Blog log from R2 of 2024: Adelaide vs Geelong

Rachele roves a Henry fumble and snaps on the turn from 40m on a slight angle but curls it left and OOTF. (Q1 0:37)
Holmes kicks across the back line to the back pocket but over the head of Holmes, Soligo comes hard the other way to reach the crumb first and wobble the first goal from 30m. (Q1 3:17)
Dangerfield sprints away from the next bounce playing on to advantage from a ruck free, wobbler to the square, Oliver Henry provides the crumb for Miers to goal from 15m. (Q1 4:22)
Stengle marks a high kick inside 50 from a pack by Clark over Smith 35m out on a slight angle. Crowd hoots, Stengle shuts them up with a nice fading set shot, right to left. (Q1 8:22)
Oliver Henry shows good hands again to provide a crumb to the front in a contest with Milera 20m out, Close roves and feeds Mannagh for the goal from the hotspot. (Q1 16:53)
Oliver Henry takes a link mark on the HFF after the next bounce and wheels to dliver a lovely long pass to the fat side pocket for Dempsey to mark… then shank OOTF. (Q1 18:09)
Stewart intercepts on the wing over Pedlar who is just not in the same class, he starts another quick Cat counter that is finished off by Miers from 40m in front. (Q1 19:03)
The Crows go coast to coast from a kick in, Walker has Burgess over the back, he chooses to go himself from 20m instead of trying a feed to Keays and kicks it anyway. (Q1 24:53)
Hawkins marks a short pass by Stengle 40m out on the flank and just avoids the left goalpost for his first major of the evening. (Q1 31:24)
Cameron marks on the paint of 50m on the flank and strokes a lovely set shot over the goal umpire’s peaked cap. Cats forwards are on song tonight. (Q1 33:19)
Michalanney intercepts a rebound kick on outer wing and pumps it back in just before the QT siren, Rachele juggles the mark 15m out and pops it through. (Q1 36:39)
After a few high balls inside 50 by Dawson are easily intercepted, Jones tries a mongrel punt that works as it lands with Fogarty 40m out on a slight angle, he goals. (Q2 2:57)
Burgess marks over Guthrie 40m out near the boundary and threads a tough set shot with a nice drop punt. Adelaide is back! (Q2 8:16)
Blicavs mops up in the centre after both sides turn the ball over in traffic, Close passes up the corridor to Oliver Henry 35m out, he goals. (Q2 10:37)
Lot of dumb footy being played out there, both sides kicking long to outnumbers. Stewart having a picnic. (Q2 17:03)
Ball pinging about more in the last two minutes, Rachele gives to Pedlar who has had a shocker so far, chance off his left on the spin from 30m on a slight angle… wide left. (Q2 20:11)
Stengle gives Burgess one across the chops after intercepting on the HFF 60m out, ump sees it and pays 50m quite rightly. But Burgess hits the post from 15m! (Q2 21:37)
Rankine passes to Walker 35m out on the boundary, he plays on and curls… started it too far left and it stayed there. (Q2 24:07)
Stengle gathers a clever toepoke by Oliver Henry on the HFF and runs centrally to pass to Dangerfield 45m out in front. Crowd boos then cheers as he boots it OOTF left. (Q2 27:03)
Fogarty bounces through the opening goal of Q3 inside the first twenty seconds to bring the margin back to a straight kick, after roving and fending off Mullin. (Q3 1:01)
Fogarty gathers a ground ball and fends off again to feed Crouch who baulks clear and goes to the top of the square for Walker to mark 20m out and level the scores. (Q3 2:01)
Cameron marks on the boundary 30m out in front of Worrell and curls in a trademark quality finish. Easy as pitchforking haybales on the farm. (Q3 5:11)
Rankine roves a ball up 30m out on a slight angle and snaps the go-ahead goal, finally. It had been coming for an hour. (Q3 9:56)
Miers receives outside a stoppage on outer wing from Mannagh and spots up the lead of Hawkins 45m out on the flank, nothing Butts could do there. The set shot is a peach. (Q3 12:32)
Hawkins marks a lovely long Dangerfield ball towards the behind post over Butts again for another goal that was zero to do with Butts, three for the Tomahawk now. (Q3 14:32)
!0.0 from the Cats off the boot plus 5 rushed behinds, Crows 8.3 with 3 rushed. Both sides have been accurate in nice conditions, albeit Adelaide’s field kicking has sucked. (Q3 16:01)
Close feeds Mannagh for a running shot from the flank 40m out after some hot handballs to get through traffic on outer wing, but the kick flies wide right. (Q3 18:18)
Oliver Henry boots goal number three from a set shot near the hotspot. (Q3 23:43)
Dangerfield sprints from the next bounce, Laird tackles but the Cat champ stands up and feeds Dempsey, he gives to Hawkins who snaps on the turn for another one from 25m! (Q3 25:02)
Keays roves a pressured handball to grass by Stewart outside CHF and passes to Fogarty 45m out on a slight angle. His set shot swerves into the right goalpost. (Q3 27:16)
Smith shanks a kick OOTF 55m out on the HBF, Dangerfield tries his luck but it’s narrow left. (Q3 31:33)
Dempsey’s dump kick from the back pocket is intercepted by Butts just inside 50m on a slight angle. 3QT siren sounds so he has to kick… short and no score. (Q3 34:02)
Cameron takes a contested grab with strong hands in front of Worrell from a Mannagh clearance to just inside 50m on the boundary. His set shot curls too early, wide right. (Q4 3:09)
After a nice McHenry run through the centre, Walker monsters Jack Henry off the fall of a Burgess pass to 20m, he goals. (Q4 4:09)
Mannagh baulks after a run around outer wing on a rebound, has a quick look then snaps off the right from 40m on the flank… narrow. (Q4 7:36)
Stengle passes to Cameron 45m out on the flank, again he screws the kick off the left too early. (Q4 9:09)
Miers is somehow 15m in the clear for a Dangerfield pass from the HFF to the pocket 30m out on a slow play, Crows defenders nowhere. Miers kicks OOTF, though. (Q4 15:10)
O’Brien sharks a Blicavs handball after a stoppage 30m out on a slight angle, turns and kicks a rare goal! Crows still in it, three kicks the difference, 6:52 to go. (Q4 18:05)
Crouch catches Clark HTB to start another attack, Fogarty roves Walker’s contest but hits the post from point blank range! Oh dear! (Q4 19:35)
Smother after smother in the Crows forward pocket after Fogarty can’t mark, eventually the crumb falls for Walker who snaps over his head from 20m out… just wide right. (Q4 20:42)
The Dawson-to-Stewart connection has been way too frequent in this game for Adelaide, he’s not the only one who has bombed dumbly inside 50 but he’s better than that. (Q4 22:35)
Stengle has Miers over the back to gather and kick the official sealer with barely a minute to go, but Adelaide weren’t looking much like it anyway. (Q4 27:05)
Close kicks a junk time special after the next bounce. (Q4 28:15)
Rankine snaps a nice finish from the pocket 30m out to muted reaction, even from him. (Q4 29:56)