By Daniel Brettig
May 31st 2008 @ 2:23am
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Crows scrape past game Bombers
Off-colour Adelaide were fortunate to survive an AFL dogfight no-one expected against lowly Essendon tonight, the Crows winning by five points at a damp AAMI Stadium.
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The Bombers confounded expectations by gliding to an early three goal lead and stayed in the contest all night, Adelaide nervously securing [...]
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