AFL 2021 Round 15: Fremantle 91 Collingwood 79

AFL 2021 ROUND 16 COLLINGWOOD v ST KILDA Time & Place: Sunday July 4, 3:20pm AEST MCG TV: Fox Footy Weather: Min 7 Max 13 Chance of rain 20%: 0.0mm Wind: W 19kph Betting: Collingwood TBC St Kilda TBC FREMANTLE         3.3.21   7.5.47   10.6.66   14.7.91 COLLINGWOOD   2.2.14   4.4.28     7.6.48   12.7.79 GOALS - Collingwood: Thomas 2, Bianco 2, Grundy 2, Elliott, Cameron, Sidebottom, Brown, Hoskin-Elliott, Mihocek BEST - Collingwood: Adams, Sidebottom, Maynard, Pendlebury, Crisp, Grundy INJURIES - Collingwood: McCreery (hamstring) REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil SUBSTITUTES - Collingwood: C. Brown (replaced McCreery) OFFICIAL CROWD - 11,570 at Docklands What The Pies Caretaker Coach Said “We started really well and finished really well and had some inconsistent moments in the middle patch, in the second and third quarters. I thought from the point of view of what we asked the players for before the game their intent was good around what we wanted to do. We just fell into a few patterns where we couldn’t quite get out of that affected our ability to score and also getting scored against. ... As we go forward it’s about finding that balance in our game. To score six goals from the back half is an improvement for us. We haven’t done that for a while. ... We want our players to express themselves and in the last quarter the gloves came off and we were bolder and that’s what we want to see." - Robert Harvey Media Clippings Herald Sun Fremantle ruined Robert Harvey’s first game in charge of Collingwood, holding on for a nailbiting win at Marvel Stadium. Harvey’s jump into the Collingwood coaching hot seat started perfectly as the Pies kicked the first two goals of the match with slick and direct ball movement. But after Fremantle took control of the game, a late Collingwood fightback was hampered by one of the worst decisions of the season which completely stopped the Pies’ momentum. Brayden Maynard was penalised for front-on contact after Liam Henry pushed off the Collingwood defender, and an ensuing 50m penalty following Maynard’s remonstrations — labelled “unforgivable” by Brisbane legend Jonathan Brown on Fox Footy — ensured Fremantle kicked the unlikeliest of steadying goals. Fox Sports Collingwood defender Brayden Maynard has been criticised for an “unforgivable” error which “turned” the game in his side’s close loss to Fremantle. Maynard was left frustrated when the umpire determined he had given away a free kick for front-on contact, as he went in without his eyes on the ball, even though the contact was initiated by Fremantle’s Liam Henry. The Magpie took some time to give the ball back to Henry, in fact waiting until he saw a replay of the incident on the Marvel Stadium scoreboard, and then delivered some “choice words” to the umpire. That saw Maynard pinged for a 50-metre penalty which put Henry at the top of the goalsquare, kicking a simple goal which saw the Dockers reclaim the lead midway through the fourth quarter. The Age The Dockers looked in trouble when Brodie Grundy, who was best on ground, put the Magpies in front with seven minutes remaining after they removed the brakes to charge home and kick the first three goals of the final quarter. However their momentum stalled when a free kick and subsequent 50-metre penalty was paid against Magpies’ defender Brayden Maynard for front on contact against the Dockers’ Liam Henry midway through the final quarter. Collingwood supporters were entitled to be outraged at the decision as Henry made contact with Maynard rather than the other way around but the passionate defender then appeared to concede the goal when the umpire didn’t appreciate the feedback and awarded a 50-metre penalty against him.