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Round: 20   Venue: Gabba   Date: Sun, 10-08-2014 1:10 pm   Crowd: 19,657  
Brisbane 4.0.246.3.397.7.499.9.63 C:  Justin Leppitsch
Adelaide 6.3.3912.11.8316.14.11025.18.168 C:  Brenton Sanderson
  ADEL by 15ADEL by 44ADEL by 61ADEL by 105  
Weather
min temp  11.6°C      max temp  23.9°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  45%    air pressure  1022.1mb
wind speed 4km/h      wind direction  SE
Brownlow Medal 3 Rory Sloane (ADEL)2 Taylor Walker (ADEL)1 Sam Jacobs (ADEL)

Match Report


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

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.

Match stats

Brisbane Match Stats Career
# 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
# 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

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.