to Head

Possessions: 229 – 465 (L)
Kicks: 116 – 245 (L)
Handballs: 113 – 220 (L)
Contested Marks: 20 – 30 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 25 – 56 (L)
Tackles: 50 – 72 (L)
Hitouts: 51 – 22 (W)
Inside 50s: 24 – 77 (L)
Clearances: 18 – 43 (L)
Rebounds: 25 – 49 (L)



Coaches Comments

After seeing most of the stats by the end of the night, you would expect that the Tigers would have demolished us. If any supporter wasn’t able to watch that match and seen the stats without seeing the scores, would have thought the same thing, a Tigers win.

But credit to our boys, we were able to run away with the win in fine fashion, winning by 23 points, in front of another healthy crowd of just under 50 thousand at Adelaide Oval. It was the second quarter where I thought the players were really starting to get on top of the game and started to play we wanted to play. After kicking 5.0 to 4.1 in the opening term, we were able to kick the next 4 goals of the game to open up a 27 point lead heading into the half time break.

Josh Jenkins was solid again for us today as we looked to have utilized his height in the forward 50. He finished with 3 goals, 9 possessions and 12 hitouts. We had 12 goal scorers today which I thought showed we have a wide range of avenues to goal. Guys like Eddie Betts and Tex might have off days from time to time, but knowing guys like Jenkins, Martin (2 goals, 16 possessions) and Nathan VanBerlo (2 goals, 22 touches) can bob up and score for us when needed.

Matt Crouch was again excellent for us through the middle of the ground. He has really stamped his authority on the side in the last couple of weeks. Another 29 possession game from him was excellent, as was his brother who finished with 24 possessions, 12 contested.

Sam Jacobs was certainly in our best players at the end of the day. He monstered both Hampson and Vickery today with 22 possessions, 8 marks, 39 hitouts and 1.1 to his name. Huge game from Sauce, as he walks away with the best and fairest votes you'd think from that performance.

 

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Round 19 vs Carlton - MCG

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Hartigan - Andy Otten - Matthew Jaensch
HB: Kyle Cheney - Daniel Talia - Matthew Wright
C: Brodie Smith - Patrick Dangerfield - Ricky Henderson
HF: Eddie Betts - Taylor Walker - Charlie Cameron
FF: Brodie Martin - Josh Jenkins - Luke Lowden
R: Sam Jacobs - Richard Douglas - Rory Sloane
INT: Matt Crouch - David Mackay - Brad Crouch
SUB: Tom Lynch

IN: Eddie Betts – Charlie Cameron – Luke Lowden – Daniel Talia
OUT: Jake Lever (omitted), Nathan VanBerlo (inj), Sam Kerridge (omitted), Jarryd Lyons (omitted)






CARLTON BLUES

B: Andrew Walker - Lachie Henderson - Sam Rowe
HB: Zac Tuohy - Michael Jamison - Dylan Buckley
C: Kade Simpson - Marc Murphy - Andrew Carrazzo
HF: Dennis Armfield - Andrejs Everitt - Jason Tutt
FF: Robbie Warnock - Liam Jones - Bryce Gibbs
R: Matthew Kreuzer - Chris Judd - Dale Thomas
INT: Mark Whiley - Chris Yarran - Ed Curnow
SUB: Blaine Boekhorst

 

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Crows win in Melbourne, as it's a blue day for Carlton

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Carlton: 5.2 - 7.4 - 10.6 - 15.8 - (98)
Adelaide: 2.2 - 6.3 - 11.7 - 17.7 - (109)


GOALS: Carlton: Jones 3, Warnock 2, Buckley, Thomas, Carrazzo, Tuohy, Everitt, Simpson, Murphy, Judd, Gibbs, Tutt
Adelaide: Jenkins 4, Betts 3, Talia, Cameron, Lowden, Henderson, Martin, Dangerfield, Walker, Jaensch, B.Crouch, Smith


BEST: Carlton: Simpson, Judd, Murphy, Gibbs, Jones
Adelaide: M.Crouch, Jenkins, Hartigan, Jacobs, B.Crouch


DISPOSALS: Carlton: Gibbs 31, Simpson 29, Murphy 26, Yarran 25, Boekhorst 24
Adelaide: M.Crouch 33, Douglas 27, B.Crouch 26, Mackay 22, Hartigan 21



Other Key Crow Stats

Clearances: Douglas (9), M.Crouch (6), Smith (3), Lynch, Sloane, B.Crouch (2)

Marks: Walker (11), Jacobs (9), M.Crouch, Hartigan (7)

Tackles: Talia, Hartigan (6), Lynch, M.Crouch (4), Henderson, Smith, Mackay, Wright (3)

Inside 50s: Jacobs, M/Crouch (7), Smith (6), Douglas (5)

Rebound 50s: Wright (8), Hartigan (7), Jaensch, Cheney (6)



Head to Head

Possessions: 346 – 352 (W)
Kicks: 181 – 191 (W)
Handballs: 165 – 161 (L)
Contested Marks: 19 – 32 (W)
Uncontested Marks: 46 – 52 (W)
Tackles: 57 – 41 (L)
Hitouts: 42 – 31 (L)
Inside 50s: 54 – 39 (L)
Clearances: 35 – 28 (L)
Rebounds: 38 – 42 (W)





Coaches Comments

Was awesome for the playing group to get on the national stage at the MCG on a Friday night and play against the Blues who are a powerhouse Victorian club. We as a club have tried to work with the AFL on a number of occasions to hopefully get more of a fixture on the Friday night stage. Very pleased with the result as winning in Melbourne is a confidence booster, and gains credibility with the rest of the competition being able to win in Melbourne, shows them we’re fair dinkum about what we’re trying to achieve.

Again, I need to point out Matt Crouch’s performance today. He was outstanding again with 33 possessions and 6 clearances. He is really starting to stand up in this competition and I’m sure opposition coaches are starting to take notice.
Josh Jenkins was again a focal point in the forward line finishing with 4 goals from 18 possessions, and Eddie Betts was able to finally hit the scoreboard after a very poor start to the year, he was able to kick 3 goals against his old side.

Richard Douglas, Brad Crouch and David Mackay found plenty of the ball through the midfield, while Kyle Hartigan was a rock in defense. He finished the match with 21 possessions, 6 tackles and 7 rebounds whilst playing on the main Carlton forward in Lachie Henderson. It was arguably the best game I’ve seen from Hartigan as my short time as coach, so that’ll build some confidence for him going into the latter part of the season.

 

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Club Stats after Round 19


Goals
1. Taylor Walker - 72
2. Josh Jenkins - 37
3. Richard Douglas - 16
4. Eddie Betts - 13
5. Patrick Dangerfield - 13


Disposals
1. Brodie Smith - 466
2. Rory Sloane - 427
3. Richard Douglas - 379
4. Nathan VanBerlo - 378
5. Brad Crouch - 378


Clearances
1. Rory Sloane - 73
2. Brad Crouch - 71
3. Brodie Smith - 70
4. Matt Crouch - 47
5. Richard Douglas - 44


Tackles
1. Kyle Cheney - 82
2. Brodie Smith - 78
3. Richard Douglas - 67
4. Nathan VanBerlo - 57
5. Rory Sloane - 53



Injury List (Round 19)

Sam Kerridge – Wrist Sprain – TEST
Nathan VanBerlo – AC Joint – 3 weeks
Brodie Martin – Ankle Sprain – TEST