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Round: 11 Venue: M.C.G. Date: Mon, 10-06-2013 3:15 pm Crowd: 50,835 | |||||
Melbourne | 1.5.11 | 1.7.13 | 3.9.27 | 5.9.39 | C: Mark Neeld |
Collingwood | 1.6.12 | 7.11.53 | 12.15.87 | 17.20.122 | C: Nathan Buckley |
COLL by 1 | COLL by 40 | COLL by 60 | COLL by 83 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Dane Swan (COLL) | 2 Scott Pendlebury (COLL) | 1 Josh Thomas (COLL) |
Collingwood has grabbed a place in the top six - for the moment, at least - after it comfortably accounted for Melbourne in the traditional Queen's Birthday clash between the two sides on Monday. In a match that went according to a script that most would have written before the match, the Demons took the game right up to Collingwood in the first quarter, before the Magpies gradually got on top in the second term and careering away in the second half.
The final margin of 83 points probably flattered Melbourne slightly, as the Pies missed many easy shots at goal throughout the match. Demon coach Mark Neeld continued to put on a brave face, extolling the effort of the players throughout the match. It was not a lack of effort but the huge number of turnovers that led to Collingwood's big winning margin, he said. While the current media and public speculation about Neeld's future has subsided somewhat, it is generally accepted that his demise is a matter of formality and the only question remaining is "if" rather than "when".
Collingwood's win was piloted by the experienced trio of Dane Swan (39 disposals, one goal), Luke Ball (31 possessions) and Scott Pendlebury (34 touches, one goal), while for Melbourne, the Jones boys, Matt (24 touches) and Nathan (30 possessions) flew the flag. Colin Garland also played an excellent defensive game under enormous pressure.
The win leaves the Magpies with a 7-4 record, in sixth place on the ladder. They are a game clear of Carlton and West Coast, and also ninth-placed Richmond, although the Tigers had a bye in round 11 and have a game in hand and a better percentage than Collingwood.
A match against the 14th-placed Western Bulldogs will see the Magpies through to their bye, while Melbourne will have round 12 off before looking to find a second win for the season against St Kilda the following week.
GOALS
Melbourne: Trengove, Davey 2; Blease
Collingwood: Cloke, Martin, Kennedy 3; Thomas 2; Didak, Lynch, Pendlebury, O'Brien, Swan, Macaffer
BEST - THE AGE
Melbourne: N. Jones, M. Jones, Garland
Collingwood: Swan, Ball, Shaw, Pendlebury, J. Thomas, O'Brien
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Melbourne: Garland, McDonald, M. Jones, Terlich, N. Jones, Toumpas
Collingwood: Ball, Pendlebury, Swan, Shaw, Sidebottom, Kennedy
COACHES' COMMENTS
Mark Neeld (Melb): I don't reckon the effort disappeared [after quarter time]. I reckon the frustration level exploded. I felt a lot of empathy for the players. As try as hard as they do I think the Pies had 24 shots at goal as a direct result of us turning the footy over. It's what we're going to get with a young side.
Nathan Buckley (Coll): It was a pretty ugly game of footy, wasn't it. We did what we needed to do. To keep the opposition to 5.9, 14 scoring shots and 35 inside 50s was a focus, and we got better as the game progressed in that regard. We didn't finish on the scoreboard the way we would have liked to.
INJURIES
Melbourne: Dawes (ankle); McKenzie (lacerated face)
Collingwood: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Melbourne: Luke Tapscott replaced Chris Dawes at half-time
Collingwood: Adam Oxley replaced Nathan Brown in the third quarter
UMPIRES: McBurney, Margetts, Kamolins
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
17 | Blease, Sam | 12 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 111d | 25 | 20 |
36 | Davey, Aaron | 10 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30y 0d | 167 | 170 |
6 | Dawes, Chris | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25y 25d | 76 | 86 |
14 | Dunn, Lynden | 12 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26y 27d | 106 | 90 |
32 | Evans, Michael | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20y 332d | 13 | 6 |
48 | Fitzpatrick, Jack | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21y 349d | 5 | 3 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 16 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25y 43d | 91 | 13 |
38 | Howe, Jeremy | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 346d | 46 | 53 |
40 | Jamar, Mark | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29y 305d | 133 | 47 |
45 | Jones, Matt | 11 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25y 235d | 11 | 2 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 11 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25y 141d | 146 | 71 |
34 | Kent, Dean | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19y 106d | 4 | 2 |
25 | McDonald, Tom | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20y 265d | 28 | 0 |
13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 4 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22y 354d | 65 | 9 |
21 | Pedersen, Cameron | 10 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26y 85d | 22 | 24 |
15 | Rodan, David | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29y 245d | 181 | 130 |
12 | Sylvia, Colin | 10 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27y 214d | 146 | 126 |
35 | Tapscott, Luke | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 347d | 39 | 8 |
46 | Terlich, Dean | 11 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 179d | 10 | 0 |
5 | Toumpas, Jimmy | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19y 159d | 5 | 0 |
9 | Trengove, Jack | 11 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21y 281d | 68 | 36 |
4 | Watts, Jack | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22y 76d | 62 | 42 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 177 | 82 | 163 | 340 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 43 | 12 | 21 | 24y 43d | 1449 | 938 |
Collingwood | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
12 | Ball, Luke | 8 | 3 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29y 16d | 197 | 83 |
11 | Blair, Jarryd | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23y 57d | 70 | 59 |
16 | Brown, Nathan | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 175d | 79 | 7 |
32 | Cloke, Travis | 14 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26y 97d | 184 | 312 |
4 | Didak, Alan | 15 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30y 115d | 215 | 272 |
18 | Jolly, Darren | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 31y 216d | 236 | 121 |
27 | Kennedy, Ben | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19y 99d | 6 | 6 |
8 | Lumumba, Heritier | 12 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26y 207d | 170 | 21 |
21 | Lynch, Quinten | 12 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30y 137d | 220 | 286 |
3 | Macaffer, Brent | 13 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 25y 101d | 40 | 23 |
37 | Martin, Kyle | 10 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22y 266d | 2 | 5 |
5 | Maxwell, Nick | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30y 7d | 186 | 28 |
43 | Oxley, Adam | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20y 221d | 1 | 0 |
10 | Pendlebury, Scott | 12 | 5 | 22 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25y 154d | 159 | 105 |
20 | Reid, Ben | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24y 42d | 84 | 8 |
40 | Seedsman, Paul | 10 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21y 139d | 20 | 6 |
39 | Shaw, Heath | 18 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27y 195d | 161 | 37 |
22 | Sidebottom, Steele | 10 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22y 159d | 96 | 77 |
28 | Sinclair, Ben | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21y 252d | 30 | 18 |
36 | Swan, Dane | 22 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29y 105d | 207 | 166 |
24 | Thomas, Josh | 15 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 252d | 7 | 3 |
46 | Williams, Marley | 7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19y 323d | 10 | 1 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 226 | 116 | 204 | 430 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 57 | 21 | 11 | 25y 52d | 2380 | 1644 |