AFL 2021 LIVE updates We can sneak in there Bombers chasing finals Fritschs seven goals puts Dees on top
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A top-two spot doesn’t quite have the same gloss in these pandemic times. Teams may “host†a qualifying final in name only. But while they cannot yet know what the finals will look like, Melbourne fans can at least know this: their team is one win away from a first minor premiership in 57 years.
A win in Geelong next weekend would secure the Dees top spot at the end of the home-and-away season, a feat the club last achieved in 1964. And the faithful barely need reminding how that season ended.
Bayley Fritsch kicks for goal.Credit:Getty Images
On a heartbreakingly beautiful mid-August Sunday afternoon at the MCG â€" the type of day that in normal times would serve as a portent of bustling finals days and nights â€" the Dees ensured that lightning (this time of the metaphorical kind) would not strike twice for them this season, shrugging off a valiant and rebuilding Adelaide outfit, the same side that had inflicted upon Simon Goodwin’s men their first loss of the season back in round 10.
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Essendon has done all they can to keep their top-eight hopes alive heading into the final round with a 68-point win over the Gold Coast Suns at Geelong today.
The Bombers already had a healthy percentage and that only grew in this contest that was tied at quarter-time but then became one-sided fast.
Jake Stringer celebrates a goal.Credit:Getty Images
Now the Bombers will hope other results will go their way.
Bombers forward Jake Stringer kicked five goals and made it clear his young side wanted a chance at playing in the finals.
“There is a lot to play out over the next couple of weeks but the way this young group just turned up and got the job done - I’m real proud of the boys,†Stringer told Channel Seven.
“We have a few players coming back in the next couple of weeks too but all we can do is keep rocking up and hopefully we can sneak in there at the last [minute].â€
Brayden Fiorini and Touk Miller both had 30 possessions for the Suns.
I do like the look of Joel Jeffrey, the second-gamer for the Suns who has pulled in some big marks today.
He just took a mark over the top of the Essendon defence, sadly he couldn’t kick the goal but he looks like someone they can find a place for.
Bombers lead 98-30 with a minute to go.
Jacob Townsend has come up with a goal for the Suns to end a prolonged period, over 45 minutes, without a major.
There are still 10 minutes left for the Suns to try and find a few more goals or for Essendon to further boost their percentage.
Bombers lead 97-30 with 10 mins to go.
The Suns have lost Sean Lemmens who took a knock to his legs while former Adelaide Crows midfielder Rory Atkins has come on after starting as the medical substitute.
The Suns haven’t kicked a goal for over 40 minutes.
Bombers lead 96-24 with 13 minutes to go.
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Dons proud of Suns’ slaughter
ESSENDON was on the end of five 10-goal-plus hidings last season so the Bombers were never going to miss when they got a chance to dish out a thrashing of their own yesterday, coach James Hird said.
The Bombers were unmerciful during their 139-point crushing, 31.11 (197) to 8.10 (58), of an undermanned Gold Coast at Etihad Stadium, recording the highest first-quarter score in VFL-AFL history and the equal second biggest single-quarter score ever, 15.4 to 0.1.
The end scoreline was also the third-highest in club history and only the third time the Bombers kicked more than 30 goals in a game, prompting Hird to praise his players’ killer instincts.
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Jake Stringer has kicked his fifth goal, snapping a shot across his body with his left foot while on the move.
The former Western Bulldog has really put it all together this season, his goal-kicking and creativity is vital.
Five goals is his best return of the season.
Bombers lead 90-24 with 18 minutes to go.
Jake Stringer.Credit:Getty Images
Essendon has continued to run up the score against a hapless Gold Coast with a 10-goal lead heading into the last term.
Jake Stringer, Nick Hind, Zach Merrett and Darcy Parish have all been firing today and the Suns have few players who have won their position.
Hard to see things changing in the last term but after a week of talks on how the AFL can bring in a Tasmanian side, this Suns team would do well to find a way to show their worth
Mason Redman leaps for a mark against the Suns.Credit:Getty Images
There has been few better acquisitions in 2021 than Nick Hind’s move from St Kilda to Essendon and the speedy winger has again shown his value bolting forward and taking possession before kicking a goal on the run.
Hard not to love the impact Hind makes on a match.
Bombers lead 77-24 with four mins left in Q3.
Nick Hind.Credit:Getty Images
The Bombers continue to control proceedings against the Suns in Geelong and Jake Stringer has turned provider while lining up for his fifth goal with the forward making a late decision to spear a pass to Alec Waterman who took the mark and kicked his second goal.
Bombers lead 70-24 with 11 mins left in Q3.
Jy Farrar spoils Alec Waterman.Credit:Getty Images
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