| 2019 AFL Round 19 COLLINGWOOD v RICHMOND Time & Place: Friday July 26, 7:50pm AEST MCG TV: 7mate / Fox Footy 7:30pm AEST Weather: Min 10 Max 17 Chance of rain: 50% 1-5mm Wind: N 8kph Betting: Collingwood $2.18 Richmond $1.65 |
COLLINGWOOD 1.1.7 3.2.20 7.7.49 11.9.75
GOALS - Collingwood: Brown 2, Crocker 2, Pendlebury 2, Sier, Sidebottom, Hoskin-Elliott, De Goey, Grundy
BEST - Collingwood: Grundy, Adams, Crisp, Treloar, Sidebottom
INJURIES - Collingwood: Mayne (knee)
REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil
OFFICIAL CROWD - 15,467 at Giants Stadium
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"I thought we hung our backs out to dry in many ways. We weren't clean enough with the ball and around the contest. You've got to give the Giants credit for their pressure. But when they're running out the front door of a contest, it's a pretty difficult position for the backs to be in opposition ... against a side as skilful as the Giants are, you're going to make it pretty hard to defend. ... We were pretty happy with the 22 we put on the park tonight and we're pretty disappointed we didn't get the win. We were set for tonight, but we were bested by a side who were harder and cleaner inside for the most part and were able to hurt us when we went forward. We're not at all as consistent as we'd like to be. It seems to be a bit of a patchwork quilt at the moment – some good bits, some bad bits, and that'll flip the next week. For every side it's an ongoing concern, to find the mix that works best for you, that continual belief in the way you go about it. When parts of your plan fail ... we need to continue to work on that." – Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley |
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Fox FootyGWS reignited their AFL campaign and raised more questions about Collingwood’s prospects with a comprehensive 47-point win at Giants Stadium on Saturday. An eight-goal quarter blitzkrieg from GWS set up the 19.8 (122) to 11.9 (75) win, which snapped a three-match losing streak and handed the Pies a third defeat from their last four. It was Collingwood’s heaviest loss of the season and the first time this year they have conceded more than 100 points. AFL GREATER Western Sydney has breathed life into its fading season and snapped a three-game losing streak with a 47-point mauling of Collingwood on Saturday night. Despite their entire leadership group of Phil Davis (soreness), Callan Ward (knee), Stephen Coniglio (knee), Josh Kelly (calf) and Matt de Boer (shoulder) sitting in the stands, the Giants stunned the Magpies with an eight-goal opening term to set up the victory. The visitors staged a couple of comebacks after the first change but never got close enough to seriously challenge GWS, the home side prevailing 19.8 (122) to 11.9 (79) in front of 15,467 fans at Giants Stadium. The Age Collingwood ... had a host of key names out injured – most notably Darcy Moore, whose presence was sorely missed in defence as Giants trio (Jeremy) Cameron, Jeremy Finlayson and Harry Himmelberg wreaked havoc. But given the respective formlines of the two sides, this was clearly a catastrophe for the Pies. Too many failed to make an impact, with Mason Cox again a spectator, Jordan de Goey and Brody Mihocek largely unsighted and Scott Pendlebury quiet by his usual standards. The defeat, Collingwood's sixth of the year, will see Nathan Buckley's outfit drop down on the ladder, their percentage taking a hefty hit. Friday night's showdown with a resurgent Richmond at the MCG looms as an even tougher litmus test. Herald Sun The Pies were rocked by a blistering eight-goal first term from the rampaging GWS. The Giants kicked the first goal of the game via Jeremy Finlayson within two minutes of the start, but the Magpies almost squared it up soon after when Callum Brown opened the visiting team’s account. From there, the floodgates opened and by quarter time the scoreline was 50 to 7! Collingwood was this season’s best first-quarter team in the AFL before today. But tonight’s 50-7 margin was the fifth worst in the club’s history. |
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