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Round: 1 Venue: Adelaide Oval Date: Sun, 05-04-2015 2:50 pm Crowd: 46,491 | |||||
Adelaide | 6.4.40 | 12.10.82 | 15.12.102 | 21.14.140 | C: Phillip Walsh |
North Melbourne | 2.1.13 | 3.1.19 | 9.4.58 | 9.9.63 | C: Brad Scott |
ADEL by 27 | ADEL by 63 | ADEL by 44 | ADEL by 77 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Taylor Walker (ADEL) | 2 Patrick Dangerfield (ADEL) | 1 Eddie Betts (ADEL) |
The Adelaide Crows have given new coach Phillip Walsh a wonderful start to his career, smashing 2014 Preliminary Finalists North Melbourne by 77 points at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday. The Crows jumped out of the blocks to lead by 27 points at quarter time and continued to dominate in the second term, kicking six goals to one to take a crushing 63-point lead into the long break. The Kangaroos staged a mini-fightback in the third quarter, booting six goals to three, but Adelaide poured on the pressure again in the final term to run out victors by near on 13 goals.
North Melbourne had no answers to the Crows' highly potent forward line, which saw Taylor Walker (six), Eddie Betts (four) and Josh Jenkins (three) snare 13 goals between them. Waker took 15 marks in a best-on-ground performance and he seems to be relishing his new role as captain. Betts has gone from strength to strength since joining the Crows in 2014, and he appears to be on target to match or better his 51-goal haul of last season. Rory Sloane was outstanding on the ball, gathering 26 touches and was a vital cog in a midfield division that is set to get even stronger when Scott Thompson returns from injury in a couple of weeks.
Kangaroo coach Brad Scott would have been bitterly disappointed with such an insipid performance, given the weighty expectations of the Roos this season. North have now lost all six opening-encounters since Scott took the reins at the beginning of 2010. One bright light for the team was the performance of ex-Bulldog Shaun Higgins, whose four goals put him amongst his team's best players. Ben Cunnington (26 disposals and eight marks) and Todd Goldstein (35 hitouts, four tackles) also flew the flag for the Roos.
Adelaide will look to make it two from two for coach Walsh when they take on Collingwood at Docklands next Saturday night, while North will look to redeem itself at the same venue the following day against Brisbane.
GOALS
Adelaide: Walker 6; Betts 4; Jenkins 3; Sloane, Dangerfield 2; Smith, Lynch, Laird, Cameron
North Melbourne: Higgins 4; Thomas 2; Bastinac, Petrie, Gibson
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Adelaide: Walker, Dangerfield, Sloane, Douglas, Laird, Betts, Chene
North Melbourne: Higgins, Cunnington, Goldstein, Gibson, Thomas
INJURIES
Adelaide: Brown (corked thigh)
North Melbourne: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Adelaide: Jarryd Lyons replaced Luke Brown (corked thigh) during the third quarter
North Melbourne: Kayne Turner replaced Joel Tippett at half-time
UMPIRES: Fisher, Nicholls, Mollison
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Bruce McAvaney, Basil Zempilas, Leigh Matthews, Jude Bolton
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.
Adelaide |
Match Stats
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Career
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Player |
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D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
18 | Betts, Eddie | 15 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28y 130d | 207 | 345 |
16 | Brown, Luke | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22y 195d | 47 | 2 |
23 | Cameron, Charlie | 11 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 274d | 8 | 10 |
25 | Cheney, Kyle | 11 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25y 223d | 42 | 2 |
32 | Dangerfield, Patrick | 15 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25y 0d | 132 | 144 |
26 | Douglas, Richard | 22 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28y 58d | 156 | 107 |
28 | Ellis-Yolmen, Cameron | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22y 67d | 2 | 0 |
15 | Hartigan, Kyle | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23y 149d | 11 | 0 |
45 | Henderson, Ricky | 10 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26y 206d | 65 | 39 |
24 | Jacobs, Sam | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26y 360d | 105 | 24 |
10 | Jaensch, Matthew | 12 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25y 199d | 68 | 25 |
4 | Jenkins, Josh | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26y 56d | 49 | 78 |
29 | Laird, Rory | 14 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21y 97d | 35 | 4 |
27 | Lynch, Tom | 8 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 202d | 38 | 52 |
31 | Lyons, Jarryd | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22y 257d | 23 | 13 |
14 | Mackay, David | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26y 254d | 125 | 41 |
9 | Sloane, Rory | 14 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25y 19d | 101 | 64 |
33 | Smith, Brodie | 14 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23y 81d | 77 | 22 |
12 | Talia, Daniel | 7 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 185d | 77 | 4 |
7 | Van Berlo, Nathan | 10 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28y 303d | 183 | 64 |
13 | Walker, Taylor | 21 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24y 345d | 85 | 203 |
11 | Wright, Matthew | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25y 112d | 79 | 58 |
Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 241 | 114 | 125 | 366 | 21 | 14 | 32 | 57 | 16 | 17 | 24y 320d | 1715 | 1301 |
North Melbourne |
Match Stats
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Career
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Player |
K |
M |
H |
D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
18 | Atley, Shaun | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22y 204d | 87 | 11 |
3 | Bastinac, Ryan | 9 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23y 287d | 105 | 59 |
10 | Cunnington, Ben | 11 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 279d | 100 | 42 |
15 | Dal Santo, Nick | 13 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31y 42d | 286 | 149 |
11 | Firrito, Michael | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31y 129d | 231 | 29 |
43 | Gibson, Sam | 16 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28y 313d | 61 | 23 |
22 | Goldstein, Todd | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26y 278d | 126 | 59 |
29 | Harvey, Brent | 9 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36y 326d | 385 | 458 |
4 | Higgins, Shaun | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27y 32d | 130 | 132 |
5 | Jacobs, Ben | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23y 86d | 48 | 8 |
34 | Macmillan, Jamie | 13 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 194d | 65 | 26 |
21 | McDonald, Luke | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 55d | 24 | 0 |
20 | Petrie, Drew | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32y 172d | 270 | 360 |
9 | Swallow, Andrew | 4 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27y 307d | 165 | 72 |
12 | Thomas, Lindsay | 10 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27y 35d | 154 | 251 |
16 | Thompson, Scott | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28y 331d | 137 | 6 |
36 | Tippett, Joel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26y 161d | 7 | 0 |
40 | Turner, Kayne | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19y 95d | 7 | 8 |
30 | Waite, Jarrad | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32y 60d | 185 | 252 |
8 | Wells, Daniel | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 30y 61d | 223 | 145 |
19 | Wright, Sam | 11 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24y 264d | 85 | 54 |
7 | Ziebell, Jack | 13 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24y 36d | 101 | 57 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 172 | 72 | 144 | 316 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 50 | 17 | 16 | 26y 336d | 2982 | 2201 |