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Brownlow Medal | 3 Rory Sloane (ADEL) | 2 Taylor Walker (ADEL) | 1 Sam Jacobs (ADEL) |
Adelaide made very short work of Brisbane at the Gabba on Saturday night, thrashing the Lions by 105 points to reclaim a place in the top eight at the expense of Collingwood. The Lions, coming off two consecutive wins, started the match well, kicking three of the first four goals of the match bout barely gave a yelp after that as the Crows, stung by a shock home loss to the Eagles last week, ruthlessly put them to the sword in warm conditions.
Lions' fans could have been forgiven for thinking it was there team playing for a place in the finals as Jack Crisp kicked two goals and Daniel McStay one in the first 15 minutes of the game to lead by 11 points after 16 minutes of the match. But the Crows recovered to kick five of the last six goals of the opening quarter to take a 15-point lead into the first change. From that moment on it was one-way traffic in the Crows' direction as Adelaide added six goals to two in the second quarter to lead by 44 points at half time. Adelaide showed no signs of letting up in the third quarter, kicking four goals to one and then went into overdrive in the final quarter, kicking nine goals to two to clock up a win of more than 100 points.
The win was set up by dominant performances from Rory Sloane (11 tackles, 28 disposals), Sam Jacobs (39 hitouts, 19 possessions) and Taylor Walker (six goals, 21 touches) and was all the more impressive with the Crows missing ball-magnet Scott Thompson through injury. For Brisbane, Tom Rockliff played a magnificent hand in a losing side, collecting 40 touches and laying 10 tackles, while Stefan Martin (30 hitouts, 10 marks) and Jack Crisp (three goals and seven marks) did all they could to keep the Lions in the match.
The magnitude of the win allowed Adelaide to jump to seventh place on the ladder. The Crows have 10 wins, as do three teams below them - Essendon, Collingwood and Gold Coast - but have by far the best percentage of the four. With their fate in their own hands, the Crows face Richmond (which has won six games in a row), North Melbourne and St Kilda in their final three home and away matches.
Brisbane remains two games clear of the bottom three sides on the ladder with games against Collingwood, Fremantle and Geelong to come.
GOALS
Brisbane: Crisp 3; Green 2; Mayes, Rockliff, Zorko, McStay
Adelaide: Walker 6; Martin, Betts 3; Jacobs, Sloane, Lynch 2; Lyons, Wright, Jaensch, Cameron, Jenkins, Dangerfield, Grigg
BEST - THE AGE
Brisbane Lions: Rockliff, Martin, Zorko, Crisp
Adelaide: Sloane, Jacobs, Crouch, Walker, Betts, Dangerfield
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Brisbane: Rockliff, Hanley, Martin, Zorko, Crisp
Adelaide: Jacobs, Wright, Sloane, Walker, Betts, Crouch, Lyons
INJURIES
Brisbane: Nil
Adelaide: Lynch (head), Otten (knee)
SUBSTITUTES
Brisbane: Marco Paparone replaced Justin Clarke at half-time
Adelaide: Mitch Grigg replaced Tom Lynch in the second quarter
UMPIRES: Bannister, Stephens, Mollison
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Dwayne Russell, Danny Frawley, Cameron Mooney
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Brisbane | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
7 | Adcock, Jed | 10 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 28y 268d | 182 | 40 |
4 | Aish, James | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18y 275d | 18 | 5 |
8 | Bewick, Rohan | 11 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 304d | 60 | 45 |
42 | Clarke, Justin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20y 265d | 33 | 1 |
33 | Close, Michael | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 11d | 12 | 10 |
5 | Crisp, Jack | 10 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20y 312d | 15 | 8 |
34 | Freeman, Jonathan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 105d | 1 | 0 |
27 | Gardiner, Darcy | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18y 322d | 14 | 1 |
6 | Green, Josh | 8 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 351d | 51 | 66 |
11 | Hanley, Pearce | 12 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25y 268d | 93 | 34 |
2 | Harwood, Ryan | 9 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23y 3d | 54 | 6 |
36 | Maguire, Matt | 9 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30y 72d | 166 | 21 |
12 | Martin, Stefan | 14 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27y 266d | 71 | 27 |
32 | Mayes, Sam | 11 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20y 82d | 36 | 23 |
25 | McStay, Daniel | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19y 47d | 6 | 5 |
21 | Merrett, Daniel | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29y 241d | 168 | 65 |
22 | Paparone, Marco | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 341d | 22 | 12 |
24 | Patfull, Joel | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29y 246d | 179 | 24 |
18 | Robertson, Nick | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19y 68d | 8 | 0 |
38 | Rockliff, Tom | 22 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 24y 169d | 99 | 51 |
28 | Taylor, Lewis | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19y 174d | 19 | 11 |
15 | Zorko, Dayne | 8 | 1 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25y 182d | 57 | 58 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 167 | 92 | 190 | 357 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 46 | 12 | 20 | 23y 50d | 1364 | 513 |
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 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27y 257d | 203 | 332 |
16 | Brown, Luke | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21y 322d | 43 | 2 |
42 | Cameron, Charlie | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 36d | 5 | 6 |
2 | Crouch, Brad | 14 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20y 208d | 22 | 8 |
32 | Dangerfield, Patrick | 16 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24y 127d | 128 | 141 |
26 | Douglas, Richard | 11 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27y 185d | 152 | 106 |
38 | Grigg, Mitchell | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21y 220d | 13 | 12 |
45 | Henderson, Ricky | 9 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25y 333d | 61 | 39 |
24 | Jacobs, Sam | 13 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26y 122d | 101 | 24 |
10 | Jaensch, Matthew | 17 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24y 326d | 64 | 25 |
4 | Jenkins, Josh | 13 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25y 183d | 45 | 73 |
27 | Lynch, Tom | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23y 329d | 37 | 51 |
31 | Lyons, Jarryd | 14 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22y 19d | 19 | 8 |
14 | Mackay, David | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26y 16d | 122 | 39 |
36 | Martin, Brodie | 12 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25y 277d | 32 | 12 |
22 | Otten, Andy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25y 87d | 79 | 18 |
9 | Sloane, Rory | 18 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 24y 146d | 97 | 59 |
33 | Smith, Brodie | 12 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 208d | 73 | 20 |
12 | Talia, Daniel | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 312d | 73 | 4 |
6 | Thompson, Luke | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23y 183d | 18 | 2 |
13 | Walker, Taylor | 14 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24y 107d | 81 | 190 |
11 | Wright, Matthew | 16 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24y 239d | 76 | 56 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 229 | 98 | 149 | 378 | 25 | 18 | 49 | 61 | 20 | 12 | 24y 59d | 1544 | 1227 |