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Blog log from R10 of 2026: Adelaide vs North Melbourne

Blog log for Adelaide vs North Melbourne, R10 of 2026

Borlase spoils to half back but straight to McDonald who kicks quickly to the corridor 20m out where Larkey draws a high contact free on Butts for the first goal of a sunny day. (Q1 0:59)
Sheezel marks a Daniel pass from members wing over Rankine just inside 50m on the flank, his kick is a set up to the hotspot but is intercepted. (Q1 2:56)
Stephens snaps off his left from 40m on a slight angle for a behind to the left. (Q1 3:35)
Curtis gets a rather fortunate high contact free under Laird’s tackle 20m out in front, crowd hoots as he converts. (Q1 4:16)
The last two scores for North came from turnovers inside defensive 50 by Worrell. (Q1 4:41)
McAndrew’s rebound kick to a pack on outer wing comes straight back in but Stephens misses on the run from the HFF. (Q1 6:03)
Simpkin misses from 40m on a slight angle after a forward 50 stoppage. (Q1 7:00)
A few repeat inside 50s for the Crows finally, Peatling earns a high contact free on Sheezel near the hotspot and opens Adelaide’s account. (Q1 10:32)
O’Sullivan catches Taylor high 40m out in front for another free kick, but the kick goes left. (Q1 12:59)
Fogarty marks a sizzling pass by Rachele to the flank 45m out, late Comben contact gives away a 50m penalty to turn the difficult set shot into a soda. (Q1 14:42)
Berry passes from the centre to Soligo 45m out on a slight angle, another late hit by Comben but no penalty this time. Soligo kicks the set shot anyway, Crows into the lead. (Q1 16:27)
Borlase intercepts the next centre clearance but his quick short kick towards Rachele is intercepted by Wardlaw flying in near CHF, who kicks a big goal! (Q1 17:57)
Daniel is penalised under the stand rule on members wing to bring Rankine to 20m on a slight angle, who converts. (Q1 21:56)
A few forward handballs from half back releases Rankine to run towards CHF, he tries a snap to an empty square from 55m but that one slices to the right on the bounce. (Q1 28:14)
Fogarty takes a link mark on the HFF and goes short down the line to Soligo, whose set shot is a peach. (Q2 1:42)
Milera intercepts at CHB but his wide rebound kick to a contest turns over, Curtis snaps from 40m but that’s narrow to the left. (Q2 2:46)
Dawson bounces away from Parker on members wing and reaches the paint on the flank, goes long for a very popular captain’s goal! (Q2 3:27)
Rankine roves a stoppage and misses from the pocket 20m out. (Q2 7:42)
Pedlar provides a crumb for Keays at the top of the square, he gives off to Murray who checksides the goal. (Q2 8:43)
Michalanney bounces off two Roos in the centre and passes to Pedlar 50m out on a slight angle, who misses left. (Q2 10:29)
Zurhaar catches Peatling high for another free inside 50 for the Crows, this one 30m out on the flank. Peatling kicks his second goal. (Q2 11:28)
Murray bombs from the next centre contest, Fogarty marks 35m out on a slight angle and kicks straight as usual, his second and the Crows’ fifth of a dominant quarter. (Q2 13:43)
Another centre clearance to Adelaide, Pedlar halves a contest with McDonald on the HFF to set up Rachele to snap another one! (Q2 15:13)
Neal-Bullen clears from members wing towards the hotspot, hits grass but Fogarty gathers and gives to Nankervis who checksides another one off the right! (Q2 17:06)
North starts a slingshot play but have no one to kick to, turnover results in the centre, Worrell goes to the flank 40m out for Murray to mark and miss to the right. (Q2 20:13)
Daniel tumbles a kick inside 50, no mark but the ump saw a hold on Darling by Cumming. Darling shoots from 40m on a slight angle and tugs it left. (Q2 23:03)
Zurhaar’s kick clanger on outer wing starts another Crow counter, McAndrew marks over the back of Xerri 15m out for another one. (Q2 23:53)
Xerri bullocks McAndrew off the fall of a throw-in 30m out on a slight angle, he whinges at the ump but it ended up being a wrestling throw. McAndrew goals back to back. (Q2 26:53)
Fogarty marks a Dawson pass from members wing in front of Comben 45m out on the flank. Crowd goes up then subsides as the set shot fades to the right for a behind. (Q2 29:43)
Rachele marks Dawson’s clearance pass over Blamires 35m out on a slight angle just before the HT siren. This set shot for ten goals for the quarter… never in doubt! (Q2 32:58)
Murray marks 50m out on a slight angle and just tugs his set shot left to kick off the second half, which is almost certainly all junk time given Q2 events. (Q3 1:08)
O’Sullivan catches Michalanney HTB just inside 50m on a slight angle after a stoppage. FOS misses left. (Q3 3:05)
Cook marks a Dawson kick on the boundary 45m out and threads a difficult set shot. (Q3 4:34)
Wardlaw dithers running to CHF and gets swamped, counter up the centre ends with a Michalanney pass to Keays in the pocket 20m out, he misses. (Q3 6:01)
Zurhaar spoils Pedlar on the boundary 40m out but gets whistled for front-on contact. Pedlar hits the near right post. (Q3 7:00)
Soligo gives to Keays who snaps on the spin off his left from the same spot as his last attempt, this one skids through for the thirteenth Crom goal in a row. THIRTEEN! (Q3 8:21)
Taylor spins in traffic and coughs up a handball on members wing, Curtis takes the link mark and goes to the pocket for Spargo for his first disposal, which is a rare Kanga goal. (Q3 10:37)
Keays drops a mark 40m out on a slight angle and is a touch lucky to get a free for late contact by Zurhaar. He passes to the pocket for Cook 35m out, who hits the far right post. (Q3 14:41)
Nankervis rams through his second goal from 30m after evading Davies-Uniacke and Blamires for a highlight reel play. (Q3 17:36)
Soligo receives from Rachele and hits the post from the pocket 20m out after another clever Rachele play. (Q3 20:52)
Rachele and McDonald are one out inside 50, Rachele can’t mark or crumb but he toes it towards the goalsquare where Keays thieves the goal off him! (Q3 22:22)
Duursma passes short on a repeat inside 50 for Trembath 45m out on a slight angle, his set shot is a peach for some junk. (Q3 25:57)
Curtis gets a contact free on Milera 35m out and boots his second goal. (Q4 2:00)
Rankine fumbles, regathers and kicks from the centre to Fogarty 20m out on a slight angle but his set shot goes left, disappointingly. (Q4 6:54)
Curtis curls in a set shot from the boundary 30m out off his left for his third goal. (Q4 8:46)
Rachele floats in a high quality snap off the left boot from 20m in the pocket off his left, and does an Eddie Betts celly. (Q4 11:40)
Stephens hoofs a set shot left from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 13:40)
Duursma threads a drop punt from deep in the pocket but it’s touched off the boot by Worrell to negate a nice finish. (Q4 16:40)
Murray wins a HTB free on Simpkin after a stoppage 25m out on a slight angle, he boots his second goal. (Q4 18:20)
Sheezel misses from the pocket and gets a Bronxie from the crowd. (Q4 20:08)
Cook blazes right and OOTF on the burst from 50m on a slight angle. (Q4 23:25)
Darling marks a Stephens pass from the centre to 40m out on a slight angle and converts for some smelly junk. (Q4 25:22)
Curtis passes from the centre to O’Sullivan 45m out on a slight angle, he also converts. (Q4 27:56)
Curtin runs to the pocket to mark a Dawson pass 20m out, he misses near side left. (Q4 30:51)

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