Brisbane get home in the end. One of the best last quarters I've seen in a fair while. Incredibly tough, tight football, and Brisbane have certainly shown they aren't dead yet. Even with an aging list and the Crows on fire, they scrapped it out for 10 agonising minutes, and Sherman sealed it with a goal with a minute to play.
Black, Power and Lappin had brilliant games in the midfield and matched it with Ricciuto and Edwards, and the huge second terms from Black and Power were the difference in the end, as they did what none of the Adelaide players could do and hit targets in the forward line. Black finished with 31 possessions and Power 29. For the Crows Ricciuto was great with 32 touches and 2 goals, and Thompson had an incredible second hafl after spending the first off the field with a dislocated finger, and finished with 21 possessions and 3 goals. Rutten was not far off best afield (probably Power overall), and not only smashed Brown but also drove the Crows off halfback and won the hard ball countless times. He finished with an amazing 21 possessions from full/half-back, and in the process held Brown to 11 touches, 4 marks and just 1 goal.
Better use through the midfield was the difference between the sides in the end, with the Crows having an amazing 66 more possessions and 6 more scoring shots, and nevertheless went down by 9 points.
