Ryan roves at half forward and kicks to the corridor for Redden to mark untouched 45m out. Redden runs in right and shoots left. (Q1 3:45)
Henry sets up Close to kick the first goal of the evening from 35m in front on the end of a coast to coast rebound. (Q1 4:28)
Redden passes to Cripps 45m out near the boundary, who threads the tough set shot for the Eagles’ first. (Q1 6:33)
Hawkins marks a Stengle pass deep in the pocket 30m out but misses. (Q1 8:11)
Dangerfield passes to Blicavs 45m out on the flank, he chooses a pass down the line to Hawkins 40m out, who misses again. (Q1 11:28)
Smith snaps his first goal after roving a Henry contest 15m out in front. (Q1 12:55)
Ah, but it was touched off the boot on review, goal downgraded to point. (Q1 13:58)
Miers gets a set shot 40m out on the boundary, doesn’t suit his kicking style but of course he threads it with a lovely finish! (Q1 15:57)
Bews passes to Hawkins 35m out on a slight angle who draws that set shot left to right and through. (Q1 17:43)
Selwood converts from near true CHF. It’s a bit of a procession already. (Q1 19:24)
Guthrie roves and goals from a stoppage 15m out in the pocket after Hawkins forces a crumb. The crowd applauds like they are at the dressage. (Q1 26:24)
Guthrie goals again on the run from the HFF after Holmes engineers the next centre clearance. (Q1 27:20)
Redden passes short to Kelly 40m out near the boundary, the crowd boos in desultory fashion but Kelly shuts them up with another nice set shot finish. (Q1 29:29)
Edwards dives on the lines to rush a Hawkins snap on the spin from 20m. (Q1 30:26)
Ratugolea is pinged for a hold on Darling near the hotspot by the out-of-zone ump, the set shot sails straight through. (Q1 32:29)
Darling marks a Shuey pass near the boundary 35m out, plays on and screws through a nice finish. (Q2 5:59)
Stengle has two Eagles challenging in the pocket 30m out, he keeps his feet and performs an Eddie Betts special to snap the goal. (Q2 8:39)
Smith runs free to true CHF and rams through his second goal. (Q2 11:04)
Ryan marks over O’Connor 40m out in front, crowd goes aww as they thought he didn’t hold it long enough. He misses anyway. (Q2 13:39)
Henry marks a snap from the HFF by Miers that lands on the goal line, easiest of goals. (Q2 16:40)
Henry feeds Rohan for a snap off the left that curls through from 20m. (Q2 22:13)
Barrass fumbles a chaos ball by Dangerfield to the hotspot, his man Hawkins is second to it but bounces through the goal off the left. (Q2 23:54)
Smith plays on and misses from 50m on a slight angle. (Q2 28:12)
Tuohy breaks a tackle and snaps a goal from 40m on the flank. (Q2 28:53)
Cripps passes to Ryan 35m out in front for the first goal of second half junk time. (Q3 0:38)
Rohan is favoured by a Blicavs chaos ball to CHF, Duggan couldn’t trap it but Rohan snaps the goal from 40m in front. (Q3 1:49)
Hawkins marks on the boundary 35m out and shoots narrow. (Q3 8:38)
Stengle runs to 10m down the flank and goals. (Q3 9:37)
Holmes centres to Selwood 35m out in front who kicks truly. (Q3 17:53)
Stengle marks a Ceglar scrub kick from the centre to 45m in the corridor but misses. (Q3 19:53)
Hawkins draws a contact free on Hurn 40m out on the flank, and misses. (Q3 22:34)
Cripps sails through a nice set shot from 50m on the flank. (Q3 24:09)
Rotham passes across half forward to Cripps 45m out on a slight angle who boots his third goal, in his 200th game. (Q4 0:31)
Smith hits the post with a snap across the body off the left from the hotspot under not much pressure. (Q4 7:52)
Dangerfield blazes wide from the HFF in classic fashion. (Q4 8:18)
Stengle roves a long Dangerfield bomb to Hawkins for his third goal. (Q4 9:22)
Henry passes short to the diving lead of Hawkins 40m out on the flank, nothing Barrass could do there. Hawkins gets one on target for his third goal. (Q4 12:37)
Holmes gives Stengle a Joe the Goose special on the end of a Harlem Globetrotters play. (Q4 15:22)
Stengle roves a Dangerfield contest and snaps from 45m on the flank, it goes wide with Hawkins looking daggers in the square. (Q4 17:31)
Barrass tries to intercept a Stengle pass to Hawkins but the ball goes through his fingers and through to the Tomahawk who does the rest in the square. (Q4 23:37)
Hawkins marks an O’Connor pass 45m out on the flank but misses. (Q4 25:22)
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