O’Donnell intercepts on the last line but Sinclair anticipates his switch kick to the pocket and flies in front of Cleary to intercept 30m out… then misses. (Q1 1:04)
Williams intercepts a rebound kick on members side over Sharman and pumps it back in to the pocket where Darcy marks 20m out and misses near side right. (Q1 8:54)
Davidson roves on outer wing and delivers a nice inbaord pass to McNeil to mark 45m out on a slight angle, who shoots across the face to the right. (Q1 10:02)
Richards catches Jones HTB on outer wing, pass inside 50 to English then further for Khamis 35m out on the boundary, who curls in the opening goal of the night off his right. (Q1 11:20)
Wood snaps off his left from traffic 30m out on the flank but it’s just narrow to the right. (Q1 13:00)
West clears from a stoppage to Sanders at the top of the square for his first goal. (Q1 16:10)
Sinclair feeds Wanganeen-Milera at CHF, he baulks Dolan with a right-foot step and hits Higgins 30m out on a slight angle who misses, disappointingly. (Q1 19:11)
Freijah marks in front of Hill just outside CHF and has a few steps to steady over a running snap… sails through to cement the Dogs getting the jump in this one. (Q1 22:45)
Plenty of turnovers in this one already, finally one of them gets punished with Jones sending Higgins away on the slingshot into the open goal. (Q1 26:41)
Kennedy it was who missed West kicking inboard from the HBF to cause that goal. (Q1 27:10)
Darcy is unlucky not to be paid a mark 20m out then very lucky to get a contact free at the same spot moments later, footy gods throw their hands up, goal Bulldogs. (Q1 28:40)
That second decision was more of a square-up than Spongebob Squarepants. (Q1 29:25)
Freijah toetaps a loose ball to himself in the centre and bombs long towards the hotspot, ball his turf near three contests, Wilkie falls to allow Naughton to gather and goal. (Q2 3:22)
Naughton fumbles a ground ball 20m out onto the back of his boot, ball sits up for Richards who grubbers the goal. (Q2 5:11)
Liberatore starts the next chain from the centre bounce, Vandermeer long to the top of the square, Naughton draws a contact free on Wilkie for another goal. (Q2 7:03)
Keeler marks the next centre clearance from Sinclair 35m out in front of Lobb and kicks truly. (Q2 8:27)
Caminiti roves in the back pocket 30m out but gets caught HTB by Khamis, who fades his drop punt from right to left and in for a nice finish. (Q2 11:12)
Sanders feeds Bontempelli for a running snap off the left from 50m on the flank, starts right and swerves left but not enough, just a behind. (Q2 12:47)
Darcy marks 25m out on a slight angle but hoofs it to the right. (Q2 14:18)
Wanganeen-Milera’s kick clanger causes another counter attack around outer side, Darcy marks 45m out on the flank and sails this one through for his second goal. (Q2 15:38)
Macrae delivers an intelligent pass from the HFF to 20m out in front for Sharman to mark just before two Dogs converge, he converts. (Q2 18:22)
Wood runs to the HFF and goes short to Sharman 40m out, Bontempelli rushes the set shot. (Q2 22:08)
Windhager mows down an indecisive Kennedy in the centre, loose Saints everywhere on the counter but it’s Windy himself who receives and goals from 40m! (Q2 23:53)
Freijah runs around outer wing and passes over Travaglia to Dolan 40m out near the boundary, who kicks across the face to the left and OOTF. (Q2 26:44)
Davidson roves a long Bontempelli kick to the top of the square and runs into the open goal. (Q2 29:58)
Lobb spoils a Higgins centring ball towards Keeler but Keeler taps the crumb to Wood who does the rest off the right from 20m. (Q2 30:45)
Windhager marks just inside CHF just before the HT siren, he tells his teammates to chill as he’s got this, siren blows and Windy tugs it left and short, no score. Ain’t got this. (Q2 32:13)
Marshall is livid at giving away an arm chop free against English 20m out on the boundary but it was 100% there, English curls in the goal off his right. (Q3 5:17)
Macrae sharks Liberatore at the next bounce and passes to Owens 50m out on the flank who just misses near side right. (Q3 6:54)
Dale kicks long to the square from half forward but Wilkie prevents Naughton from contesting, ball pitches behind them and bounces for a behind. (Q3 7:52)
Saints go coast to coast, Owens fumbles but earns a contact free on Bontempelli 45m out on the flank but he misses to the left this time. (Q3 8:45)
Darcy is too tall and leaps too high for Caminiti, he marks a Kennedy pass 35m out on the flank for goal number three. (Q3 10:18)
Sanders marks a West left-foot foot from half forward to the hotspot in front of his opponent Hill, he swerves through his second major. (Q3 12:10)
Bontempelli feeds Davidson for a running snap from CHF, that one flies to the right. (Q3 13:55)
Naughton flies over Jones to mark a Treloar kick to 20m in front, he goals. (Q3 14:58)
West curls a snap narrow to the right from a stoppage 30m out on the flank. (Q3 22:27)
Saints get another slingshot play going with Higgins finding Byrnes over the back in the square for the goal. (Q3 24:51)
McNeil snaps across his body from 45m on a slight angle to restart the Doggie party. (Q3 26:46)
West receives from Liberatore on outer wing, runs to 50m on the flank and finally gets on the scoreboard with a running snap. (Q3 28:16)
Wanganeen-Milera roves Byrnes’ kick to half forward and goals in space 40m out in front. (Q3 30:06)
Kennedy passes from outside CHF to West 35m out on the flank who misses near side left. (Q3 31:46)
Dolan snaps across the face from 20m in the pocket after barging through tackles. (Q3 33:16)
Sinclair misses on the run from 45m on a slight angle. (Q4 0:50)
Hill rolls through a snap from the HFF, crowd gives him a Bronx cheer as he has had no influence on the game. (Q4 2:29)
Liberatore bounces a behind to the right from half forward. (Q4 3:49)
Sharman passes over Freijah to Marshall at the hotspot on a rebound, not much defence going on this late in junk time. RoMa misses to the right. (Q4 4:26)
Vandermeer kicks to the square from the HFF, Hynes is in position over Sinclair to mark and play on into the open goal. (Q4 6:16)
Darcy’s link mark on outer wing, Naughton on the HFF then the pass to the hotspot for Kennedy to mark in front of Clark for the goal. (Q4 10:50)
Darcy marks over two smaller Saints on the HFF from Richards’ pass from members wing, he goes inboard to Treloar who pops through the cherry from the hotspot. (Q4 15:41)
Sanders passes to English 30m out in front who shanks a behind to the right. (Q4 24:27)
Kennedy boots his second goal of Q4 junk time from 45m on the flank. (Q4 28:12)
