R16 v Richmond

[Boyler_Room]

Seconds later, Hille taps, Stanton sharks and hits Lucas on the chest.... GOAL! 1 point ball game!!!

[Boyler_Room]

Watson with a great tackle forces a deliberate out of bounds... pings the ball in.. contested ball, Slattery gets the hard ball and snaps a goal!

Dons in front!

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Laycock sounds like he's getting to the ball well but just can't take a mark. Can't get clean possession.

Lloyd had the chance to trap the ball but apparently illegally disposed of his man. Bummer. Was a chance to get a goal up and really hurt the Tigers.

[The Man from Bomberland]

I love how the footy club is responding over the last few weeks. Despite all our injury concerns the boys just simply refuse to throw in the towel. Very proud of them.

[Boyler_Room]

Lucas kicks off the ground? Sounds like it was a miraculous goal from the pocket!

11 points up!

[Splodge]

Lucas with a freak goal.

ABC commentator on the radio nearly had a heart attack

[Boyler_Room]

Tired players for us. They're in dire need of a break but with only one guy on the bench we don't have the players to rotate...

Stanton breaks away down the wing and Lloyd ends up with the ball 40m out lining up. A goal here would really hurt the Tigers.

Kick on its way... misses to the left.

[Boyler_Room]

Morton is getting a mountain of the ball. We're lucky he's not converting in the third. Kicks another behind... although Hughes just got a free inide 50 for being slung without it. A goal here for the Tigers could hurt us given they'll be a kick behind after we've dominated the quarter....

Goal. Bugger.

Tired Bombers and only a kick in it. Tigers could run over us here.

[Boyler_Room]

Running the clock down to 3QT. Chip passing... and siren goes. Up by 4 points.

Rich 12.9.81
Ess 13.7.85

[Splodge]

Un-F******-believable...I did the same last year in the last game thinking they were gone! Win, lose or draw.....gutsy. [/quote]

Agree no matter what the result, you've got to give the players their due. =D> =D> =D>
There's a newly installed purpose of refusing to believe the game's over. Last couple of seasons 24 points down and 2 players down, the 2nd half would have been ugly

[The Man from Bomberland]

Sounds like they're out on their feet. Running the clock down was a smart move. We're going to need a herculean effort here to get over the line.

[Royza]

Brill qtr. Quick & long out of the centre. Lucas goal similar to Lloyd out of the air in 99.

[Boyler_Room]

LAYCOCK MISSES FROM THE GOALSQUARE?!?!?! WHAT? Certain goal surely? We can't afford to waste chances like that with 1 player on the bench.

[Boyler_Room]

Laycock is wasting a spot on our list but Lloyd makes the best of a shocker kick. 9 metres out kicking for goal.... BANG!!! 11 points up again!

[Splodge]

Lloyd - get in

[Boyler_Room]

Polo tries to handball ? NLM steals it but loses the ball... Brown snaps and replies to the Lloyd goal pretty quickly.

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Brown crumbs again inside a minute and snaps another goal. Tigers up by a point.

[dom_105]

Laycock, please.

[dom_105]

Thank the lord.

[Boyler_Room]

Laycock pulls his finger out and takes a mark... and follows up with a goal! Back in front!
That was Reimers' goal. We need a few more of those! 5 points up with half the last quarter gone.

Kane Johnson gets the free inside 50 and will line up to put them back in front.