SA Footy

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

GAME ON!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Go the Eagles!!

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

The Dark Knight wrote:Go the Eagles!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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