Western Bulldogs
62
Match Complete
Adelaide Crows
63
| Fourth Quarter | ||||
| M. Bontempelli |  | 29:46 | ||
| 26:39 | | T. Walker | ||
| 25:45 |  | N. McHenry | ||
| 22:29 | | J. Rachele | ||
| 19:24 | | B. Keays | ||
| J. Dunkley | | 14:19 | ||
| J. Schache | | 13:15 | ||
| 9:36 | | N. McHenry | ||
| A. Treloar | | 8:23 | ||
| 6:46 | | Rushed | ||
| 3:35 | | T. Walker | ||
| 5.8 (38) | Third Quarter [+] | 5.11 (41) | ||
| T. Liberatore | | 27:27 | ||
| J. Schache | | 26:17 | ||
| 19:07 | | L. Gollant | ||
| 15:48 | | T. Walker | ||
| A. Naughton | | 14:14 | ||
| 12:46 | | L. Gollant | ||
| 10:50 | | B. Keays | ||
| 8:00 | | Rushed | ||
| 4:19 | | S. McAdam | ||
| 3.7 (25) | Second Quarter [+] | 3.7 (25) | ||
| 25:42 | | L. Gollant | ||
| 20:28 | | Rushed | ||
| A. Scott | | 16:31 | ||
| 7:00 | | T. Walker | ||
| T. Liberatore | | 6:28 | ||
| 3:59 | | J. Rachele | ||
| 3.5 (23) | First Quarter [+] | 2.4 (16) | ||
| R. McComb | | 29:07 | ||
| A. Naughton | | 27:52 | ||
| A. Treloar | | 23:36 | ||
| Rushed | | 23:05 | ||
| L. McNeil | | 21:26 | ||
| J. Ugle-Hagan | | 19:01 | ||
| 17:20 | | B. Keays | ||
| 12:56 | | S. McAdam | ||
| Rushed | | 12:00 | ||
| Rushed | | 10:40 | ||
| 8:41 | | J. Hately | ||
| 7:17 | | B. Keays | ||
| 4:37 | | B. Cook | ||
| 3:18 | | L. Sholl | ||
Will the Western Bulldogs level their win-loss record, or will it be Adelaide who claim the points in this clash in Ballarat? Join The Roar for live scores and rolling coverage from 1:45pm (AEST).
A thriller awaits at Mars Stadium as both sides strive to bring their seasons back on track following impressive wins last week. The Crows defeated Richmond by 19 points, and the Dogs thrashed North Melbourne on Good Friday by 68 points.
Both teams will be without some key players this week, particularly the Dogs, with Lachie Hunter and Mitch Wallis out for personal reasons, and ruckman Tim English out with a 2-3-week hamstring injury.
Riley Garcia will also be out with a serious knee injury, while former Brisbane ruckman Stefan Martin will replace English for his 200th AFL game, and Robbie McComb will make his debut.
Josh Schache will also come in for the Dogs and Tim O’Brien will play his 100th AFL game.
The Crows will miss captain Rory Sloane for the rest of the season after suffering a serious injury to his right knee last weekend.
Coming in for Sloane will be Jackson Hately, who will play his fourth game for the club after arriving from GWS at the end of 2020.
To fill the captaincy void, coach Matthew Nicks has turned to his leadership group of Brodie Smith, Ben Keays, Reilly O’Brien and Tom Doedee to share the load for the rest of the season.
Former Crows skipper Taylor Walker will be one player to watch in this encounter after kicking nine goals since his return from suspension two games ago.
For the Bulldogs, Bailey Smith has the highest average for disposals per game of any player in the league with 35.8; the Crows will need to clamp down on him to snatch an upset win.
Can the Crows keep up their impressive form from last week’s exciting performance against the Tigers, or will the Dogs get their season back on track?
Excusing a draw, we know for sure that one team will take a 3-3 record back home, while the other slinks off at 2-4 and in trouble.
Prediction
Bulldogs by 16 points
Game information
Opening bounce: 1:45pm (AEST)
Venue: Mars Stadium, Ballarat
TV: Fox Footy
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go
Betting: Bulldogs $1.30, Crows $3.60 (odds via PlayUp)
Western Bulldogs
B: E. Richards, R. Gardner, T. Duryea
HB: C. Daniel, T. O’Brien, B. Dale
C: L. McNeil, J. Macrae, A. Scott
HF: T. Liberatore, Z. Cordy, A. Treloar
F: M. Bontempelli (c), A. Naughton, C. Weightman
FOLL: S. Martin, B. Smith, J. Dunkley
I/C: J. Ugle-Hagan, J. Schache, R. McComb, B. Williams
EMG: H. Crozier, R. West, B. Khamis, J. Sweet
IN: Schache, McComb, Martin
OUT: Hunter, Garcia, English
Adelaide
B: T. Doedee, J. Butts, B. Frampton
HB: B. Smith (c), J. Dawson, L. Brown
C: B. Cook, R. Laird, L. Sholl
HF: N. McHenry, L. Murphy, J. Rachele
F: E. Himmelberg, T. Walker, S. McAdam
FOLL: R. O’Brien, B. Keays, S. Berry
I/C: C. Jones, M. Crouch, J. Hately, L. Gollant
EMG: R. Thilthorpe, J. Soligo, W. Hamill, J. Rowe
IN: Hately
OUT: Sloane
Rex
Guest
AFC have a treasure chest of money to offer, and a likely better draft hand at seasons end over port! Not to mention Luk was a crows supporter before he was drafted! I wanted be selling the house for Luk though - reckon we have a few already as good
Tex
Guest
Says the very SALTY dogs fan!!
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
Is that you, Sinsemilla?
Chanon
Roar Rookie
We as in me stuck in the Avery looking about from across the King William pine ceiling joist :stoked: I shouldn’t have cookies in the arvo :stoked:
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
I found it. I didn't listen to it for no reason. Dunno why. It didn't move me. I was padlocked to the ceiling. Penny Wong's fault. Or was it Barnaby. Hard to be dogmatic.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
I know nuthingz bout Monkey Magic
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Born from a egg on a mountain top loved the series Monkey Magic :silly:
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Love the Bont but he’s being played out of position for the greater good of the team. Hurts not having Bruce the Juice but sh.t happens!
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
And the Dogs are not out of it. I rate Bevo as a top coach. And if you don’t like The Bont you’re a schmuck.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
I’m still a Sou Auzzie, we’re all born at the start of round one and we know it’s 15. We’ve started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Mate your club has just dug yourself out of the dung be patient :stoked:
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
I bet you’ve also helped a lot of folk too Doc and made a big difference to their future.
Naughty's Headband
Roar Rookie
Didn’t miss much. Was the worst game in about 10 years. Terrible quality football.
Tez
Roar Rookie
Wow .... well done Crows .... did not expect this
AD
Guest
I doubt it. Gold Coast will be willing to pay a lot more to keep him than Adelaide will be to lure him. In any case, I suspect Port would likely be more keen and, at the rate things are going, have better draft picks to offer.
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
Perhaps that presser earlier in the season from Bevo was more telling than we thought.
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
I’m probably not the best person to help. Already had 3 people die on me this week. I feel like Carter from ER in his first few years.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
I actually like Bevo because he's honest and straight. And l like the fact he gets passionate, some say angry but .... so what.
Yattuzzi
Roar Rookie
Getting smashed in an elimination seems to have a similar effect.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
We may've had ascendancy, here n there, but we kicked poorly so a 1 point win is reflective of that. You may've had reasons that you lost by more but in reality we were not good enough up front to stamp our authority like we should've. A fair result in the end. ------- The sign of a truly good team is to win by lots and lose by a little. Percentage is King