| AFLW 2021 ROUND 7 COLLINGWOOD v BRISBANE Time & Place: Sunday March 14, 2.40pm Hickey Park, Brisbane TV: 7mate/AFL Streaming 2.30pm EDT Weather: Min 23 Max 32 Chance of rain 60%: 1mm Wind: NNW 11kph Betting: Collingwood $? Brisbane $? |
GOALS - Collingwood: Molloy 2, Moloney 2, Layton, Davey, Brown
BEST - Collingwood: Davey, Bonnici, Molloy, Butler, Livingstone, Brown
INJURIES - Collingwood: Nil
REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil
OFFICIAL CROWD - 3,017 at Victoria Park
| What The Pies Coach Said "The first half, things just weren't happening for us. We were doing a
lot of things right, but we were just a bit fumbly and made the wrong
decisions at the wrong time. Kicking eight points before we kicked our
first goal builds scoreboard pressure as well … Fortunately, once they
kicked that first goal, things started to flow and got their game going,
which was really pleasing. Last year, we might have panicked a bit." – Collingwood coach Steve Symonds |
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Collingwood has reaffirmed its standing as the AFLW team to beat, surging past a spirited Bulldogs outfit to remain undefeated at Victoria Park on Sunday afternoon. While the Bulldogs had momentum in the first half, the Pies were able to pick apart the Dogs’ defence in the second half, piling on seven goals after the main break. Young star Chloe Molloy and co-captain Brianna Davey were instrumental in the Pies second-half surge, leading Collingwood to a sixth consecutive win. The Western Bulldogs' four-game winning streak has come to an end, losing to a rampaging Collingwood by 36 points at Victoria Park. A seven-goal second half means the Pies have now won six on the trot, extending their current club record and reclaiming top spot as a consequence of the 7.9 (51) to 2.3 (15) result. It was a grim opening two quarters, with just one goal kicked (by Bulldog Elisabeth Georgostathis) as inaccuracy plagued the Pies (0.7) and defensive pressure stifled the Bulldogs. Collingwood was very late coming out onto the ground after the main break, managing just one hurried run-through before the first bounce of the third, but it didn't seem to matter. They won the opening clearance, locking the ball inside 50 before the Magpies finally kicked their first through Chloe Molloy and their second through debutant Abbi Moloney just a minute later. The Pies were much more organised in the third term, spreading the play well and were consequently more effective with their ball use. The floodgates opened, the young Dogs panicked under pressure and lost their structure coming out of defence. Collingwood overcame a goalless first half to edge closer to an unbeaten AFLW home-and-away season by beating the Western Bulldogs at Victoria Park on Sunday. Having almost gone winless two seasons ago, the Pies are now the envy of the competition, winning six straight matches to start the 2021 campaign. In a dour first half, the Pies were kept to just seven behinds by the Bulldogs, who had themselves entered the clash on the back of four straight victories. But like all very good teams, Collingwood showed they have gears – and then some – dramatically upping the ante in a third term in which they booted four goals to nil to shut the Dogs out of the contest. There were highlights aplenty in the third quarter for the Pies, including a goal to debutant Abbi Moloney with her first kick in the competition, and she followed it up in the final term with a second major. |
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