AFL

Adelaide
9.12.66
Melbourne
17.5.107
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Adelaide
Melbourne
Q1
1.4.10
2.2.14

    Adelaide Events

  • 7 mins - Behind, S.Jacobs
  • 14 mins - Behind, M.Crouch
  • 17 mins - Behind, R.Douglas
  • 20 mins - Goal, E.Betts
  • 30 mins - Behind, R.Sloane

    Adelaide and Melbourne Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, T.McDonald
  • 9 mins - Goal, N.Jones
  • 11 mins - Goal, C.Pedersen
  • 27 mins - Rushed Behind
Q2
6.7.43
5.3.33

    Adelaide Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, E.Betts
  • 5 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 7 mins - Goal, R.Laird
  • 8 mins - Behind, T.Menzel
  • 11 mins - Goal, T.Walker
  • 16 mins - Goal, R.Atkins
  • 18 mins - Goal, T.Walker
  • 33 mins - Behind, J.Jenkins

    Adelaide and Melbourne Events

  • 20 mins - Goal, T.Bugg
  • 22 mins - Goal, N.Jones
  • 27 mins - Behind, J.Viney
  • 29 mins - Goal, T.Bugg
Q3
7.8.50
12.5.77

    Adelaide Events

  • 11 mins - Behind, T.Walker
  • 32 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins

    Adelaide and Melbourne Events

  • 4 mins - Goal, T.McDonald
  • 9 mins - Goal, T.McDonald
  • 14 mins - Goal, C.Pedersen
  • 18 mins - Behind, D.Tyson
  • 19 mins - Goal, C.Oliver
  • 23 mins - Goal, C.Pedersen
  • 30 mins - Goal, J.Garlett
  • 34 mins - Goal, J.Viney
  • 37 mins - Behind, J.Garlett
Q4
9.12.66
17.5.107

    Adelaide Events

  • 13 mins - Goal, J.Jenkins
  • 18 mins - Behind, T.Walker
  • 19 mins - Goal, B.Smith
  • 24 mins - Behind, A.Otten
  • 26 mins - Behind, R.Douglas
  • 27 mins - Behind, A.Otten

    Adelaide and Melbourne Events

  • 6 mins - Goal, J.Garlett
  • 7 mins - Goal, D.Kent
  • 15 mins - Goal, M.Hannan
  • 21 mins - Goal, C.Petracca
  • 30 mins - Goal, D.Kent

Scorers

Adelaide
Melbourne
Goal Scorers Adelaide Melbourne
Goals and Behinds Walker (2.2), Jenkins (2.1), Betts (2.0), Atkins (1.0), Laird (1.0), Smith (1.0), Douglas (0.2), Otten (0.2), Crouch (0.1), Jacobs (0.1), Menzel (0.1), Sloane (0.1) Pedersen (3.0), Garlett (2.1), McDonald (2.1), Bugg (2.0), Jones (2.0), Kent (2.0), Viney (1.1), Hannan (1.0), Oliver (1.0), Petracca (1.0), Tyson (0.1)

Team Statistics

Adelaide
Melbourne

Statistics

Adelaide Melbourne
Goals 9 17
Behinds 12 5
Scoring shots 20 26
Goals/scoring shots 45 65
Disposals 379 420
AdelaideGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
R.Atkins 21 15 4 6 5 2 0 0 0 3
E.Betts 9 7 1 2 6 2 0 2 0 2
L.Brown 20 7 3 13 8 0 0 1 0 0
C.Cameron 10 5 1 5 5 5 1 0 0 1
B.Crouch 26 8 2 18 14 3 0 0 0 6
M.Crouch 29 15 2 14 9 3 0 1 0 3
R.Douglas 22 11 2 11 16 9 1 1 0 7
C.Hampton 15 6 1 9 11 4 3 2 0 2
K.Hartigan 11 3 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0
S.Jacobs 13 8 5 5 8 4 1 3 74 2
J.Jenkins 10 7 6 3 6 2 0 0 2 0
J.Kelly 16 6 3 10 4 3 0 0 0 1
R.Laird 37 11 4 26 13 2 0 0 0 2
T.Lynch 16 7 5 9 3 3 0 0 0 0
D.Mackay 12 8 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
T.Menzel 11 7 4 4 4 3 1 1 0 0
W.Milera 20 9 5 11 6 1 3 1 0 2
A.Otten 15 6 3 9 5 2 0 2 0 0
R.Sloane 11 6 0 5 9 12 1 5 0 4
B.Smith 26 16 5 10 8 1 1 2 0 2
D.Talia 14 6 3 8 3 5 1 0 0 0
T.Walker 15 10 3 5 9 2 3 0 0 1
MelbourneGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
T.Bugg 11 5 2 6 6 3 1 0 0 1
S.Frost 18 10 4 8 6 5 0 3 0 1
J.Garlett 10 7 2 3 5 6 2 0 0 1
M.Hannan 8 5 2 3 5 2 0 1 0 2
M.Hibberd 34 20 8 14 9 0 1 2 0 1
J.Hunt 12 7 2 5 4 2 0 0 0 0
N.Jetta 17 6 5 11 6 1 0 0 0 1
N.Jones 25 12 8 13 11 6 2 0 0 4
D.Kent 19 12 4 7 7 2 3 0 0 0
J.Lewis 27 10 3 17 14 1 2 1 0 6
O.McDonald 14 8 4 6 4 2 0 0 0 1
T.McDonald 20 11 7 9 9 2 0 1 2 1
C.Oliver 30 9 1 21 15 10 1 1 0 4
C.Pedersen 13 12 2 1 8 3 1 1 22 5
C.Petracca 24 13 5 11 15 5 1 0 0 7
C.Salem 31 21 3 10 5 5 2 0 0 0
D.Tyson 20 11 2 9 5 6 0 2 0 0
B.Vince 14 9 0 5 4 6 1 1 0 2
J.Viney 30 11 2 19 15 12 3 1 0 7
J.Wagner 19 8 1 11 7 2 0 0 0 3
J.Watts 14 3 4 11 6 3 0 0 5 1
S.Weideman 10 3 2 7 6 5 1 2 0 1

Match Details

Adelaide
Melbourne
START TIME
7:40PM
VENUE
Adelaide Oval
Umpires
Craig Fleer, Shaun Ryan, Chris Kamolins
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Adelaide Crows v Melbourne Demons: Adelaide's old guard lead Dees to victory over Crows

MELBOURNE 2.2 5.3 12.5 17.5 (107)
ADELAIDE 1.4 6.7 7.8 9.12 (66)
GOALS: Melbourne - 
Pedersen 3, Kent 2, Garlett 2, Jones 2, Bugg 2, T McDonald 2, Oliver, Petracca, Viney, Hannan. Adelaide - Betts 2, Jenkins 2, Walker 2, Smith, Atkins, Laird.
BEST: Melbourne - Oliver, Viney, Hibberd, Jones, Salem, Lewis. Adelaide - Jacobs, Laird, Smith, M Crouch, B Crouch, Atkins.
UMPIRES: Shaun Ryan, Chris Kamolins, Craig Fleer.
CROWd: 47,882 at Adelaide Oval.

Adelaide's old guard in coach Simon Goodwin and Bernie Vince brought them undone in a shock loss to Melbourne at home on Saturday night.

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Demons stun Crows

Adelaide's old guard in coach Simon Goodwin and Bernie Vince brought them undone in a shock loss to Melbourne at home on Saturday night.

Down 28 points midway through the second term, the Demons stunned the Crows by kicking 10.3 to 1.2.

It was Goodwin's first game as Melbourne's coach against his old club where he played 275 games, and his ploy to tag the Crows' key midfielder with another Adelaide best-and-fairest winner Vince in his 200th game was a major factor.

The game brought its rarity when there were only two field umpires on the field for the last quarter. Craig Fleer crashed into Vince early in the second quarter, and the emergency umpire who replaced him, Rowan Hundertmark, was also injured in the third.

The win also came at a price when Melbourne's Jayden Hunt crashed into Adelaide ruckman Sam Jacobs, forcing him to be taken off by field ambulance with severe concussion.

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This was an amazing win by Melbourne considering they virtually didn't have a ruckman competing well against Jacobs, who had amassed 62 hit-outs by three-quarter-time.

There was the obvious expectation among the 47,882 crowd that Adelaide would simply "turn the switch on" in the second half, just like they had done in their opening seven wins to the season that earned them premiership favouritism.

But Melbourne made them look anything like a grand final contender as they beat the Crows at their own game – fierce pressure and brilliant rebounding football. The Demons rallied incredibly well under pressure and repeatedly stormed through the back gates.

They produced an outstanding, committed team effort and crunched the Crows at the stoppages.

It seemed rather fitting that as football honoured one of its old-time great players and characters in Lou Richards, one of our oldest clubs in Melbourne got back to the old scragging and tagging like the good 'ol days.

OK, it wasn't always pretty, but this element of the game provided further proof Melbourne are no longer a side easily pushed around, and Adelaide are vulnerable under the abuse.

With Sloane bruised by just about every Demon, the Crows missed his force and creativeness at the stoppages, as was the case the previous week against North Melbourne.

The disappointing part wasn't so much Sloane not be able to be at his brilliant best, but not enough of his teammates protecting him. Again, the Crows were ultimately terrific, but they don't have enough players with that annoying, aggressive edge in them to stop the intimidation.

The Demons dared to take on the Crows at their running and tackling game and were very good. Not bad for a rank underdog.

Melbourne had a host of players who performed their task exceptionally well, and the most notable were those who were fearless around the packs – including Vince. Jack Viney and Clayton Oliver were largely responsible for getting them back in the hunt. Nathan Jones was solid, and Jeff Garlett showed some of his old magic.

As much as Melbourne has been talked up this season, few rated them that highly because they hadn't really over-powered a finals contender – until now. And at four wins and four losses, they are now a genuine finals contender themselves. They haven't been there since 2006, but right now the hopes have never been higher.

More than anything, the manner in which Melbourne responded under pressure tonight, and simply ground out this win with incredible endeavour and ultimately class tells us they are rapidly regaining respect after years of gloom.

But what of Adelaide? It was like they didn't treat their opponents with enough respect. No excuses, and if it weren't for terrific efforts by Jacobs, Rory Laird and Brodie Smith the carnage would have been worse.