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Game Detail

Round: 11   Venue: M.C.G   Date: Mon, 11-06-2012 3:15 pm   Attendance: 64,250
Melbourne 0.4.4 3.4.22 7.7.49 13.9.87 C:
Collingwood 6.3.39 8.9.57 10.15.75 19.15.129 C:
  CW by 35 CW by 35 CW by 26 CW by 42  
Brownlow Medal 3 Dane Swan (CW)2 Dayne Beams (CW)1 Steele Sidebottom (CW)

Match Report

The traditional Queen’s birthday saw a predicted Collingwood win, but it wasn’t the massacre it threatened to be at quarter time. After winning their first game of the season against Essendon the previous week in emotional circumstances, Melbourne came out extremely flat, as the Magpies piled on six goals to none. But to the Demons’ credit, they fought back and only lost the final three quarters by seven points. Collingwood jumped to the top of the table with the win, their eighth in a row going into a bye in round 12. The margin was only 26 points at three-quarter time and Demons fans were dreaming of the most unlikeliest of wins. But three goals in the first three minutes of the final quarter crushed those hopes. Brownlow medalist Dane Swan was outstanding with 42 possessions and two goals for Collingwood, while emerging midfielders Steele Sidebottom and Dayne Beams played big roles in the win. High-priced recruit Mitch Clark was the Demons’ best, booting four goals.

GOALS

Melbourne: Clark 4, Howe , Dunn 2, Magner, Sylvia, Rivers, Trengove, Blease

Collingwood: Sinclair 3, Wellingham, Goldsack, Cloke, Fasolo, Blair, Swan, Jolly 2, Sidebottom, Beams


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Melbourne: Clark, Jones, Howe, Grimes, Watts, McKenzie

Collingwood: Swan, Beams, Sidebottom, Blair, Wellingham, Sinclair, Goldsack, Fasolo

BEST - SPORTAL
Melbourne: Howe, Grimes, Clark, Jones, McKenzie

Collingwood: Swan, Beams, Sidebottom, Blair, Wellingham, Goldsack

COACHES COMMENTS
Mark Neeld (Melb): That first quarter wasn't what we saw last week ... and that was really disappointing and our challenge is to eradicate as many of those [average quarters] as we can.

Nathan Buckley (Coll): I think 'Swanny's' rehabilitation and professionalism in the last three weeks has been excellent. He really has worked hard in the gym - dotted the Is and crossed the Ts - which might not potentially be an area where he's been renowned for in the past.

Umpires: Stevic, Nicholls, Bannister


Match report by Oliver Caffrey

Player Stats

MelbourneMatch StatsCareer
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
17 Blease, Sam 8 3 3 11 1 0 0 2 1 0 21y 113d 10 2
11 Clark, Mitch 12 9 4 16 4 1 8 2 0 1 24y 236d 92 86
14 Dunn, Lynden 4 2 3 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 25y 28d 89 86
8 Frawley, James 7 6 4 11 0 0 0 6 0 1 23y 265d 91 3
20 Garland, Colin 9 3 2 11 0 1 0 3 0 1 24y 44d 69 6
18 Green, Brad 6 6 1 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 31y 90d 247 333
16 Grimes, Jack 21 7 4 25 0 0 0 5 2 0 23y 31d 42 3
38 Howe, Jeremy 10 7 8 18 2 0 0 3 1 2 21y 348d 24 28
40 Jamar, Mark 2 0 7 9 0 0 28 2 2 1 28y 307d 121 44
2 Jones, Nathan 16 1 15 31 0 0 0 2 2 1 24y 143d 125 63
49 Magner, James 7 3 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 24y 304d 11 4
25 McDonald, Tom 7 4 5 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 19y 267d 12 0
13 McKenzie, Jordie 6 1 12 18 0 0 0 6 1 3 21y 356d 48 5
22 Moloney, Brent 9 2 5 14 0 0 1 2 1 3 28y 135d 139 37
10 Morton, Cale 11 4 8 19 0 0 0 1 2 0 22y 145d 72 33
26 Nicholson, Daniel 5 6 7 12 0 0 0 2 1 1 21y 222d 12 2
27 Rivers, Jared 4 2 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 27y 237d 139 6
30 Sellar, James 9 5 3 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 23y 79d 29 4
12 Sylvia, Colin 4 4 6 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 26y 216d 127 108
35 Tapscott, Luke 6 2 7 13 0 0 0 3 1 0 20y 349d 22 2
9 Trengove, Jack 7 5 10 17 1 1 1 6 2 1 20y 283d 48 25
4 Watts, Jack 11 5 7 18 0 0 0 1 1 1 21y 77d 49 37
Rushed           1              
Totals 181 87 127 308 13 9 38 60 18 18 24y -5d 1618 917
CollingwoodMatch StatsCareer
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
17 Beams, Dayne 20 9 17 37 1 3 0 6 1 0 22y 120d 69 68
11 Blair, Jarryd 11 4 16 27 2 1 0 6 3 1 22y 58d 46 43
16 Brown, Nathan 10 6 8 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 23y 177d 55 6
27 Buckley, Simon 7 0 12 19 0 1 0 2 1 1 25y 54d 42 9
9 Clarke, Martin 7 1 7 14 0 1 0 2 0 1 24y 211d 57 16
32 Cloke, Travis 11 6 5 16 2 0 0 3 1 0 25y 98d 160 248
31 Dawes, Chris 14 8 5 19 0 1 7 5 1 1 24y 26d 58 71
4 Didak, Alan 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29y 117d 207 269
35 Elliott, Jamie 6 2 3 9 0 1 0 7 1 0 19y 295d 3 3
1 Fasolo, Alex 14 6 3 17 2 0 0 1 1 4 20y 3d 23 30
6 Goldsack, Tyson 10 7 5 15 2 1 0 2 0 2 25y 20d 80 20
18 Jolly, Darren 5 3 7 12 2 0 34 7 2 2 30y 218d 216 112
5 Maxwell, Nick 4 3 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 29y 8d 168 26
8 O'Brien, Harry 6 2 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 25y 209d 146 16
22 Sidebottom, Steele 21 7 15 36 1 1 0 7 1 0 21y 161d 72 63
28 Sinclair, Ben 8 5 4 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 20y 254d 15 13
36 Swan, Dane 23 8 19 42 2 1 0 1 0 2 28y 107d 184 143
2 Tarrant, Chris 9 5 2 11 0 0 0 3 2 0 31y 267d 258 361
13 Thomas, Dale 11 6 9 20 0 2 0 1 3 1 24y 356d 139 108
21 Wellingham, Sharrod 19 10 2 21 2 1 0 5 1 2 23y 340d 81 50
46 Williams, Marley 6 2 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 1 18y 325d 3 1
25 Young, Tom 5 4 5 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 20y 46d 5 2
Rushed           1              
Totals 228 105 156 384 19 15 41 71 18 18 24y 141d 2087 1678