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Adelaide v Richmond AFL Round 16: Live updates, SuperCoach scores, teams
Can the Crows get their three-headed monster back up and running as well? At the start of the season the three-tall forward line of Riley Thilthorpe, Taylor Walker and Darcy Fogarty – with Dan Curtin flicking between a wing and attack – looked like it could be a point of difference for Matthew Nicks. While the question was around how would the Crows' defence stack up against the good sides of the competition. At the midway point of their season, the questions have been reversed. Against the top nine sides of the competition, the Crows defence is standing up quite nicely. Their clearance to score against is the best in the competition, their score per inside 50 against is third in the competition, while their intercept to score against is seventh in the competition. It isn't being reflected offensively though. The Crows are 16th for intercept to score and score per inside 50 against top nine sides, while their clearance to score is 17th. Only twice against top nine sides, Round 4 against Gold Coast and Round 5 against Geelong have the Crows scored above 70 points so far this year. And the weather is only getting colder and wetter, and the ball only more slippery. Port Adelaide premiership player Dean Brogan said ground ball games became extremely important as the season went on. 'The three talls are starting to become a talking point,' he said on Grandstand SA. 'They haven't performed of late, they were really good at the start of the year when the grounds were dry. 'They are not getting off the chain like they were at the start of the year, it is something they will probably have a look at during their week off. 'Are they getting the output they want from these three talls? Because in the middle of winter and towards the back-end of the season the ground ball game becomes very important and the best teams in the comp have really good ground ball games and if you are two tall you get found out. 'I think the three talls have to be looked at.' In the Crows' last game against Hawthorn, Thilthorpe, Walker and Fogarty combined for just the seven points. The week before against Brisbane just Thilthorpe and Walker finished with a goal, in a pleasing sign that the Crows can win without the three firing on all cylinders. But the issue will be can the Crows go so tall – Curtin has been performing well prior to the bye – at a stage of the season where the ball is more on the deck? Adelaide coaching director Murray Davis said the Crows would take seven shots from their three-tall attack most weeks, and they wanted to have multiple avenues to goal. 'If you look at the last two games, Hawthorn and Brisbane, both teams really struggled to hit the scoreboard,' he said. 'So let's look at the bigger picture and what we were able to do. 'When we get our ball movement going and we are able to give those guys the opportunities they have shown and we have shown that we are a pretty hard team to stop. 'What makes a really good team is having a lot of difference avenues to goal. 'We don't want to rely on our three key forwards being the ones impacting the scoreboard each week because I think if you do have that it becomes easier to defend.' Davis knows just how potent a firing three-tall forward line can be. Previous side Brisbane won last year's flag with Joe Daniher, Eric Hipwood and Logan Morris – although he is 191cm – spearheading the Lions' forward line. So it can work and bring the ultimate success.
The Age
11-05-2025
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Merrett incident could shake up Brownlow; Super Saturday lives up to the hype as Hawks, Bombers, Suns, Crows win
Can Port push again? By Steve Barrett Darcy Fogarty struck the first blow of the fourth quarter, snapping truly after a chain of handballs involving Izak Rankine and Riley Thilthorpe to put Adelaide up by nine points. Port Adelaide activated their sub to start the term, with young Christian Moraes coming on for Jed McEntee. Early in the quarter, Zak Butters, who dominated the third stanza, went off in clear pain following a strong bump on the members' wing from Josh Worrell. 10.28pm on May 10, 2025 Emotional Rioli proud to be playing at home in Darwin Gold Coast star Daniel Rioli admits his side were a bit lucky to keep ahead of the Western Bulldogs in the final seconds. 'The Dogs are humming at the moment, but we've tried to build our fortress here,' Daniel Rioli told Fox Footy. 'They came at us hard, and I think we were lucky enough to get the win – they dug deep at the end and that's a good win. 'They've got Bont, they've got a lot of players who can turn a game for them.' Rioli – whose family has strong ties to Darwin footy with one of the stands named after Maurice Rioli – said it was emotional to play just his second AFL game in the Territory. 'It's pretty emotional, to be honest. I have a lot of family here and I played a lot of my junior footy here with guys like Ben Long and some of the other indigenous boys like Malcolm Rosas and Joel Jeffrey – it's amazing to get back here,' he said. 'We played the Dream Time game [with Richmond] here in 2020 and to get back here for more games this year in front of family and friends, it's amazing.' 10.20pm on May 10, 2025 A thrilling finish looms By Steve Barrett Port Adelaide lead most of the key statistics, but Adelaide's superior efficiency in attack – or, more specifically, a guy named Riley Thilthorpe – had the Crows ahead by two points at three-quarter-time. Led by Zak Butters, the Power extended their dominance at the contest, in clearances and inside-50s in the third term. Port are in the hunt, but they are 0-8 in fourth quarters in 2025. They will need to buck that trend and frank their other advantages if they are to reel the Crows in as a typically barnstorming Showdown finish looms. Early in the final term, the Crows hold a three-point advantage, 10.9 (69) to 10.6 (66).
