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Adelaide
14.13.97
Collingwood
10.9.69
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Adelaide
Collingwood
Q1
5.2.32
1.6.12

    Adelaide Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, E.Betts
  • 6 mins - Behind, T.Walker
  • 9 mins - Goal, R.Henderson
  • 11 mins - Goal, S.Jacobs
  • 16 mins - Goal, J.Lyons
  • 18 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 26 mins - Behind, E.Betts

    Adelaide and Collingwood Events

  • 1 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 2 mins - Behind, J.De Goey
  • 5 mins - Behind, A.Treloar
  • 21 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 22 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 23 mins - Goal, T.Adams
  • 24 mins - Behind, T.Cloke
Q2
8.7.55
5.7.37

    Adelaide Events

  • 11 mins - Behind, B.Crouch
  • 14 mins - Behind, B.Smith
  • 16 mins - Goal, T.Walker
  • 21 mins - Goal, E.Betts
  • 27 mins - Behind, D.Mackay
  • 29 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins
  • 31 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 32 mins - Behind, R.Sloane

    Adelaide and Collingwood Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, D.Moore
  • 10 mins - Behind, T.Varcoe
  • 10 mins - Goal, T.Varcoe
  • 18 mins - Goal, J.Crisp
  • 23 mins - Goal, J.Crisp
Q3
11.12.78
8.7.55

    Adelaide Events

  • 1 mins - Behind, E.Betts
  • 3 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 4 mins - Behind, S.Thompson
  • 6 mins - Behind, R.Atkins
  • 7 mins - Behind, T.Lynch
  • 9 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 24 mins - Goal, M.McGovern
  • 30 mins - Goal, E.Betts

    Adelaide and Collingwood Events

  • 7 mins - Goal, J.Aish
  • 17 mins - Goal, T.Cloke
  • 20 mins - Goal, L.Greenwood
Q4
14.13.97
10.9.69

    Adelaide Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, J.Jenkins
  • 10 mins - Goal, R.Atkins
  • 21 mins - Goal, J.Lyons
  • 27 mins - Goal, C.Cameron

    Adelaide and Collingwood Events

  • 14 mins - Goal, L.Greenwood
  • 15 mins - Behind, J.Crisp
  • 23 mins - Goal, T.Cloke
  • 29 mins - Behind, J.Howe

Scorers

Adelaide
Collingwood
Goal Scorers Adelaide Collingwood
Goals and Behinds Betts (3.2), Lynch (2.1), Lyons (2.0), Atkins (1.1), Jenkins (1.1), Walker (1.1), Cameron (1.0), Henderson (1.0), Jacobs (1.0), McGovern (1.0), Crouch (0.1), Mackay (0.1), Sloane (0.1), Smith (0.1), Thompson (0.1) Cloke (2.1), Crisp (2.1), Greenwood (2.0), Varcoe (1.1), Adams (1.0), Aish (1.0), Moore (1.0), De Goey (0.1), Howe (0.1), Treloar (0.1)

Team Statistics

Adelaide
Collingwood

Statistics

Adelaide Collingwood
Goals 14 10
Behinds 13 9
Scoring shots 31 21
Goals/scoring shots 45 48
Disposals 386 405
AdelaideGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
R.Atkins 25 14 5 11 5 2 1 1 0 1
E.Betts 10 9 3 1 5 5 0 0 0 0
C.Cameron 8 6 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1
K.Cheney 9 5 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
B.Crouch 29 11 1 18 16 10 0 0 0 3
M.Crouch 25 9 4 16 13 3 1 0 0 5
R.Douglas 18 12 6 6 4 1 1 1 0 2
K.Hartigan 8 4 3 4 3 2 0 1 0 0
R.Henderson 27 13 6 14 11 0 0 0 0 0
S.Jacobs 17 13 5 4 10 3 1 0 27 6
J.Jenkins 13 8 7 5 6 0 0 1 8 2
J.Lever 12 8 3 4 6 1 0 2 0 0
T.Lynch 21 9 4 12 13 0 1 1 0 1
J.Lyons 21 18 5 3 5 7 0 2 0 4
D.Mackay 18 10 3 8 5 0 0 0 0 3
M.McGovern 8 4 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0
P.Seedsman 18 6 1 12 5 5 1 0 0 1
R.Sloane 27 12 3 15 16 8 1 1 0 8
B.Smith 23 14 8 9 8 2 0 0 0 0
D.Talia 17 8 8 9 7 2 3 2 0 0
S.Thompson 22 12 3 10 8 9 2 0 0 4
T.Walker 10 8 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
CollingwoodGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
T.Adams 34 16 4 18 9 5 1 0 0 5
J.Aish 22 11 4 11 11 6 1 0 0 4
J.Blair 10 3 2 7 3 5 0 0 0 1
N.Brown 9 3 2 6 5 2 0 1 0 0
T.Cloke 17 15 7 2 10 5 1 0 0 1
J.Crisp 19 8 2 11 7 9 0 1 4 0
J.De Goey 19 9 3 10 8 4 1 1 0 3
L.Greenwood 13 8 0 5 10 8 2 1 0 3
B.Grundy 23 12 10 11 11 5 0 2 32 2
J.Howe 19 11 3 8 5 6 0 0 0 1
B.Macaffer 10 5 1 5 5 3 1 0 0 0
J.Marsh 15 11 5 4 5 1 1 0 0 0
B.Maynard 14 7 2 7 4 5 0 0 0 0
D.Moore 9 6 2 3 8 2 3 1 0 0
S.Pendlebury 30 8 4 22 18 5 0 0 1 4
B.Reid 18 13 8 5 5 2 0 1 0 0
S.Sidebottom 26 10 8 16 6 6 0 0 0 1
B.Sinclair 23 10 5 13 9 3 1 1 0 5
J.Smith 12 9 4 3 3 1 0 1 0 2
A.Treloar 36 11 3 25 11 7 0 0 0 3
T.Varcoe 13 6 4 7 2 6 0 3 0 1
J.White 14 9 6 5 5 1 0 0 8 2

Match Details

Adelaide
Collingwood
START TIME
5:40PM
WEATHER
Clear
VENUE
Adelaide Oval
Umpires
Craig Fleer, Simon Meredith, Brent Wallace

AFL season 2016: Scrappy, but Adelaide Crows get the job done over Collingwood Magpies

ADELAIDE  5.2     8.7     11.12     14.13     (97)
COLLINGWOOD 1.6     5.7     9.7     10.8     (68)
GOALS Adelaide: Betts 3, Lyons, Lynch 2, Jenkins, Walker, Cameron, Atkins, Jacobs, Henderson, McGovern. Collingwood: Crisp, Greenwood, Cloke 2, Adams, Moore, Varco, Aish.
BEST  Adelaide: BCrouch, Sloane, Lever, Henderson, Smith, Jacobs. Collingwood: Treloar, Adams, Pendlebury, Grundy, Crisp, Sinclair.
UMPIRES  Margetts,  Meredith, Fleer.
CROWD 50,012 at Adelaide Oval.

Good sides find a way to win scrappy games and that was what Adelaide did against Collingwood at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night. Both teams put in enormous effort, their structures were sound and the pressure was tremendous, but when it came to some basic skills for most part they were found wanting.

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Crows win in Thompson's 300th

Adelaide topped off Scott Thompson's 300th game with a 28-point win over Collingwood in front of 50,012 at Adelaide Oval.

This was Adelaide's 12th win for the season and eighth straight – their best run since 2006 and two wins short of a club record 10 – to propel them to second spot, but they made hard work of it because Collingwood refused to relent.

The ultimate blow the Crows delivered came when they kicked the first five goals of the match to lead by 28 points just 17 minutes into the game, but it took another 45 minutes  to kick their next.

Tight: Brodie Grundy of the Magpies competes for the ruck with Sam Jacobs.
Tight: Brodie Grundy of the Magpies competes for the ruck with Sam Jacobs.  Photo: Getty Images

During this drought the Magpies dominated most of the play – they racked up clearances and uncontested possessions and gave themselves every chance to also take control on the scoreboard. But so many times they turned the ball over with poor decision making or skill errors under pressure, and had Adelaide been at their sharpest they would have made them pay dearly.

However, the Crows also found it difficult to gather clean possessions early. The difference was, they recovered at crucial stages when it mattered, reflected by the fact at half-time Collingwood led with most statistics at half-time but trailed by 18 points.

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Adelaide had been playing terrific team football for some weeks, but tonight had a lot struggling to grab the ball cleanly – as did the Magpies.

Yet again, there was so much focus on Collingwood forward Travis Cloke against a likely All-Australian defender in Daniel Talia, and while Cloke's stats didn't appear flattering his competitiveness was terrific. He took two strong marks in the first term when the Pies were desperate for inspiration, but on both occasions he was well out from goal and with no teammates forward.

Jarryd Lyons is congratulated by Eddie Betts after kicking a goal. Betts also had three of his own.
Jarryd Lyons is congratulated by Eddie Betts after kicking a goal. Betts also had three of his own. 

Both sides found it difficult to break each other's forward defensive patterns, but when Collingwood did  clear, often the difference was Adelaide's ability to rush at least 16 players into the Pies' inside-50 zone and choke the play – and of course, Cloke and Darcy Moore didn't have it easy.

Regular Adelaide ball-winner, the courageous Rory Sloane, had it tough against an annoying Levi Greenwood, yet still had a big impact.

All in: Players compete for the ball at Adelaide oval.
All in: Players compete for the ball at Adelaide oval. Photo: Daniel Kalisz

While much talk focuses on Adelaide's need to retain Josh Jenkins at the club, they should be working just as hard to keep Brad Crouch. He was brilliant. His clever play in the tight packs, his creativeness and general hard work was outstanding. His bother Matt was good too, and they are developing into one of the best brother combinations.

Collingwood have every right to feel they were not rewarded for their effort, but in these scraps you make your own luck. A key piece fell Adelaide's way seconds before the three-quarter time siren when Eddie Betts took a terrific mark and goaled after the siren. It made the margin 23 points, and in a game where possessions didn't come easy it was always going to be difficult for the Pies to make up four goals.

For all of the misgivings with skills under pressure, Collingwood also had some very good players, especially Adam Treloar midfield, and Scott Pendlebury who rotated from half-forward. The battle in ruck between Sam Jacobs and Brodie Grundy was a highlight with both winning their share of effective taps and good, solid play around the ground.

Ricky Henderson came into the side for one of Adelaide's best players this season, Rory Laird, and once again he made the most of his limited opportunities. Scott Thompson played yet another quality game –  his 300th.

It summed up the game really; just plugging away and plucking goals from sheer hard work under pressure. Nothing pretty, but a willing and overall entertaining battle.

The loss virtually ends Collingwood's finals hopes, as faint as they have been for some time, but the effort and the tenacity by some of its younger brigade, especially Taylor Adams and Jack Crisp, was a positive indication that the Pies will be rewarded for their hard work in due course.