Australian Football

Match Report

The opening match for the weekend takes us over to the inner western suburbs, the City Mazda Stadium at Richmond the venue for the match between the Bloods and the Crows. Thus far, the Crows seconds haven't had any joy against the Bloods, all three matches going Westies' way with the last encounter being a 29-point win in Round 3. The Crows have been a bit on-and-off as of late, but after fielding one of their strongest line-ups last week and coming out massive winners against North Adelaide, a loud warning was sent out and only late senior call-ups would stifle that. Such an eventuality wouldn't happen though, in fact almost every spot was taken up by an AFL-listed player.

The Crows would start off the afternoon with a five-goal first term, the Bloods scored 3.1 as the visitors held an 11-point lead at quarter-time. The Bloods second term was a horrid one, kept to just one goal while the Crows added a further 3.3 as they stretched their advantage to 26 points going into the half-time break. Had the Bloods been rattled by the Bulldogs challenge last week or was the class gap fully on show? Westies had to respond, which to their credit they did when play resumed, Adelaide's inaccuracy kept the door well ajar for the Bloods to score 4.2 to 1.4 to cut the deficit to 10 points. Unfortunately it would only take a few minutes into the final term for the Crows to slam the door, ramming through 9.6 to the Bloods' lowly 1.1 to run out 63-point winners and take their first victory against West.

The Crows named Matt Crouch as their best afield, the Bloods voted in Jason Porplyzia as their best.