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Crows do a demolition job on Brisbane Lions
It's easy to forget Adelaide were close to outright favourites for the flag a fortnight ago.
It's easy to forget Adelaide were close to outright favourites for the flag a fortnight ago.
For long stretches of the first half, this match looked like exactly what it was: a battle against the 16th-placed team on the ladder versus 18th.
For the Suns to have any chance, their midfield had to bring their absolute best against the Crows. Gary Ablett had to produce the sort of vintage game that it's no longer fair to expect on cue. It didn't happen.
Richmond turned the clock back 22 years to match their last 4-0 season start after a big win over Brisbane at the Gabba.
Richmond coach Damian Hardwick made a little bit of history with his group against the Brisbane Lions, with the Tigers notching four wins on the trot to open a season for the first time since 1995.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick was smiling after his side outlasted West Coast at the MCG on Saturday afternoon.
It started as an avalanche in reverse. Few would have fancied the Brisbane Lions going into this QClash against the Gold Coast Suns: on paper, no match for their opponents, in either experience or talent. Yet, within 18 minutes, the Lions had seven goals on the board and had opened up a 44-point lead. By half-time, it was 46.
For the women of the Adelaide Crows, inspiration to make history as the inaugural AFLW premiers, came from an old-school, perhaps even slightly daggy source.
Erin Phillips had 28 possessions to lead Adelaide to the first AFL Women's premiership, while the Brisbane Lions were inconsolable at the grand final being their first defeat.
The Brisbane Lions have delayed announcing the appointment of their coaching panel to select a replacement for Justin Leppitsch and it may not be complete until the end of the finals series.Â
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