Adelaide vs North Melbourne

2022 - 8 - 13

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Star Roo's inspirational comeback; New-look Crows extend shock ... (Fox Sports)

Star Roo's inspirational comeback; New-look Crows extend shock streak: The 3-2-1.

“He‘s got the best sideways step, great agility, weaves in and out of traffic. I’ve seen him shrug blokes like Rory Laird and Sam Berry, who are the number one and two tacklers in the competition. Darcy Fogarty has been a key in that.” I don’t know what’s clicked this year but it has clicked, he’s had a massive three months. It was a real show of emotion,” Mark Ricciuto told Fox Footy. Wayne Milera (back) was a late out, replaced by James Rowe in the starting side. “Came to the club in 2017, started with a bang and then had a flat spot for a few years. The Crows missed a couple of chances in front of goal along with the Roos, but Taylor Walker nailed a set shot to get the second goal of the match. “He wasn’t just having a couple of tears at the start of the game. Paul Curtis helped steady North Melbourne with a goal in the backend of the third quarter. While goals to Fogarty and Walker put the Crows up by two goals, a scoring procession from the Roos followed, with three straight goals to go with some incredible dominance out of the centre. The Kangaroos looked inspired by the return of star Ben Cunnington for his first game of the season, but missed opportunities and a flurry of injuries in the second half saw them run out of gas as the Crows finished strongly.

Depleted Kangaroos come up short against Crows (The Age)

North Melbourne bravely embodied the fight of comeback king Ben Cunnington, but ultimately ran out of soldiers in their endeavours to steal an upset of ...

“I thought early he was really good,” interim Kangaroos coach Leigh Adams said. “She’s cried about two-three times in our whole life. With Cunnington, in his first AFL match in more than a year following two bouts of cancer, inspiring with his mere presence, and Luke Davies-Uniacke running absolute riot, the Kangaroos uncorked a sizzling second term to turn an early 23-point deficit into a 14-point lead early in the third stanza. I honestly couldn’t have got back without her. She’s been there every bit of it. Two hours before the opening bounce, Cunnington spent a moment alone in the middle of Adelaide Oval before walking the square and taking a seat in the circle, pondering his harrowing but incredible journey.

Crows overcome Roos as North star makes inspirational return (AFL)

ADELAIDE has denied inspirational midfielder Ben Cunnington a fairytale AFL return as it overcame a spirited North Melbourne challenge to run away to a 29-point victory on Saturday. The Crows proved too slick for the Kangaroos and finished stronger, ...

Davies-Uniacke and Jy Simpkin combined incredibly in the first half, with the former having seven centre clearances before the Crows slowed his impact. Darcy Fogarty's impressive late-season form continued on Saturday. The forward booted his third four-goal haul of the season and second in as many weeks, moving onto 30 goals in 2022, with 28 of those coming since round 11. Cunnington was the main man as the North midfielder returned for his first AFL game since round 19, 2021. It left room for the momentum to swing and the teams headed into the final quarter with scores level. It was a solid first outing back at AFL level for the 31-year-old, who finished with 17 disposals and three clearances. While North had it all to play for in Cunnington's return, with captain Jack Ziebell subbed out of the match and Jaidyn Stephenson (back) also sidelined, it was Adelaide who finished with the running.

AFLW Match Report: Crows go down in practice match (Adelaide Crows)

Adelaide went down to North Melbourne by two points in an AFLW practice game at West Lakes on Saturday. There were, however, plenty of positive signs from ...

“(I was) really happy with her game,” Clarke said. “She is coming along really well,” Clarke said. “That was Chelsea’s first game for the year,” Clarke said. “(She) won a lot the ball, was able to bring her teammates into the game by driving her legs out of contests, so that was really good.” “I thought her game was really strong,” Clarke said. “The start was good, we had the game in our half,” Clarke told AFC Media.

Kangaroos edge premiers in pre-season thriller (North Melbourne Football Club)

The North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos have continued their strong pre-season with a two-point victory over premiers Adelaide.

"Jenna Bruton was good in the midfield too, Kim Rennie was really strong in the ruck and up forward I thought Tess Craven was really good and 'Tahls' (Randall) looked really dangerous." "I thought Amy Smith showed a fair bit on the wing and we put her onball for a short period of time, she was really clean. "It really has been a work in progress, it hasn't been just one pre-season, but now we're into the third pre-season under me and really the first pre-season was a bit of a write-off with COVID anyway because we were only training in groups of 10. "I thought Nicole Bresnehan was super off half-back and there were a number of backs who were very good like Sarah Wright, Jas Ferguson and the skipper, 'Kearns' (Kearney)," he said. "It should be giving them more and more evidence that the concepts that we're training, the concepts that we go through on a regular basis both in theaterette with walk-throughs and training drills, you can really see it coming to fruition," he said. Despite a scoreless final term from the visitors, the Roos were able to hang on and win 3.2 (20) to 2.6 (18).

AFL Round 22 Adelaide overrun spirited Kangaroos in AFL (ESPN)

Adelaide have denied inspirational midfielder Ben Cunnington a fairytale AFL return as they overcame a spirited North Melbourne challenge to run away to a ...

"He had a tear in his eye when he put his jumper back on today. While the Kangaroos had it all to play for, with captain Jack Ziebell (shoulder) subbed out of the match and Jaidyn Stephenson (back), Jed Anderson (concussion) and Paul Curtis (shoulder) also sidelined, it was Adelaide who finished with the running. The Crows proved too slick and finished stronger than the injury-hit Kangaroos, kicking the only five goals of the final term on their way to a 15.13 (103) to 10.14 (74) triumph at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.