Blog log from R8 of 2025: Adelaide vs Carlton

Thilthorpe roves deep in the pocket and kicks to the fat side for Cumming to mark 25m out but the set shot hits the near right post. (Q1 2:03)
Keane intercepts the rebound kick to members wing and switches, Rankine passes short from the centre to Rachele 45m out in front who hooks his kick to the left. (Q1 3:12)
Another Crows switch after a turnover on outer wing ends with Laird going short to Rankine 45m out in the corridor. Same shot, this time Izak kicks straight, first goal Adelaide. (Q1 4:49)
Cripps misses everything from a snap off a step from 35m but from the resultant throw in he roves and shoots off a step from 25m in the pocket, goal Carlton. (Q1 7:19)
Chain of handball out of the centre bounce after a free kick, O’Brien of all people with the goal assist give to Fogarty for the goal from 35m. (Q1 8:39)
Worrell beats Motlop in a footrace to a loose ball kicked long to grass in the square to rush what might have been an easy slingshot goal. (Q1 13:43)
Neal-Bullen marks an inboard Walker pass in front of Haynes 35m out on a slight angle for his first goal. (Q1 14:32)
Motlop curls in a lovely set shot from 30m on the boundary off the right. (Q1 19:15)
Dawson flies against two Blues and clunks the mark 20m out on a slight angle for his first goal. (Q1 24:21)
Rachele’s kick towards CHF is a wobbler and favours Neal-Bullen in front of Saad 45m out. Nibbler takes a huge bite out of that one, his second goal! (Q1 26:25)
Rachele gathers a ground ball in the pocket, wheels onto his right with McGovern chasing but shoots across the face from 30m. (Q1 32:57)
Cripps rides a Laird tackle in the centre for a forward handball into the path of Hewett, he passes to Curnow 60m out, the Egyptian wheels and launches a goal on the bounce! (Q2 1:16)
Michalanney misses a flying snap form half forward. (Q2 2:32)
Keays misses another snap from the pocket. (Q2 2:52)
Hewett roves a Curnow contest near the behind post and gives behind to De Koning who is challenged but gets a left-foot snap off, goal umpire thinks it missed, review… (Q2 7:21)
Review concludes that the ball went over the goalpost, decision stands. (Q2 8:08)
Walker marks a Rankine pass over Young 45m out on the flank, his set shot is short and rushed. (Q2 11:28)
Cumming passes short to Walker again just inside 50m on the flank. The Texan bangs through this one in classic style. (Q2 15:47)
Keays slams through the quickest of replies from half forward after the next bounce. (Q2 17:15)
Rankine is over the back to mark a long Walker pass 25m out on the flank, plays on but curls it too early. (Q2 20:11)
Walsh marks on the boundary 35m out but shoots near side left for a behind. (Q2 21:16)
Dawson beats Lord to mark on the lead 30m out on the boundary, he shoots as the HT siren sounds… threads it! (Q2 29:10)
A running Cumming goal from half forward is negated for a holding free in the square for a hold by Thilthorpe. (Q3 0:46)
Durdin’s first disposal of the night is a mark 25m out on a slight angle from a long Elijah Hollands kick from the centre, he converts. (Q3 5:23)
O’Brien feeds Cumming on members wing for a tumbler to 40m on the flank where Fogarty marks on the chest in front of McGovern, his kick slices right and was touched anyway. (Q3 8:20)
Docherty passes short to Curnow 40m out near the boundary whose curling set shot is narrow to the left. (Q3 12:00)
Carroll is out of position and can’t stop Keays marking a long Rachele ball from the centre to 20m out, he doesn’t miss this one. (Q3 15:30)
Rachele marks over Carroll in the pocket 25m out and curls in the goal off the left boot. Blues aren’t a good second half team this season and aren’t mounting a comeback. (Q3 18:30)
Durdin marks and goals again from 30m on the flank. (Q3 20:11)
Durdin gets another set shot for insufficient intent by Rachele, but misses from 30m. (Q3 22:31)
Dawson underlines his BOG credentials with his third goal from a set shot from 30m on a slight angle after Weitering lets him fly untouched in a pack. (Q3 26:21)
Rachele turns after a feed from Rankine after the next centre bounce and snaps across the body off his right from 35m for another one. (Q3 27:02)
Rankine is in the perfect spot to rove a Dawson contest at half forward, he runs to 35m and checksides another one! (Q3 28:17)
Dawson earns another contact free on McGovern but misses from 35m on a slight angle. (Q3 30:12)
Rankine marks 45m out on the boundary and leaves the set shot near side right. (Q4 1:20)
Young gets a free on Worrell 35m out on a slight angle but tugs his kick left and across the face. (Q4 4:21)
Crows go coast to coast from the kick in ending with Thilthorpe 20m out on a slight angle for some garbage. (Q4 4:59)
Walsh roves in the back pocket and clears to the back flank but Michalanney intercepts over Acres 40m out, then misses. (Q4 10:55)
McGovern shanks his kick in to grass where a murder of Crows pounce, Darcy Fogarty marks the repeat inside 50 kick near the hotspot for a goal. (Q4 12:00)
Soligo marks 45m out on a slight angle but misses to the right. (Q4 14:40)
Curnow curls in some junk from the pocket. (Q4 21:02)
Cripps marks 40m out on the flank and slots a lovely set shot for the smelliest garbage of the night in the last minute. (Q4 26:01)
Smith snaps a junk time special with four seconds to go. (Q4 28:01)