Where and when: Adelaide Oval, Saturday, May 25, 4.05pm ACST
Last time they met: Adelaide Oval, round 15, 2018: Adelaide 12.16 (88) beat West Coast 12.6 (78)
The Crows came from 27 points down in the third quarter, booting six consecutive goals to stun the Eagles. Co-captain Taylor Walker led the way brilliantly with three second-half goals, while Rory Laird and Matt Crouch had big games.
What it means for Adelaide: The Crows (seventh, 5-4) will be looking to bounce back after last weekend’s nail-biting one-point loss to Brisbane at the Gabba.
What it means for West Coast: The reigning premiers (sixth, 6-3) are aiming for their fourth straight victory, which could put them inside the top four by the end of the round.
How Adelaide wins: The Crows need to improve their forward pressure and lock the ball inside their attacking half of the ground. They also can’t kick long and high into the forward line and allow the Eagles’ defenders to pick them off with ease.
How West Coast wins: Expose the Crows with their pace on the outside. Small forwards Willie Rioli, Liam Ryan and Jack Petruccelle all have the leg speed to trouble the Crows’ defenders.
The stat: The Eagles don’t have any fears about playing at Adelaide Oval, having won seven of their nine games at the venue. They are 2-2 against the Crows at the ground in four meetings.
The match-up: Daniel Talia v Josh Kennedy
The experienced Crows defender will have another tough challenge, going up against one of the premier key forwards in the competition. Talia is the highest-ranked key defender at the Crows in the Official AFL Player Ratings, and 156th overall, while Kennedy – coming off four goals against Melbourne last weekend – is the second-highest ranked key forward at the Eagles, behind Jack Darling, and 177th overall.
It’s a big week for: Taylor Walker
The Crows co-captain needs one goal to reach 400 goals for his career. He’s second on the club’s all-time goalkicking list, behind only mercurial high-flyer Tony Modra on 440.
Thommos’s Tip: Crows by 6 points.
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We usually do well in Adelaide. Get it done, Eagles.
Also, Hurn, would be great if you could carry us again.
Go Crows but go Hurn!
Anyone know why west coast aren’t wearing their indigenous jersey? Seems like a bad look for the game
The dominant colour of the WCE Indigenous Gurnsey is blue… the same as their Home uniform. So they wore theirs last week, and are wearing their away Gurnsey today to provide enough contrast against the Adelaide one.
they are also gonna wear their indigenous jumper on two more occasions this year. good on ’em.
ps o-O-O-O’Brien 😉
Crows all over us that quarter. Damn.
Adelaide doing well at the half with a big second quarter! Up by 28.
Adelaide Crows: 7.8.50
Cam Ellis-Yolmen* 79
Reilly O’Brien 71
Hugh Greenwood 70
Wayne Milera 65
Rory Sloane 65
Jordan Gallucci 47
Rory Laird 47
Brad Crouch 45
Rory Atkins 44
Riley Knight 42
Paul Seedsman 42
Jake Kelly 41
Brodie Smith 39
Eddie Betts 37
Lachlan Murphy 36
Luke Brown 35
Kyle Hartigan 34
E. Himmelberg 31
Alex Keath 30
Daniel Talia 27
Chayce Jones 25
Taylor Walker 13
West Coast Eagles: 3.4.22
Elliot Yeo 67
Dom Sheed 59
Shannon Hurn 45
Brad Sheppard 41
Jack Redden 41
Andrew Gaff 40
Nathan Vardy 38
Jeremy McGovern 37
Jack Petruccelle 34
Jack Darling 33
Liam Duggan 31
Luke Shuey 30
Jamie Cripps 29
Mark Hutchings 28
Oscar Allen 27
Liam Ryan 26
Tom Cole 24
Josh J. Kennedy 22
Will Schofield 20
Jackson Nelson 20
Willie Rioli 17
Jake Waterman 16
I’d really appreciate it if Yeo and Hurn could score no more than 80 – they are on my target list after their bye!!
The moment you look at ROB’s score and realise you traded him out in search of a full team. Ugh.
Knew he’d touch up Vardy.
HALF TIME SCORES
Adelaide Crows: 7.8.50
Cam Ellis-Yolmen* 79
Reilly O’Brien 71
Hugh Greenwood 70
Wayne Milera 65
Rory Sloane 65
Jordan Gallucci 47
Rory Laird 47
Brad Crouch 45
Rory Atkins 44
Riley Knight 42
Paul Seedsman 42
Jake Kelly 41
Brodie Smith 39
Eddie Betts 37
Lachlan Murphy 36
Luke Brown 35
Kyle Hartigan 34
E. Himmelberg 31
Alex Keath 30
Daniel Talia 27
Chayce Jones 25
Taylor Walker 13
WCE 3.4.22
Elliot Yeo 67
Dom Sheed 59
Shannon Hurn 45
Brad Sheppard 41
Jack Redden 41
Andrew Gaff 40
Nathan Vardy 38
Jeremy McGovern 37
Jack Petruccelle 34
Jack Darling 33
Liam Duggan 31
Luke Shuey 30
Jamie Cripps 29
Mark Hutchings 28
Oscar Allen 27
Liam Ryan 26
Tom Cole 24
Josh J. Kennedy 22
Will Schofield 20
Jackson Nelson 20
Willie Rioli 17 J
Jake Waterman 16
Lisa, second time you’ve done this today- scroll up before you post the scores lol.
Macca’s already got it covered.
No worries, scores weren’t there when I posted them either time. Heading out soon anyway, so over to you guys….
doing great Lisa and great layout too!!
Thanks Lisa – appreciate you posting the scores!
Keep up the good work Lisa. Only a double posting as the website doesn’t make your post public for about 5 mins. No way you could have known it was done 2 mins before yours
i think if you hit refresh you can get posts up earlier?? …
Any news on Laird? Has he come back on?
he’s still out there Chips … but I would really appreciate someone giving Smith and big effing hurry up!!
Lot of so called premos not scoring that well thus far … traded in Boak and he looked buggered most of the game … might have been a bad trade – maybe his tank not the greatest for full time mid?? Anyone got any thoughts??
Thanks Macca
Bye coming up. If he keeps the role he’ll still be top3 you’d think.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Robbie Gray giving him the occasional chop-out does his output some good. Would like to get him on his bye.
Hoping to double-down next week … carnage aside!!
Can’t see O’Brien losing his spot, but then again it’s not NicNat.
Anyone else think Elliot YEO is fast approaching must-have status.
– s well has his 17 disposals, he’s had 11 tackles, four clearances and two inside-50s.
yeah mate – if not for the outs in my forwards this week, he would have come in … had him last year, kicking myself for not starting him this year
I started with him and he had me worried the first few weeks with some low scores. Glad I kept the faith though.
He was my first upgrade
Adelaide Crows: 9.10.64
Cam Ellis-Yolmen* 118
Rory Sloane 106
Jake Kelly 87
Hugh Greenwood 83
Reilly O’Brien 78
Wayne Milera 73
Eddie Betts 67
Brodie Smith 63
Brad Crouch 60
Rory Laird 60
Rory Atkins 56
Alex Keath 56
Riley Knight 55
Jordan Gallucci 52
E. Himmelberg 46
Lachlan Murphy 44
Kyle Hartigan 44
Paul Seedsman 42
Luke Brown 38
Chayce Jones 31
Taylor Walker 30
Daniel Talia 30
West Coast Eagles: 8.6.54
Andrew Gaff 103
Dom Sheed 92
Jack Redden 91
Elliot Yeo 83
Shannon Hurn 77
Nathan Vardy 75
Jamie Cripps 64
Jack Darling 63
Luke Shuey 62
Jeremy McGovern 50
Brad Sheppard 49
Oscar Allen 47
Liam Duggan 40
Liam Ryan 40
Jack Petruccelle 40
Josh J. Kennedy 38
Jake Waterman 37
Jackson Nelson 32
Mark Hutchings 31
Willie Rioli 30
Tom Cole 30
Will Schofield 24
Gaff went bananas that qtr!
see that red thing Brodie? Its called a footy … you’re supposed to go and get it and catch it and kick it … FFS!!
Come on Brodie Crouch get 100! you too laird
The crouch bros get fewer pts per posseison than most…its why I avoid them.
shannon hurn going to be out of reach price wise at this rate …
Cant understand why anyone didn’t start him
He’s never averaged over 100 before, and is generally in the 80s. Seems to be the one major SC beneficiary of the new kick in rules. He’s also going against Father Dougals projections of peaking in his thirteenth season! Well done if you started him.
I had him penciled in after the rule changes came in but couldn’t keep him in my initial team because of the mids I targeted.
Kick in rule was a no brainer to start with ihm
Well … west coast … damn … two late goals to steal it! …Some late scaling of scores to come no doubt …
Adelaide Crows: 10.13.73
Rory Sloane 139
Cam Ellis-Yolmen* 135
Hugh Greenwood 112
Jake Kelly 104
Rory Laird 96
Reilly O’Brien 93
Wayne Milera 84
Brad Crouch 78
Eddie Betts 68
Brodie Smith 66
Paul Seedsman 64
Alex Keath 64
Daniel Talia 63
Rory Atkins 62
Riley Knight 61
Lachlan Murphy 60
Luke Brown 58
E. Himmelberg 54
Kyle Hartigan 53
Chayce Jones 52
Jordan Gallucci 49
Taylor Walker 48
West Coast Eagles: 13.7.85
Luke Shuey 127
Elliot Yeo 117
Jack Redden 114
Shannon Hurn 113
Dom Sheed 108
Andrew Gaff 107
Jack Darling 100
Nathan Vardy 93
Jamie Cripps 86
Oscar Allen 84
Jeremy McGovern 84
Josh J. Kennedy 79
Brad Sheppard 62
Liam Duggan 51
Willie Rioli 48
Jake Waterman 46
Liam Ryan 41
Will Schofield 40
Tom Cole 40
Jack Petruccelle 37
Jackson Nelson 36
Mark Hutchings 28
To anyone who started Sloane this year. Great call!
Fit and firing and heading for Top5 MID.
It is BUCKETING down at the G
Brought him in last week and pretty happy so far!