Crows get better of Cats; AFL 2018 round 17 match review

Ben Jensen 13 July 2018, AFL Round 17 2018, Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats GEELONG battled hard at times but couldn’t match the Crows at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday night.  The Cats pegged the lead back to just 8 points with a few minutes to go but the Crows ended up winning by 15 points. In the VFL the Cats play Sandringham at Trevor Barker Oval on Sunday, while the VFLW side plays the Southern Saints at Deakin University on Saturday.

ADELAIDE CROWS: 4.3, 7.9, 13.15, 16.16 (112) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 3.3, 6.7, 10.9, 14.13 (97)

GOALS
ADELAIDE CROWS: Lynch 4, Murphy 3, Jenkins 2, Gallucci 2, Brown, Atkins, Betts, Sloane, Walker
GEELONG: Hawkins 4, Dangerfield 3, Parfitt, Menzel, Tuohy, Kelly, Menegola, Narkle, Duncan

BEST
ADELAIDE CROWS: Laird, Lynch, Atkins, Sloane, Crouch, Milera, Doedee
GEELONG: Dangerfield, Kelly, Ablett, J.Selwood, Hawkins

INJURIES
ADELAIDE CROWS: –
GEELONG: –

CHANGES
ADELAIDE CROWS: Daniel Talia replaced in selected side by Alex Keath
GEELONG: –

REPORTS
ADELAIDE CROWS: Taylor Walker for rough conduct on Zach Tuohy in the first quarter
GEELONG: –

UMPIRES: O’Gorman, McInerney, ‘Billy’ Pannell

CROWD: 46,095 at Adelaide Oval

GEELONG CATS TEAM
IN: Wylie Buzza, Daniel Menzel, Sam Simpson
OUT: Lachie Fogarty (unspecified injury), Harry Taylor (foot soreness), Jordan Murdoch (unspecified injury)

B: Tom Stewart, Jake Kolodjashnij, Zach Tuohy
HB: Jed Bews, Mark Blicavs, Cameron Guthrie
C: Mitch Duncan, Joel Selwood, Scott Selwood
HF: Gary Ablett, Wylie Buzza, Jamaine Jones
F: Quinton Narkle, Tom Hawkins, Daniel Menzel
FOLL: Rhys Stanley, Patrick Dangerfield, Tim Kelly
INT: Jack Henry, Sam Menegola, Brandan Parfitt, Sam Simpson
EMER: Ryan Abbott, Jordan Cunico, James Parsons, Jackson Thurlow

ADELAIDE CROWS TEAM
IN: Eddie Betts, Riley Knight, Rory Atkins, Lachlan Murphy
OUT: Richard Douglas (Injured), Curtly Hampton, Myles Poholke, Darcy Fogarty (all omitted)

B: Kyle Hartigan, Daniel Talia, Luke Brown
HB: Rory Laird, Kyle Cheney, Wayne Milera
C: Jake Kelly, Rory Sloane, Paul Seedsman
HF: Tom Lynch, Taylor Walker, Jordan Gallucci
F: Eddie Betts, Josh Jenkins, Hugh Greenwood
FOLL: Sam Jacobs, Matt Crouch, Bryce Gibbs
INT: Riley Knight, Rory Atkins, Tom Doedee, Lachlan Murphy
EMER: Myles Poholke, Sam Gibson, Darcy Fogarty, Alex Keath