Adelaide Crows
56
Match Complete
West Coast Eagles
98
| Fourth Quarter | ||||
| 31:30 |  | B. J. Williams | ||
| H. Schoenberg | | 25:08 | ||
| 22:01 | | O. Allen | ||
| 20:20 | | L. Ryan | ||
| 18:08 | | J. Cripps | ||
| 15:51 |  | E. Yeo | ||
| E. Himmelberg | | 14:06 | ||
| 12:38 | | Rushed | ||
| 9:38 | | L. Ryan | ||
| 9:17 | | Z. Langdon | ||
| Rushed | | 7:39 | ||
| Rushed | | 5:51 | ||
| 2:35 | | L. Ryan | ||
| 1:54 | | J. Petruccelle | ||
| 6.6 (42) | Third Quarter [+] | 9.9 (63) | ||
| 26:39 | | J. Petruccelle | ||
| B. Keays | | 25:09 | ||
| 18:40 | | L. Ryan | ||
| T. Lynch | | 16:46 | ||
| 15:06 | | J. Cripps | ||
| 13:32 | | L. Ryan | ||
| 11:01 | | J. Petruccelle | ||
| L. Murphy | | 10:06 | ||
| 8:19 | | J. Cripps | ||
| D. Fogarty | | 5:20 | ||
| 2:52 | | J. Cripps | ||
| 1:25 | | L. Ryan | ||
| 4.4 (28) | Second Quarter [+] | 4.6 (30) | ||
| 30:49 | | C. West | ||
| D. Fogarty | | 28:31 | ||
| 22:43 | | E. Yeo | ||
| D. Fogarty | | 18:24 | ||
| B. Smith | | 15:37 | ||
| 12:30 | | O. Allen | ||
| B. Keays | | 9:10 | ||
| 6:18 | | J. Cripps | ||
| 4:55 | | J. Cripps | ||
| 3:45 | | J. Cripps | ||
| 1:53 | | J. Darling | ||
| 1.3 (9) | First Quarter [+] | 0.3 (3) | ||
| T. Walker | | 23:19 | ||
| E. Himmelberg | | 21:47 | ||
| 19:37 | | Rushed | ||
| P. Seedsman | | 18:05 | ||
| T. Walker | | 12:49 | ||
| 11:36 | | J. Petruccelle | ||
| 1:09 | | L. Ryan | ||
Taylor Walker is back as the Adelaide Crows look to do further damage to the West Coast Eagles’ finals hopes on Sunday afternoon. Follow the action from the Adelaide Oval with live scores on The Roar from 4:40pm (AEST).
If the Eagles weren’t officially panicking this time last week, then their shock loss to the last-placed North Melbourne at home would have every bell in the joint a-ringing. Touted pre-season as one of the flag favourites, the Eagles have fallen well off the boil, and it’s likely anything short of a win will see them finish the round outside the eight.
In a further blow, gun defender Tom Barrass has been ruled out with a torn hamstring. The Eagles have opted for youth to step in, with youngsters Harry Edwards, Luke Edwards and debutant Connor West named in the team.
The Crows, too, have rung the changes following last week’s humiliating loss to Essendon, in which they scored a club-record low 21 points. Out go Lachlan Sholl, number two draft pick Riley Thilthorpe, defender Tom Doedee through concussion and a series of others, while the likes of veterans Taylor Walker and Tom Lynch return to the 22.
The Crows have been dangerous at home this season – they’ve beaten no less than Geelong and Melbourne at the Adelaide Oval – and with the Eagles badly floundering at the moment, they will surely sense a kill here.
Game information
Opening bounce: 4:40pm (AEST)
Venue: Adelaide Oval
TV: Fox Footy
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go
Betting: Crows $2.10, Eagles $1.73 (odds via PlayUp)
Teams
Adelaide Crows
B: 17 Will Hamill, 41 Jordon Butts, 8 Jake Kelly
HB: 33 Brodie Smith, 28 Nick Murray, 1 Chayce Jones
C: 14 David Mackay, 2 Ben Keays, 11 Paul Seedsman
HF: 25 Ned McHenry, 31 James Rowe, 4 Lachlan Murphy
F: 27 Tom Lynch, 34 Elliott Himmelberg, 13 Taylor Walker
FOLL: 43 Reilly O’Brien, 29 Rory Laird, 9 Rory Sloane (c)
INT: 21 Sam Berry, 26 Harry Schoenberg, 32 Darcy Fogarty, 36 Andrew McPherson
EMG: 7 Riley Thilthorpe, 10 Luke Pedlar, 22 Billy Frampton, 38 Lachlan Sholl
IN: Taylor Walker, Tom Lynch, Elliott Himmelberg, Darcy Fogarty, Andrew McPherson
OUT: Billy Frampton, Lachlan Sholl, Luke Pedlar, Riley Thilthorpe, Tom Doedee
West Coast Eagles
B: 5 Brad Sheppard, 42 Harry Edwards, 25 Shannon Hurn
HB: 14 Liam Duggan, 20 Jeremy McGovern, 28 Tom Cole
C: 3 Andrew Gaff, 6 Elliot Yeo, 36 Connor West
HF: 15 Jamie Cripps, 27 Jack Darling, 4 Dom Sheed
F: 12 Oscar Allen, 17 Josh Kennedy, 1 Liam Ryan
FOLL: 9 Nic Naitanui, 11 Tim Kelly, 13 Luke Shuey (c)
INT: 7 Zac Langdon, 16 Luke Edwards, 21 Jack Petruccelle, 35 Josh Rotham
EMG: 24 Xavier O’Neill, 30 Jackson Nelson, 32 Bailey Williams, 34 Mark Hutchings
IN: Harry Edwards, Luke Edwards (R17 medical sub), Connor West (debut)
OUT: Brendon Ah Chee, Jackson Nelson, Tom Barrass
Larrikin
Roar Rookie
awesome stuff West Coast led by the brilliance of Shannon Hurn, Nic Nat , Gaffy and Crippa
nics
Roar Rookie
That's the big if
WCE
Roar Rookie
well done West Coast , we normally lose milestone games for what ever stupid reason. Congratulations Nic Nat we are so proud of you mate . Crippa's best game in his career and Ryan finally started playing like his normal damaging self . well done fellas
Nico
Roar Rookie
West has Western Bulldogs hair, but we’ll gladly keep him. :happy: I had pencilled this as a loss because of the milestone. But we play well inAdelaide for whatever reason, so there was hope after all. Hope we can avenge the Saints unforgivable loss from earlier in the season. The Dees show vulnerability in some spots - we can beat them if we turn up… Actually if we turn up for the remaining 5 games, Lions at the Gabba should be the only loss pencilled in.
nics
Roar Rookie
Good win! 5 for the much maligned Cripps and Nic Nat and Hurn had a great game. West looks like he wants to get the ball. Shame about the Schuey injury. Also we won a milestone game!
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
Comfortable. Mind you, Adelaide will finish on the bottom.
1dog
Roar Rookie
How’s your Eagles going?
1dog
Roar Rookie
A Loss on a Thursday makes it an even longer week than losing on a Sunday
andyfnq
Roar Rookie
That looks good on current form. If we get to play ourselves into form against Melbourne in week 1, we will be able to do a Bulldogs and pinch a flag :stoked:
Klompy
Guest
Well a win is win. Congratulations on to Big Nick Nait for his game today. Now really need to get Darling back in form. I though Crippa was good today.
Gary
Roar Rookie
He looked capable and confident.
Nico
Roar Rookie
Well done boys! Still a lot to work on, but great response.
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Nico
Roar Rookie
And how good does Connor West look in the Blue and Gold. Great pick up.
dab
Roar Rookie
Essendon are just playing the backup role in case the Giants don't make it
andyfnq
Roar Rookie
Few weeks in row Adelaide have had pretty poor final quarters, some work to do for Crows conditioning coach
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Nico
Roar Rookie
Well done ALLEN! Confidence booster hopefully.
andyfnq
Roar Rookie
Essendon Richmond