Blog log from R16 of 2024: Adelaide vs Western Sydney

Fogarty gets a high contact free on Aleer 45m out on the flank after Rankine gets the first centre clearance, he hits the near right post. (Q1 0:51)
Keays roves near the goalsquare and spins for a quick snap but it’s off a Giants defender for a point. (Q1 3:23)
Rankine misses a snap from the HFF. (Q1 4:21)
Idun slips over to allow Keays to rove a hadnball by Ward to grass next to the behind post, he grubbers through a fabulous snap! But did Idun get a finger to it? Ruled a goal! (Q1 10:33)
The review was long and it did appear there was a finger bent back, but the ARC ruled otherwise. (Q1 10:33)
Rankine snaps from a stoppage in the pocket, just narrow to the right. (Q1 12:20)
Rankine roves a contest on the HFF and goes quickly to the top of the square where Keays is over the back for his second goal. (Q1 13:48)
Callaghan bounces and runs around outer wing on a rebound and goes long to Cumming, who marks over Sholl 30m out in the corridor for the Giants’ first goal. (Q1 18:03)
Ward dithers and coughs up a handball on outer wing, Rankine runs to the HFF and misses again from 50m. (Q1 22:49)
Cook curls a snap to the right from 30m on a slight angle. Adelaide peppering but not converting enough. (Q1 23:20)
GWS finally gets a rebound at pace around outer wing, Gruzewski passes to Kelly 40m out in front for another goal from a rare inside 50. (Q1 25:03)
Daniels takes a big grab leaping in front of Keane from a Daniels clearance kick to the hotspot, he kicks straight again to level the scores. (Q1 27:03)
Greene roves a contest at half forward and starts a handball chain all the way to the goal line where Hogan dribbles the go-ahead goal just before the QT siren. (Qtr Time)
Greene shuts the home crowd up with his first goal after roving a lovely tap from a ball up by Briggs to 20m on a slight angle. (Q2 2:47)
Fogarty marks 30m out on a slight angle but hits the right post. (Q2 4:02)
Walker takes a strong contested grab in front of Buckley on the HFF, wheels and goes long to the hotspot where Rankine bobbles a circus catch over Idun and goals! (Q2 10:33)
Walker marks a Laird pass in front of Aleer 25m out on a slight angle for his first goal, Crows hit the lead. (Q2 12:19)
Fogarty marks behind Aleer in the pocket 15m out and screws in the goal off the left boot. (Q2 13:31)
Himmelberg punches a loose ball straight to a murder of Crows, Sholl to Walker to Rachele who goals from 20m on a slight angle. (Q2 20:17)
Rachele blazes wide left from half forward with Walker waiting for a pass on his own. (Q2 25:13)
Walker marks on the lead 40m out on the flank, no one on the goal line so the Texan manages to bounce it through from the set shot! (Q2 26:13)
Rankine bounces through another fantastic finish off the right from a ball up 40m out in front, and don’t he and the home fans love it! (Q2 27:33)
Fogarty is too big and strong for Whitfield, he marks a quick and long Cook kick from the HFF to the top of the square for his second goal. Crows building a winning lead. (Q2 29:22)
Rankine skids a snap on the run from 45m on front to the left. (Q3 0:40)
Rachele also misses a mid-range snap. (Q3 1:25)
Coniglio roves a Greene contest at the hotspot but snaps wide off a step. (Q3 3:56)
Rachele marks a Dawson pass 40m out on the flank, his drop punt fades to the right across the face. (Q3 5:24)
Coniglio has an acre of space to bounce through CHF and shoot from 35m but he shanks it for Keane to rush easily. (Q3 8:11)
Coniglio feeds Kelly who baulks past Nankervis and screws through the goal from the hotspot. (Q3 9:27)
Rachele snaps from the flank 25m out across the body off the right but hits the post. (Q3 12:39)
GWS tries to handball through half back but end up turning it over, Berry has Rachele to mark in the pocket 30m out and curl through his second goal. (Q3 13:27)
Greene feeds Ward for a snap off a step from 40m on the flank that just avoids the near right goalpost. (Q3 17:12)
Greene sharks a Dawson handball in the centre to start a counter, Brown is over the back but drops an uncontested mark and soccers wide from 20m. (Q3 20:57)
Riccardi marks a long Daniels ball on the goal line for his third major, with good work in transition by Green and Bedford. (Q3 22:12)
Greene leads to the pocket to leap and mark a Kelly pass in front of Michalanney 25m out. This would be a red time special… shanked for no score across the face. (Q3 27:12)
From the resultant throw-in, Briggs snaps across the face to the left. (Q3 27:42)
Coniglio bursts from the first bounce of Q4 and hits the lead of Riccardi 45m out on a slight angle, who tugs his set shot left. (Q4 0:37)
Hogan roves his own contest to a Callaghan speculator to the hotspot and gives outside to Greene who skids through the goal! (Q4 2:21)
Dawson speculates with a long ball from outer wing to a four-mam pack at the hotspot, crumb over the back for Sholl who skids through the goal off the left! Kelly nowhere. (Q4 4:46)
Briggs tries a grubber from ruck 20m out but it rolls the wrong side of the right goalpost. (Q4 6:14)
Harry Himmelberg is aghast as his brother Elliott is over the back for a Murphy pass, he gets back to stand the mark as the younger Berg shoots… for a miss. (Q4 7:16)
Hogan marks in front of Michalanney 20m out from a centring ball by Perryman, he converts from a tight angle. (Q4 9:36)
Three kicks in it now, Adelaide in big danger of giving up this lead at the current rate. (Q4 10:06)
Murphy roves at full pace at half forward to start a handball chain that ends with Fogarty dribbling the goal from the square! (Q4 10:55)
Taylor passes to Murphy going back with the flight to mark behind Ash at the hotspot, but he misses as he often does. (Q4 14:31)
Murray falls over to allow Hogan to mark in the pocket 30m out, but the kick is across the face for a point. (Q4 16:05)
Hamill intercepts a rebound kick by Aleer over the titchy Thomas, he feeds Soligo for the pass to Dowling 30m out in the pocket, who curls in the sealer! (Q4 17:16)
Greene goes inboard from the HFF to Ward 45m out on a slight angle, who sails through what should be just a garbage time goal. (Q4 20:31)
Greene sails through another excellent finish from half forward. 2:17 to go, three kicks in it. (Q4 26:16)