| * |
A three-goal burst in the third
quarter help Geelong snap a four-game losing streak when they defeated St Kilda in front
of a near-capacity 48,313 at Docklands on Friday night. The 18-point victory keeps the
Cats in touch, while the Saints slumped to their fourth defeat and tumbled down to 10th
place on the ladder with doubts starting to be raised on their ability to go the distance
this season.
St Kilda were in trouble from the outset when they lost key playmaker Aaron Hamill
early in the first term after he jarred his right knee in a collision with
Geelong's Steve Johnson and sat out the game on the bench. Later scans
showed Hamill will be out six to 10 weeks with a strained posterior cruciate ligament.
Geelong were led powerfully by Steven King and Brad Ottens
who smashed the Saints ruck pair of Cain Ackland and Jason Blake
with the hitouts going 37-15, allowing the Cats first touch all night. However, the Saints
went down fighting, and when Brendon Goddard kicked their eighth, St
Kilda were within striking distance. But a late goal to Cat Kane Tenace
put the contest out of reach for good.
Sportal reported Paul Chapman (26 possessions,
three goals), King and Johnson were the Cats best, while Nick Dal Santo
(26 touches), Lenny Hayes (25) and Goddard (29) were the main
contributors for the Saints. Geelong's Cameron Ling and Darren
Milburn worked hard with 27 touches each.
Lyall Johnson reported in The Age: In the final
quarter, the Saints threw caution to the win, running harder than they had all night, and
although the margin was 18 points, it could very nearly had been closer as Geelong, as it
did in the first term, squandered easy opportunities. Nick Riewoldt would
have given St Kilda a real chance but somehow hit the post from 15 metres out in the dying
minutes, ruining his great effort in juggling a tough, contested mark. With Hamill absent,
Fraser Gehrig was needed to shoulder the duties in the forward line but
apart from a goal in the third quarter, was kept silent by the efficient Matthew
Scarlett. |
| 2006
— ROUND 7 — GAME 1 |
| St Kilda v Geelong |
Friday (n), May 12, 2006
Docklands, 7.40pm AEST, Roof closed, crowd: 48,313
Conditions: Good
Weather: 14C, cool and clear |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| STK |
1.4-10 |
3.8-26 |
6.8-44 |
9.10-64 |
| GEE |
2.4-16 (6) |
6.5-41 (15) |
10.7-67 (23) |
12.10-82 (18) |
Goals: Geelong:
Paul Chapman 3, Steve Johnson 3, Jared Rooke, James Kelly, Henry Playfair, David Johnson,
Cameron Ling, Kane Tenace. St Kilda: Nick Riewoldt 3, Troy Schwarze, Fraser Gehrig,
Cain Ackland, Jason Gram, Matt Maguire, Brendon Goddard.
Best: Geelong: Paul Chapman, Steven King, Brad Ottens, James Kelly, Steve Johnson,
Cameron Ling, Matthew Scarlett. St Kilda: Nick Dal Santo, Lenny Hayes, Brendon
Goddard, Jason Gram, Brett Voss.
Umpires: Ray Chamberlain, Shaun Ryan, Darren Goldspink.
Report:
Max Hudghton (StK) was cited with a Level Four striking offence against Kent
Kingsley (Gee) during the third quarter. The MRP offered Hudghton a one-game
suspension on an early plea. Hudghton accepted the early plea and one-match suspension. |
Melbourne's season continued to
get better when they easily disposed of Fremantle on a grey Saturday afternoon at the MCG
where the lights were on by quarter-time – the crowd was a sparse 23,368. For the
fifth time, Fremantle following a triumph in Perth over West Coast failed again to win the
week after.
The Demons with their fourth consecutive victory join the Swans, Hawks and Freo and are up
in seventh place – a fine achievement considering they entered Round 4 from 15th
place. The Dockers rarely challenged the Dees after surrendering an early lead and were
behind at every change.
Matt Burgan for Sportal reported Adem
Yze was superb for the Demons with two goals to go with his 28
touches and Aaron Davey was again outstanding, kicking two goals in a
best-afield performance. Melbourne had a number of key contributors – Travis
Johnstone, Brock McLean and James McDonald. Matthew
Pavlich was the Dockers' best finishing with 25 possessions, while Michael
Johnson in just his 18th game was the leading goalkicker with three.
Fremantle got off to a flyer when Jeff Farmer kicked truly in the opening
minute. His quick hand-to-foot goal under pressure was the 400th of his career, while it
was also a significant milestone as he became the first indigenous AFL player to reach
that figure. A Troy Cook goal followed immediately after and Fremantle
had two in two minutes and a 12-point lead, but when Davey opened Melbourne's account with
a lovely running goal, it was the start of things to come.
The Demons piled on eight unanswered majors to run away to a 41-point lead and it wasn't
until the 23-minute mark of the second term that the Dockers added their third goal of the
day, via Paul Medhurst. At half-time, Melbourne led by 37 points. Yze, Brad
Green and Davey were pivotal in that period, with the trio booting two goals each
and accumulating almost 50 touches. Young defender Daniel Bell was also
prominent, mopping up out of defence.
Fremantle needed to find something in the third term if it was to stay within reach and
early on the signs were promising. A restructured set-up saw Johnson move forward and Luke
McPharlin shift back. The move of Johnson proved fruitful as he booted two goals,
with Fremantle managing four of the opening five goals in the second half to reduce the
deficit to 20 points at the 15-minute mark.
But when Neitz added his second and Mark Jamar again impressed with his
contested marking before converting, the Demons were back out to a 33-point advantage
heading into the final stanza. Any thought of a Fremantle comeback in the final quarter
was quickly thwarted by Melbourne, as it piled on a further five goals to one.
Interestingly, it was Melbourne's first win over Fremantle at the MCG since round 16 1998.
|
| 2006
— ROUND 7 — GAME 2 |
| Melbourne v Fremantle |
Saturday, May 13, 2006
MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: 23,368
Conditions: Good
Weather: 15C, cloudy; lights on start of Q2 |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| MEL |
3.3-21 (6) |
9.8-62 (37) |
12.11-83 (33) |
17.15-117 (59) |
| FRE |
2.3-15 |
3.7-25 |
7.8-50 |
8.10-58 |
Goals: Melbourne:
Aaron Davey 2, Brad Green 2, Russell Robertson 2, Adem Yze 2, David Neitz 2, Travis
Johnstone 2, Brock McLean 2, Byron Pickett, Mark Jamar, Lynden Dunn. Fremantle:
Michael Johnson 3, Jeff Farmer 2, Paul Medhurst, Troy Cook, Matthew Pavlich.
Best: Melbourne: Adem Yze, Aaron Davey, Travis Johnstone, Brock McLean, Byron
Pickett, Brad Green, James McDonald Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich, Byron Schammer,
Michael Johnson, Heath Black, David Mundy, Paul Hasleby.
Umpires: Scott McLaren, Jason Quigley, Derek Woodcock. |
The Sydney Swans returned to
form when the savaged the Tigers under a closed roof at Docklands on Saturday afternoon.
With their biggest score since 1987, the accurate Swans won by 118 points, boasting 13
goalkickers for the match. Sydney kicked four goals in the first seven minutes and the
reigning premiers sent an ominous message to the rest of the competition.
Richmond were deficient if defence through injuries to regular full-back Darren
Gaspar, and late withdrawals of Ray Hall and Andrew
Kellaway. Sportal in their match report noted this
meant Joel Bowden had to stand Barry Hall while first
gamer Luke McGuane was on Michael O'Loughlin and
midfielder Mark Coughlan was forced onto Adam Goodes
– the trio all conceded massive height and weight advantages to the Swans' trio of
big guns.
With only five players with 100 games or more experience in the side and with 20 having
played 20 games or less, the Tigers were fielding one of their most inexperienced sides
considering skipper Kane Johnson and Nathan Brown were
also out with injury.
Mark Harding's summation for the Sunday Herald Sun:
Many other top sides of recent years would have been tempted to lairise once it was
obvious they had the game at their command. The Swans had five or six players lining up
for best-on-ground honours, with the nod going to Adam Goodes for the marathon ground he
covered. Brett Kirk was magnificent in the midfield with 27 hard-earned
touches and eight clearances.
Amon Buchanan wasn't far behind him and Luke Ablett, Jude
Bolton and many other runners were back in the form which took them to the flag
last year. The Swans didn't have much to beat, but they showed no mercy. They kicked eight
goals in the first quarter, seven in the second, six in the third and seven in the last.
It was clinical, clean and compelling.
Richmond's biggest trier was Matthew Richardson, who had a great battle
with Lewis Roberts-Thomson and was their only clear winner. But the most
heartening sign for the Tigers would have come from the performance of Nathan
Foley, in his 12th game. Foley won 18 possessions, including six clearances and
was more competitive than several teammates of more experience. |
| 2006
— ROUND 7 — GAME 3 |
| Richmond v Sydney |
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Docklands, 2.10pm AEST, Roof closed, crowd: 36,477
Conditions: Good
Weather: 15C, cloudy |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| RCH |
4.2-26 |
6.6-42 |
8.7-55 |
9.8-62 |
| SYD |
8.0-48 (22) |
15.4-94 (52) |
21.6-132 (77) |
28.12-180 (118) |
Goals: Sydney:
Barry Hall 5.0, Ryan O’Keefe 4, Nick Malceski 3, Michael O’Loughlin 3, Luke
Ablett 2, Adam Goodes 2, Jarrad McVeigh 2, Amon Buchanan 2, Nick Davis, Jude Bolton, Ted
Richards, Brett Kirk, Paul Williams. Richmond: Matthew Richardson 2, Kayne Pettifer
2, Troy Simmonds, Greg Stafford, Chris Hyde, Cleve Hughes, Richard Tambling.
Best: Sydney: Brett Kirk, Amon Buchanan, Barry Hall, Michael O’Loughlin, Adam
Goodes, Luke Ablett, Ryan O’Keefe. Richmond: Nathan Foley, Andrew Raines,
Chris Hyde, Matthew Richardson.
Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Stefan Grun, Scott Jeffery. |
Brisbane heralded their return
to Carrara Oval for the first time since 1992 with a thumping win over a listless Hawthorn
in front of just 12,315 fans on Saturday night. JONATHAN BROWN starred for the Lions with
16 kicks, seven handballs, 16 marks and eight goals, matching the best return of his
114-game career – he kicked eight against Essendon last season.
The Lions had a victorious end to a week of controversial headlines that proved the best
way home is the football you play on the field and not in the head. Pre-match predictions
had suggested that Hawthorn would struggle without the injured Trent Croad
and Shane Crawford. Seasoned campaigners Michael Voss, Simon
Black and Luke Power dominated for the Lions. They were ably
assisted by young players Michael Rischitelli, who is finding his feet at
this level, and Troy Selwood, who tagged Luke Hodge out
of the game.
Andrew Stafford for The Age noted: Hawthorn
were held scoreless in the first quarter as Brown immediately stamped his authority on the
game, booting the first two goals and crashing into packs. The Lions' other weapon of
choice up forward was Jared Brennan, who returned from the reserves to
find the confidence that has eluded him this season. Matched against the hapless Zac
Dawson early, he played a clever game for the Lions, kicking three opportunistic
goals and providing another match-up headache for the Hawks.
Hawthorn's first score didn't come until 13 minutes into the second quarter, when Mark
Williams showed too much speed and agility for Mal Michael, It
was a brief surge from the Hawks, who followed with goals to Ben Dixon
and Campbell Brown as Brisbane's momentum slowed. But the Lions' Brown
struck again for his fifth, and when Matthew Moody and then Ashley
McGrath goaled late in the quarter, the Lions had stretched their lead to 37
points at half-time.
It was a discouraging loss for Hawthorn, which has now lost successive games to be 4+3 for
the year. Sam Mitchell was typically industrious for his side with 26
possessions, while Williams finished with five-straight, three in the last quarter adding
belated respectability to the scoreline. |
| 2006
— ROUND 7 — GAME 4 |
| Hawthorn v Brisbane |
Saturday (n), May 13, 2006
Carrara Oval, 7.10pm AEST, crowd: 12,315
Conditions: Very good
Weather: 18C, fine, balmy night |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| HAW |
0.0-0 |
4.1-25 |
6.7-43 |
9.12-66 |
| BRI |
4.1-25 (25) |
9.8-62 (37) |
14.9-93 (50) |
16.10-106 (40) |
Goals: Brisbane:
Jonathan Brown 8.4, Jared Brennan 3, Ashley McGrath 2, Matthew Moody, Mitchell Clark,
Daniel Bradshaw. Hawthorn: Mark Williams 5.0, Harry Miller, Ben Dixon, Campbell
Brown, Richard Vandenberg.
Best: Brisbane: Jonathan Brown, Simon Black, Jared Brennan, Jamie Charman, Troy
Selwood, Michael Rischitelli, Robert Copeland, Luke Power. Hawthorn: Sam Mitchell,
Brad Sewell, Campbell Brown, Richard Vandenberg, Jarryd Roughead.
Umpires: Stuart Wenn, Brett Rosebury, Chris Donlon. |
West Coast knocked Collingwood
off the top of the League ladder after recording a nail-biting 14-point win in warm
conditions on Saturday night before a bumper crowd of 42,033 at Subiaco Oval. The match
lived up to the pre-game hype and it took all of West Coast's class to overcome the
gallant Magpies who refused to buckle.
Mark Duffield reported in The West Australian: The
game started as usual for the Magpies in Perth, having not beaten the Eagles at Subi since
1992. Ignited by Chris Judd, West Coast's slick midfield swarmed all over
the Pies in the first 10 minutes, kicking four goals. For Mick Malthouse,
who coached his 523rd match to overtake Tom Hafey and move into fourth
place on the all-time list, it must have raised uncomfortable memories of his team's last
visit to Subiaco in Round 7 last year when the Magpies copped a 112-point flogging from
Fremantle.
Playing without captain Nathan Buckley who was rested, this time
Malthouse restructured his midfield slightly and stopped the bleeding. Collingwood kicked
the last two goals of the first quarter and the first three of the second to be an
unlikely leader. Dane Swan gave them some enterprising midfield run while
another youngster in Heath Shaw won some important possessions in defence
and midfield, and Brodie Holland, Ben Johnson and Josh
Fraser used Subiaco's space to eat into West Coast's early advantage.
But just when the Magpies looked as if they might take a handy lead to half-time, back
came Chris Judd. He kicked the goal which re-established West Coast's
lead, on the end of a Quinten Lynch handball, then after Lynch extended
the lead, Judd produced a typical scything run through the corridor and launched a flying
shot to give the Eagles a handy 20-point half-time buffer.
The big question at half-time in the humid conditions was which team would feel the
effects of the furious pace the game had been played at. The player under most pressure
was Josh Fraser, who had played superbly to half-time with 14 touches and
two goals, but he was playing a virtual lone hand against Dean Cox and Mark
Seaby with only the under-sized Jason Cloke as his back-up.
West Coast came out of the blocks at the start of the third term as it had in the first
but this time there was less of a result on the scoreboard. Lynch got the first goal of
the quarter after Daniel Chick came perilously close to running too far
and the Eagles had opened up a 22-point buffer. But if they thought the Magpies were going
to go away without another challenge then they were sorely disappointed. Each time West
Coast scored, Collingwood answered – and then some.
Johnson went from being serviceable to dominant in the midfield and started to carve holes
in the Eagles' defence, while David Wirrpanda paid a high price for
sitting off Magpie small forward Leon Davis, who went on to kick three
goals for the quarter. Between them, Johnson and Davis threatened to turn the game - and
by three-quarter-time, West Coast's 22-point lead had been turned into a two-point
deficit.But Fraser's mammoth task finally took its
toll midway through the last quarter, when it all told on Fraser, the best man on the
ground to that point. After playing himself to a standstill and playing the Magpies onto
level terms with the Eagles late in the game, the exhausted Fraser had to go off. By the
time he was ready to go back on, the Eagles had a 13-point lead that Collingwood was too
tired to run down. |
| 2006
— ROUND 7 — GAME 5 |
| West Coast v Collingwood |
Saturday (n), May 13, 2006
Subiaco Oval, 7.40pm AEST, crowd: 42,033
Conditions: Good
Weather: 23C, high cloud, hot and humid |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| WCE |
4.2-26 (11) |
8.7-55 (20) |
11.10-76 |
16.16-112 (14) |
| COL |
2.3-15 |
5.5-35 |
12.6-78 (2) |
15.8-98 |
Goals: West
Coast: Quinten Lynch 5.1, Chris Judd 3, Ashley Hansen 2, Ben Cousins, Dean Cox, Daniel
Chick, Ashley Sampi, Andrew Embley, Tyson Stenglein. Collingwood: Leon Davis 3,
Anthony Rocca 3, Dane Swan 3, Josh Fraser 2, Scott Burns 2, Paul Licuria, Alan Didak.
Best: West Coast: Chris Judd, Jaymie Graham, Quinten Lynch, Andrew Embley, Mark
Nicoski, Adam Selwood. Collingwood: Dane Swan, Ben Johnson, Heath Shaw, Josh
Fraser, Dale Thomas, Leon Davis.
Umpires: Michael Vozzo, Dean Margetts, Hayden Kennedy. |
The Western Bulldogs ran Port
Adelaide ragged on Sunday afternoon before a small crowd of 20,233 at Football Park. The
stunning, record-breaking 76-point victory came two weeks after losing to Adelaide by 77
points at the same ground and reinforced the belief that the Bulldogs are a genuine, tough
contender in this unpredictable season.
Sportal reported the emphatic win – set up by a 13 goals to
five first half – showed the Bulldogs with superior skills, greater number around the
ball and a more cohesive forward set-up. An exciting comeback saw Port reduce a 69-point
deficit to 28 points midway through the third quarter, but they allowed the Bulldogs to
kick away again.
Ashley Porter noted for The Age: This game was
about passion and good old determination, something Port did not show until it was 69
points down at the 18-minute mark of the second quarter, and then dropped it from midway
through the third. Port's ability to kick seven out of eight goals from the second term to
12 minutes into the third to get within 28 points was a superb effort, just as it was the
Bulldogs to re-assess themselves and get back to running the ball through the centre and
resume dominance.
The Bulldogs led 11.6 to 1.4 midway through the second quarter. They were tough as they
were skilful, determined as ever, and produced some of the most creative teamwork as any
coach could demand. They finished with 13 individual goalkickers.
Of course, there were many match heroes, especially Daniel Giansiracusa,
the irrepressible Brad Johnson (match-best four goals), Scott
West and Adam Cooney. However, no one could have enjoyed this
emphatic victory more than Brett Montgomery, who was terrific against the
club that dumped him last year, Coach Rodney Eade later revealed
Montgomery played a key role in planning the great win.
Brian Harris was also terrific in defence, but it could be argued the
ineptness of Warren Tredrea made him look good. The Port captain has been
extremely disappointing in his four games back from a knee injury, and the same can be
said for Kangaroos' recruit Daniel Motlop who must surely be close to
being dropped. However, they were not alone when it came to poor effort – too often
their teammates failed to chase hard enough. The Bulldogs were allowed to take uncontested
marks in their 60-metre zone too often, and generally the Power's execution of foot and
hand skills was below standard. |
| 2006
— ROUND 7 — GAME 6 |
| Port Adelaide v Western
Bulldogs |
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Football Park, 1.10pm AEST, crowd: 20,233
Conditions: Good
Weather: 16C, fine, sunny breaks |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| PA |
1.4-10 |
5.9-39 |
9.11-65 |
13.12-90 |
| WB |
7.5-47 (37) |
13.7-85 (46) |
20.9-129 (64) |
25.16-166 (76) |
Goals: West.B'dogs:
Brad Johnson 4, Adam Cooney 3, Nathan Eagleton 3, Brett Montgomery 2, Chris Grant 2, Ryan
Griffen 2, Matthew Boyd 2, Matthew Robbins 2, Robert Murphy, Daniel Giansiracusa, Daniel
Cross, Mitch Hahn, Farren Ray. Port: Chad Cornes 3, Damon White 3, Shaun Burgoyne
2, Warren Tredrea, Michael Pettigrew, Toby Thurstans, Steven Salopek, Danyle Pearce.
Best: West.B'dogs: Daniel Giansiracusa, Brad Johnson, Rohan Smith, Daniel Cross,
Scott West, Nathan Eagleton, Lindsay Gilbee, Adam Cooney. Port: Chad Cornes, Shaun
Burgoyne, Peter Burgoyne, Brendon Lade, Danyle Pearce, Damon White.
Umpires: Mathew James, Craig Hendrie, Kieron Nicholls.
Report:
Peter Street (WB) was cited by the MRP with a Level
One striking offence against Stuart Dew (PA) during the third quarter
following the match-day report by umpire Craig Hendrie. Street accepted
the MRP offer of a reprimand with an early plea and 42.19 points towards his future
record. |
When Carlton posted their 116th
win over Essendon at the MCG on a rather bleak Sunday afternoon, the Bombers were sent
crashing to the bottom of the League ladder. The victory snapped a five-match losing
streak for Carlton, while the Dons extended their succession of defeats to six, a first
since 1997.
Sportal noted: In what was an untidy affair made worse by a
slippery ball and surface caused by early rain – the Bombers lost three of their
starting line-up before the game and to add to their woes, veteran midfielder James
Hird was a casualty and lost from the match in the opening ten minutes.
Rohan Connolly attended and reviewed play for The Age:
Carlton looked likely to win nearly all afternoon. It did so because it played
smarter football in the wet, greasy and slippery conditions, had players prepared all day
to run hard and put their heads over the ball, a winning defence, and forwards who could
hold marks and kick goals.Brendan Fevola
would like to play on Joel Reynolds for a living, the Bomber undersized
and unsuited to the task he was handed yesterday, but the much-maligned Carlton spearhead
was superb nonetheless, leading hard, marking well and kicking accurately, his match haul
of seven the most obvious difference between two pretty ordinary sides.
He had company, too, Brad Fisher also a
constant threat up forward, the pair taking six of Carlton's eight contested marks to
half-time. At that stage, Essendon had taken three, but that had plenty to do with Lance
Whitnall's superb job on Bomber key forward Scott Lucas, whom he
not only held to just three behinds for the afternoon, but in doing so gathered 17 touches
and six marks of his own, his pure football smarts launching or involved in numerous
Carlton counterattacks. Whitnall kept pretty good company, too, fellow defender Bret
Thornton alternately tight then another dangerous rebounder out of the back line.
The less-heralded Carlton hands had plenty to do with the
win, too, Adam Bentick providing plenty of grunt work in the middle, top
draft pick Marc Murphy good all day and his critical last-quarter goal a
gem, and another very promising kid in Josh Kennedy looking suitably dangerous and
finishing with eight marks and a couple of goals.
For Essendon, Adam McPhee blew a gasket
trying to cover at times seemingly all Carlton's attacking options, Jobe Watson
continued to impress, but for his sometimes questionable disposal, Stanton provided his
usual run, Ricky Dyson provided more of the same and some badly-needed
skill, and new skipper David Hille attempted to show the missing
leadership too many of his more senior teammates are failing to deliver.
That couldn't be said of Carlton yesterday, nearly all of
whose most important players rose to the challenge after a week in which the Blues had
been kicked from pillar to post on and off the field. And, thanks to their efforts, now
it's a hated foe in Essendon's turn to find out what it's like to be a laughing stock. |
| 2006
— ROUND 7 — GAME 7 |
| Carlton v Essendon |
Sunday, May 14, 2006
MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: 32,976
Conditions: Slippery
Weather: 14C, rain, lights on in Q1 – and a peek of sunshine |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| CAR |
2.3-15 (–) |
7.5-47 (17) |
10.7-67 (14) |
17.9-111 (33) |
| ESS |
2.3-15 (–) |
4.6-30 |
7.11-53 |
11.12-78 |
Goals: Carlton:
Brendan Fevola 7.2, Josh Kennedy 2, Marc Murphy 2, Nick Stevens, Bradley Fisher, Jason
Saddington, Jarrad Waite, Heath Scotland, Adam Bentick. Essendon: Andrew Lovett 2,
David Hille 2, Ricky Dyson 2, Angus Monfries, Mark Johnson, Jason Winderlich, Mark Bolton,
Jobe Watson.
Best: Carlton: Brendan Fevola, Lance Whitnall, Marc Murphy, Heath Scotland, Adam
Bentick, Ryan Houlihan, Nick Stevens. Essendon: Ricky Dyson, Jobe Watson, David
Hille, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Andrew Welsh.
Umpires: Damien Sully, Matthew Head, Martin Ellis.
Reports:
Brendan Fevola (Car) was cited for wrestling Kepler Bradley
(Ess) during the first quarter. It is a third offence by Fevola. The player accepted a
fine of $3000 with an early plea.
Kepler Bradley (Ess) was cited for wrestling
during the first quarter. It is a second offence by Bradley. The player accepted a fine of
$1800 with an early plea.
Brad Fisher (Car) was cited for wrestling Joel Reynolds
(Ess) during the first quarter. It is a first offence. Fisher accepted a $900 fine with an
early plea.
Joel Reynolds (Ess) was cited for wrestling Brad Fisher
(Car) during the first quarter. It is a first offence. Reynolds accepted a $900 fine with
an early plea. |
Adelaide returned to top
position of the competition for the first time since it won the minor premiership last
year, after thrashing the Kangaroos by 56 points under the closed roof of Docklands
Stadium on Sunday afternoon – the attendance was a bare 16,064.
Matt Burgan observed for Sportal: Adelaide set
up the victory with a scintillating first term. Officially, it was the club's greatest
start to a match since entering the AFL in 1991. Although the Kangaroos registered the
first of the match – a rushed behind in the first 30 seconds – it was the only
time the home side held the lead all day.
Simon Goodwin was prolific through the middle for the Crows –
finishing with 28 possessions – with Mark Ricciuto booting five
majors. Roo Jess Sinclair worked tirelessly and gathered 34 touches,
while Daniel Wells was superb around the stoppages with 30.The Kangas looked dazed and confused as Adelaide unleashed an
awesome first-quarter burst that saw them kick the first eight goals of the game –
Ricciuto and Brett Burton bagging three each – to rocket out to a
43-point lead. Corey Jones converted from outside 50 to register his
side's first, but late goals to Burton and Trent Hentschel saw the Crows
out by 49 points at the first break.
Dean Laidley's address in the huddle must have been quite something
because the Kangaroos came out and slotted four unanswered goals in the second quarter.
Wells was in everything and he torched a Crows' midfield that had stopped running.
Adelaide managed just one point for the term as the Roos dragged the deficit back to 24
points at the half.
The Roo revival was stopped dead in its tracks in the third term, however, as the Crows
kicked the first three goals to regain the ascendancy. Nathan Thompson
kicked his second late, but his side was down by 43 points at the last change. The
Kangaroos needed a miracle in the last and it didn't eventuate as Adelaide kicked the
first four goals of the term to close out the match. |
| 2006
— ROUND 7 — GAME 8 |
| Kangaroos v Adelaide |
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Docklands, 3.10pm AEST, Roof closed, crowd: 16,064
Conditions: Good
Weather: 14C, rain |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| KAN |
1.1-7 |
5.3-33 |
6.5-41 |
9.6-60 |
| ADE |
9.2-56 (49) |
9.3-57 (24) |
13.6-84 (43) |
18.8-116 (56) |
Goals: Adelaide:
Mark Ricciuto 5.0, Brett Burton 4, Trent Hentschel 3, Rhett Biglands 2, Jason Porplyzia 2,
Michael Doughty, Scott Thompson. Kangaroos: Nathan Thompson 2, Leigh Harding 2,
Corey Jones, Kasey Green, David Hale, Drew Petrie, Hamish McIntosh.
Best: Adelaide: Simon Goodwin, Mark Ricciuto, Brett Burton, Rhett Biglands, Martin
Mattner, Scott Thompson. Kangaroos: Jess Sinclair, Daniel Wells, Daniel Harris,
Daniel Pratt, Brent Harvey, Brady Rawlings.
Umpires: Justin Schmitt, Chris Kamolins, Shane McInerney. |
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