The Adelaide Crows have coasted to a comfortable win over the Gold Coast Suns on Saturday night, victorious by 48 points.
Final score
Adelaide Crows 16.14.110
Gold Coast Suns 9.8.62
The Gold Coast Suns are back on the road this weekend to take on the Adelaide Crows at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match from 7:40pm AEST.
The Adelaide Crows beat Sydney at the SCG last Friday night; they fought harder and had a better work-rate than the week before.
Captain Taylor Walker led the way with four goals and responded to the hefty criticism he had been receiving from South Australian media.
Gold Coast held off a last-quarter attack from Brisbane to win QClash15 last Sunday. The Suns were good early and should have run out with an easy win, but the Lions kept challenging until the final siren.
It was a better game by the Suns, who needed to get another win on the board after two losses in the West.
The Crows will be without injured defenders Kyle Hartigan (hamstring) and Jake Kelly (hand) this week. Midfielder Matt Crouch and wingman David Mackay come into the side.
Still no Rory Sloane in the middle for the Crows, but the return of reigning Club Champion Matt Crouch is a huge inclusion for the Adelaide midfield.
Gold Coast have made two changes, one forced, to their QClash winning team.
Darcy Macpherson fractured his fibula and will be sidelined for up to 14 weeks. Michael Rischitelli has been omitted, but is a travelling emergency.
Michael Barlow and Max Spencer come in for their first games in the AFL for 2018.
Adelaide’s Andy Otten reaches the long-awaited milestone of 100 games this round. Drafted in 2007, Otten’s AFL journey has been one of the tougher ones. Riddled with injury and often coming in to fill the gap of an injured star, Otten has toughed it out and finally gets to reach 100 AFL games.
Prediction
If they bring the intensity we saw against Sydney last weekend, it could be a demolition job by the Crows. However, just like Collingwood did two weeks ago, the Gold Coast Suns can pounce should Adelaide take a reserved approach with lacklustre effort.
The Crows will be too strong on Saturday night though and might even get to flex their muscles to take a percentage-boosting win.
Adelaide by 39
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Commanding victory by the Crows, who really did dominate all night. Gold Coast were good, except for their second quarter where a large amount of the damage was done. Crows by 48. Adelaide 110 Gold Coast 62
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FULL TIME Adelaide 110 Gold Coast 62 Crows by 48 at the final siren.
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BEHIND CROWS Brown with a miss. Adelaide 110 Gold Coast 62
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BEHIND CROWS Greenwood is awarded with a free after a great tackle. He handballs to Seedsman but he can't make the distance and its rushed over the line. Adelaide 109 Gold Coast 62
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Just over a minute left in this clash. 46 point margin. Adelaide 108 Gold Coast 62
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GOAL SUNS Swallow with the snap shot on goal for his third. Definitely some positives for the Suns in this second half, with Swallow having a great game. Adelaide 108 Gold Coast 62
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BEHIND CROWS A behind from Brown. Adelaide 108 Gold Coast 56
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6:30 on the clock - two Gold Coast goals will take it back to my predicted margin... But I think the Crows will look to finish strong here. Adelaide 107 Gold Coast 56
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GOAL CROWS McGovern floats in for a good grab, his set shot on a slight angle (opposite side to Jenkins' previous shot). And he makes no mistake of it, although it is tight. Adelaide 107 Gold Coast 56
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BEHIND CROWS Jenkins with two behinds for the night, takes another set shot on a slight angle and he pulls it left. Adelaide 101 Gold Coast 56
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GOAL CROWS Seedsman goes over the top to Douglas who can run in to an open goal. Adelaide 100 Gold Coast 56
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BEHIND SUNS Holman misses one for the Suns. Adelaide 94 Gold Coast 56
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BEHIND CROWS Jenkins set shot isn't on target, only a behind for him. Adelaide 94 Gold Coast 55
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GOAL CROWS Knight gets his second and the Crows get back out to 38. Adelaide 93 Gold Coast 55
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BEHIND SUNS Kick at goal was touched off the boot. Adelaide 87 Gold Coast 55
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Crows injury: possible injury to Mackay, will keep an eye on him on the bench. Adelaide 87 Gold Coast 54
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GOAL SUNS Martin with another set shot, after a lovely kick in to advantage by Young. He goals and the Suns with the first in the final quarter. Adelaide 87 Gold Coast 54
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Final term underway Will the Suns reduce the margin or will the Crows finish strong and take a 50+ point victory? Adelaide 87 Gold Coast 48
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Three-Quarter time 39 points is the margin at the final break. Gold Coast were much better to start that third quarter, intensity higher and threw themselves at the ball, but the Crows got a couple goals back later on and enjoy a 39 point lead. Adelaide 87 Gold Coast 48
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BEHIND CROWS Score review: umpires call is a goal, overturned to a behind. May touched it going for a spoil. Adelaide 87 Gold Coast 48