Live Updates – Essendon Bombers v Brisbane Lions – Round 15 from Telstra Dome

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AFL Round 15 – Essendon Bombers v Brisbane Lions – 7:10pm AEST Live from Telstra Dome

Can the Bombers make the 8? Can the Lions show a bit of heart in Melbourne? We’ll go a bit of the way to finding out the answers tonight in the big clash at the Dome, and we’re bringing the updates to you live with a guest commentator, mad Essendon supporter and wily wordsmith Kain ‘Pokey’ Moore. No doubt Pokey will be putting allegiances to one side to bring you all the action with a twist so check back here as the big clash rolls around for the no holds barred news you won’t get anywhere else!

No rumours on any late changes at the moment but will release any news ASAP.

Many thanks for the opportunity lads. Should be a cracking game this! The start is around 45 minutes away so join me in about 30 minutes for some pre game entertainment. If you have not seen the incident of Cameron Ling’s snoz introducing itself to Dean Solomon’s elbow look out for it later on the TV. Solo Man will be heading for a long spell i would assume.

6:40pm – Latest Betting

H2H – Brisbane $1.55 Bombers $2.40
Line – Brisbane – 11.5 $1.90 Bombers +11.5 $1.90

I am taking the $2.40 on the bombers tonight and don’t mind parting with the $100 kermit to do so. Also to start us off with a bang i have had a lazy purple haze on the temple Mcphee and Scott Lucas to kick the first of the night. If your having a punt let me know who your on.

Thanks for the well wishes Nigel.

First Quarter

20.00 – Ray Chamberlain makes his presence felt early with a soft free kick to Black. Ryder gone to Brown, Interesting Clarke on Lloyd.

18.55 – First to the Dons!!! Woo hooooo… Sorry can’t show bias. Spike Mcveigh drills it from 40 out on a tight angle

17.35 – Brown to Bradshaw who marks 15 out, tight angle and nails it. Scores are level 6 a piece. Could be a tough night for Ryder and the veteran Fletcher

16.30 – Interesting Shane Stewart umpiring from Tasmania. He could bounce the ball into the roof this fella.

16.24 – Joel Patful has a barry crocker. Holding the ball as Lucas lines up from 45 out. It’s a sausage roll. Ess 12 BL 6. Dear me Lethal needs to give this kid a spray getting caught by Lucas!

15.00 – Jobe Watson finishes on the left for another major after a good build up with Nash, Peverill getting touches. Bombers by 13

14.40 – Hille dominating in the ruck. Long ball forward as big Jay Neagle snags a goal with a snap 20m out. Great signs early as Leigh Matthews is calling for accountability from his troops

13.44 – Laycock marks 47m out, tight angle…. His flowing locks get in his eyes and he misses to the left – ESS 26 BL 6

12.24 – Must be at least a minute since Lions touched the pill!!!!!

10.59 – A team lifting goal to the lions. Collier takes on 2 defenders and breaks a tackle to slot it. Needed goal to say the least for the lions. Ess 26 BL 12

10.28 – JETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Leroy attacks the ball runs inside 50 and nails it. Nearly lost my Carlton Pure Blonde in the excitement

9.59 – Slattery gives away another free kick. I feel Ess play better when this bloke gets knocked out. Browny knock him out!!!!! Black lines up from 45m out and nails it. He must be a chance for the brownlow Black. Can play. Ess 32 BL 18

8.10 – JB gives away free down back – Needs to play in front son. Ball transfers up the ground for Stanton who marks 45 out. and NAILS it. WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW great game so far, free flowing footy… No doubt Razor will insert his influence soon as the game is not about him yet. Ess 38 BL 18

7.07 – Laycock takes a tubby taylor slips catch on the 3rd attempt. marks 30 out should drill this. Misses!!! Ess 39 BL 18

5.50 – JB marks 50 out and kicks it into Paddy. You would say looking at JB he has lost a packet at Moonee Valley today. Does not look interested. Probably come out and kick 10 now

4.00 – Hille and Black dead set knocked each other out on the wing. Black not good. This game has it all….. Exciting first quarter. In the meantime Lucas slots another as the dons get a mini break. WOW wish i could type quicker. Black ok too. Ess 45 BL 18

2.30 – JAY MONSTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR NASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH goes bang with the prune from 55 out after a handball from leroy jetta and it goes post high straight through the high diddle diddle.. Ess 51 BL 18

1.24 – Brown marks 40 out after L/Murray gets pinged for holding the pill. Poor turnover Essendon and JB kicks an easy goal. To say that was needed is like saying Stew Brown needs weightwatchers, It was that obvious Ess 51 BL 24

END OF THE FIRST QUARTER -

Ess 8.3.51 BL 4.0.24 Ess by 27

Ash McGrath tries to fire up his team by jumping punching a few bombers. he doesnt connect with any as Ray informs him it might be best to touch the pig skin before he tries to throw his 70 kgs around.

The bombers dominating around the ground early with the backline of Fletcher and Paddy doing a great job. Lions midfield can’t get near it with no influence from Black, Johnstone or Power at the moment

Second Quarter

19.22 – Lets hope i don’t cramp up in the fingers here. Super quick game of footy

19.00 – Darcy tells us Solo-man coming up at half time to apologise for Cameron Ling hitting his elbow. Ling should be apologising to him. It’s not the WWE dean!

16.54 – First blood to the Lions as Fletcher loses touch and Bradshaw takes a strong grab and drills it 15m out. Ess 51 BL 30

15.40 – Maybe a momentum change here as the Lions doing all the attacking. Brown snaps and hits the woodwork. Ess 51 BL 32

14.30 – Stats – Mcveigh 13, Stanton 10, Watson 9, Welsh 13, Peverill 10, Black 9

13.34 – Bradshaw strong mark on the boundary but coughs it up. No Score

12.50 – Travis Johnstone bringing back the glory days scoops up the prune and with his 6th possesion slots a major to bring the lions ever closer Ess 51 BL 38. the gap closes to 13

12.27 – clearance to the Dons with a big kick from Slattery sees a pack fly, no one touches the pill and Lucas stays down, he must have a magnet Scotty as it follows him and he snaps a goal. First score for the quarter to the dons Ess 57 Bl 38

11.35 – Lions lifting now as this quarter is completley different from the first. Brown gets a free for holding 25m out. Dons fans not happy but i am sorry Paddy it was there. Brown has 2 now and may make me look a fool. Ess 57 BL 44

10.35 – Ray Chamberlain and Shane Stewart making the game all about them!!!! For christ sakes i am a maggot and i am all over these blokes. It is football not netball.

7.43 – Clearances – Welsh 6 Watson 5 Black 4

5.20 – Bombers go end to end untouched with McVeigh shooting 45 out on the run, Pattful slides in and gets a pinky to make the save. great effort by Patful saves a goal.

4.50 – Bradshaw marks 45 out and slots it for his 50th goal of the year. Margin back to 10. Ess 60 BL 50. If he was at any other team Bradshaw would of played alot more football.

4.13 – Hille again dominates with a tap to Lonergan who delivers to Captain Matty. He will have a sherrin print on his tit after that it was a rocket. Lloyd boots it home for a much needed goal. Ess 66 BL 50

3.08 – Brown gets smashed by Laycock and it is a Dominic Cork for mine. He will battle on though

1.27 – Has to be said SOFT free kick to Monfries and JETTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA swoops on the advantage, runs a good 17m and nails it in the square WOWWWWWWWWWW. ESS 72 BL 51
Vossy tells us 14 clearances to 4 for the game bombers way. Work Vossy now go to WCE.

0.50 – Scotty Lucas has a big barry crocker, boots it into the man on the mark, as he has a magnet on him though the ball comes back to him and he snaps on the left for a sausage roll Ess 78 BL 52

HALF TIME – ESS 12.6 78 TO BL 8.4 52

It’s half time drinks here now and i am being sponsored by CARLTON PURE BLONDE, full strength low carbs @ $40.99 at your local Bottle-O. What a funny first half of football. Essendon completley dominating the centre breaks 15-4. The second quarter was like 2 teams that will struggle to play finals football unlike the first!! Allow me to refill the stubby holder and i will back for dream team and stats. Let me know your thoughts on the first half and if your having a tipple your choice of beverage for tonight. Grisham would not find me on CSI tonight as i have no prints left on the tips of my fingers!

STATS – Mcveigh 16, Watson 15, Welsh 15, Stanton 14, Peverill 14 for the Lions Power 16, Johnstone 13, Notting 12, Black 11, Brennan 11

Dream Team Leaders – Lucas 73 (4 goals), McVeigh 60, Stanton 76 for the Lions Power 64, Bradshaw 61

Keep those comments coming ppl. Thanks Emma and Nigel for your comments. Who do you go for? Any comments on the game? What are we all drinking? If the bombers keep this up i am cashing in the winning ticket and heading to the Observatory tonight. Just got to put the Mrs to bed and we will kick on. WOOOO WOWWWWW WIIIIIIIii

Third Quarter

20.00 – Quarter starts, Brown looks ginger with that corky but he is out there. lonergan got cleaned up fairly and he is seeing stars for sure. Lets hope for his sake he’s not seeing Ashton Kutcher. Make anyone ill that would

18.18 – First blood to the lions as bradshaw kicks his fourth and he is happy with it from 30 out. Turnover from Dustin Fletcher hurts the dons. ESS 79 BL 58

16.50 – Bradshaw takes a great one hander on Fletcher. Matty Knights may need to look at this matchup. Maybe Mal Michael is in the stands. He misses to the right Ess 79 BL 59

15.00 – Slow start from both teams in the third. Looks like the Lions have players back and the bombers cant get it into their 50m

13.45 – The lions scrap it forward and a good handball from Trav to JB and then to Brennan who kicks an easy goal. No essendon player in sight. Where were they? Perhaps doing a Tristan Heffernan and going to McDonalds for another burger. Ess 79 BL 65

12.48 – Worrying times for Bombers fans. JB marks 50 out pops it to the square and Black pounces on the loose ball for another lions goal. Need to man up in the hackline lads. Ess 79 BL 71 margin back to 8 and BL dominating the centre with last 7 clearances

11.30 – Welsh out of the pack to my man Lonergan who is right in front 35 out. He is still seeing Ashton as that is a woeful kick for goal. Minor score Ess 80 BL 71

11.00 – Stew Brown says to me F**K, Lonergan seeing 5 posts. Too true Stew too true

10.08 – Brown marks 30 out and nails it. Here come the Lions as all their guns are lifting!!! Brown now has 3 and the margin back to 2 points. My kermit may be leaving me for the safety of the tote.

9.37 – Rischitelli clearance for the lions, follows up with a mongrel punt that avoids all the players and the lions in front!!!!!! BL 84 Ess 80

7.42 – FAIR DINKUM – The umps are slaughtering the game ppl. Hille gets molested and Stewart calls play on. It somehow ends up with JETTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA who snaps truly and the Bombers back in front ESS 87 BL 84.. As lou would say it’s a ringer ding dinger!!!!!!

6.54 – LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Kicks goal of the night with a deft right footer that dribbles through the big sticks A LA Wayne Gretzky in 1991. ESS 93 BL 84

6.21 – Mark to Longergan who goes bang with the woofer valve from 55 out with a monster punt. He says goodbye to Ashton and Hello Demi with a major. ESS 99 BL 84

5.59 – Another clearance to Bombers and it ends up with my man Longergan who gets 50m as Selwood had a massive brain explosion and slung him to the ground. Lonergan must of mentioned his mum or something!!! Goalskieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Ess 105 BL 84

3.51 – Stanton to Lovett Murray to Angus Monfries who takes a mark ALA peter taylor in 1988. Great mark, plays on tight angle and it is home. ESS 111 BL 84. Hard to beleive 8 minutes ago lions were infront – Stole that from Quarters

2.49 – Selwood runs the wing and the ball ends up with JB 35 out tight angle. Captains kick this. Great Kick and goal. JB brings up 50 goals also. Ess 111 BL 90

0.31 – Brown marks tight angle. Hard kick this but he can do it. Misses to the right as three qtr time comes along.

END OF THIRD QTR

ESS 17.9.111
BL 14.8.92

Bombers were headed and looked gone but thanks to Lloyd and Lonergan they stood tall. Power, Bradshaw, Brown keys for the Lions

STATS – McVeigh 24, Welsh 23, Stanton 21 Watson 19 for the Lions Rischitelli 18 (9 that Qtr) Johnstone 17 Notting 17 Power 18

DREAM TEAM – Stanton 101 – Rischitelli 87

LAST QUARTER

19.01 – Lovett bursts through the middle with 2 bounces as the ball goes long to lucas who gets his arms chopped much to the disgust of Michael Voss – VOSSY P**S OFF TO THE WCE. You can’t commentate. Lucas misses 1 point only ESS 112 BL 92

17.53 – Orange boot man Reimers with a daisy cutter to Lucas, who marks 40 out should nail this Scott. And he does. The bombers by 26 early in the last. ESS 118 BL 92

16.00 – JB marks with a gifted kick from Rischitelli as Paddy fell over on the dome surface. Brown bags another that makes 5 for him and on one leg. needed that the lions. ESS 118 BL 98

14.35 – Great buildup in the midfield for the dons as Spikey McVeigh launches from 55 and boots it home. A chain of 5 handballs and the big guns for the dons link up. ESS 124 BL 98

13.12 – Lloyd lines up from the centre square after 50m due to Notting grabbing him after the mark was taken. His run up was like Joel Garner to be honest. The woofer valve sails through post high from 55m out and its 3 to Matty Lloyd. ESS 130 BL 99. I am not calling it yet fans!

9.42 – Brennan with his usual screamer just outside the goal square and he banana splits it through the posts for a goal. Ess by 25.

9.24 – Brennan again marks in the square and this game is not over just yet. Black is lifting with one arm. Knights looking tense in the box also! ESS 130 BL 111

7.15 – Selwood went across ground and it never worked, ball ends up with Lloyd deep in the pocket and he nails his 4th. ESS 137 BL 111

7.04 – I’M CALLING IT FANS – ESSENDON ARE HOME, CRACK OPEN THE PURE BLONDES

6.18 – Brennan going for his 3rd of the quarter. marks strongly and kicks it straight through. margin back to 20 points. ESS 137 BL 117

28.08 – Shane Stewart helps himself to a 50m penalty as Stanton boots through a goal. 50m was a touch harsh as he had no where to go did Ben Stiller or is that Cheynee. If my name was Cheynee i’d go with Ben also. Ess 143 BL 117

30.02 – MEMO TO AFL – Blow the siren i am out of beer!

30.40 – Laycock marks 45 out, tough kurt angle. I am not backing him from here. too tough a kick for the big man from Devonport with the flowing curly locks.

30.50 – Laycock drills it. i look like a fool. ESS 149 BL

32.30 – High ball ends up with Stanton who has had 32 of the bottle-o ball tonight. Siren sounds as the bombers win by 37.

FINAL SCORES

ESS – 24.11 155
BL – 18.10.118
STATS – Stanton 32, Welsh 33, Mcveigh 29 for the Lions Johnstone 26, Rischitelli 24, Brennan 22

DREAM TEAM TON BREAKERS

Stanton -174
Welsh – 108
Mcveigh – 108
Lucas – 101

Brennan – 122
Brown – 100
Rischitelli – 112

GOALS

Lucas 5, Lloyd 4, Jetta 3, Stanton 3 for the Lions Brown 5, Brennan 4, Bradshaw 4

THE BOTTLE-O BEST ON GROUNDS

3 – Andrew Welsh
2 – Michael Rischitlli
1 – Paddy Ryder

THE DUNCANS STINKERS

3 – Tom Collier
2 – Dan Merrett
1 – Troy Selwood

FINAL WRAP

A fantastic 37 point win to the bombers who keep their slim finals hopes alive. the first quarter set the win up with a free flowing brand of footy that the lions could not quite recover from even though they hit the front in the 3rd. Leigh Matthews has some injury problems with Brown, Black and Power under a cloud. Matty Knights would be as happy as a honeymooner with this win and for the record if you followed my advice you would of lapped up the $2.40 on offer and be running around naked with kermits($100) hanging out your undies.

Thank you all for having me and i hope you all enjoyed the call. Till next week remember it’s not footy unless your on DIEHARD footy.

Kain Moore