Walker gathers a bounce pass on the HFF, does Blicavs with a step to move inside for a left-foot snap from 40m that curls in, crowd goes ape droppings! (Q1 1:33)
Cameron shows excellent vision to kick long across CHF to the fat side for Close to mark 30m out in the pocket, who screws in the Cats’ opening major. (Q1 8:46)
Neal-Bullen feeds Walker for a snap across the body from a pack 40m out on a slight angle but it falls into the far left post. (Q1 11:13)
Thilthorpe marks a tumbling blind clearance by Soligo from outer wing to 40m on a slight angle, but shoots across the face to the right. (Q1 12:30)
Mullin turns the ball over with a short pass in the centre square to a murder of Crows, Curtin stands up after contesting against two to goal from the goalsquare. (Q1 13:53)
Thilthorpe is pinged under the stand rule on members wing to concede 50m and bring Guthrie near the hotspot, where he converts. (Q1 16:22)
Dawson misses to the right after playing on from half forward. (Q1 18:41)
Repeat inside 50 after the kick in doesn’t clea4r half way, Keays rams through the snap from mid-range. (Q1 19:22)
Oliver Henry spins away from Hinge on the HFF for an inboard pass off the left to Dangerfield 40m out in front, who kicks the goal. (Q1 20:44)
Miers drops an intercept at the top of the Crows goalsquare from a long Hinge ball from the HFF, Walker roves and bounces a handball for Rankine to soccer the goal. (Q1 23:29)
Keays sails through another goal from the HFF after the Crows get a centre clearance and Dempsey coughs the ball up by foot, as he did for the previous goal as well. (Q1 25:09)
Stengle marks just inside 50m on a slight angle, his kick is touched on the mark, crumb sits up for Mannagh who volleys it wide from 10m. (Q1 26:59)
Laird looks aghast as Oliver Henry marks a long Holmes ball from the HFF to the square untouched for an easy goal. (Q1 28:55)
Geelong are punishing Adelaide’s turnovers in midfield, Dangerfield centres for Neale 45m out in the corridor with a high quality pass. Neale misses to the right, though. (Q1 31:21)
Worrell is pinged for a hand on the shoulder of Dangerfield 35m out on a slight angle, crowd chunters but it was very much there. Danger misses near side right. (Q2 1:36)
Dawson passes to Walker 45m out on the flank whose set shot wobbles just to the near side right. (Q2 3:38)
Keays gives Fogarty a Joe the Goose special after a couple of precision kicks through the Geelong zone by the Crows. (Q2 4:42)
Walker strips Blicavs of the footy in a tackle on centre wing, Cumming roves and passes to the lead of Fogarty 40m out on the flank, goal Adelaide. (Q2 5:54)
Smith back to Stanley for the next centre clearance, Worrell is surprised to be pinged for contact on Oliver Henry 40m out on a slight angle, Henry shanks… Dempsey marks! (Q2 8:02)
Adelaide crowd going spare at the replay which showed some fairly strong contact on the ball by the hands of Sholl in front, but Dempsey curls in the goal. (Q2 9:38)
Fogarty misses almost everything with a low-percentage set shot from the intersection of 50m and boundary. (Q2 10:37)
Neal-Bullen’s smother on O’Sullivan on the HFF turns the ball over, Fogarty marks in front of Guthrie 40m out and boots his third goal. (Q2 15:13)
Walker gathers a bouncing centre clearance by Thilthorpe outside CHF, breaks an arm tackle by Humphries and bounces through the goal from 55m to an empty square! (Q2 16:47)
Neal-Bullen is front and centre for Fogarty’s contest on the HFF, he goes quickly inboard to Keays 35m out on a slight angle for his third goal. (Q2 18:57)
Stengle shimmies away from Hinge on members wing and goes long over Keane to Dangerfield at the hotspot for a settling goal. (Q2 21:37)
Atkins beats Rankine to a loose ball at half forward after the next bounce to set up Neale’s snap from the flank 25m out which curls through. (Q2 23:25)
Walker monsters Blicavs off the fall of a kick to the HFF and feeds Fogarty for goal number four for the quarter! (Q2 25:32)
O’Brien feeds Dawson to glide to 50m on a slight angle and miss to the left. (Q2 27:13)
Knevitt passes to Cameron to juggle a contested grab against Nankervis 35m out on a slight angle, with Miers involved three times in a chaotic build up. Cameron misses left. (Q2 28:43)
Stengle stands up in a Soligo tackle at the hotspot, ump gives him a lot of time to get rid of it which he does to set up Bowes to receive from Dempsey and grubber the goal. (Q2 31:38)
Holmes clears from the next bounce, Cameron dives for the mark 45m out on a slight angle and clunks the set shot for a vital red time special. (Q2 32:54)
Holmes bombs long from outside CHF after the first centre bounce of Q3, Dangerfield and Cameron both shepherd it to roll all the way through! (Q3 0:33)
Fogarty marks a Cumming kick next to the behind post and passes inside to Soligo who is paid a dubious mark near his bootlaces then misses from 25m. (Q3 2:08)
Cumming drops an intercept from a Miers kick inside 50 to the hotspot, Close pounces to soccer through the opportunist goal! (Q3 4:45)
Dawson sees Curtin on his own near goal for a pass from half forward but ends up kicking it over his head under pressure for a behind. (Q3 6:54)
Smith kicks up the chimney from a stoppage deep in defence but Cumming leaps against Humphries to take a brave mark 35m out… then raps the left goalpost. (Q3 9:12)
Holmes kicks OOTF from the kick in after two bounces, both sides punishing midfield turnovers, Thilthorpe marks 45m out on the flank and misses. (Q3 10:39)
Atkins kicks a speculator to the square from a stoppage at half forward, Keane is there but Dempsey has the sit for a specky and the goal to take the lead for Geelong! (Q3 13:54)
Taylor is over the back on a fast break and marks over O’Sullivan 30m out on the flank, he slots the goal with his first disposal after coming off the subs bench. (Q3 18:09)
Walker contests at CHF after the next bounce, Fogarty’s kick inside 50 hits grass, but Peatling feeds Draper who baulks to the left and checksides the goal from the hotspot! (Q3 20:19)
Stengle marks 35m out on a slight angle but shoots across the face to the right. (Q3 24:10)
Cameron smothers a laconic Hinge kick from the last line then receives from Oliver Henry to feed Smith to ram home the goal from 35m! (Q3 25:28)
Thilthorpe marks a Laird kick to the square over an outpositioned O’Sullivan, his quiet night is over as he boots goal number one. (Q3 30:30)
Dangerfield smothers Laird on the mark at half forward, Oliver Henry feeds Cameron who snaps the goal from 35m, Geelong right in it! (Q4 1:28)
Mannagh passes from the HFF to Cameron leading to 30m in the corridor after yet another turnover in midfield by the Crows. Jezza boots his third goal, Cats in front again. (Q4 4:31)
Yet another Adelaide midfield turnover is punished by Geelong with Dangerfield snapping the goal from the square, the ball coughed up by Hinge. (Q4 9:28)
Smith bombs from outside CHF after another Crow half back turnover, Laird has two Cats to fly against, Dangerfield keeps his feet after the contest to rove and goal again! (Q4 11:42)
Peatling is behind the Geelong defence on the HFF but decides to pass inboard to Rankine 40m out on a slight angle. Rankine makes no mistake. (Q4 14:15)
Henry feeds Clohesy for a flying snap from half forward that goes wide right. (Q4 19:39)
Atkins misses near side left from a throw-in to 25m. (Q4 21:00)
Worrell turns the ball over from half back kicking to the centre but Mannagh’s flying snap from CHF hooks to the left. (Q4 21:36)
Clock ticks down, Crows just about out of ideas and gassed on a five-day interstate break. (Q4 25:22)
Holmes cuts off an attack with an intercept in the centre, that has happened all through the night and more after HT for Adelaide. (Q4 27:36)
Cameron runs back with the flight to mark a Close kick from the HFF to the pocket 20m out despite a clash with Soligo coming the other way. His fourth goal ices the game. (Q4 28:19)
