The Adelaide Crows host the Greater Western Sydney Giants at Adelaide Oval, the home side searching for their first win at the newly-renovated stadium. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 1:10pm AEST.
It’s like the sequel to a horror movie for GWS, who were smashed by 22 goals by the Crows when they met in Round 7 of 2013. It was the worst loss of the Giants’ forgettable season, which they finished with a 1-21 record.
To make matters even more spooky the Crows have recalled tall forward Tom Lynch, who is playing his first game of the year after missing the first four rounds with a shoulder injury. Lynch had a blinder on that day in 2013, kicking a bag of 10 goals against the young Giants.
Giants fans should be buoyed by the fact they will be unveiling a goal-kicking match-winner of their own.
That’s right – no. 1 draft pick Tom Boyd is coming in to make his debut. At 200cm tall and 104kg, Boyd is AFL ready. Expect his debut to be a highlight of the week.
For the first time, we’ll see Jeremy Cameron, Jonathan Patton and Tom Boyd all playing in the same forward line. It’s a truly terrifying prospect, and if the Giants can find a way to make it work, they’re a potentially unstoppable force.
The Giants have three confirmed outs, with Jacob Townsend and Liam Sumner omitted and Heath Shaw missing the game with a hamstring injury. In addition to Boyd, the Giants will be bringing in Devon Smith, who missed last week due to suspension, and Zac Williams, who will play his first game for the year.
We’ve seen a lot of improvement from the Giants this year – they actually sit higher on the ladder than Adelaide, who’ve had a rough start.
The Crows are the more experienced, more mature team, which makes them the favourites, but the Giants could get the jump on them. You can certainly expect a more competitive effort than last year.
Adelaide by 24 points
micko
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do yu thing douglas has a case to answer for picking off Ward ... how did he end up with concussion - even if douglas did not go head high...
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Good win by the Crows and great to see Danger back and having an impact. It'll be interesting to see if they can produce this kind of performance against more experienced sides as the year goes on.
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Comprehensive win for the Crows, winning the disposals 429-330, Clearances 40-31, Inside 50s 54-47, Contested Possessions 129-117. Patrick Dangerfield has the three Brownlow votes locked in after a 33-disposal, 5-goal game. Scott Thompson had 38 disposals. Josh Jenkins kicked four and Matthew Wright had 3. Matt Crouch had 28 disposals and might have earned himself a Rising Star nomination, but he was subbed off at three quarter time which may hurt his chances. For the Giants Stephen Coniglio had 29 disposals, and Josh Kelly, Jed Lamb and Jeremy Cameron each kicked multiple goals.
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FULL TIME ADELAIDE 21.11.137 GWS 10.12.72
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BEHIND ADELAIDE Sam Jacobs gets a shot, misses to the right. ADELAIDE 21.11.137 GWS 10.12.72
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GOAL ADELAIDE Josh Jenkins has a quick reply, kicking his fourth goal of the afternoon. ADELAIDE 21.10.136 GWS 10.12.72
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GOAL GWS Jon Patton finally breaks his duck, getting handball from Jeremy Cameron and running into the goalsquare to kick it. Two and a half minutes left in the game. ADELAIDE 20.10.130 GWS 10.12.72
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Three minutes left in the game.
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GOAL ADELAIDE The combination of a great spoil from James Podsiadly, a quick handball from Eddie Betts gets it to Richard Douglas who runs into the goalsquare and boots his second goal. ADELAIDE 20.10.130 GWS 9.12.66
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Brenton Sanderson coming down out of the coaches box with six minutes left in the game and the Crows holding a 58 point advantage.
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BEHIND GWS Jeremy Cameron unlucky, he gets a chance to kick his third but it goes into the post. ADELAIDE 19.10.124 GWS 9.12.66
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Laird makes 10 individual goal-kickers for the Crows today.
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GOAL ADELAIDE Rory Laird gets one on his own in the forward 50 and kicks it through without any concerns. ADELAIDE 19.10.124 GWS 9.11.65
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GOAL ADELAIDE Eddie Betts gets the ball close to the goalline but is quickly tackled, Jared Petrenko crumbs it and boots through his second for the day. ADELAIDE 18.10.118 GWS 9.11.65
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GOAL GWS Adam Treloar gets clean possession and runs straight down the corridor with excellent speed, powering into the forward 50 and sinking a goal. ADELAIDE 17.10.112 GWS 9.11.65
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BEHIND ADELAIDE That hurts! Patrick Dangerfield gets a chance to kick his sixth and it should be easy, but it's a shocker of a kick and goes through for a behind. ADELAIDE 17.10.112 GWS 8.11.59
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BEHIND ADELAIDE Josh Jenkins gets a set shot but isn't accurate. ADELAIDE 17.9.111 GWS 8.11.59
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Matt Crouch the man subbed off from Tom Lynch to come on, with a possible hamstring concern. That may hurt his chances of a Rising Star nomination.
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BEHIND GWS Bad run of luck from Jon Patton who takes a shot out of play. It looks good but is called to have touched the post. ADELAIDE 17.8.110 GWS 8.11.59
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GOAL GWS Josh Kelly intercepts the kick out from Jon Patton's behind, and snags his second goal of the afternoon. ADELAIDE 17.8.110 GWS 8.10.58