2019 Round 9: Collingwood 112 St Kilda 71

THE FACTS

2019 AFL Round 10 COLLINGWOOD v SWANS Time & Place: Friday May 24, 7:50pm SCG TV: 7mate / Fox Footy 7:30pm Weather: Min 15 Max 23 Chance of rain: 2% 0mm Wind: NW 7kph Betting: Collingwood $1.28 Swans $3.45

COLLINGWOOD   3.1.19   6.2.38   11.4.70   17.10.112
ST KILDA                1.3.9   4.9.33   9.11.65     10.11.71

GOALS - Collingwood: Mihocek 4, Reid 3, Stephenson 3, Sidebottom 2, Thomas 2, Varcoe 2, Hoskin-Elliott

BEST - Collingwood: Grundy, Sidebottom, Treloar, Crisp, Mihocek, Reid

INJURIES - Collingwood: De Goey (shin soreness) replaced in selected side by Wills, Moore (ankle) replaced in selected side by Aish, Langdon (knee)

REPORTS - Collingwood: Travis Varcoe reported for rough contact on Ed Phillips

OFFICIAL CROWD - 60,702 at the MCG

What The Pies Coach Said "St Kilda's brand is high energy. They're quick, they're fit and the pressure they put on us was obvious to all. We weren't able to handle it throughout that first half, but I thought our maturity to be able to control the game through our ball use after half-time was as good as we've seen it. It was a really mature response to the situation and it was pretty sustained over that hour of footy, culminating in a pretty dominant last quarter." – Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley

Media Clippings AFL The Magpies were tested for a second straight week, although not for as long as against Carlton, and have now banked six wins on the trot. The moment that summed up the change in fortunes came just before the clock ticked over to seven minutes in the fourth quarter. James Aish, one of two late Collingwood inclusions, sent a scrappy kick forward and Steele Sidebottom gathered at pace, turned and left befuddled Saints Jack Billings and Shane Savage in his wake. Sidebottom trotted inside 50 and split the middle for the second of the Magpies' six final-term goals. It was party time once second-year forward Jaidyn Stephenson launched a torpedo several rows back from 55m for the sixth of them to put Collingwood 46 points clear. NEWS.com.au Collingwood burst out of the blocks in the first quarter, before St Kilda turned the tides and had Pies fans on the edge of their seats. The teams went into the final term only separated by five points with the game well and truly up for grabs. But it was all one-way traffic in the fourth quarter as the Pies ran in five unanswered goals to claim the 17.10 (112) to 10.11 (71) win. The win lifts Collingwood into second place on the ladder and pushes their current win streak to six games. Fox Footy Collingwood lost Jordan De Goey and Darcy Moore hours before the opening bounce, but they didn’t lack any star power against St Kilda on Saturday as they cruised to a sixth straight win to draw level with Geelong on top of the ladder. In the absence of two of the Magpies’ most important players, reigning Copeland Trophy winners Steele Sidebottom and Brodie Grundy and star midfielder Adam Treloar continued their great seasons to get the job done. And just like on the same patch of grass against Carlton seven days earlier, Collingwood took until the final quarter to put some space between themselves and St Kilda. The Magpies were only five points in front at the final break before they put the foot down in the last 30 minutes, slotting six unanswered goals at the start of the last term to put the game to bed in the 41-point win. Collingwood News The result came despite Collingwood stars Jordan De Goey (shin) and Darcy Moore (ankle) being late withdrawals and defender Tom Langdon (knee) sitting out the second half. Langdon is in doubt for Friday night's clash with the Swans in Sydney, but another more welcome headache is emerging with the Pies' forward stocks. Mason Cox (ankle) missed a third game in a row, and his replacement, Ben Reid, was one of Collingwood's best players with 16 disposals (10 contested), seven marks and three goals. Reid was similarly impressive a fortnight ago, when he generated five shots at goal, while Brody Mihocek impressed again with four majors against the Saints. Whether Buckley is prepared to play them in the same side remains to be seen.  Wide World Of Sports When Varcoe kicked a goal early in the second term to put the Magpies 15 points up, it looked like they would take the game away from St Kilda. But the Saints went on to dominate the quarter in every aspect, except where it mattered most - the scoreboard. They hit the lead briefly, but a late goal to Sidebottom had the Pies leading by five points at the main break. St Kilda kicked 3.6 to 3.1 in the second term and should have been at least a couple of goals ahead. The third quarter was a shootout as the game opened up, with five goals apiece, and the Magpies went into the last term with a five-point lead. The Age In a week where the lack of scoring again became an issue, whatever elements combined to produce a 10-goal combined third term by Collingwood and St Kilda should be bottled and preserved. It was end-to-end football, with both sides benefiting from the new 6-6-6 rule, not to mention what appeared to be less officious umpiring. The perfect Autumnal conditions and 60,072 fans at the MCG also helped - not that this would have been on the minds of Saints coach Alan Richardson and his players on Saturday night, for the joy of the third term morphed into the shock of a six-goal-to-one final quarter, and a stinging 41-point loss against an opponent that was a man down in the second half.