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Round: 3 Venue: Adelaide Oval Date: Sat, 05-04-2014 1:40 pm Crowd: 47,426 | |||||
Adelaide | 2.2.14 | 5.7.37 | 9.10.64 | 9.17.71 | C: Brenton Sanderson |
Sydney | 6.2.38 | 9.2.56 | 14.5.89 | 21.8.134 | C: John Longmire |
SYD by 24 | SYD by 19 | SYD by 25 | SYD by 63 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Lance 'Buddy' Franklin (SYD) | 2 Luke Parker (SYD) | 1 Josh Kennedy (SYD) |
Sydney has answered its critics with a thumping win over Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon. The Swans had lost their opening two matches of the season to GWS and Collingwood, and some indifferent form from high-priced and high profile recruit Lance Franklin had the vultures circling around coach John Longmire and his club.
But the Swans opened the match brightly with a six goal to two first quarter and then withstood several challenges from the Crows before blowing Adelaide out of the water with 12 of the last 13 goals of the match. Just as pleasing as the manner of the win was the performance of Franklin, who had 20 possessions and kicked 4.2 to be amongst his team's best players.
While the win puts Sydney's season back on track to an extent, Brenton Sanderson's Crows are perched on the edge of a precipice, with three losses from three matches. A disturbing trend has emerged for Adelaide across those three games, with the Crows being well in the hunt into the second half before tailing off badly to record big losses. Against Geelong on round one, the Crows led briefly early in the last term before losing by 38 points and a week later Port by two points half way through the third term before losing by 54. It was a similar story on Saturday. A goal to Matthew Jaensch took Adelaide to within two points of the Swans but from that moment, the Crows barely gave a yelp, with the final margin being their biggest yet, 63 points.
The magnitude of those losses sees Adelaide sitting in 17th place on the ladder, above only Melbourne and the pressure on the team will be huge. In relative terms, the next month is not a difficult one for the Crows, with matches against St Kilda, GWS, the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne to come. If Adelaide do not win three of those four the vultures that have circled Syndey in recent weeks will quickly turn their attention for the Crows.
While Saturday's win would have been a relieve for Sydney, the Swans are not yet out of the woods. They sit 11th on the ladder with a 1-2 record, and will take on North Melbourne and Fremantle in the next fortnight.
GOALS
Adelaide: Grigg 2; Mackay, Podsiadly, Dangerfield, Betts, Jaensch, Douglas, Sloane
Sydney: Franklin, Parker 4; Cunningham 3; Hannebery, Jack 2; Rohan, Mitchell, McGlynn, Laidler, McVeigh, Roberts-Thomson
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Adelaide: Podsiadly, Dangerfield, Douglas, Jaensch, Jacobs, Smith
Sydney: Franklin, Parker, Kennedy, Jack, McGlynn, Malceski
BEST - THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Adelaide: Dangerfield, Douglas, Jacobs, Laird, Wright, Mackay
Sydney: Parker, Kennedy, Malceski, McVeigh, Franklin, Jack
INJURIES
Adelaide: Scott Thompson (corked thigh)
Sydney: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Adelaide: Scott Thompson replaced by Matt Crouch in the second quarter.
Sydney: Tom Mitchell replaced by Gary Rohan at three quarter-time.
REPORTS
Adelaide: Nil
Sydney: Jarrad McVeigh for rough conduct on Adelaide's Matthew Jaensch in the first quarter.
UMPIRES: Margetts, Nicholls, Hosking
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Dwayne Russell, Jason Dunstall, Mark Ricciuto, Cameron Mooney
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Adelaide | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
18 | Betts, Eddie | 8 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27y 130d | 187 | 297 |
16 | Brown, Luke | 10 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 195d | 27 | 1 |
44 | Crouch, Matt | 10 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18y 349d | 1 | 0 |
32 | Dangerfield, Patrick | 12 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24y 0d | 112 | 128 |
26 | Douglas, Richard | 20 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27y 58d | 138 | 98 |
38 | Grigg, Mitchell | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21y 93d | 8 | 11 |
41 | Hartigan, Kyle | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 149d | 4 | 0 |
24 | Jacobs, Sam | 6 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25y 360d | 85 | 18 |
10 | Jaensch, Matthew | 11 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24y 199d | 48 | 20 |
4 | Jenkins, Josh | 12 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25y 56d | 29 | 35 |
17 | Kerridge, Sam | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20y 344d | 15 | 14 |
29 | Laird, Rory | 15 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20y 97d | 19 | 1 |
14 | Mackay, David | 7 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25y 254d | 108 | 31 |
23 | Petrenko, Jared | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24y 104d | 72 | 45 |
1 | Podsiadly, James | 15 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32y 207d | 86 | 171 |
3 | Reilly, Brent | 12 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 30y 144d | 195 | 52 |
25 | Rutten, Ben | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30y 312d | 218 | 8 |
9 | Sloane, Rory | 13 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24y 19d | 81 | 50 |
33 | Smith, Brodie | 10 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22y 81d | 57 | 12 |
12 | Talia, Daniel | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22y 185d | 57 | 4 |
5 | Thompson, Scott | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31y 22d | 248 | 147 |
11 | Wright, Matthew | 13 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24y 112d | 61 | 44 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 212 | 96 | 162 | 374 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 61 | 13 | 15 | 24y 323d | 1856 | 1187 |
Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
7 | Cunningham, Harry | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 120d | 9 | 9 |
19 | Derickx, Tom | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26y 119d | 4 | 0 |
23 | Franklin, Lance 'Buddy' | 15 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27y 65d | 185 | 587 |
39 | Grundy, Heath | 9 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27y 307d | 142 | 22 |
4 | Hannebery, Dan | 12 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23y 40d | 104 | 46 |
15 | Jack, Kieren | 8 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26y 281d | 141 | 104 |
32 | Jetta, Lewis | 14 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24y 336d | 81 | 73 |
12 | Kennedy, Josh | 8 | 1 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25y 289d | 114 | 67 |
11 | Laidler, Jeremy | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24y 243d | 28 | 3 |
9 | Malceski, Nick | 20 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29y 233d | 154 | 60 |
21 | McGlynn, Ben | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28y 242d | 128 | 145 |
3 | McVeigh, Jarrad | 8 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28y 363d | 222 | 158 |
6 | Mitchell, Tom | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 309d | 17 | 13 |
39 | O'Keefe, Ryan | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 33y 71d | 285 | 260 |
26 | Parker, Luke | 14 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21y 162d | 60 | 39 |
38 | Pyke, Mike | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30y 12d | 74 | 42 |
24 | Rampe, Dane | 10 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23y 307d | 26 | 2 |
25 | Richards, Ted | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 31y 84d | 209 | 32 |
30 | Roberts-Thomson, Lewis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30y 209d | 176 | 53 |
16 | Rohan, Gary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 302d | 30 | 25 |
2 | Shaw, Rhyce | 8 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32y 171d | 196 | 42 |
40 | Smith, Nick | 10 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25y 297d | 101 | 9 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 192 | 77 | 155 | 347 | 21 | 8 | 45 | 63 | 15 | 13 | 26y 241d | 2486 | 1791 |