Collingwood 7.6 48 v Melbourne 11.6 72
Holden Centre, February 22
Conditions were ideal in what turned out to be a decent hit out for both teams, Melbourne were quite efficient in the forward line as well as having a strong advantage in the Ruck.
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New Rules
6-6-6 Start Positions
Players starting inside 50 were not able to impact the initial centre bounce contest, the stronger clearances players will have an advantage over their opponents with this rule.
There were minimal secondary stoppages.
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Kick-ins
Most players elected to dispose of the ball outside the goal square, there was a mix between the ball landing between 25-50m & outside 50.
Short kick-ins between 0-25m have been just about non-existent from 2 games (Carlton v Hawthorn & Collingwood v Melbourne).
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Player Notes (Not all players covered)
Jamie Elliot
Looked fully committed to each contest, was a target early for the Magpies, impacted the scoreboard.
Adam Treloar
High number of centre bounce attendances, looked sharp.
Tom Langdon
Similar role to last season in defence.
Dayne Beams
High number of centre bounce attendances, spent a bit of time forward, clearance work was good.
Taylor Adams
An absolute bull and might have thought this was an actual game, attended a high number of centre bounces.
Jordan Roughead
Played in defence.
Darcy Moore
Played in defence, was used at a couple of kicks-ins.
Rupert Wills
Had a few centre bounce attendances, had an impact.
Tyler Brown
Attended a few centre bounces in the 2nd half.
Isaac Quaynor
Played in the 2nd half, looked sharp across half-back.
Brayden Sier
Had a few centre bounce attendances.
Brayden Maynard
Was one to take a kick-ins well outside the goal square, used 1 of them to handball wide to Tom Langdon on boundary at 25m.
Max Lynch
Started 1st Ruck, well defeated by Max Gawn.
Mason Cox
Stayed mostly deep forward.
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James Harmes
Attended a high number of centre bounces, was pretty solid finding plenty of the ball.
Jordan Lewis
Same role as last season in defence, managed to take a kick-in.
Angus Brayshaw
High number of centre bounce attendances, impacted at stoppages.
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Max Gawn
Dominated his position against Max Lynch early, when Preuss was on the ground & forward Gawn played a loose type defender role ready for an intercept mark when the ball was locked into the Melbourne forward line, the Demons were setting up this structure multiple times, also played deep defence ready for intercept marks as a loose. Gawn mostly played the Ruck role when on the ground except when the ball was in the Demons forward line which resulted in Preuss attending ball-ups & throw-ins.
Michael Hibberd
Same role as last year out of defence.
Brayden Preuss
Started forward early, impacted scoreboard, was a tough match-up for Collingwood defence, spent some time in the Ruck in forward line & when Gawn wasn’t on the ground, he had a positive impact but still a touch raw, Tom McDonald didn’t play.
Aaron vandenBerg
Attended a high number of centre bounces, clearance work was good, found plenty of it.
Sam Weideman
Impacted the scoreboard from his forward role.
Tom Sparrow
Attended a few centre bounces.
Marty Hore
Looked composed across half-back, managed to take a couple of kick-ins, his delivery by foot was good, didn’t look out of place at all.
Jeff Garlett
Was lively, provided some run through the middle in transition to the forward line at times.
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