Blog log from R3 of 2024: Fremantle vs Adelaide

Keays gathers a long ball near the behind line, jinks past Ryan and goals off his left from 15m for the first of the evening. (Q1 1:57)
Switkowski gets a contact free on Smith at a ball up 25m out on a slight angle but shoots to the right, disappointingly. (Q1 3:57)
Burgess cops one across the chops from Ryan trying to rove deep in the pocket 20m out but sprays it across the face for a behind. (Q1 5:39)
Soligo exits a stoppage on outer wing after a one-two with Laird, he hits Fogarty leading in front of Ryan just inside 50m on the flank, his kick just fades left. (Q1 6:56)
Amiss takes a link mark at half forward from Young’s long ball, he goes to Walters 30m out on a slight angle who kicks straight. (Q1 8:41)
McHenry roves at pace in the pocket and draws high contact by Brandon Walker 25m out, tough set shot but his drop punt is a pearler! (Q1 11:46)
Dawson passes to Taylor Walker 40m out on the flank after the Crows handball their way from defence through the corridor. Texan hangs the set shot narrow to the left. (Q1 16:00)
Clarks catches a fumbling McHenry HTB on the HFF and goes inboard for Aish zoning up from defence to mark unopposed 40m out in the corridor, who shanks it OOTF. (Q1 18:27)
Frederick catches Hinge HTB behind members wing, Freo again on the counter, Brayshaw passes to Walters 45m out on a slight angle whose kick is straight but just short, touched. (Q1 20:43)
Taberner earns an arm chop free on Worrell going for a long Jackson speculator to the pocket 20m out and screws through his first goal. (Q1 26:15)
Burgess marks 50m out just right of true CHF and delivers a lovely set shot for a rare goal. (Q2 1:57)
Fyfe gives to Walters who snaps on the turn from 40m on a slight angle but it skews right. (Q2 8:51)
Walters volleys into the post form mid-range. Crowd rollicking, tight game. (Q2 12:25)
Brayshaw catches a baulking Laird HTB near the Crows hotspot to prevent a score. (Q2 14:41)
Amiss cheats out the back of a contest 45m out on a slight angle, crumb falls nicely to him but he snaps on the turn without looking and skews it wide right. (Q2 17:21)
Walters has roamed high up the ground this quarter and gets rewarded with a target inside 50 by Clark, but his score tally reads 1.4 after he misses that one from 45m. (Q2 18:38)
Johnson catches Rachele HTB in the centre to start a counter, Emmett sharks Dawson inside forward 50, ball flips out to Walter who goals from the hotspot. (Q2 19:56)
Amiss it was with the goal assist handball at the finish for that Sonny score. (Q2 20:23)
Burgess’ dump kick at defensive hotspot is a shank that bounces towards the pocket, Banfield roves and blazes wide off the left from 20m. (Q2 24:51)
Young roves a stoppage on members wing, bursts and bombs long to the hotspot, Worrell spoils but the crumb spills over the back for Amiss to volley the goal. (Q2 27:07)
Brandon Walker kicks poorly on the HBF straight to Jones, Fogarty hoofs long for Burgess to mark over Draper on the behind line but miss. (Q3 8:10)
Rankine gives to Sholl who snaps very high from 40m on the flank, falls on the goal line and clears it just before Sharp touches it, big goal! (Q3 9:00)
Pearce gathers a loose ball on outer wing and tries a left-foot pass off a step for Taberner to mark 45m out on a slight angle, lovely skill by the full back. Tabs’ shot is rushed. (Q3 13:28)
Taberner breaks up the short kick in and sets up Banfield to feed Amiss for a snap across the body from the hotspot for the goal. (Q3 14:05)
Soligo releases Dawson to speed away from the next bounce, long ball flips over the back, Clark worried off it by Keays, Rachele soccers but it is touched through by Clark. (Q3 15:41)
Frederick marks on the lead in front of Milera 40m out on the boundary but his set shot is across the face for a point. (Q3 19:50)
Brandon Walker hits Walters running free down the flank, Sonny looks inside then lopes to 40m and goes himself… another miss. (Q3 22:34)
Aish roves a stoppage in defence but runs into trouble and fumbles, Keays tries a volley from 20m but it skews wide right. (Q3 24:05)
Sharp bursts around members wing and goes long to Taberner who gets rid of Milera to mark 40m out on the flank. Home crowd happy with that dodgy umpiring, but Tabs misses. (Q3 25:01)
Ryan is pinged for a hold on Fogarty deep in the pocket 25m out, the set shot clangs into the post. (Q4 3:04)
Soligo has a chance on the run from 35m on a slight angle but just steers it wide right. (Q4 6:28)
Frederick is favoured by a chaos ball inside 50 by Amiss, he stands up in a double tackle and feeds Banfield who snaps a nice goal from 30m on the flank to break the deadlock. (Q4 8:38)
Treacy delivers a quality long set shot to finally get some reward for territory, which they have dominated for the large part since QT. (Q4 15:08)
Taberner puts a full stop on the performance with a set shot goal from the HFF. (Q4 19:50)
Frederick intercepts Michalanney 30m out on a slight angle for another one. (Q4 22:53)
Walters sets up O’Meara for a running snap from 40m on a slight angle that flies wide right. (Q4 27:07)
Frederick grubbers wide from the pocket 30m out just before the final siren. (Q4 28:49)