Footy Fix: How the Bombers brained the Bulldogs – and Bevo – with their most brutal nine minutes in a decade
It’s the seven-minute mark of the final quarter. Essendon lead the Western Bulldogs by 19 points in a match that has, since halfway through the second quarter, largely been in their keeping on the scoreboard, if for no other reason than their immaculate kicking for goal compared to their opponents’ wastefulness. Still, it’s not the sort of lead that feels in any way insurmountable; and as Mason Redman’s cross-goal kick on the edge of defensive 50 floats over the head...