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AFL Live: Caddy's moment of brilliance as Bombers surge in Brisbane; Riewoldt issues warning for the game

Loading Key posts 9.11pm 'We're in trouble': Riewoldt warning 8.12pm The stats to quarter-time 8.07pm QT: Injury concern for Lions on siren 7.24pm Scott praises Bomber debutant 7.16pm Fagan reveals forward planning 6.55pm Thirty-second guide to tonight's game 6.47pm The road to the finals Hide key posts Posts area Latest posts Latest posts 9.34pm The numbers to three-quarter-time 9.30pm 3QT: Late frustration for Bombers Essendon has coughed up another junk-time goal. As the clock ticked under two minutes in the third term, the Bombers turned the ball over, the Lions swept forward, and they found Eric Hipwood in the pocket. Hipwood nailed his first goal to push their lead back out to 12 points. That is the second time in the game, they have conceded late in a quarter. Brisbane's Logan Morris booted a six-pointer just on the stroke of half-time. Still, the Bombers are in this match up to their eyeballs. Since a disappointing opening term, they have outscored Brisbane eight goals to four. Jy Caldwell and Nic Martin have led the charge with 29 and 25 possessions. Martin also has two goals. For Brisbane, Hugh McCluggage has racked up 29 disposals. Dual Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale has been relatively quiet with nine kicks and nine handballs. Interestingly, the Lions have had just one multiple goalscorer in Kai Lohman with two. 9.23pm Caddy's moment of brilliance Excitement machine Nate Caddy has kicked the goal of the night and tied the scores in the process. The peroxide blond bombshell pounced on a loose ball in the square and threw it straight on his boot to send it straight back over his head and through the big sticks. Yes, that's right, scores are level. How did that happen, you ask? Few predicted this game would be a thriller, but we are definitely headed in that direction. Albeit with a quarter still to play. The Bombers were trailing by 12 points before Will Setterfield marked and goaled for Essendon, and then Caddy snapped a beauty. 9.18pm Lions buy some space Brisbane have grabbed a goal back. Darcy Gardiner marked and booted truly. It is their first goal of the third term and second since quarter time. There is more heat in the game, as Brisbane start to wake from their slumber. The Lions have eight individual goal kickers. 9.15pm Bombers keep coming No one saw this coming. Certainly, not in our blogosphere. Essendon were lame ducks in the first term, outscored six goals to one. But what a turnaround. They have now kicked six of the last seven, and trail by five points. The last came off the boot of Nic Martin who has two for the night. So far in the third term they have also had majors come from Jy Caldwell and Nate Caddy. The Lions have kicked just one goal since the first term. 9.11pm 'We're in trouble': Riewoldt warning St Kilda champion Nick Riewoldt believes the game is in trouble if players pull out of marking contests for fear of taking out an opponent running back with the flight of the ball. Riewoldt was referring to a significant moment in the Essendon-Brisbane game during the second term. It happened when Brisbane's Callum Ah Chee was running towards the ball but then stopped in his tracks to let Essendon's Mason Redman come back with the flight so that he could fly for the mark uncontested. Redman was unable to hold the grab. Fremantle captain Alex Pearce was suspended for three matches by the match review officer when he clashed front-on with Port Adelaide's Darcy Byrne-Jones, who was concussed running back with the flight, in a similar marking contest. Pearce had the suspension overturned on appeal. 'If Ah Chee gets him high, even if he's looking to spoil the ball, and his eyes fractionally go off the ball, he's going to be looking at three weeks and then another controversial incident,' Kane Cornes said on Seven. But Riewoldt said Ah Chee should be able to continue into the contest. 'I think Ah Chee has just as much right to make a play on the ball as Redmond does in that situation,' Riewoldt said. 'As long as your eyes are on the ball, and you're opening yourself up to mark the football, well, then you know, you can compete. You can get a fist in. You can compete for the ball just as hard as the guy coming back. 'I don't think we can take that out of our game.' Cornes said the players were in a difficult spot because of the scrutiny on bumps and head knocks. Riewoldt said he would be fascinated by the AFL's view on the scenario. 'If the AFL come out and say, 'This is what we want players to do', then I think the game's in trouble.' 9.06pm Bombers land early blow The Bombers have kicked the first two goals of the second half and continue to steamroll their way back into this match. Excitement machine Nate Caddy marked and kicked the first major, and then soon after Jy Caldwell roved a ruck contest in the forward 50 and snapped truly. The Bombers have now kicked five of the past six to close a 32-point quarter-time deficit back to 14 points. 8.45pm The stats to half-time 8.40pm HT: Bombers serve it up to Lions After a dismal opening term, Essendon have been more competitive in the second quarter. They trail by 26 points but at least won that second term. They booted the first three goals after quarter-time, two of them to Peter Wright, but coughed up a goal to Brisbane's Logan Morris in the final minute before half-time. It was a particularly bitter blow because moments earlier Essendon's Jade Gresham had marked 40m from goal and instead of going back to take the kick, he played on and his rushed shot on goal travelled low and was marked in the goal square by Brisbane's Jaspa Fletcher. Fletcher was able to move the ball quickly out of defence in a passage of play that lead to the Morris goal. Despite the mini-fightback, the game has definitely fallen in Brisbane's favour. They lead the possession count 213 to 159. Jarrod Berry (18 disposals) and Hugh McCluggage (17 disposals) have been the prime movers through the midfield. The Lions have seven individual goal kickers. For the Bombers, Nic Martin has impressed with 17 disposals and fine field kicking, while forward Nate Caddy has shown flashes of brilliance, flying for an impressive high mark in that second term as well as taking a bouncing run down the wing. The Bombers have not activated their sub, but have had injury concerns. Sam Durham hobbled off with an ankle injury and Jade Gresham needed treatment for what looked like a thigh issue. Both returned to the field in the second term with restricted movement.