Round 4 Live Scores

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Welcome to Fort Subi for the first match of Round 4 between the Weagles and Bombers.

Current odds have West Coast into $1.56 and Essendon out to $2.45 (at Footytips.com.au at the time of originally posting)

Follow the match on MMM, 6PR, ABC Grandstand, and SEN ... Justin has the NRL back but still the only AFL "coverage" is from that bloke in Tennessee ...

Teams as nominated are
for WCE
M.Brown
D.Cox
B.Dalziell
B.Ebert
A.Embley
D.Glass
A.Hams
A.Hansen
B.Jones
J.Kennedy
D.Kerr
M.LeCras [ooh-ahh]
C.Masten
P.McGinnity
N.Naitanui [named this week as the league's best player to-be ...]
M.Priddis
M.Rosa
W.Schofield
A.Selwood
S.Selwood
M.Spangher
B.Waters

and for ESS
T.Colyer
C.Dempsey
R.Dyson
D.Fletcher
S.Gumbleton
D.Hille
H.Hocking
C.Hooker
B.Houli
M.Hurley
S.Lonergan
N.Lovett-Murray
J.Melksham
T.Pears
K.Reimers
P.Ryder
H.Slattery
J.Watson
A.Welsh
M.Williams
J.Winderlich
D.Zaharakis

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GAME ON!!

WCE $1.61
ESS $2.60
(from Betfair at opening-bounce)

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First blood to Ooh Ahh Marc Lecras
WCE 1.0 6
ESS 0.0 0
0:20 into the first

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It takes exactly 5min for the Bombers to respond
WCE 1.1 7
ESS 1.0 6
5:20 into the first

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Natanui gets one
WCE 2.1 13
ESS 1.0 6
7:06 into the first

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JJK gets one for the home team
WCE 3.1 19
ESS 1.0 6
9:28 into the first

JJK = Josh Kennedy = forever-blue

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Zaharakis the Greek
WCE 3.1 19
ESS 2.1 13
11:47 into the first

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Coxie ... phone that one through!!
WCE 4.2 26
ESS 2.1 13
16:29 into the first

[The Dark Knight]

Go the Eagles!!

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Paddy Ryder on the storm bags his second
WCE 4.2 26
ESS 3.1 19
19:35 into the first

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Go the Eagles!!

$1.30 for the home-team, and $3 for the visitors

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Williams shows no mercy
WCE 4.2 26
ESS 4.1 25
22:12 into the first

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JJK misses
WCE 4.3 27
ESS 4.1 25
24:20 into the first

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Hurley burley puts the visitors ahead
WCE 4.3 27
ESS 5.1 31
26:01 into the first

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Mitch Brown misses
WCE 4.4 28
ESS 5.1 31
27:15 gone in the first

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Ooh Ahh puts the Weagles back in front
WCE 5.3 33
ESS 5.1 31
29:22 gone in the first

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Ash Hansen misses
WCE 5.5 35
ESS 5.1 31
31:15 gone in the first

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There's the quarter

WCE
Scorers
M.LeCras 2.0
J.Kennedy 1.1
D.Cox, N.Naitanui 1.0
A.Hansen, M.Brown 0.1
Rushed 0.3

103 Possessions
M.Priddis 11
A.Embley 10
D.Cox, J.Kennedy, D.Kerr, A.Selwood, B.Waters 7
Rushed 0.3

ESS
Scorers
P.Ryder 2.0
D.Zaharakis, M.Hurley, M.Williams 1.0
Rushed 0.1

88 Possessions
R.Dyson 8
J.Watson, A.Welsh 7
D.Hille 6
H.Hocking, S.Lonergan, N.Lovett-Murray, J.Melksham 5

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Ebert opens his account for the second stanza
WCE 6.5 41
ESS 5.1 31
0:43 into the second

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Rosa follows through with his own account-opener
WCE 7.5 47
ESS 5.2 32
4:46 gone in the second