Blog log for West Coast vs Adelaide, R24 of 2023
Smith misses from the pocket 25m out to kick off the scoring. (Q1 1:01)
Walker grabs the ball out of ruck 50m out on the flank and snaps the first goal off the left. (Q1 2:01)
Pedlar soccers a behind from a long ball to Walker at the top of the square, desperate lunge by Hurn to pressure it wide. (Q1 3:18)
Walker misses from half forward after McGovern is not paid a mark on the wing that the Eagle fans all thought was clean. (Q1 6:20)
Kelly wears contact to feed Allen on the wing, Oz runs to 50m on a slight angle and slots the goal on the lope. (Q1 6:54)
Long takes a contested grab at half forward and goes quickly to Darling 40m out on the flank. Darling punches through a quality set shot. (Q1 9:30)
Crouch reefs out a handball from a pack on the wing, Gollant goes quick to the hotspot for Walker whose crumb is soccered home by Rachele. (Q1 12:28)
Shuey roves an Allen contest running from the next bounce to CHF and rams through a left-foot snap for a crowd-pleasing goal! That turned the clock back. (Q1 13:35)
Duggan’s kick after the next bounce is ugly but effective as it swerves into the breadbasket of Darling 45m out on a slight angle. The set shot is left and short, rushed. (Q1 15:05)
Walker has the sit and takes a specky on the back of McGovern from a long Hinge kick to 30m on the flank. Crowd boos, Tex boots goal number two. (Q1 16:35)
Walker gets a holding free on Williams at a stoppage in the pocket 25m out but misses. (Q1 24:34)
Rachele marks a long Worrell ball from the wing to 40m on a slight angle and swings through his second goal from right to left. (Q1 30:17)
Keane gives away a push free on Darling 15m out in front for an easy goal. (Q2 0:58)
Duggan plays on to advantage for a HTB free against Laird for a pass to Jack Williams 20m out for another easy goal. (Q2 5:28)
Darling feeds Allen who misses off a step from the hotspot. (Q2 6:47)
Gollant follows up his contest on the HFF to catch Bailey Williams HTB 45m out. His drop punt is pretty but just wide to the right. (Q2 8:33)
Fogarty drops Rotham after disposal to concede an obvious downfield free to Hewett 45m out on the flank. Allen roves the shot and gives to Cripps who blazes OOTF from 15m. (Q2 10:03)
Keays misses a screwing set shot from 40m on the flank, crowd hoorays the score. (Q2 12:32)
Quick repeat inside 50 from the kick in, Soligo pops through the goal from 40m. (Q2 12:52)
Consecutive frees after the next bounce, first to Gollant in ruck on Jack Williams then on Rotham to Fogarty 35m out, the Fog misses. (Q2 14:28)
Cole intercepts Keane’s rebound kick 45m out on a slight angle and kicks truly. (Q2 16:28)
Keane gives away a contact free to Allen 45m out on a slight angle, who restores West Coast’s lead with a lovely set shot. (Q2 18:29)
Kelly bounces freely to the HFF and passes inboard to the lead of Allen 45m out on a slight angle. Oz swings that one through as well for his third. (Q2 21:04)
Gaff mows down Rachele running through CHF to prevent a score, the crowd loves that one. (Q2 23:48)
Rankine feeds Walker who snaps hurriedly on the turn from true CHF but tugs it right. (Q2 27:09)
O’Brien misses a free kick from 45m on the flank just on the HT siren. (Q2 30:33)
Darling beats Borlase to the crumb from a Jack Williams contest in the square to soccer the goal. (Q3 0:34)
Schoenberg misses a long set shot. (Q3 4:20)
It takes Ben Keays to show the Crows how to finish, he bounces through the goal from hotspot off the left after a feed by Walker. (Q3 5:06)
Rankine looks inside after running from a pack on the wing to the HFF but goes himself… and misses, disappointingly. (Q3 8:51)
Rankine beats Rotham in a ground battle in the pocket but his Daicos attempt turns too early from 20m, another miss. (Q3 10:27)
Walker is front and centre for a Keays contest at the top of the square for a simple dribbled goal. (Q3 12:10)
Walker roves and bounces through his second goal in a minute from 40m on the flank after a centre clearance out the front by Gollant. (Q3 13:39)
Cripps curls through his first goal of the night from half forward, confirmed on review. (Q3 14:54)
Walker curls in a nice set shot from the boundary from 30m for his fifth major. (Q3 19:54)
Allen gives to Jones who snaps off the left from 40m on a slight angle, falls on the goal line where Keane leaps but the review shows too late, goal stands. (Q3 22:09)
Rachele blazes wide from half forward, as a lot of Crows have tonight. (Q3 25:11)
Jack Williams’ pressure forces Worrell to cough up a handball to Allen who snaps the goal from 20m, despite a lunge by Rachele. (Q3 28:29)
Dawson wins a hard footy on the wing, spins out of two challenges and kicks over Hurn to Gollant 15m out for another lead-changing goal. (Q3 31:04)
Smith marks a centring Dawson kick over Hunt at half forward and pops a short pass on the chest of Fogarty leading to 45m, who kicks truly. (Q3 33:19)
Walker marks a Fogarty pass leading down the flank in front of McGovern to 35m. Tex strokes through goal number six. (Q4 0:49)
Walker marks a Laird pass on the flank 40m out and doesn’t bother going back for the set shot, just turns and slots number seven. (Q4 3:08)
Darling clunks a mark in front of Borlase 20m out in front but misses. (Q4 4:49)
Smith intercepts Hough at half forward and goes quick and short to Rachele 25m out on the flank. Rachele makes no mistake. (Q4 7:09)
Gollant is too tall for Gaff, he marks 20m out in front for what is now surely a junk time score… but he hits the post. (Q4 10:34)
Walker screws through another set shot from the boundary 30m out, Cole claims he got a finger to it, there’s a review, is this Tex’s eighth… very fuzzy, ruled a goal. (Q4 17:20)
Soligo marks a Rachele pass 30m out on a slight angle for some garbage. (Q4 20:02)
Hewett is pinged for a dangerous tackle. Pedlar misses from 30m. (Q4 21:51)
Walker holds onto a high Smith repeat inside 50 ball to 20m out in the pocket, plays on and curls in goal number nine. (Q4 25:10)
Adelaide gets a convoy going on a rebound around outer wing, Pedlar goes long to Walker who marks in front of McGovern 35m out on a slight angle, is it ten… no. (Q4 26:35)
Bailey Williams leaps in front of Kean to clunk an Allen pass to 40m on the flank but misses as the final siren sounds. (Q4 29:49)
