Where and when: Adelaide Oval, 2:10pm (AEST)
Last time they met: R16 2020: Adelaide 8.11 (59) DEF GWS 7.5 (47) at Adelaide Oval.
Adelaide rode a 10-2 clearance dominance to a three-goals-to-one opening term and never trailed, despite the Giants threatening to run over the top of them at various stages. Adelaide set up the victory at the coalface, with Rory Laird’s emergence as an onballer continuing with a match-high 11 clearances and 18 contested possessions. No other player had more than five, although the Crouch brothers, Brad (31 disposals, four clearances) and Matt (27, 12 tackles), and skipper Rory Sloane (seven score involvements) were influential as well. Lachie Whitfield (29 disposals, game-high 553m gained) was again GWS’s best player and looked the man who could win them the game, but there was nowhere near enough support. Tim Taranto (23 disposals, five clearances) and captain Steve Coniglio (20) were good too.
Match Preview: GWS looked good before the Doggies juggernaut ran away with the match in the 4th quarter last week. Expect another good showing. Adelaide were never out of their contest with Hawthorn. Only a late spoil on Tex Walker prevented what could have been an unlikely win down in Tassie.
Motts Watch:
Adelaide
Laird, Rowe, and Thilthorpe (if that kid scores over 80 again, he’s going to be a VERY popular trade next week).
GWS
Greene will be a popular replacement for Dunkley this week. Guess I’ll watch him.
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Looks like injury subs are:
Crows – Fogarty
GWS – Buntine
You are spot on, Macca.
Qtr time scores
Western Sydney Giants: 1.8.14
Harry Perryman 42
Tom Green 35
Tim Taranto 34
Callan Ward 34
Jacob Hopper 34
Josh Kelly 32
Sam Taylor 31
Shane Mumford 29
Jack Buckley 28
Toby Greene 23
Isaac Cumming 20
Ian Hill 19
Lachie Whitfield 18
Lachlan Ash 18
Brent Daniels 17
Lachlan Keeffe 16
Connor Idun 16
Xavier O’Halloran 14
Jesse Hogan 10
Jeremy Finlayson 9
H. Himmelberg 9
Sam J. Reid 7
Matthew Buntine 1
Adelaide Crows: 1.1.7
Jordon Butts 34
David Mackay 31
Brodie Smith 26
Jackson Hately 25
Nicholas Murray 23
Taylor Walker* 21
E. Himmelberg 21
Tom Doedee 19
Rory Laird 18
Andrew McPherson 17
Lachlan Sholl 17
Jake Kelly 16
Paul Seedsman 15
Reilly O’Brien 15
Ned McHenry 11
James Rowe 10
Lachlan Murphy 10
Sam Berry 9
Riley Thilthorpe 9
Harry Schoenberg 8
Ben Keays 5
Shane McAdam 1
Darcy Fogarty 1
GWS owning the Crows in front of the Crows home crowd!!
Western Sydney Giants: 6.12.48
Tim Taranto 82
Josh Kelly 80
Jacob Hopper 59
Harry Perryman 59
Shane Mumford 54
Tom Green 51
Sam Taylor 51
Callan Ward 50
Jack Buckley 47
Jesse Hogan 45
Toby Greene 43
H. Himmelberg 41
Isaac Cumming 40
Lachlan Keeffe 37
Sam J. Reid 37
Xavier O’Halloran 37
Lachlan Ash 36
Connor Idun 34
Lachie Whitfield 27
Ian Hill 22
Matthew Buntine 19
Brent Daniels 18
Jeremy Finlayson 14
Adelaide Crows: 2.4.16
David Mackay 59
Jordon Butts 57
Brodie Smith 48
Paul Seedsman 43
Ben Keays 41
Tom Doedee 41
Jackson Hately 39
Harry Schoenberg 38
Rory Laird 37
Lachlan Murphy 37
Reilly O’Brien 31
Nicholas Murray 28
Jake Kelly 27
Andrew McPherson 25
E. Himmelberg 23
Lachlan Sholl 22
Riley Thilthorpe 22
Taylor Walker* 21
Ned McHenry 21
James Rowe 18
Sam Berry 17
Shane McAdam 1
Darcy Fogarty 1
Injury sub Buntine activated for GWS with Daniels out with a hammy …
Rowe and Berry doing their usual impersonations of spuds … and likely to lose cash again …
Hellloooooo … anyone out there??? … 3qtr time scores … GWS continues to march on …
Western Sydney Giants: 10.14.74
Tim Taranto 112
Josh Kelly 101
Harry Perryman 85
Shane Mumford 85
Tom Green 80
Jacob Hopper 74
Sam Taylor 74
Isaac Cumming 63
Callan Ward 62
Jesse Hogan 62
Jack Buckley 60
Lachlan Ash 55
Lachlan Keeffe 51
H. Himmelberg 49
Toby Greene 48
Lachie Whitfield 47
Sam J. Reid 46
Connor Idun 43
Xavier O’Halloran 40
Jeremy Finlayson 33
Ian Hill 32
Brent Daniels 19
Matthew Buntine 18
Adelaide Crows: 3.9.27
Jordon Butts 70
Tom Doedee 69
David Mackay 68
Ben Keays 63
Harry Schoenberg 57
Brodie Smith 56
Paul Seedsman 54
Rory Laird 52
Lachlan Murphy 48
Jackson Hately 45
Lachlan Sholl 45
Jake Kelly 42
Andrew McPherson 37
Reilly O’Brien 37
Riley Thilthorpe 37
Nicholas Murray 36
Taylor Walker* 33
Ned McHenry 26
E. Himmelberg 25
James Rowe 24
Sam Berry 21
Shane McAdam 17
Darcy Fogarty 1
Thanks for the scores Macca.
Laird, ugh. Just ugh.
Wow – GWS really took it to the Crows … and in doing so killed a lot of popular held SC player’s scores … Laird, Tex, the spuds Rowe and Berry, Riley alphabet, … with honourable effort by Butts …
Western Sydney Giants: 15.16.106
Tim Taranto 126
Josh Kelly 115
Tom Green 101
Jacob Hopper 98
Shane Mumford 96
Harry Perryman 94
Sam Taylor 92
Jesse Hogan 87
Jack Buckley 84
Isaac Cumming 83
Callan Ward 82
Lachlan Ash 69
Lachie Whitfield 65
H. Himmelberg 65
Connor Idun 62
Lachlan Keeffe 62
Toby Greene 59
Xavier O’Halloran 57
Sam J. Reid 50
Ian Hill 40
Jeremy Finlayson 37
Brent Daniels 21
Matthew Buntine 19
Adelaide Crows: 4.15.39
Tom Doedee 88
Jordon Butts 80
David Mackay 77
Ben Keays 76
Brodie Smith 70
Jake Kelly 63
Paul Seedsman 61
Rory Laird 60
Lachlan Murphy 60
Harry Schoenberg 60
Lachlan Sholl 52
Reilly O’Brien 52
Jackson Hately 50
Nicholas Murray 50
Riley Thilthorpe 44
Andrew McPherson 41
Ned McHenry 38
Taylor Walker* 38
James Rowe 31
Sam Berry 27
E. Himmelberg 26
Shane McAdam 23
Darcy Fogarty
Lachie Whitfield with 30 disposals … 5 clangers limiting his score to 65 … but possibly hard done by?? (didn’t watch the game) …
Two best midfielders out will see a lot of clubs get beaten badly.
Hard to read much into this game without Crouch and Sloane, other than that Adelaide struggled without both of them.
Both could be back next week, but more likely 2 weeks on Crouch.