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CibbuanoCrows thump toothless Tigers
August 10th 2008 08:41
ADELAIDE has all but ended Richmond's finals hopes with a comprehensive 63-point win at AAMI Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Crows set up their 11th win of the season with a dominant second term, eventually prevailing 16.12 (108) to 6.9 (45).
The loss means Richmond are a game and a half and percentage outside the eight with three rounds remaining while Adelaide is still in the hunt for a top-four finish, trailing the fourth-placed Swans by just half a game.
The Crows face second-placed Hawthorn at the MCG next Sunday before finishing the home-and-away season with games against Fremantle and Melbourne.
Nathan van Berlo was prolific in the middle for Adelaide with a team-high 32 possessions while Scott Thompson, Tyson Edwards, Michael Doughty and Brad Symes were busy contributors, racking up 20-plus disposals.
Adelaide had 12 individual goalkickers for the match - Thompson, Simon Goodwin, Scott Stevens and Nick Gill the most effective with two each.
Nathan Bock did a superb blanketing job on Matthew Richardson, keeping the Richmond star goalless while Andrew McLeod was damaging in his 300th game with 28 disposals and a goal.
For Richmond, skipper Kane Johnson and Shane Tuck tried hard all afternoon, racking up 30-plus possessions while Troy Simmonds battled hard in the ruck, finishing the match with 22 disposals, 22 hit-outs and one goal.
In conditions made difficult by a dead surface, wind and intermittent rain both sides were guilty of missing targets going forward but the Crows made the most of their opportunities with majors from Edwards, Stevens and Goodwin giving Adelaide an 11-point lead at quarter-time.
Adelaide's midfield ran riot in the second term with their superior skills proving to be the difference between the two sides as they slammed on seven unanswered goals to take a match-winning 54-point lead into the main break.
The Tigers were more competitive in the second half, booting five goals to Adelaide's six but the damage had already been done.
ADELAIDE: 3.2, 10.4, 15.6,16.12 (108)
RICHMOND: 1.3, 1.4, 4.6, 6.9 (45)
GOALS: ADELAIDE: Stevens 2, Goodwin 2, Gill 2, Thompson 2, Edwards, McLeod, Massie, McKay, Douglas, van Berlo, Moran, Vince
RICHMOND: Bowden, Deledio, Pattison, Simmonds, Riewoldt, McMahon
BEST: ADELAIDE: van Berlo, Doughty, McLeod, Edwards, Symes, Thompson, Bock, Massie, Shirley
RICHMOND: Johnson, Tuck, Deledio, Simmonds
INJURIES: ADELAIDE: Vince (left hamstring)
RICHMOND: Foley (ribs)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Jay Schulz replaced in the selected side by Mitch Morton.
UMPIRES: Farmer, James, Head
CROWD: 37,562 at the AAMI STADIUM
The Crows set up their 11th win of the season with a dominant second term, eventually prevailing 16.12 (108) to 6.9 (45).
The loss means Richmond are a game and a half and percentage outside the eight with three rounds remaining while Adelaide is still in the hunt for a top-four finish, trailing the fourth-placed Swans by just half a game.
The Crows face second-placed Hawthorn at the MCG next Sunday before finishing the home-and-away season with games against Fremantle and Melbourne.
Nathan van Berlo was prolific in the middle for Adelaide with a team-high 32 possessions while Scott Thompson, Tyson Edwards, Michael Doughty and Brad Symes were busy contributors, racking up 20-plus disposals.
Adelaide had 12 individual goalkickers for the match - Thompson, Simon Goodwin, Scott Stevens and Nick Gill the most effective with two each.
Nathan Bock did a superb blanketing job on Matthew Richardson, keeping the Richmond star goalless while Andrew McLeod was damaging in his 300th game with 28 disposals and a goal.
For Richmond, skipper Kane Johnson and Shane Tuck tried hard all afternoon, racking up 30-plus possessions while Troy Simmonds battled hard in the ruck, finishing the match with 22 disposals, 22 hit-outs and one goal.
In conditions made difficult by a dead surface, wind and intermittent rain both sides were guilty of missing targets going forward but the Crows made the most of their opportunities with majors from Edwards, Stevens and Goodwin giving Adelaide an 11-point lead at quarter-time.
Adelaide's midfield ran riot in the second term with their superior skills proving to be the difference between the two sides as they slammed on seven unanswered goals to take a match-winning 54-point lead into the main break.
The Tigers were more competitive in the second half, booting five goals to Adelaide's six but the damage had already been done.
ADELAIDE: 3.2, 10.4, 15.6,16.12 (108)
RICHMOND: 1.3, 1.4, 4.6, 6.9 (45)
GOALS: ADELAIDE: Stevens 2, Goodwin 2, Gill 2, Thompson 2, Edwards, McLeod, Massie, McKay, Douglas, van Berlo, Moran, Vince
RICHMOND: Bowden, Deledio, Pattison, Simmonds, Riewoldt, McMahon
BEST: ADELAIDE: van Berlo, Doughty, McLeod, Edwards, Symes, Thompson, Bock, Massie, Shirley
RICHMOND: Johnson, Tuck, Deledio, Simmonds
INJURIES: ADELAIDE: Vince (left hamstring)
RICHMOND: Foley (ribs)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Jay Schulz replaced in the selected side by Mitch Morton.
UMPIRES: Farmer, James, Head
CROWD: 37,562 at the AAMI STADIUM
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