5m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:57am<\/p>\n
Allen opens his account<\/p>\n
Oscar Allen marks under pressure inside the attacking 50 before showing impressive accuracy to kick his first goal of the match.<\/p>\n
After scores were level at the first change, it’s the Lions ahead by a kick early in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
9m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:53am<\/p>\n
Demons and Lions resum their battle<\/p>\n
The second quarter is underway at the MCG.<\/p>\n
Who will blink first this term?<\/p>\n
14m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:48am<\/p>\n
Curtis bags fifth goal<\/p>\n
Paul Curtis has his fifth major of the match as the Kangaroos prepare to ice an convincing win over the Tigers.<\/p>\n
17m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:45am<\/p>\n
Curtis has a fourth<\/p>\n
Paul Curtis negotiates traffice near the goal square to sneak through a kick for his fourth major of the match.<\/p>\n
The Roos lead by 62.<\/p>\n
19m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:43am<\/p>\n
Tigers not giving up<\/p>\n
The Tigers will have to wait a week for another chance to post their first win of the season.<\/p>\n
But at least they’re not giving up against the Kangaroos, with Steely Green adding a goal to their modest tally.<\/p>\n
Just over three minutes remaining at Docklands.<\/p>\n
21m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:41am<\/p>\n
Rayner rains on Demons parade<\/p>\n
The headline puns keep coming \u2026<\/p>\n
Charlie Cameron finds Cam Rayner lurking near the sticks.<\/p>\n
Rayner marks and converts for the Lions, who trail by a point again late in the first term.<\/p>\n
23m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:39am<\/p>\n
Duursma kicks second goal for Roos<\/p>\n
He managed the opening goal of the match and now has a second \u2026<\/p>\n
Zane Duursma extends the Kangaroos’ lead to 62 points with just over five minutes on the clock at Docklands.<\/p>\n
25m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:38am<\/p>\n
Demons extend scoreboard advantage<\/p>\n
On the back of Brody Mihocek’s goal, Jacob van Rooyen snares his first of the match for the Dees.<\/p>\n
It’s not a dominant advantage on the scoreboard, but the Demons will look to build on their seven-point lead against the Lions.<\/p>\n
26m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:36am<\/p>\n
Demons strike back<\/p>\n
Brody Mihocek shows his value up forward for the Demons.<\/p>\n
The ex-Magpie positioned himself inside the attacking 50 to be a marking target, before slotting the major from the set-shot.<\/p>\n
A see-sawing contest at the ‘G \u2014 Demons lead by a point.<\/p>\n
29m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:34am<\/p>\n
Powell adds to Tigers’ misery<\/p>\n
Tom Powell gives the Kangaroos’ their 16th goal against the Tigers.<\/p>\n
They lead by 57 points.<\/p>\n
30m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:33am<\/p>\n
Lions grab back lead<\/p>\n
Jaspa Fletcher goes long and is rewarded for his boldness with the Lions’ third major of the term.<\/p>\n
They lead\u00a0 by five points.<\/p>\n
33m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:29am<\/p>\n
Cameron shines for Lions<\/p>\n
Get the feeling we have a classic on our hands at the MCG \u2026<\/p>\n
Charlie Cameron joins the goal-kickers list for the Lions, as the Demons’ lead is reduced to a single point.<\/p>\n
34m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:28am<\/p>\n
Ross gets his second for the Tigers<\/p>\n
Jack Ross has\u00a0 two goals as the Tigers start finding their range late in proceedings.<\/p>\n
The Kangaroos lead is cut back to 50 points.<\/p>\n
35m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:27am<\/p>\n
The Demons’ Sharp shooter<\/p>\n
Apologies for the heading, I couldn’t resist \u2026<\/p>\n
Harry Sharp lands the Demons’ second goal of the first quarter, giving the home side a seven-point lead over the Lions.<\/p>\n
37m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:26am<\/p>\n
Balta goals for Tigers<\/p>\n
It’s a consolation goal but still reason for Tigers supporters to cheer.<\/p>\n
Noah Balta kicks their fifth major of the match.<\/p>\n
38m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:25am<\/p>\n
Langford replies for Demons<\/p>\n
It didn’t take the Demons long to respond to the Lions’ opening goal.<\/p>\n
Just minutes later, Harvey Langford went for a sprint and\u00a0 outran the Lions defence to record the Demons’ first major of the encounter.<\/p>\n
39m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:23am<\/p>\n
Trembath’s triple treat<\/p>\n
Cooper Trembath added to his highlight reel with a screamer of a mark and another goal in the final term against the Tigers.<\/p>\n
Trembath now has three majors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5m agoSun 19 Apr 2026 at 5:57am Allen opens his account Oscar Allen marks under pressure inside the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,651,10992,160,647,6855,6858,85,6857],"class_list":{"0":"post-616535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-brisbane","14":"tag-fremantle","15":"tag-live-blog","16":"tag-melbourne","17":"tag-north-melbourne","18":"tag-richmond","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-west-coast"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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