AFL LIVE: Hewitt, de Minaur in the crowd as Lions answer the Crows’ Gabba challenge

Key Posts8.48pmHT: Brisbane Lions 10.12 (72) to Adelaide 5.4 (34)By The Crows cut the lead to 10 points, but the Lions flared again and they will take a sizeable lead into the second half.Zac Bailey and Charlie Cameron were stellar while Oscar Allen had a difficult shot after the siren that just missed.One thing to note, the Lions have had a whopping 22 scoring shots in that first half - they could have been up by even more.Dayne Zorko of the Lions is tackled by Ben Keays of the Crows.AFL Photos via Getty Images8.36pmMake that four Country RoadsBy Charlie Cameron has run onto a looping handball from Oscar Allen and booted his fourth goal.The Lions fans are loving the singalong and I reckon they don’t mind the goals either.Lions 68, Crows 34 with eight minutes to go in Q2.Charlie Cameron takes possession.AFL Photos8.33pmBailey kicks his secondBy Zac Bailey loved that moment as he burned into the forward line and booted his second goal.The Crows aren’t happy about something after the goal as they got in the face of the Lions.Moments later, Bailey fed out a handball to Eric Hipwood, who snapped a goal.Lions 62, Crows 34 with 10 mins to go in Q2.Jaspa Fletcher of the Lions in action.AFL Photos8.29pmAussie tennis stars past and presentBy Aussie tennis stars past and present taking in the footy at the Gabba.Alex De Minaur (brown hat) in the crowd at the AFL John Millman (left), Rinky Hijikata (centre) and Lleyton Hewitt (second from right).Fox Footy8.26pmFogarty kicks his second; Charlie boots his thirdBy The Crows have a sizeable amount of fans at the Gabba and they are roaring all of a sudden.Matthew Nicks mentioned pregame how important it was for teams to win the centre clearances due to how much smaller the Gabba is that many other grounds.Daniel Curtin of the Crows celebrates a goal.AFL Photos via Getty ImagesFogarty has just booted his second goal after the Crows again won the ball from the middle.The footy is suddenly red-hot again. But Charlie Cameron marked deep in the forward line and booted his third goal.8.23pmThe Crows are back in itBy Izak Rankine is starting to fire and he’s just played a big role in finding Darcy Fogarty, who booted a running goal.That’s a huge moment for the Crows. Now let’s see how the Lions handle it.Lions 42, Crows 27 with 16 mins to go in Q2.8.21pmRachele fires, Crows cut into leadBy The Crows are patiently working back into this match.They are starting to win more of the footy, and now Josh Rachele has found some room and booted his first goal of the night.It feels like they are down by 50 points, but the margin is only 22.Lions 43, Crows 21 with 17 mins to go in Q2.Sam Berry of the Crows is pressured by the defence of Will Ashcroft of the Lions.Getty Images8.15pmWatch: Nankervis flies highBy 8.14pmThe scene from the GabbaBy What a statement out of the gates.It took just 29 seconds for the Lions to kickstart their revival after last week’s freefall, as Kai Lohmann’s strike launched a flurry of five unanswered goals in less than eight minutes.While things then tapered off slightly, with Adelaide getting back into the fight and finally getting on the board through Daniel Curtin and Luke Nankervis, this has been an emphatic Lions quarter.But the hosts need to keep the pressure on. At one stage, they led the inside-50 count 10 to zero, only for it to finish at 18-11 at the break.They can’t afford to get complacent after a week in which their defensive pressure was slammed – particularly after missed set shots from Eric Hipwood, Harris Andrews and Ryan Lester cost them the chance to send the Crows to the interval looking for a hole to dig in to.Quarter-time: Lions lead 6.6 (42) to the Crows 2.3 (15)1 of 4