Long tries a grubber between Dog legs from 35m, it rolls away from the chasing O’Donnell but goes to the left. (Q1 2:52)
English marks 30m out on a slight angle, Flynn giving him just too much leg room. He misses. (Q1 5:03)
Darcy marks a Davidson pass from members wing to 40m out on a slight angle, he delivers the first goal of the evening. (Q1 8:19)
Busslinger picks off Brockman’s short pass to Kelly on outer wing and goes to that man Darcy 40m out on a slight angle for goal number two. (Q1 11:14)
Davidson beats Cole to mark 45m out on the flank after a free at the next bounce to English, he just clears the pack on the line. (Q1 13:21)
Naughton misses from mid-range after Darcy drops a mark inside 50. (Q1 14:32)
Baker streaks through the centre with a couple of bounces and kicks to the pocket for Naughton to mark 25m out and goal. (Q1 15:29)
Bontempelli and Richards combine to win a HTB free on Graham 40m out on a slight angle, Bont claims the HTB through seniority even though he was second in, he misses the lot. (Q1 21:30)
Bontempelli and Richards combine to win a HTB free on Long 45m out on a slight angle, Richards claims the free this time, he kicks a behind. (Q1 24:19)
West misses from point blank range under pressure. (Q1 26:18)
Kennedy blazes to the right from half forward. (Q1 27:04)
Owies sprints away from a ball up on the HFF but shoots across the face and OOTF from the pocket 25m out, disappointingly. (Q2 2:17)
Flynn marks near the hotspot and kicks the Eagles’ first goal. (Q2 2:57)
Freijah receives an inside handball from Bontempelli and snaps very high off his right from the hotspot, goal umpire squats and squints near the right post then signals a goal. (Q2 5:02)
Croft leaps high in front of Bazzo for a contested grab over a pack near true CHF, his set shot looks great but falls on the line, Naughton marks and goals! (Q2 6:33)
Croft has the sit on Bazzo for another contested mark from a Liberatore snap from the HFF that falls short, no one is taking that off him for his first senior goal in game one! (Q2 8:47)
Ryan clears from the next bounce to Shanahan 40mm out on a slight angle, he hangs his kick to the right. (Q2 10:02)
Brockman intercepts a Dale kick across half back and passes to Owies near the hotspot, he converts. (Q2 11:08)
Owies roves on the HFF and passes inboard to Hewett 40m out on a slight angle, who tugs his set shot narrow to the left. (Q2 16:48)
The Dogs go coast to coast from the kick in, Davidson on the other end of the chain to goal from the square. Croft with the goal assist pass as well. (Q2 18:03)
Bailey Williams misses off the left from 40m in front. (Q2 19:09)
Cole’s unpressured handball to Maric on the last line is behind him and goes to ground, Dogs everywhere for the crumb, West feeds Croft a Joe the Goose special. (Q2 19:58)
Brockman marks a Ryan pass from outer wing to the flank 40m out but misses near side right. (Q2 23:04)
Richards sails through his first goal from a snap from the flank 35m out after receiving a hardfought handball from West. (Q2 26:43)
Bontempelli joins the party with a snap from 40m in front. (Q2 28:06)
McCarthy’s dump kick to CHB is intercepted by Johannisen who misses to the left. (Q2 32:49)
Brockman passes to Shanahan in the pocket 20m out who hits the near right post. (Q3 0:42)
Ryan feeds McCarthy after roving on the HFF for a short pass to Long 45m out on a slight angle, who converts. (Q3 3:13)
Cleary roves at half back and tries to baulk away from Shanahan but gets caught HTB. Set shot from 45m on a slight angle is hooked left. (Q3 5:07)
Croft gets a contact free on Ginbey 45m out on the flank, tries a set up kick that doesn’t work. (Q3 7:41)
Davidson marks a Kennedy pass 25m out on the fat side flank, he curls in goal number three. (Q3 9:52)
Bailey Williams feeds West for a running shot from 40m on the flank, he gets himself a goal to add to a number of assists. (Q3 12:22)
Baker passes to Naughton near the behind post on the end of another freewheeling rebound through the centre by the Bullies. Naughton boots his third major. (Q3 16:56)
Darcy punches a long, high-quality set shot from near the boundary 45m out for his third goal. (Q3 18:55)
Bontempelli gets posterised by Bailey J. Williams 25m out in the pocket, BJ misses across the face to the left. (Q3 26:00)
Owies marks 40m out on the flank but his set shot is short on the 3QT siren. (Q3 29:58)
Bontempelli misses a snap from the HFF to kick off Q4 junk time. (Q4 0:52)
Branble streaks ahead of Long with a couple of bounces through the centre, West marks over the outpositioned Brock 20m out for his second goal. (Q4 5:21)
Cripps plays on to advantage from a free to Shanahan in the pocket against Lobb for an arm chop, he kicks a garbage time goal from 20m. (Q4 8:32)
Bontempelli marks a Friejah pass over McCarthy 40m out on a slight angle and adds a second goal. (Q4 11:47)
Garcia misses off the left from the pocket 20m out. (Q4 13:52)
Croft marks over Baker 25m out on the flank but misses. (Q4 16:02)
West sails through his third goal from 35m. (Q4 19:36)
Garcia passes to Bontempelli 45m out on a slight angle who misses to the right. (Q4 26:22)
Richards is paid a mark at the same spot and kicks straight on the final siren. (Q4 29:22)
