Round 8 Essendon v Footscray @ Whitten Oval, 7pm Friday 9 June 2017

Lights much better than Punt Road but the oval is huge so hopefully they play the grandstand side…

2 Likes

Starting bench includes Morgan and Nobby.

Mutch Hocking Langford Loony start in the middle.

2 Likes

Slow start, we get two frees.

Go Donners!

Hasn’t gone their end yet

We lead 1-0

Boyse foot tap point in congestion.

2-0

They break free, get a man thirty on his own. All he has to do is run into goal, but he nearly stuffs that with a failed bounce on the wet turf.

2-6

Franga mark at defensive fifty. Turns and drills a spear to our forward fifty. Catches everyone off guard and Begley collects and goals.

8-6

3 Likes

45m penalty for Morgan over the mark.

8-7

Mutch high tackle frees: 2

They dropped a knee onto his head afterwards, just to make sure.

Ferry contested juggled mark of the wet ball.

1 Like

Morgan airies a handball straight to a Dog, in range.

8-13

Begley has permission to roam/start behind the square.

2 Likes

Fairly open game here. They mark 45 out on 45 angle.

Across the face but Campbell outmarks Loony and set shot banana is successful.

8-19

Long splits the middle, kicks long to Boyse but he drops it. Long keeps running, collects and a high snap is through!

Very nice.

14-19

6 Likes

Loony off, Draper middle.

14-20

Francis forward. Redman back.

Brawl, free to them reversed to us!

1 Like