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Adelaide vs Fremantle

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Round: 6   Venue: Adelaide Oval   Date: Sat, 30-04-2016 1:40 pm   Crowd: 47,423  
Adelaide 2.4.165.5.359.10.6414.13.97 C:  Don Pyke
Fremantle 1.3.92.11.233.14.328.16.64 C:  Ross Lyon
  ADEL by 7ADEL by 12ADEL by 32ADEL by 33  
Weather
min temp  12.4°C      max temp  26.3°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  18%    air pressure  1008.1mb
wind speed 19km/h      wind direction  NNW
Brownlow Medal 3 Rory Sloane (ADEL)2 Michael Walters (FREO)1 Eddie Betts (ADEL)

Match Report

Adelaide has had a comfortable win over Fremantle at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday, pulling away from the Dockers in the third quarter to go on and win by 33 points. The Dockers' performance was a big improvement on the efforts of recent weeks, but they frittered away a chance to build some early momentum with poor kicking for goal. By half time, Fremantle had had 13 scoring shots to 10, but trailed 5.5 to 2.11. The Dockers were particularly wasteful in the second term, booting 1.8 to the Crows' 3.1.

Fremantle's poor efforts in front of the big stick were in evidence from the start, with former skipper Matthew Pavlich and his successor David Mundy both missing gettable shots in the first seven minutes, a period in which the Dockers looked the stronger side. Matt Taberner finally found the goals with a major at the eight-minute mark, but the Crows began to settle after that, kicking the next two goals via Josh Jenkins and Richard Douglas, and the led by four points going into time on. They added a further three behinds to lead 2.4 to 1.3 at quarter time.

The Dockers wrested the momentum back early in the second term, but this was the period in which they failed to take advantage of it because of poor goal-kicking. They added 1.3 in the first 12 minutes to take a two-point lead, but two accurate shots at the other end from Eddie Betts and Tom Lynch had the Crows back in front by 10 after 15-minutes. Further misses from Lachie Neale and Hayden Crozier compounded Fremantle's frustration, and wen Rory Atkins goaled for Adelaide a the 21-minute mark, the Crows led by 15. A rushed behind and two other misses from Michael Walters and Pavlich had the difference back to an even two goals at the long break.

Hayden Ballantyne continued Fremantle's run of misses with the first behind of the third quarter, but the Crows got right on top after that, adding 4.5 while the Dockers could muster only 1.3. By three-quarter time, the margin was out to 32 points, a deficit that looked insurmountable for Fremantle. To the Dockers credit, they managed to open up and score freely in the final term, adding 5.2, but in doing so they opened up their own defence and Adelaide also added five goals, the Crows coasting to a 33-point win. 

Rory Sloane was a match-winner for Adelaide, collecting 31 possessions and laying eight tackles. For the Dockers, Michael Walters (29 disposals, three goals) put in a fine four-quarter effort.

In seventh place with a 4-2 record, the Crows will now take on the Western Bulldogs, who they beat in last year's Elimination Final, at Docklands this Saturday night. Fremantle, winless after six rounds, will return home to Subiaco to host the vastly improved GWS, also on Saturday night.

GOALS
Adelaide: Betts 4; Lynch, Jenkins 2; Douglas, Atkins, Lyons, Smith, Sloane, McGovern
Fremantle: Walters 3; Taberner, Crozier, Pavlich, Mayne, Griffin

BEST - HERALD SUN
Adelaide: Sloane, Jacobs, Laird, Thompson, Betts, Lynch, Hartigan.
Fremantle: Neale, Walters, Barlow, Hill, A. Pearce, Taberner.

BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Adelaide: Sloane, Lynch, Laird, Jacobs, Betts, Hartigan
Fremantle: Hill, Walters, A. Pearce, Neale

INJURIES
Adelaide: Laird (foot)
Fremantle: Nil

UMPIRES: Farmer, Hosking, Ryan

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy

COMMENTATORS: Adam Papalia, Brad Johnson, Mark Ricciuto, Cameron Mooney

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.

Match stats

Adelaide Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
21 Atkins, Rory 14 5 7 21 1 0 0 2 0 0 21y 293d 14 6
18 Betts, Eddie 13 4 4 17 4 3 0 4 2 0 29y 156d 235 424
16 Brown, Luke 16 6 11 27 0 0 0 4 1 1 23y 221d 75 4
23 Cameron, Charlie 10 4 6 16 0 3 0 4 1 0 21y 300d 31 39
25 Cheney, Kyle 4 4 7 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 26y 249d 59 2
44 Crouch, Matt 8 2 19 27 0 0 0 2 1 4 21y 9d 31 6
26 Douglas, Richard 6 5 15 21 1 1 0 3 2 3 29y 84d 177 120
15 Hartigan, Kyle 10 8 8 18 0 0 0 5 0 3 24y 175d 33 0
24 Jacobs, Sam 8 6 13 21 0 0 30 2 0 0 28y 20d 133 29
4 Jenkins, Josh 5 4 6 11 2 1 5 3 1 0 27y 82d 75 136
29 Laird, Rory 13 5 11 24 0 0 0 1 1 0 22y 123d 63 6
6 Lever, Jake 7 2 12 19 0 0 0 2 0 1 20y 56d 18 0
27 Lynch, Tom 11 7 8 19 2 0 0 1 1 1 25y 228d 65 97
31 Lyons, Jarryd 9 2 10 19 1 0 1 4 1 0 23y 283d 39 22
14 Mackay, David 13 2 9 22 0 2 0 5 1 0 27y 280d 150 45
41 McGovern, Mitch 4 4 6 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 21y 202d 6 8
11 Seedsman, Paul 14 9 5 19 0 0 0 2 0 0 24y 99d 55 21
9 Sloane, Rory 14 7 17 31 1 1 2 8 0 1 26y 44d 124 77
33 Smith, Brodie 13 9 8 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 24y 107d 103 31
12 Talia, Daniel 11 8 5 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 24y 211d 104 5
5 Thompson, Scott 13 2 17 30 0 0 0 3 0 2 33y 47d 291 160
13 Walker, Taylor 6 6 4 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 26y 5d 113 267
  Totals 222 111 208 430 14 13 38 61 14 16 25y 49d 1994 1505
Fremantle Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
1 Ballantyne, Hayden 6 2 4 10 0 1 0 3 0 1 28y 289d 127 202
21 Barlow, Michael 16 2 17 33 0 0 1 8 3 0 28y 134d 119 77
19 Blakely, Connor 2 0 8 10 0 1 1 5 1 0 20y 59d 2 0
30 Clarke, Zac 3 4 6 9 0 1 15 3 1 1 26y 33d 91 46
17 Crozier, Hayden 6 2 2 8 1 1 0 5 1 1 22y 128d 37 28
3 Dawson, Zac 1 2 7 8 0 0 1 1 0 2 30y 68d 152 7
28 Grey, Brady 6 1 8 14 0 0 0 7 1 1 20y 285d 3 0
12 Griffin, Jonathon 3 3 6 9 1 0 16 3 1 0 30y 107d 81 29
32 Hill, Stephen 18 4 7 25 0 0 0 5 1 0 25y 365d 157 101
23 Mayne, Chris 9 7 11 20 1 1 0 3 0 0 27y 180d 156 182
16 Mundy, David 16 5 3 19 0 1 0 1 0 1 30y 285d 236 92
27 Neale, Lachie 14 3 26 40 0 1 0 3 2 1 22y 342d 76 37
29 Pavlich, Matthew 12 6 3 15 1 4 0 2 1 0 34y 121d 341 678
25 Pearce, Alex 4 4 7 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 20y 326d 18 3
6 Pearce, Danyle 15 2 10 25 0 0 0 2 0 1 30y 23d 232 119
11 Sheridan, Tommy 7 4 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 22y 185d 44 14
34 Spurr, Lee 9 7 8 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 28y 278d 88 5
33 Sutcliffe, Cam 9 7 7 16 0 0 0 5 0 1 23y 343d 74 15
20 Taberner, Matt 7 7 12 19 1 1 0 4 0 2 22y 318d 32 26
18 Tucker, Darcy 6 2 7 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 19y 98d 2 0
10 Walters, Michael 19 4 10 29 3 2 0 7 4 0 25y 114d 78 154
14 Weller, Lachie 12 5 5 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 20y 67d 9 1
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 200 83 176 376 8 16 34 73 16 14 25y 205d 2155 1816

Match highlights

Lachie Neale had 40 disposals for Fremantle vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
Lachie Neale had 26 handballs for Fremantle vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
David Mackay played his 150th V/AFL game: Adelaide vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R6)

Footnotes

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