Tight race: Crow Daniel Talia and Demon James Frawley. Photo: Getty Images
MELBOURNE 4.0 7.2 8.4 11.4 (70) ADELAIDE 1.1 2.4 5.10 9.13 (67)
GOALS Melbourne: Dawes 3, Salem, Tyson, Kennedy-Harris, Viney,Watts, Jamar, Jones, Bail. Adelaide: Jenkins 2, Podsiadly 2, Dangerfield 2, Petrenko, Crouch, Thompson.
BEST Melbourne: Viney, Dawes, Vince, Kennedy-Harris, McDonald, Tyson. Adelaide: Dangerfield, Jacobs, Smith, Sloane, Thompson, Laird.
INJURIES Adelaide: Lynch (concussion), Jaensch (heavy knock). Melbourne: Georgiou (concussion).
UMPIRES Donlon, Chamberlain, Bannister.
CROWD 44,216 at Adelaide Oval.
Any doubt that Melbourne was a much improved side this season was removed at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night when the Demons produced one of their best wins in years, rolling the Crows by three points.
It ended a 17-game losing streak in South Australia since 2001, and was a remarkable turnaround after losing to the Crows by 68 points at AAMI Stadium in round 22 last season.
Under Paul Roos, and with influx of young talent and quality recruits including Bernie Vince who was impressive against the club that dumped him, the Demons clearly indicated in the opening six rounds they were capable of beating most sides if they could improve their skills. Well, they must have found them at training during the week because they stunned Adelaide.
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