| 2019 AFL Round 23 COLLINGWOOD v ESSENDON Time & Place: Friday August 23, 7:50pm AEST MCG TV: 7mate / Fox Footy 7:30pm AEST Weather: Min 7 Max 17 Chance of rain: 20% <1mm Wind: WNW 12kph Betting: Collingwood $1.52 Essendon $2.48 |
ADELAIDE 0.5.5 2.6.18 3.8.26 6.12.48
GOALS - Collingwood: Elliott 5, Thomas 3, Adams 2, Hoskin-Elliott 2, Phillips 2, Varcoe 2, Maynard
BEST - Collingwood: Elliott, Treloar, Pendlebury, Maynard, Crisp, Howe
INJURIES - Collingwood: Nil
REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil
OFFICIAL CROWD - 48,175 at Adelaide Oval
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"We want to finish (in the) top four. Our part in that is winning games and winning them as well as we possibly can. We need a few results to go our way, either tomorrow or next weekend. We've got Essendon in six days' time, we need to narrow our focus on that and execute the footy we're capable of and building towards whatever September looks like for us. ... We’re seeing the type of footy that we want to play more often. That is always important to get that validation, the reminder for the players of what it feels like to be playing the way that you’re capable of and to be able to impose that on an opposition. Clearly when the stakes get higher and the opposition becomes sharper, then it becomes a little bit more difficult to execute that. But I think we’re in a pretty good space to be able to take those next steps.” – Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley |
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Herald SunJamie Elliott booted five goals for the first time in four years as Collingwood’s revamped small forward-line helped keep the club’s top four hopes alive with a dominant 66-point win over Adelaide. The Magpies produced another stunning on-the-road success on Saturday night, with Elliott turning on his best game for years and Jeremy Howe dragging down another mark of the year contender. Importantly for Nathan Buckley’s side, the victory lifted the Magpies’ percentage from 113.9 to 117.8, courtesy of their third-highest score of the season. It’s a validation of the Pies’ forward structure change since Mason Cox’s season-ending eye injury against Gold Coast in Round 20. Elliott has been the Magpies’ most-used target inside 50 in each of their past two matches. Fox Footy Collingwood have trounced Adelaide by 66 points to climb into the AFL’s top four and all but kill off the Crows’ finals chances. Magpie Jamie Elliott booted five goals in a resounding 17.12 (114) to 6.12 (48) triumph in Saturday’s Adelaide Oval twilight fixture. ... Elliott was dynamic, forming a dangerous forward line with Josh Thomas and Travis Varcoe who booted two goals each — as did Will Hoskin-Elliott and Tom Phillips. The fleet-footed forwards feasted on regular supply from a dominant midfield headed by captain Scott Pendlebury (34 possessions), Adam Treloar (27 disposals) and Taylor Adams, whose 24 touches featured three goals. Collingwood’s defence, marshalled by Brayden Maynard (30 disposals) and Jack Crisp (29 touches) stifled Adelaide’s attacking threats. AFL COLLINGWOOD is back in the top four after smashing Adelaide by 66 points and leaving the Crows' finals chances on life support. The Magpies turned on the after-burners in the third quarter with six unanswered goals in 22 minutes on their way to a dominant 17.12 (114) to 6.12 (48) victory at Adelaide Oval on Saturday. The game was up for grabs at half-time with the Magpies leading by 17 points before they gained control of the midfield through Adam Treloar and captain Scott Pendlebury to give their versatile attack avenues to score. Small forward Jamie Elliott (five goals) ran riot, Josh Thomas chipped in with three and Travis Varcoe and Will Hoskin-Elliott were also dangerous, kicking two each. Despite nursing a massive injury list, the Magpies (14-7) have won three games in a row to move ahead of Richmond in fourth spot on the ladder. The Age Resurgent Collingwood enhanced their top-four claims and dismissed wayward, dispirited Adelaide as an absolute finals pretender after annihilating the Crows on Saturday. The Magpies’ third consecutive victory, among their most convincing of 2019, saw them, for now, leapfrog Richmond into fourth spot on the ladder, ahead of the Tigers’ clash with West Coast on Sunday. Jamie Elliott (five goals) enjoyed an electrifying third quarter and gave hapless Luke Brown a bath while repeatedly isolated one-on-one in the square, while Adam Treloar, Scott Pendlebury and Taylor Adams had by far the better of their Crows engine-room counterparts. |
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