The Western Bulldogs have smashed pre-season premiers Brisbane in a stunning round-one upset.
Jed Adcock runs with the ball looking for an option up forward. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images
BRISBANE co-captain Jed Adcock says the Lions were embarrassed by the Western Bulldogs who thrashed, bashed and smashed the NAB Cup champions by 68 points in Melbourne yesterday.
"It was quite embarrassing actually. We got handed a lesson," Adcock said of the round 1 clash.
"We were beaten in every aspect of the game. They got us inside, they got us outside. We couldn't get our hands on the ball.
"It is a very disappointing result given our pre-season. We were put on the back foot early and never recovered. I'm not sure what positives we can take out of that."
Before the match, the Brisbane banner read, "With one cup in the bag, the race is on for the flag".
The Lions are well behind in that race if yesterday's terrible effort was any guide.
The workrate, structure and endeavour that delivered Brisbane the NAB Cup final win over Carlton was nowhere to be found yesterday.
If the pre-season showcased the best of Brisbane, the shocking display against the Doggies was the Lions at their lowest.
Brisbane need to quickly pick up the pieces with the Lions set to host Adelaide at the Gabba this Saturday.
At one point in the diabolical third term, Lions coach Michael Voss could not bring himself to look at the disaster playing out on Etihad Stadium.
You could not blame him. The Lions were collectively awful with only ruckman Billy Longer close to beating his direct opponent on the day.
The Bulldogs won the clearances (42-34), centre clearances (17-8), the inside 50s (55-47) and the contested possessions (146-136).
The Lions were never in the contest with the dominant home side booting the first six goals of the match to take a 31-point lead at quarter-time.
They extended the buffer to 37 points at the main break before blowing Brisbane out of the water in the third term to take a 61-point advantage into the final term.
The Bulldogs had stars all over the paddock with debutant Brett Goodes, the 29-year-old brother of Sydney star Adam, making the stunning transition from player welfare manager at the club to standout half-back flanker.
Small forward Luke Dahlhaus will give Lions defender Mitch Golby nightmares, Jordan Roughead dominated Brisbane co-captain Jonathan Brown, tagger Nick Lower kept Daniel Rich to a career-low eight disposals while half-forward Shaun Higgins did as he pleased.
Ryan Griffen, Bob Murphy and Daniel Giansiracusa were also outstanding for the rampant Dogs who were supposed to be a wooden spoon contender.
And if the final result was not bad enough, it could get worse for the Lions with Irishman Pearce Hanley on report for rough conduct after smashing into Giansiracusa during a marking contest in the third term.
Brent Moloney could also come under the scrutiny of the match review panel for striking Lower in the third quarter.
Defender Matt Maguire was subbed out of the game in the third quarter after suffering a lower left leg injury.
WESTERN BULLDOGS 6.1 10.5 16.9 19.13 (127) d BRISBANE 0.6 3.10 5.14 7.17 (59)
Goals - Western Bulldogs: Giansiracusa, Higgins 3, Cordy, Dahlhaus, Griffen, Murphy, Dickson 2, Cooney, Johannissen, Jones. Brisbane: Cornelius, Moloney, Beams, Rich, Brown, Redden, Martin.
Crowd: 25,263 at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.
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