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Taylor Walker booted the first goal but the Tigers have responded via Mykelti Lefau who marked deep in the forward line and kicked truly.
“They deserved it [the goal], they’ve actually been going pretty good early,” Mark Ricciuto said on Kayo Sports.
Crows 8, Tigers 7 with seven mins to go in Q1.
Power coach Josh Carr says injured midfielder Jason Horne-Francis should be fine despite hurting his knee late in today’s loss to the Swans.
“He’s hyperextended the knee and it obviously looked a lot worse on tv and we got a little bit worried about it,” Carr said.
“From all the testing it looks fine. ”
The Crows have a little pressure on them as they start tonight’s clash with Richmond at Adelaide Oval.
Geelong moved to 52 points and boosted their percentage to 120.6 during their win today, so the Crows need a win to keep hold of sixth spot.
Melbourne’s win today has made things very tight for those sides chasing a top-six spot.
Crows, 0, Tigers 0 with 19 mins to go in Q1.
Cats star Bailey Smith did his best to dead-bat questions about the concussion waiver scandal following Geelong’s win over Essendon tonight.
“I haven’t really noticed it to honest besides the cameras outside,” Smith told Kayo Sports.
“It’s above my pay grade that. I’m sure they are taking care of it. It’s in the AFL’s hands.
“I don’t know, as players, you don’t concern yourself with the noise. We just wrap our arms around Kolo [Jake Kolodjashnij], it’s annoying to have that spotlight on him.”
Smith said Kolodjashnij was doing well despite being in the middle of the spotlight. He didn’t play this weekend as the Cats VFL side has a bye.
“He’s good. He’s doing well. Positive as always and just an annoying one for him,” Smith told Kayo Sports.
The Cats have handled business against Essendon posting a thumping win despite persistent rain in Geelong.
Bailey Smith dominated in midfield with 38 disposals while Ollie Dempsey and Ollie Henry kicked four goals each as the Cats shrugged off a week of scandal to take a win and maintain their hopes of a top-six finish.
Gryan Miers felt for his troublesome knee during the second term but was able to play on, telling Kayo Sports that he had experienced this problem a couple of times and was able to play through it.
Tanner Bruhn kicked his first goal of the season on the siren.
The Swans have booted 26 goals in a thumping win over a hapless Port Adelaide at the SCG this evening.
According to Kayo Sports, the Swans kicked 52 pints (eight goals, four behinds) from the centre ball-ups which is a staggering tally.
The Power face a very nervous wait to hear if Jason Horne-Francis has seriously injured his knee after he went off late in the match.
Charlie Curnow kicked five goals, Errol Gulden had 39 disposals.
Power fans face a nervous night as Jason Horne-Francis changed directions and went down with a knee injury.
He was able to walk off but didn’t look completely comfortable. It would be a horrible blow for the Power if he was to suffer a serious knee injury this late in the season.
Meanwhile, Gulden has been passed fit and returned to play. He’s even booted a goal.
Swans 130, Power 64 with nine mins to play.
Things have got a bit scrappy in Geelong, but the Cats are still in command heading into the last change.
All eyes will be on any injury scares considering the finals are approaching at a rate of knots.
Bailey Smith has the most disposals so far with 27 while Zach Merrett has 21.
