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Brisbane
7.18.60
Adelaide
21.14.140
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Brisbane
Adelaide
Q1
3.6.24
3.3.21

    Brisbane Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, H.McCluggage
  • 3 mins - Behind, J.Barrett
  • 9 mins - Goal, D.Zorko
  • 11 mins - Goal, D.Zorko
  • 14 mins - Behind, D.Zorko
  • 16 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 20 mins - Behind, J.Barrett
  • 25 mins - Behind, L.Taylor
  • 27 mins - Goal, H.McCluggage

    Brisbane and Adelaide Events

  • 6 mins - Behind, T.Walker
  • 8 mins - Behind, T.Lynch
  • 17 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 22 mins - Goal, T.Walker
  • 30 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 32 mins - Goal, H.Greenwood
Q2
4.11.35
10.5.65

    Brisbane Events

  • 9 mins - Behind, M.Hammelmann
  • 13 mins - Behind, M.Close
  • 17 mins - Goal, J.Barrett
  • 20 mins - Behind, D.Beams
  • 26 mins - Behind, J.Berry
  • 31 mins - Behind, T.Bell

    Brisbane and Adelaide Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, T.Walker
  • 4 mins - Goal, E.Betts
  • 7 mins - Goal, E.Betts
  • 20 mins - Goal, H.Greenwood
  • 22 mins - Goal, H.Greenwood
  • 23 mins - Behind, R.Atkins
  • 24 mins - Goal, W.Milera
  • 28 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 32 mins - Goal, A.Otten
Q3
5.12.42
17.9.111

    Brisbane Events

  • 16 mins - Goal, M.Hammelmann
  • 26 mins - Behind, L.Taylor

    Brisbane and Adelaide Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, C.Cameron
  • 8 mins - Goal, C.Cameron
  • 9 mins - Behind, C.Cameron
  • 11 mins - Goal, T.Walker
  • 14 mins - Goal, C.Cameron
  • 17 mins - Goal, C.Cameron
  • 20 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 22 mins - Behind, W.Milera
  • 25 mins - Behind, T.Lynch
  • 25 mins - Goal, B.Crouch
  • 30 mins - Goal, E.Betts
Q4
7.18.60
21.14.140

    Brisbane Events

  • 6 mins - Behind, N.Robertson
  • 8 mins - Behind, B.Keays
  • 10 mins - Behind, L.Taylor
  • 19 mins - Goal, J.Walker
  • 25 mins - Behind, D.Zorko
  • 26 mins - Behind, D.Zorko
  • 28 mins - Goal, J.Barrett
  • 29 mins - Behind, J.Walker

    Brisbane and Adelaide Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, E.Betts
  • 4 mins - Goal, T.Walker
  • 7 mins - Goal, A.Otten
  • 8 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 13 mins - Behind, T.Walker
  • 14 mins - Behind, E.Betts
  • 23 mins - Behind, A.Otten
  • 24 mins - Behind, C.Cameron
  • 26 mins - Goal, J.Gallucci

Scorers

Brisbane
Adelaide
Goal Scorers Brisbane Adelaide
Goals and Behinds Zorko (2.3), Barrett (2.2), Hammelmann (1.1), McCluggage (1.1), Walker (1.1), Taylor (0.3), Beams (0.1), Bell (0.1), Berry (0.1), Close (0.1), Keays (0.1), Robertson (0.1) Cameron (4.2), Walker (3.3), Betts (3.2), Lynch (3.2), Greenwood (3.0), Otten (2.1), Milera (1.1), Crouch (1.0), Gallucci (1.0), Atkins (0.1)

Team Statistics

Brisbane
Adelaide

Statistics

Brisbane Adelaide
Goals 7 21
Behinds 18 14
Scoring shots 28 41
Goals/scoring shots 25 51
Disposals 359 442
BrisbaneGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
H.Andrews 14 11 6 3 7 1 2 1 0 0
J.Barrett 13 7 2 6 7 8 1 2 0 2
C.Beams 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
D.Beams 40 17 7 23 21 6 1 0 0 11
T.Bell 16 7 0 9 9 5 0 2 0 2
J.Berry 16 6 3 10 7 2 2 0 0 1
M.Close 10 8 5 2 6 3 2 2 3 0
D.Gardiner 12 7 3 5 4 2 0 1 0 0
M.Hammelmann 8 6 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
R.Harwood 13 9 5 4 5 2 0 0 0 0
E.Hipwood 9 5 1 4 4 6 1 3 0 0
B.Keays 16 7 4 9 9 4 0 0 0 1
R.Lester 23 13 4 10 11 4 0 0 0 3
S.Martin 16 9 7 7 9 3 0 0 33 2
S.Mayes 20 13 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
H.McCluggage 15 6 0 9 2 0 0 1 0 0
M.Paparone 13 8 1 5 6 2 1 0 0 2
D.Rich 29 21 2 8 10 1 2 2 0 1
N.Robertson 11 8 3 3 1 6 1 3 0 2
L.Taylor 24 13 3 11 10 3 1 1 0 4
J.Walker 11 7 3 4 5 2 1 1 0 0
D.Zorko 26 21 6 5 7 4 0 1 0 3
AdelaideGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
R.Atkins 28 17 9 11 7 3 1 1 0 1
E.Betts 16 13 4 3 8 4 1 0 0 2
L.Brown 25 18 7 7 7 2 2 1 0 2
C.Cameron 18 15 7 3 5 2 0 1 0 0
B.Crouch 29 10 4 19 11 4 0 0 0 3
M.Crouch 32 12 2 20 9 3 0 1 0 5
R.Douglas 24 15 2 9 9 3 2 0 0 1
J.Gallucci 11 7 2 4 5 3 1 0 0 0
H.Greenwood 15 9 2 6 7 9 0 2 0 1
C.Hampton 9 6 2 3 5 4 0 0 0 4
K.Hartigan 9 6 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
S.Jacobs 14 7 2 7 5 2 0 0 35 3
J.Kelly 21 11 4 10 7 3 0 1 0 0
R.Laird 37 19 6 18 10 1 2 1 0 2
J.Lever 20 13 7 7 8 1 2 2 0 0
T.Lynch 23 16 8 7 6 3 1 0 0 1
W.Milera 14 9 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
A.Otten 14 8 1 6 6 3 3 1 5 3
R.Sloane 31 17 4 14 19 4 4 0 0 8
B.Smith 13 8 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 1
D.Talia 20 7 7 13 7 1 0 1 0 0
T.Walker 19 14 10 5 8 2 1 3 0 0

Match Details

Brisbane
Adelaide
START TIME
7:25PM
WEATHER
Partly cloudy
VENUE
Gabba
Umpires
Chris Kamolins, David Harris, Curtis Deboy
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Adelaide Crows do a demolition job on Brisbane Lions

BRISBANE LIONS
3.6           4.11         5.12         7.18     (60)
ADELAIDE 
3.3           10.5         17.9         21.14     (140)
GOALS - Brisbane Lions: Zorko 2, Barrett 2, McLuggage, Hammelman, Walker. 
Adelaide: Cameron 4, Greenwood 3, Betts 3, Walker 3, Lynch 3, Otten 2, Milera, B Crouch, Galluci.
BEST - Brisbane Lions: Beams Zorko Rich Andrews. 
Adelaide: Lynch Laird Cameron Atkins Sloane Betts.
INJURIES - Brisbane Lions: C Beams (hamstring). 
Adelaide: Hampton (ankle).
UMPIRES Deboy Kamolins Harris.
CROWD 13,802 at the Gabba

In a season that  no one seems to know quite what to make of anymore, it's easy to forget that the Adelaide Crows were close to outright favourites for the flag a fortnight ago. That was until they were given consecutive drubbings by North Melbourne and  Melbourne, both of whom made a point of stopping Rory Sloane. 

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Gulf in class as Adelaide thrash Brisbane

Adelaide put a poor few weeks behind them as they thrashed cellar dwellers Brisbane.

It would have been an optimistic punter to bet on the Brisbane Lions extending  Adelaide's losing streak, though. The Lions started well, having  the better of the first quarter, at least, and they might have rattled the Crows if they'd been able to convert. Two pieces of brilliance by the Crows stopped them in their tracks. 

After a sluggish start, Tom Lynch opened the Crows' account with an amazing goal – hemmed hard against the boundary line from 45 metres, on his right foot and on the right side of the ground. It would have been at least close to the goal of any other week. 

But that would be reckoning without Eddie Betts. "Amazing" doesn't begin to describe his effort to somehow poach the ball from under poor Darcy Gardiner's nose as the defender dropped the ball onto his boot. Betts then soccered the ball out in front of him, regathered and dribbled it through for his second goal. 

 Any remaining air whistled out of the Lions' tyres from there. But these two efforts aside, the truth is they weren't beaten so much by the Crows' brilliance as by their own ineptitude. 

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As against the Hawks in Launceston last week, their skills simply can't keep them in the contest long enough. 

The Lions managed 3.6 in the first quarter, with Jake Barrett, Lewis Taylor, Michael Close and Dayne Zorko all missing very gettable shots. And with two seconds to go, Gardiner gave up a free kick to Betts, whose kick found first-gamer Hugh Greenwood, just ahead of the siren. 

Greenwood finished with three goals in his first game,  all in the first half, the third from a very clever tap by Andy Otten.

 Greenwood is an interesting story: a 25-year-old rookie who has returned to AFL after a career on the US college basketball circuit; as recently as 2015–2016 he was playing with the Perth Wildcats. 

Like his first goal, Greenwood's third came right on the siren; a gift courtesy of Tom Bell's failure to attack the football, which must have had Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan tearing his hair out. It extended the Crows lead to a comfortable five goals, after a seven-goal quarter in which the Lions added a further 1.5 by comparison. 

Four more goals at the start of the third quarter, to make it nine in a row to the Crows, ensured the result. 

That's another recurring theme for the Lions; they can't stop opposing teams once they're on a roll, or even individual players, with Charlie Cameron getting off the chain to kick four for the quarter himself. 

With the Lions missing Mitch Robinson, Nick Robertson gamely took on the lock-down job on Sloane, but Sloane quickly got away from him and Robertson couldn't find the football himself. Even if he'd succeeded, the Crows had far too many other contributors: Rory Laird and Rory Atkins, Brad and Matt Crouch. 

It was an awful, predictable blowout in the end, with the Crows slamming on 18 goals to four after quarter time to inflict the Lions' worst loss for the season to date. Eric Hipwood, the Lions' sole viable forward target, was shut down easily by Jake Lever (in the NEAFL, Josh Schache – who'd been dropped by the Lions – had just four touches). 

The Crows, conversely, had a picnic: Greenwood, Betts, Taylor Walker and Tom Lynch all kicking three goals along with Cameron's four. They face Fremantle at home next week; the result might tell us more about both teams' bona fides.