| * |
Collingwood hung on
grimly to beat Fremantle by nine points at the MCG on Friday night. The
roll-out of 44,480 was the second-best east coast crowd to watch the
Dockers play in a home-and-away match.
As Len Johnson noted in The Age: The difference was
at either end of the ground. Anthony Rocca kicked five goals
straight for Collingwood, from a possession count that did not get far
into double figures. At the opposite end, Matthew Pavlich had 25
possessions, took 13 marks but kicked 4.7.
Andrew Wu observed for Sportal: The Magpies did not lead
until they booted three unanswered goals 11 minutes into the third
quarter before withstanding a Pavlich-inspired fight back by the Dockers
in the final term.
The match was up for grabs until Pavlich, missed a set shot from 45
metres out which would have put the Dockers just four points down with
less than 90 seconds left in the match.
However, the Dockers only had themselves to blame for the defeat, which
leaves coach Chris Connolly under huge pressure in the final year
of his contract and his team with a 4+6 win-loss record after 10 rounds.
Dane Swan led the way for the Pies, piling up possessions,
Scott Burns, Scott Pendlebury, Tarkyn Lockyer, Ben
Johnson and Dale Thomas were also instrumental in the Magpie
win that coach Mick Malthouse rated as one of the best wins by
the club in the past four or five seasons. |
|
2007 — ROUND 10 — GAME
1 |
|
Collingwood v Fremantle |
Friday (n),
June 1, 2007
MCG, 7.40pm AEST, crowd:
44,480
Conditions: Good
Weather: 11C, cold and clear |
| |
1/4 time |
1/2 time |
3/4 time |
Final |
| COL |
3.5-23 |
7.7-49 |
12.12-84 (13) |
15.13-103 (9) |
| FRE |
5.3-33 (10) |
8.6-54 (5) |
10.11-71 |
13.16-94 |
Goals:
Collingwood: Anthony
Rocca 5.0, Leon Davis 4, Dane Swan 2, Travis Cloke, Alan
Didak, Ben Johnson, Nick Maxwell. Fremantle:
Matthew Pavlich 4.7, Ryan Crowley 2, David Mundy 2,
Peter Bell, Josh Carr, Des Headland, Shaun McManus,
Aaron Sandilands.
Best: Collingwood: Anthony Rocca, Dane Swan, Leon
Davis, Scott Burns, Scott Pendlebury, Ben Johnson.
Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich, Chris Tarrant, Paul
Hasleby, Josh Carr, Shaun McManus, Aaron Sandilands.
Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Mathew James, Michael
Avon.
Reports:
n
Ryan Crowley (Fre) reported on match day by field umpire Mathew James for
forceful contact to Simon Prestigiacomo while he
had his head over the ball during Q2. The MRP suspended
Crowley for one match. Crowley admitted guilt and
accepted the MRP penalty.
n
Alan Didak (Col) was cited for charging Paul Hasleby (Fre) in
Q4. The MRP imposed a one-match suspension with an early plea. Collingwood
sought adjudication of the Tribunal. The Tribunal cleared Didak of the
charge.
n
Brodie Holland (Col) was cited for making negligent contact with
field umpire ??? in the ??? quarter. The MRP imposed a fine of $3300, giving
it was Holland's second such offence. The player accepted guilt and the fine
imposed by the MRP. |
Melbourne won through
for its first premiership points of the season when it defeated Adelaide
by 17 points on Saturday afternoon in fine weather at the MCG. Winless
in nine matches, the Demons looked nothing like wooden spoon contenders
for three quarters as they overpowers the Crows with solid defence,
fierce tackling and direct football.
It was closer for comfort than the Demons would have like, however, as
they led by seven goals at three-quarter time, and got the shudders
after conceding the first four goals of the final term.
Angus Morgan in his review for Sportal noted: There was
nothing in the contest early with Adelaide holding a four-point lead at
the first change. Both midfields were free to do as they pleased and the
likes of Brad Green and Cameron Bruce for Melbourne and
Adelaide's Tyson Edwards and Chris Knights got heaps of
the ball early. The Demons took control of the match in the second term,
kicking eight goals to Adelaide's one – including seven unanswered
goals.
Melbourne extended their margin to 44 points by the final break after a
low-scoring term, before Adelaide stormed back with four successive
goals to start the last quarter. But, a long bomb from David Neitz
stopped the rot and the Demons rallied to win.
Green won b-o-g with 37 touches and 18 marks. The Demons spread their
goalkicking among eight players, but more importantly, their forwards
were able to keep the ball inside 50 and create scoring opportunities.
Adelaide skipper Mark Ricciuto played his first match in more
than nine months after illness and injury problems, kicking two goals. |
|
2007 — ROUND 10 — GAME 2 |
| Melbourne v
Adelaide |
Saturday,
June 2, 2007
MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: 23,657
Conditions: Good
Weather: 14C – fine, sunny, cool |
| |
1/4 time |
1/2 time |
3/4 time |
Final |
| MEL |
2.3-15 |
10.5-65 (36) |
12.10-82 (44) |
13.11-89
(17) |
| ADE |
3.1-19 (4) |
4.5-29 |
5.8-38 |
10.12-72 |
Goals: Melbourne:
David Neitz 3, Nathan Jones 2, Russell Robertson 2, Matthew Bate 2,
Ricky Petterd, Cameron Bruce, Paul Wheatley, Aaron Davey. Adelaide:
Jason Porplyzia 2, Mark Ricciuto 2, Scott Stevens 2, Scott Welsh, Ian
Perrie, Jason Torney, Michael Doughty.
Best: Melbourne: Brad Green, Cameron Bruce, Daniel Bell, Nathan
Jones, Simon Godfrey, Paul Wheatley, Aaron Davey. Adelaide: Tyson
Edwards, Ben Rutten, Simon Goodwin, Scott Stevens, Nathan van Berlo,
Chris Knights.
Umpires: Dean Margetts, Craig Hendrie, Darren Goldspink. |
West Coast unleashed a
whirlwind eight-goal last quarter to comprehensively beat the Kangaroos
by 66 points in fine and sunny conditions at Subiaco Oval on Saturday
afternoon. The defeat ended a six-game winning streak by the Kangas.
Justin Chadwick observed for Sportal: The Eagles had
winners all over the park but it was the work of veteran defender
Daniel Chick that exemplified West Coast's effort. Chick bumped,
tackled and harassed his way to 17 valuable possessions and a goal, with
his one-percenters the highlight of the afternoon.
Mark Duffield noted for The Age: Michael Braun and
Matt Priddis launched the Eagles' momentum, Dean Cox and
Adam Selwood maintained it, requiring only a last-quarter
Chris Judd cameo – a sumptuous goal of the run – to drive the
advantage home. A three-goal game at three-quarter time became a 10-goal
slaughter by the 26-minute of the term – by then West Coast strolled to
the line.
Dean Cox played one of his best matches of the year and finished
with 27 touches, 23 hit-outs and two goals, while Priddis (39
disposals), Selwood (34) and Braun (33) also enjoyed fantastic outings.
For the Kangaroos, Adam Simpson, Jess Sinclair, Hamish
McIntosh and Brady Rawlings tried their hearts out and
Shannon Grant booted three goals but it wasn't nearly enough against
a finely tuned West Coast unit. |
|
2007 — ROUND 10 — GAME 3 |
| West Coast v
Kangaroos |
Saturday,
June 2, 2007
Subiaco Oval, 4.10pm AEST, crowd: 40,757
Conditions: Good
Weather: 23C, fine, sunny and clear |
| |
1/4 time |
1/2 time |
3/4 time |
Final |
| WCE |
5.4-34 (15) |
8.8-56 (31) |
10.9-68 (18) |
18.13-121
(66) |
| KAN |
3.1-19 |
3.7-25 |
7.9-51 |
7.13-55 |
Goals: West Coast: Quinten Lynch 3, Mitch Morton 2, Dean Cox 2,
Chris Judd 2, Matt Priddis 2, Mark LeCras 2, David Wirrpanda,
Brett Jones, Daniel Chick, Matt Rosa, Mitchell Brown. Kangaroos:
Shannon Grant 3, Andrew Swallow, Lindsay Thomas, Aaron Edwards, Corey
Jones.
Best: West Coast: Matt Priddis, Daniel Chick, Adam Selwood, Dean
Cox, Michael Braun, Shannon Hurn, Brett Jones. Kangaroos: Adam
Simpson, Hamish McIntosh, Shannon Grant, Brady Rawlings, Glenn Archer,
Josh Gibson.
Umpires: Brett Rosebury, Brett Allen, Matthew Nicholls. Nicholls
(bruised buttock) replaced by Luke Farmer at three-quarter time. |
Although Richmond
are still winless they earned their first premiership points of the
season when they forced a draw with the Brisbane Lions under the closed
roof at Docklands Stadium on Saturday night. Though the Tigers kicked
the only two goals of the last quarter and had the last attacking
thrusts they could not break the deadlock.
Len Johnson noted in The Age: Brisbane could argue it had
lost two points. The Lions had led by 13 points at the start of the
final term and missed several red-hot chances to consolidate that lead
when Jonathan Brown, of all people, failed to punish an Andrew
Raines turnover and Rhan Hooper missed a running shot at an
open goal.
Richmond could equally bemoan squandered chances. Perhaps too many balls
being bombed long in the Matthew Richardson direction, giving
Daniel Merrett the chance to spoil. Perhaps Greg Tivendale
being run down in the last minute by Troy Selwood. Perhaps
Johnson's kick.
Perhaps it has forgotten how to win. At least the nature of this game
meant both sides had to give everything to the final siren in contrast
to last week, when Richmond's inept attempt to closed the game down
allowed Essendon to steamroll it in the dying minutes.
Brandon Cohen for Sportal rated Josh Drummond as
Brisbane's best player with 30 possessions running off half-back, while
Joel Patfull booted three goals from full-forward. Nigel
Lappin (28 disposals) and Tim Notting (27) were also major
ball-winners for the Lions.
For Richmond, Joel Bowden picked up 25 touches and did a
serviceable job on the dangerous Jonathan Brown, while Daniel Jackson
kept Simon Black to just 16 possessions. Midfielder Nathan
Foley was instrumental in setting up numerous forward thrusts with
26 disposals and youngster Jake King was a livewire in the back
half with 20 touches and 10 marks. |
|
2007 — ROUND 10 — GAME 4 |
| Richmond v
Brisbane Lions |
Saturday
(n),
June 2, 2007
Docklands, 7.15pm AEST,
Roof: closed; crowd: 28,093
Conditions: Good
Weather: Outside 11C; clear and cold |
| |
1/4 time |
1/2 time |
3/4 time |
Final |
| RCH |
2.4-16 (5) |
4.7-31 |
8.9-57 |
10.13-73 (–) |
| BRI |
1.5-11 |
5.8-38 (7) |
10.10-70 |
10.13-73 (–) |
Goals: Richmond:
Matthew Richardson 2, Richard Tambling 2, Jay Schulz, Daniel Jackson,
Kent Kingsley, Shane Edwards, Brett Deledio, Kayne Pettifer.
Brisbane: Joel Patfull 3, Jonathan Brown 2, Nigel Lappin 2, Jed
Adcock, Colm Begley, Mitchell Clark.
Best: Richmond: Joel Bowden, Nathan Foley, Kane Johnson, Jake
King, Matthew Richardson. Brisbane: Josh Drummond, Joel Patfull,
Nigel Lappin, Tim Notting, Jed Adcock.
Umpires: Damien Sully, Stefan Grun, Shane McInerney. |
Essendon held off a
late charge by Sydney to clinch a one-point victory on a cool Saturday
night at the SCG. The Bombers appeared set for a comfortable victory
when they were 14 points clear late in the match, but the Swans kicked
consecutive goals to close within two points.
Amon Buchanan then just failed to secure an unlikely win, shaving
the padding with a snap in the dying seconds to create the final margin.
Or, was it the casual punch from Peter Everitt to put the ball
through for a behind to Essendon after the three-quarter time siren
sounded?
Jenny McAsey explained in The Australian on Monday –
Everitt, like most of his team-mates, most of the Essendon players and
most of the SCG crowd, believed a kick from Bomber forward Scott
Lucas was a dead ball when it landed short of the goals.
But due to a little-understood rule, AFL spokesman Patrick Keane
noted, if the kick was earned before the siren, the ball was still
active until it stopped moving or until it was touched by a Bomber. "The
attacking team can't punch it through for a point to try to win the
match, but in this case, if it touches the hand of the defending team
and goes through, it counts as a point. The ball is still active if it
is touched by the opposition," Keane said.
Martin Blake in summary in The Age noted: Sheedy's Bombers
came to the SCG with a plan – every time Sydney found possession of the
football and looked up toward Barry Hall, they had a sea of red
and black guernseys in front of them.
Mal Michael was Hall's nominal opponent, but Dustin Fletcher
was lurking nearby, ready to sweep across on the numerous occasions
Sydney bombed the ball into Big Bad Barry. It was the same plan Essendon
employed against Jonathan Brown when the Bombers played Brisbane,
and it worked a treat. It was worth noting that in the eight previous
games for Sydney against Essendon, Hall had netted 42 goals, averaging
better than five a game. Blind Freddy knew that Essendon had to find a
way to contain him.
Erin Riley summarised for Sportal: The game ebbed and
flowed, with neither team clearly dominating in any of the first three
quarters. The tight fourth term saw the Bombers kick early goals. Though
the Swans rallied late in the quarter, an Amon Buchanan behind denied
the Swans their fairytale ending. |
|
2007 — ROUND 10 — GAME 5 |
| Sydney v Essendon |
Saturday
(n),
June 2, 2007
SCG, 7.15pm AEST, crowd: 26,647
Conditions: Good, with heavy dew
Weather: 16C, cool and clear |
| |
1/4 time |
1/2 time |
3/4 time |
Final |
| SYD |
3.2-20 |
7.4-46 (2) |
8.4-52 (3) |
11.7-73 |
| ESS |
5.1-31 (11) |
7.2-44 |
7.7-49 |
11.8-74
(1) |
Goals: Essendon:
Matthew Lloyd 3, Mark Bolton 2, Mark McVeigh 2, Andrew Welsh, Mark
Johnson, Jobe Watson, Brent Stanton. Sydney: Nick Davis 3, Craig
Bolton, Barry Hall, Adam Goodes, Michael O'Loughlin, Nic Fosdike, Sean
Dempster, Adam Schneider, Paul Bevan.
Best: Essendon: Dustin Fletcher, Justin Winderlich, Mark McVeigh,
Matthew Lloyd. Sydney: Brett Kirk, Adam Schneider, Ted Richards,
Amon Buchanan, Peter Everitt.
Umpires: Chris Donlon, Scott McLaren, Ray Chamberlain. |
Hawthorn
strengthened its top four spot with an impressive 34-point victory over
Port Adelaide in mostly sunny conditions on Sunday afternoon at Football
Park. The Hawks dominated the last three quarters and went to a 7+3
win-loss record and snapped a seven-match losing streak against the
Power.
Ashley Porter noted in The Age: Any win is a good win, but
making this great was that the Hawks had not won here since 2001. Port's
determination was undermined by a lack of basic skills under pressure
and the inability to make the most of opportunities for goal. After a
ferocious start, Port kicked 2.9 in the second half, and missed nine set
shots. It had one more scoring shot, yet was thumped. Port was ordinary
under pressure and Hawthorn was good enough to apply it.
Alan Shiell observed for Sportal: Hawthorn owed its
revival largely to the improved ruckwork of Simon Taylor and
Robert Campbell and the run and distribution of Sam Mitchell,
Shane Crawford, Ben McGlynn, Luke Hodge, Jordan
Lewis and Brent Guerra – and five-goal full-forward Tim
Boyle.
Port, well served again by Chad Cornes and Jacob Surjan,
helped bring about its own undoing by not being direct enough and
playing too much so-called tempo football – backwards and sideways – in
its back half.
Tall forward Justin Westhoff had an eventful debut for Port, with
three goals – one with his first kick – and being reported late in the
final quarter; which had a happy ending – the charge was withdrawn by
the MRP. |
|
2007 — ROUND 10 — GAME 6 |
| Port Adelaide v
Hawthorn |
Sunday,
June 3, 2007
Football Park, 1.10pm AEST, crowd: 23,945
Conditions: Good
Weather: 14C, mainly sunny |
| |
1/4 time |
1/2 time |
3/4 time |
Final |
| PA |
5.5-35 (21) |
8.6-54 |
9.12-66 |
10.15-75 |
| HAW |
2.2-14 |
10.3-63 (9) |
13.5-83 (17) |
17.7-109
(34) |
Goals: Hawthorn: Tim Boyle 5.2, Ben McGlynn 3, Lance
Franklin 3, Luke Hodge 2, Michael Osborne, Brent Guerra, Brad Sewell,
Jordan Lewis. Port: Justin Westhoff 3, Damon White 2, Brendon
Lade, Steven Salopek, Shaun Burgoyne, Brett Ebert, Chad Cornes.
Best: Hawthorn: Sam Mitchell, Ben McGlynn, Tim Boyle, Jordan
Lewis, Luke Hodge, Shane Crawford, Brent Guerra, Simon Taylor.
Port: Chad Cornes, Jacob Surjan, Brendon Lade, Danyle Pearce.
Umpires: Michael Vozzo, Stuart Wenn, Kieron Nicholls.
Report:
Justin Westhoff (Port) reported on match day by field umpire Kieron Nicholls for
front-on contact with Clinton Young (Haw) late in Q4. Following
the MRP review the charge was withdrawn. |
After six-straight
losses, Carlton broke their drought with a 10-point win over the
more-fancied Western Bulldogs on a sunny Sunday afternoon at the MCG
with 37,535 in attendance. The match produced 40 goals – a
record-equalling 25 goalkickers, 12 by the Blues, 13 for the Bulldogs.
The defeat suffered to the 14th-placed Blues is an embarrassment to the
Bulldogs who were freely touted in recent weeks as the best-Victorian
side with premiership aspirations.
Paul Gough in his Sportal review noted: It was only the
Blues' third win in 10 matches and was even more creditable considering
key forwards Brendan Fevola and Lance Whitnall could only
kick two goals between them – both in the first quarter.
While Blues' fans were naturally jubilant after what was only the club's
10th win in their past 54 matches, this was a costly loss for the
Bulldogs and one which suggests that this is a team that was overrated
coming into the season – following last year's first finals appearance
in years. After 10 rounds the Bulldogs are now a game outside the top
eight with just five wins – summing up their inconsistency.
Carlton were trailing by 22 points early in the third term when they
broke the game apart with an eight-goal quarter. Matthew Lappin
kicked four of his five goals for the match in the third term, including
three in four minutes, as the Blues went into the last change with a
19-point lead. That extended to 25 points early in the last term before
the Bulldogs surged.
Blues follower Andrew Carrazzo and defender Jordan Bannister
were outstanding, while the Bulldogs' best featured Adam Cooney
and Brian Harris. |
|
2007 — ROUND 10 — GAME 7 |
| Carlton v Western
Bulldogs |
Sunday,
June 3, 2007
MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: 37,535
Conditions: Good
Weather: 15C, mainly sunny |
| |
1/4 time |
1/2 time |
3/4 time |
Final |
| CAR |
7.2-44 |
10.5-65 |
18.8-116 (19) |
21.12-138
(10) |
| WB |
7.4-46 (2) |
12.8-80 (15) |
14.13-97 |
19.14-128 |
Goals: Carlton: Matthew Lappin 5.1, Brad Fisher 3,
Jarrad Waite 3, Marc Murphy 2, Andrew Walker, Adam Bentick, Lance
Whitnall, Luke Blackwell, Setanta O'hAilpin, Brendan Fevola, Heath
Scotland, Jordan Bannister. WB'dogs: Brad Johnson 3, Nathan
Eagleton 2, Shaun Higgins 2, Daniel Giansiracusa 2, Adam Cooney 2, Mitch
Hahn, Sam Power, Ryan Griffen, Jason Akermanis, Matthew Robbins, Lindsay
Gilbee, Peter Street, Ryan Hargrave.
Best: Carlton: Andrew Carrazzo, Matthew Lappin, Andrew Walker,
Jarrad Waite, Brad Fisher, Ryan Houlihan, Marc Murphy, Jordan Bannister.
WB'dogs: Adam Cooney, Scott West, Dale Morris, Daniel Harris,
Daniel Cross, Lindsay Gilbee.
Umpires: Hayden Kennedy, Matt Stevic, Derek Woodcock.
Report:
Jordan McMahon (WB) was cited for making negligent contact with field
umpire ??? in the ??? quarter. The MRP imposed a fine of $2400. The player
accepted guilt and the fine imposed by the MRP. |
St Kilda's
prospects of the season slipped away further when they were the latest
victim of Geelong's precise brand of football on Sunday night at
Docklands. The Cats with their 5th-straight win ripped through the
Saints by a margin of 10 goals – they have won the five by a combined
337 points.
Martin Blake noted in The Age: In the first quarter,
Geelong cobbled two goals through gut-busting chasedowns of St Kilda
defenders, one to Steve Johnson and the other by Joel Corey.
It was a portent of things to come. The Cats have no personal issues to
speak of, and appear to be at the height of their powers. Seven
first-quarter goals set the tone.
St Kilda battled manfully to stay in the game to half-time, but the
floodgates burst soon after. It did not have the leg-speed to cope with
Geelong's rebounding to begin with, let alone when the muscle fatigue
kicked in. Corey, Jimmy Bartel and Gary Ablett drove the
ball forward continually, where Cam Mooney and Johnson
caused all manner of troubles for the St Kilda defence. In the second,
David Wojcinski gathered the ball on the wing, took off for two
bounces and bombed a goal from 50 metres that would serve as a symbol of
the contest.
Andrew Wu observed for Sportal: Geelong's willingness to take
risks, play on and handball to create space for running team-mates was
all the more poignant as it came up against a haphazard St Kilda side
which this season has resorted to flooding, much to the disgust of
football observers.
At one point, all 36 players were in Geelong's forward half of the
field. It was little wonder then with so many numbers behind the ball
that Fraser Gehrig once had nobody leading at him from inside 50
after marking at half-forward.
The Saints were not in the hunt and could manage just two goals in the
second half to Geelong's nine. |
|
2007 — ROUND 10 — GAME 8 |
| St Kilda v
Geelong |
Sunday
(n),
June 3, 2007
Docklands, 5.10pm AEST, Roof:
closed, crowd: 42,188
Conditions: Good
Weather: 13C, cool |
| |
1/4 time |
1/2 time |
3/4 time |
Final |
| STK |
4.1-25 |
7.6-48 |
9.8-62 |
9.11-65 |
| GEE |
7.2-44 (19) |
10.5-65 (17) |
15.8-98 (36) |
19.11-125
(60) |
Goals: Geelong: Cameron Ling 3, Cameron Mooney 3, Steve
Johnson 2, Brad Ottens 2, David Wojcinski 2, Gary Ablett, Nathan Ablett,
Jimmy Bartel, Joel Corey, Max Rooke, Mathew Stokes, Travis Varcoe. St
Kilda: Fraser Gehrig 2, Nick Riewoldt 2, Luke Ball, Jason Blake,
Jason Gram, Stephen Milne, Leigh Montagna.
Best: Geelong: Jimmy Bartel, Gary Ablett, Joel Corey, Cameron
Ling, Steve Johnson, Darren Milburn, Mark Blake. St Kilda: Nick
Riewoldt, Jason Gram, Justin Koschitzke, Jason Blake, Leigh Montagna.
Umpires: Shaun Ryan, Martin Ellis, Troy Pannell. |
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