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CibbuanoCrows outgun Dons
June 7th 2009 07:40
ADELAIDE has celebrated Tyson Edwards’ 300th game with a 16-point win over Essendon in a high-scoring affair at Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Crows trailed at every change but hit the front in early in the final term and eventually went on to record a 21.4 (130) to 18.6 (114) victory in one of the games of the season.
The result sees Adelaide move to seventh place on the AFL ladder with a 6-5 win-loss while the Bombers have lost their past two matches to drop out of the top eight.
The win was soured somewhat for the Crows with skipper Simon Goodwin suffering a knee injury in the second term. He played no further part in the match and will know the full extent of the injury in the next 48 hours.
Edwards starred with a game-high 41 possessions while Bernie Vince and Scott Thompson were also prolific.
Up forward, Kurt Tippett did the damage with a career-best seven goals while Chris Knights continued his recent run of good form with five majors.
Knights has now kicked 14 goals in his past three matches.
For the Bombers, Brent Stanton and Andrew Lovett racked up a team-high 31 disposals apiece while Jobe Watson finished with 26 touches and three goals.
Scott Lucas booted four goals in his comeback match after a month in the VFL while Patrick Ryder was busy in the ruck with 25 hit outs.
Essendon stamped their authority on the contest in the first term, winning the football at the stoppages and moving the football quickly through the middle of the ground as they piled on five of the six first goals of the match.
Watson was particularly damaging with 10 possessions and two goals to help his side to a 26-point lead late in the quarter.
But goals from Patrick Dangerfield and Tippett ensured the Crows remained in touch at the first change with Essendon holding a 15-point advantage.
The first goal after quarter-time came in controversial circumstances with Lucas slotting one home from an acute angle in the opening minute after ruckman Ivan Maric was penalised for deliberately rushing a behind.
It was the Tippett show in the second term - the Adelaide forward booting three of his side’s six goals for the quarter, including two from deep in either pocket.
Tippett capped off an impressive quarter by taking a spectacular mark over the top of Lovett but despite his efforts the Crows trailed by 10 points at half-time with the Bombers answering every challenge thrown at them by Adelaide.
Essendon looked set to run away with the contest when the margin blew out to 21 points at the 12-minute mark of the third term but the Crows responded through Ivan Maric, Taylor Walker and Tippett before a late major from Alywn Davey gave the Dons an eight-point buffer at three-quarter time.
Adelaide hit the front for the first time in the match just three minutes into the final stanza after goals from Richard Douglas and Jason Porplyzia.
The Bombers continued to battle hard but they simply didn’t have the legs to match the Crows who recorded their third consecutive victory.
ESSENDON: 5.3, 10.4, 16.4, 18.6 (114)
ADELAIDE: 3.0, 9.0, 15.2, 21.4 (130)
GOALS: Essendon: Lucas 4, Watson 3, Monfries 2, Skipworth 2, Ryder, Dyson, McPhee, McVeigh, Lovett, Reimers, Davey
Adelaide: Tippett 7, Knights 5, Walker 2, Douglas 2, Vince, Dangerfield, McLeod, Maric, Porplyzia
BEST: Essendon: Lovett, Watson, Stanton, Ryder, Davey, Lucas
Adelaide: Edwards, Tippett, Knights, Thompson, Bock, Vince, Moran
INJURIES: Essendon: Nil
Adelaide: Goodwin (knee)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Grun, Findlay
CROWD: 39,451 at Etihad Stadium
The Crows trailed at every change but hit the front in early in the final term and eventually went on to record a 21.4 (130) to 18.6 (114) victory in one of the games of the season.
The result sees Adelaide move to seventh place on the AFL ladder with a 6-5 win-loss while the Bombers have lost their past two matches to drop out of the top eight.
The win was soured somewhat for the Crows with skipper Simon Goodwin suffering a knee injury in the second term. He played no further part in the match and will know the full extent of the injury in the next 48 hours.
Edwards starred with a game-high 41 possessions while Bernie Vince and Scott Thompson were also prolific.
Up forward, Kurt Tippett did the damage with a career-best seven goals while Chris Knights continued his recent run of good form with five majors.
Knights has now kicked 14 goals in his past three matches.
For the Bombers, Brent Stanton and Andrew Lovett racked up a team-high 31 disposals apiece while Jobe Watson finished with 26 touches and three goals.
Scott Lucas booted four goals in his comeback match after a month in the VFL while Patrick Ryder was busy in the ruck with 25 hit outs.
Essendon stamped their authority on the contest in the first term, winning the football at the stoppages and moving the football quickly through the middle of the ground as they piled on five of the six first goals of the match.
Watson was particularly damaging with 10 possessions and two goals to help his side to a 26-point lead late in the quarter.
But goals from Patrick Dangerfield and Tippett ensured the Crows remained in touch at the first change with Essendon holding a 15-point advantage.
The first goal after quarter-time came in controversial circumstances with Lucas slotting one home from an acute angle in the opening minute after ruckman Ivan Maric was penalised for deliberately rushing a behind.
It was the Tippett show in the second term - the Adelaide forward booting three of his side’s six goals for the quarter, including two from deep in either pocket.
Tippett capped off an impressive quarter by taking a spectacular mark over the top of Lovett but despite his efforts the Crows trailed by 10 points at half-time with the Bombers answering every challenge thrown at them by Adelaide.
Essendon looked set to run away with the contest when the margin blew out to 21 points at the 12-minute mark of the third term but the Crows responded through Ivan Maric, Taylor Walker and Tippett before a late major from Alywn Davey gave the Dons an eight-point buffer at three-quarter time.
Adelaide hit the front for the first time in the match just three minutes into the final stanza after goals from Richard Douglas and Jason Porplyzia.
The Bombers continued to battle hard but they simply didn’t have the legs to match the Crows who recorded their third consecutive victory.
ESSENDON: 5.3, 10.4, 16.4, 18.6 (114)
ADELAIDE: 3.0, 9.0, 15.2, 21.4 (130)
GOALS: Essendon: Lucas 4, Watson 3, Monfries 2, Skipworth 2, Ryder, Dyson, McPhee, McVeigh, Lovett, Reimers, Davey
Adelaide: Tippett 7, Knights 5, Walker 2, Douglas 2, Vince, Dangerfield, McLeod, Maric, Porplyzia
BEST: Essendon: Lovett, Watson, Stanton, Ryder, Davey, Lucas
Adelaide: Edwards, Tippett, Knights, Thompson, Bock, Vince, Moran
INJURIES: Essendon: Nil
Adelaide: Goodwin (knee)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Grun, Findlay
CROWD: 39,451 at Etihad Stadium
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