ADVERTISER.COM.AU MONDAY JUNE 13 2016 SPORT 33 ATTITUDE: The Crows’ Jarryd Lyons gets a handball away from the Eagles’ Xavier Ellis at Subiaco Oval on Saturday night. Picture: GETTY Lyons playing as if his career is at stake REECE HOMFRAY “I’m going out there and “We came in at three-quar- PERTH playing as if it’s my last AFL ter-time and knew we were game I’m going to play and so Everyone only two goals down and didn’t WEST COAST TOP MARK: Charlie Cameron JARRYD Lyons doesn’t need far so good but I couldn’t do it contributed and we stop believing. V ADELAIDE marks the ball under pressure. to say that he’s playing for his without the boys.” never stopped “The first quarter was a lit- CROWS career every time he runs out Lyons’ hard-fought 23 dis- tle bit off, the second quarter 3.1 6.5 9.10 15.15 105 for Adelaide this season. posals in Saturday night’s win believing we adjusted and played well EAGLES You can see it in his actions over West Coast typified his JARRYD LYONS and the third quarter we gave 5.6 9.6 11.10 11.10 76 - his attack on the ball, his attitude this year and his lung- away a few easy goals but were strength in the contest and ing tackle to force a turnover in half, pressing up and taking always in the contest and once BEST willingness to tackle as he the final quarter helped seal marks,” Lyons said. we put it all together it showed Crows: Sloane, Betts, fights for not only another the result. “The midfielders put as in that last quarter. Thompson, Seedsman, Lever, game next week but another With David Mackay apply- much pressure on as we could “Everyone contributed and Lynch, Talia, Lyons. contract next season. ing pressure, Lyons stuck the and the forwards finished their we never stopped believing but Eagles: McGovern, Hurn, Priddis, Shuey, Hutchings. Lyons’ stop-start career has tackle on Will Schofield in the work so it was just a team ef- we’ve got to keep going up now seen him play 43 games in five middle of the ground and the fort.” for the rest of the year, it sets a GOALS years at Adelaide but already ball went from Taylor Walker The 23-year-old described standard. Crows: Betts 5, Jenkins 3, Walker 2, Douglas, McGovern, this year he’s played eight in- to Charlie Cameron to Josh Adelaide’s 29-point win over “We could have been 7-5 or Cameron, Lynch, Atkins. cluding the last four in a row. Jenkins for a goal which put the Eagles as “massive” going 8-4 going into the bye and it Eagles: Kennedy 3, Darling, Yeo “Well basically the last four the Crows 15 points up. into the mid-season bye. cements us for a little bit but by 2; Gaff, Hutchings, Hill, Duggan. weeks have just been make-or- “That’s what we said in “We came here believing we no means are we done, we UMPIRES break for me,” said Lyons who there; everyone had their mo- could win and coming into that have a big second half of the Farmer, Rosebury, Hay. has been screaming so loudly ment in that last quarter, the last quarter we just looked at year to come so we’ll rest up CROWD he’s almost lost his voice for backs were just unbelievable to each other and knew we had it over the next couple of weeks 37,591 at Subiaco Oval WINNER: Jake Lever gets a the past two weeks. keep the ball in our forward in us,” Lyons said. and come out firing.” handpass away. Wounded Kangaroos facing season-defining tests SAM LANDSBERGER Corey Wagner in Werribee’s suffered a compound fracture Brad Scott’s men have had already proved their foot- dropped with the former Blue loss to Richmond. to his little finger, but will play dropped two of their past three ball stood the test of big games failing to kick a goal for three NORTH Melbourne yesterday The Roos suffered five in- if he does not require surgery. games and now face the and legend Wayne Carey said weeks. rested three players from the juries but could still escape Shaun Atley hurt his ankle Hawks (Etihad Stadium) and if they could not beat fellow fi- Stratton dismissed talk the VFL to ensure it will have fit with all passed fit to face the in the final quarter while ruck- Adelaide (Adelaide Oval) off nalists mid-season they would revitalised Hawks were not a replacements if needed for Fri- Hawks. man Todd Goldstein also ap- consecutive six-day breaks. fall short in the finals. serious threat to claim their day night’s litmus test against Captain Andrew Swallow pears to be playing sore. After the bye the Roos trav- Hawthorn defender Ben fourth consecutive premier- Hawthorn. (concussion) appears in the Defender Robbie Tarrant el to face West Coast. Stratton said that North’s tri- ship. The Kangaroos will today most doubt, followed by Nick yesterday said Dal Santo But they then encounter ple-pronged attack of Ben The Hawks beat up on the count the cost from Saturday Dal Santo (adductor). should be fine after playing out another nightmare month Brown, Jarrad Waite and Drew Kangaroos last year in a spite- night’s wounding loss to Gee- Ben Cunnington battled on the match as the Roos enter a leading into September. Petrie loomed as a danger. ful contest which saw Jordan long and did not want to risk after copping a nasty corkie season-defining block of But vice-captain Jack Zie- Stratton usually takes Lewis and Luke Hodge sus- Farren Ray, Trent Dumont or while goalsneak Robbie Nahas games. bell yesterday said the Kangas Brown while Waite’s form has pended. V1 - ADVE01Z01MA.