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Kangaroos v. Adelaide
Friday, 17 August 2001
Colonial Stadium 7:40 PM
Adelaide 25.12.162 def. Kangaroos 15.10.100
The Kangaroos' season end is mirroring how it started - the Roos
lost five of their first six, their first win coming courtesy of
the hapless Cats. North's last win, again against Geelong, was
a sadly misleading victory, as the Roos were absolutely no match
against the slick Crows on Friday night, receiving a 10-goal
whipping.
They're a fanatical mob, those Crow supporters. Reminiscent of
the 1998 Grand Final, the cacophonic strains of 'Pride of South
Australia' rang out throughout the match and of course got
McLeoder and McLeoder the more that player got the ball. Which
was very often.
The worst thing about the loss was North's readiness to fly the
white flag after fighting back from a 49-point second-term
deficit to get within 14 points late in the third term, thanks to
a lift in the midfield's work rate and some exceptional work by
Spider Burton. Ironically, ex Roo Mark Stevens calmly slotted
two goals (of his total five) through the big sticks before the
final change, and that was the start of a nine goal streak by the
Crows and, bye-bye North for season 2001.
Brent Harvey kicked North's only goal in the final term, after
the siren, which echoed around Colonial Stadium like the
proverbial bell of death. North's forwards were extremely off
target, and while Sav Rocca always takes at least one kick to get
into the swing of the game, on Friday night he stretched that to
a couple of misses in a row before dobbing a major.
Nigel Smart had Wayne Carey's measure for most of the game and
it's clear that the King's body is feeling the impact of more
than a decade of bang-crash football. John Blakey had a fairly
ordinary night, with Mark Ricciuto kicking five on the normally
reliable defender.
Some bloke called Ian Perrie for the Crows managed to get 10
marks and five goals from full-forward, underlining the slowing
and fragile nature of North's once invincible backline.
Adelaide's midfield dominated. Did I mention Andrew McLeod? Let
me mention him again. This bloke absolutely oozes talent and
class.
Tyson Edwards, Simon Goodwin, Brett Burton and Ricciuto all had
purple patches too, while "Don't call me Shirley" pressured the
usually unflappable Brent Harvey at every opportunity. Glenn
Archer was fired up for North - when is he not? - but
unfortunately he expressed it by giving away a couple of fifty-
metre penalties to the opposition. David King started well but
was subdued after taking a mighty hip and shoulder from Darren
Jarman.
North have some good young players coming through the ranks who
will be bigger, better and stronger in 2002. In the meantime,
they'll be glad to see the end of this annus horribilis. As for
the Crows, they won't be easy to beat next month and I, for one,
am glad my Rooboys won't have to come up against them till next
year.
-
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Richmond v. West Coast
Colonial Stadium 2:10 PM
Saturday, 18 August 2001
This was a game between a team destined for the finals and
another merely going through the motions. The Tigers were too
tall too strong and too good and should have won by over 100
points especially with a 7 goal lead at half time which ballooned
out to 10 goals early in the third quarter. Ben Cousins was
tagged by a variety of opponents throughout the match and without
his drive the Eagles were always chasing.
The tall forward line of Richmond in Ottens, Richardson and
Holland were supplied with plenty of opportunities and grabbed
their chances. Brendon Gale has become critical to the Tigers
finals chances as he allows young Ottens to play up forward and
this young man is very good overhead and will be a danger to
every side in the finals. This should have been a great tune up
for the finals and provided Tigers coach Danny Frawley with a
chance to experiment with match ups and different positions for
his key players. However he still had some issues that needed to
be addressed.
One of the problems was that Richmond had over-used the ball in
the first half and needed to straighten up when coming down the
ground to capitalize on Ottens Richardson and Holland. Part of
the reason for this was that Richardson lead towards the flanks
and pockets as a dummy lead. Unfortunately the Tiger onballers
and runners honoured his first lead and they needed to hold onto
the ball a little longer to deliver to the front of the goal.
This happened early in the third term before some Tigers started
to lairise. This gave the Eagles a chance and when some more of
the Tigers took their foot off the pedal during that third
quarter the Eagles were able to use the ball without pressure.
Some positional moves also helped with Peter Matera moving into
the centre and Kasey Green tagging Matthew Knights.
At 3/4 time I think the Tigers were read the riot act and told
that no positions in the team were safe and to get serious if
they wanted to play finals footy. However its not that easy to
switch your form on and off and the Eagles grabbed the first four
goals of the last quarter before the Tigers finally awoke. The
result was a 7 goal rush and a handy 65 point win with good
performance by Knights, Ottens, King, Richardson, Hilton, Bowden
and Kellaway.
For the Eagles this year they have been decimated by injury and
forced to play a lot of young players before they were ready.
This has meant haphazard delivery under pressure and an up and
down season. The good to come out of that is that these young
players will have gained valuable experience and when combined
with the inclusion of Gaspar, Donelly, Carroll, Sierakowski,
Read, Morrison and Philip Matera next season will give Eagles
supporters great hope.
- Amazonstud
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Collingwood v. Essendon
MCG 7:00 PM
Saturday, 18 August 2001
Collingwood are a better team than they let themselves be
sometimes. It will be a real shame if this young side doesn't get
a look in for the finals. Their inclusion would be a real bonus,
Eddie McGuire notwithstamding.
With certain questions yet to be posed to certain members of the
Collingwood board after the collapse of the deck of cards that
was HIH Insurance (watch this space), the Pies have really needed
the rejuvenated young side that has stormed the barricades this
year.
But the signs were ominous.
It seems the soft **** faction has got control of the Collingwood
cheer squad with their banner reading like a marketing
conference. It read; Together Everyone Achieves More. TEAM!
Whoopy-doo. That was about as inspiring as an address by Dale
Carnegie.
With a packed colleseum and a new tall red headed barmaid at The
Empress of India in North Fitzroy Satrurday night started with
great promise.
The Pies, like any team, look their best when they run the ball
up the guts. Fraser was killing them in the ruck but with Tarrant
suffering from long sleeved jumper syndrome things were breaking
down for them up forward. The other bloke with the long sleeved
shirt, the number 14, he was playing well but for some reason,
known only to those who posess a porno moustache, Malthouse kept
running him off the bench.
The defence of both sides was terrific. When Hird limped around
with a broken fingernail and the Pies had come from behind to
take a narrow lead a boilover seemed on the cards.
But then the Same Olds went up a gear, the barmaid told me she
had a boyfriend, and the pies began to flounder and panic.
Buckley is as good a player as I have ever seen. He has more
physicality and desperation than any of the other show ponies
touted as stars. He played a blinder despite the umpies failing
to protect him.
The umpiring was, as it has been all year, abysmal.
Someone has obviously taken Essendon aside and explained that no
one likes a smartarse. They look decidedly human these days,
which has left the camp followers to scoot off and jump on the
Fitzroy Bears bandwagon to piss in Leigh Matthews pocket instead.
This will suit Sheedy who will claim some kind of bizarre
underdog status in forthcoming weeks. Long continues to play
about a quarter in the VFL, but he should be back soon, I guess
Sheeds is waiting until he's hungry enough. The result in the
Northern Territory election will have cheered Longy and Rioli no
end, he'd be best to give them both a run next week.
With the finals more or less settled two weeks out and Essendon a
shoe in for the flag, this appears to be panning out as the most
uninspiring season since 1924.
Phil Doyle
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Port Adelaide v. Geelong
Football Park 7:10 PM (7:40 PM AEST)
Saturday, 18 August 2001
You might have thought that with their season on the line, and
everything to play for, Geelong would have put in a huge first
half effort against Port Adelaide.
If you thought that, obviously you are not all that well versed
with Geelong and its recent history.
Once again the Cats have folded up meekly, their 2001 season
effectively ending at the hands of the Power, who have all but
sown up a double chance for the finals.
Geelong had their injury worries before the game, going in with a
midfield that was missing Brad Sholl, Garry Hocking, Glenn
Kilpatrick and Peter Riccardi. This looked to be a rather big
worry against the all-powerful Port on-ball brigade, and so it
proved.
While Corey Enright and Darren Milburn tried their best, it was
the Port midfielders who enjoyed an absolute glut of possession.
Josh Francou, Nick Stevens, Jarryd Schofield and a rejuvinated
Gavin Wanganeen had stellar first halfs, helping the Power to a
49 point half time lead. The margin could have been greater, with
the home side having had 19 scoring shots to the Cats' five by
the long break.
Geelong lifted somewhat after the break, but the game was long
gone. Peter Street showed some promising signs in the ruck, while
Steven King showed his captain how it was done, going forward for
a three goal cameo while Street held sway in the ruck.
Other Cats to give a good account of themselves were the much-
improved Matthew Scarlett in defence, a busy Brenton Sanderson,
and Tom Harley who at least offered himself up as a marking
option for the beleagured Pussies.
But all of the best players wore the fearsome teal. Aside from
the dominant midfield, there was Chad Cornes, who marked
everything and kicked nothing (1.4), the All-Australian ruckman
Matthew Primus, who kick-started the home side in the first half,
and a typically assured Stephen Paxman in defence.
Hawthorn's loss effectively gifts the Power a top four spot, and
they can now turn their attention to combatting the Lions at the
Gabba in the first week of the finals. For Geelong, it's time to
think of recruiting. Heading that wishlist should be a key
forward who can kick a few goals, and a midfielder that can
actually get on the track.
- Mark O'Connor
**********
Hawthorn v. Western Bulldogs
MCG 2:10 PM
Sunday, 19 August 2001
The Bulldogs kept their slim finals hopes alive with a 46 point
victory over a undermanned Hawthorn at the MCG.
The Hawks were rocked by 4 late withdrawals from the selected
side, with Rehn, Dixon, Smith and Harford been replaced by Obst,
Rock, Lonie and Johnson. The lack of depth on the Hawthorn
playing list was once again exposed as the Bulldogs recorded
their first win over them in 3 years.
The match got off to a comical start, when Bulldogs captain Chris
Grant appeared to get caught up in the celebrations for his 250th
game and told his players they were kicking the wrong way. This
led to the game been held up as all the Bulldogs players had to
swap sides.
After that there was very little for Hawthorn supporters to laugh
about though, as the Bulldogs
dominated the match. Only some terrible kicking for goal by the
Doggies kept the match a contest until half way through the last
quarter.
Hudson, Smith and Johnson all missed 3 or 4 easy set shots each
as the Doggies kicked an amazing 17.25. The Hawks on the other
hand stayed in the game through Aaron Lord, who had 4 goals from
4 kicks and 3 goals from John Barker.
But it was the midfield dominance of the Bulldogs that meant they
never really looked like losing the game. Scott West was
everywhere 32 possessions, but Brad Johnson with 30 posessions
and 4.4 was also fantastic.
But lesser lights for the Western Bulldogs also had a field day,
with young guns Daniel Giansirucusa and Mark Alvey also getting
more than 30 possessions. Luke Darcy was too good in the ruck for
a valiant Nathan Thompson while Robert Murphy swept the ball off
half-back during the rare occasions that Hawthorn did get it
forward.
Winners for the Hawks were few and far between. Shane Crawford
seemed distracted by Libba, and may be having a couple of weeks
off after a couple of behind the ball incidents. Kris Barlow
tried hard, and Chris Obst, after a nervous start, was fairly
good in defence.
So for the Doggies the finals remain a possibility, whilst the
Hawks have once again left a question mark over their true
ability. Losing 4 key players before a game is likely to affect
any team, but some players were beyond disappointing. A special
mention to Matthew Dent, who managed to play his best game ever
for the Bulldogs, despite wearing a Hawthorn jumper!
Hawthorn 4.1 8.1 11.4 12.7 79 Bulldogs 3.6 7.11 12.18 17.23
125
Goals: Hawthorn:A.Lord 4, J.Barker 3, K.Barlow 2, A.Lekkas 1,
N.Lonie 1, N.Thompson 1 Bulldogs:C.Grant 4, B.Johnson 4, R.Smith
3, D.Giansiracusa 2, K.Hunter 2, P.Dimattina 1, P.Hudson 1
Best: Hawthorn: Barlow, Obst, Lord
Bulldogs: West, Johnson, Giansirucusa, Murphy, Alvey, Darcy
- Dominic Milesi
**********
St Kilda v. Carlton
Colonial Stadium 2:10 PM
Sunday, 19 August 2001
Carlton cemented a finals berth today with a hard-fought win over
lowly St.Kilda at Colonial today. The 44 point margin as the
final siren gave little indication of the difficulty Carlton had
in shaking off a spirited Saints outfit. In fact the Saints'
outfit will probably be what the game will most remembered for.
Promoting their primary sponsor Pura Milk, St.Kilda took the
field wearing predominantly yellow guernseys which will hopefully
never re-appear.
It looked like it would be a standard win for Carlton at quarter
time. The Blues had built up a comfortable 17 point lead and
looked in control of the game and by kicking 7 goals in that
first quarter, looked like they were headed for a percentage
booster, but the Saints led by Peter Everitt and Craig Callaghan
managed to narrow the margin to four points at half time. Everitt
was beating Carlton's imposing ruck duo of Matthew Allan and Mark
Porter, but when Allan went off in the second quarter, Everitt
exerted his superiority over Porter at the centre bounces.
Callaghan capitalised well on Everitt's ruckwork, as did acting
captain Andrew Thompson. Ratten and Freeborn were unusually
quiet, collecting very few touches for the first half (and the
whole day) and it was left to runners Camporeale, Koutoufides and
Bradley to keep Carlton in front at the half time break.
After half time, Carlton looked like they had shaken off some of
their second quarter lethargy, and began to create a bit of
vreathing space on the scoreboard. Camporeale and Koutoufides
increased their work rate even further while the St.Kilda
midfield began to slow down, Callaghan and Thompson having only 7
possessions between them after a combined 34 in the first half.
Carlton took a 15 point lead into the last quarter, and St.Kilda
managed to keep the game close until midway through the quarter,
at one stage narrowing the margin to 11 points. The Saints let
themselves down with their last 15 minutes of play, as the Blues
slammed on the last 5 goals of the match to end up winning by a
flattering 44 points.
Both sides finished the game with several players in doubt for
next week's matches. Carlton has Scott Camporeale visiting the
tribunal on a tripping charge, Matthew Allan suffering a groin
strain, and Matthew Lappin coming off the ground in the last
quarter suffering a severely corked thigh after a collision with
former teammate Aaron Hamill. St.Kilda lost defender Max Hudghton
with a sprained ankle (in his 100th game), Tony Delaney injured a
quadricep and Robert Powell withdrew from the game before the
start with an illness. His replacement, Matthew Young, had played
a full game in the VFL on Saturday and as a result didn't get
much time on the ground in the seniors.
FINAL SCORES : Carlton 22.16.148 defeated St.Kilda 16.8.104
Best Players : Carlton - Koutoufides, Bradley, Camporeale,
Lappin, Fevola, Hickmott.
St.Kilda - Everitt, Thompson, Callaghan, Hamill, Moyle,
Koschitzke.
- Dark Avenger
**********
Sydney v. Melbourne
SCG 2:10 PM
Sunday, 19 August 2001
With North Melbourne out of the finals race, I have to admit that
I was too depressed to watch any footy for the rest of the
weekend. However, as a subscriber to afltips.com, you expect a
match report. Well, here's a compromise. This is a do it
yourself match report. Just print this out and delete the
phrases as appropriate.
Finals bound Sydney today had an [expected win]/[shock loss]
against the struggling Demons. The [INSERT MARGIN] [win]/[loss]
[confirms]/[puts into doubt] the credibility of the Swans as a
finals contender, while in the meantime, there must be [increased
pressure]/[cause for optimism] for Neale Daniher and his team.
In a [highly entertaining]/[utterly tedious] game with a hallmark
of [high pressure]/[handbags at ten paces], the game was only
decided [in the final moments]/[with one of those scabby five
goals in five minutes bursts], which in the context of the game
produced [a fair result]/[an Eddie McGuire level of whining and
whinging by the losing coach]. Meanwhile, the winning coach
spoke about [one week at a time]/[not looking too far
ahead]/[being content with the four points].
There were some spectacular moments like the [banana]/[soccer]
kick goal by [Jeff Farmer]/[Michael O'Loughlin] and a superb
running goal by [Stuart Maxfield]/[Adem Yze]. However, the video
scrutineers will take a close look at an off the ball incident
involving [Wayne Schwass]/[David Schwarz] and a
[shepherd]/[shirtfront] that resulted in an opponent leaving the
field. Jason Ball [continued on with his fine form]/[returned to
his normal level of ****eness] while David Neitz was [totally
anonymous]/[did sweet bugger all] and Shane Woewodin left the
field with an injured
[knee]/[back]/[hamstring]/[arm]/[ankle]/[foot]/[groin].
In a further blackspot, the AFL will be concerned with the
[atrocious]/[shocking]/[substandard] umpiring of the match, and
this performance will add to calls for Jeff Geishen to be
[hanged]/[shot]/[sent back to coaching Richmond].
In the end, the [bandwagon jumping]/[chardonnay sipping]/[glory
hunting] Swans fans would have returned home in a
[happier]/[sadder] state of mind than their [bandwagon
jumping]/[port sipping]/[glory hunting] Melbourne counterparts.
- Shinboners
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Fremantle v. Brisbane
Subiaco 2:30 PM (4:30 PM AEST)
Sunday, 19 August 2001
Brisbane failed to repeat their final withering burst that sunk
Fremantle in round five, but still managed a convincing 51-point
win against Fremantle.
The win gives Brisbane 11 consecutive victories, a new club
record.
The Lions lead at every change and never lost control of the
game, despite the Dockers best efforts.
Once again, Brisbane's midfield was the driving force in their
success, with Nigel Lappin, Simon Black and Michael Voss
gathering 85 possessions between them.
The difference between them and the Dockers midfield was not
simply the weight of possessions, but their efficiency.
Fremantle went inside 50 seven more times than Brisbane, but the
Lions kicked a goal almost every second time they went forward,
while the Dockers needed nearly four entries per goal.
Fremantle produced a trademark slow start as Brisbane kicked four
goals in the first eight minutes, but then they got it together,
slotting four of the next five to trail by just five points at
the break.
More inept kicking by both teams saw the Lions extend that to 23
at the long break.
In the third, Fremantle kicked six majors but reduced the deficit
by a solitary point.
Brisbane scored the first of the last after just 24 seconds, and
memories of their first clash this year flooded back.
Fortunately for Freo, the Lions didn't explode as they did that
time, but simply drew away inexorably, kicking six goals before
Dockers debutante Dwayne Simpson scored the last of the match.
- Mic Cullen
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Kangaroos v. Adelaide
Friday, 17 August 2001
Colonial Stadium 7:40 PM
Adelaide 25.12.162 def. Kangaroos 15.10.100
The Kangaroos' season end is mirroring how it started - the Roos
lost five of their first six, their first win coming courtesy of
the hapless Cats. North's last win, again against Geelong, was
a sadly misleading victory, as the Roos were absolutely no match
against the slick Crows on Friday night, receiving a 10-goal
whipping.
They're a fanatical mob, those Crow supporters. Reminiscent of
the 1998 Grand Final, the cacophonic strains of 'Pride of South
Australia' rang out throughout the match and of course got
McLeoder and McLeoder the more that player got the ball. Which
was very often.
The worst thing about the loss was North's readiness to fly the
white flag after fighting back from a 49-point second-term
deficit to get within 14 points late in the third term, thanks to
a lift in the midfield's work rate and some exceptional work by
Spider Burton. Ironically, ex Roo Mark Stevens calmly slotted
two goals (of his total five) through the big sticks before the
final change, and that was the start of a nine goal streak by the
Crows and, bye-bye North for season 2001.
Brent Harvey kicked North's only goal in the final term, after
the siren, which echoed around Colonial Stadium like the
proverbial bell of death. North's forwards were extremely off
target, and while Sav Rocca always takes at least one kick to get
into the swing of the game, on Friday night he stretched that to
a couple of misses in a row before dobbing a major.
Nigel Smart had Wayne Carey's measure for most of the game and
it's clear that the King's body is feeling the impact of more
than a decade of bang-crash football. John Blakey had a fairly
ordinary night, with Mark Ricciuto kicking five on the normally
reliable defender.
Some bloke called Ian Perrie for the Crows managed to get 10
marks and five goals from full-forward, underlining the slowing
and fragile nature of North's once invincible backline.
Adelaide's midfield dominated. Did I mention Andrew McLeod? Let
me mention him again. This bloke absolutely oozes talent and
class.
Tyson Edwards, Simon Goodwin, Brett Burton and Ricciuto all had
purple patches too, while "Don't call me Shirley" pressured the
usually unflappable Brent Harvey at every opportunity. Glenn
Archer was fired up for North - when is he not? - but
unfortunately he expressed it by giving away a couple of fifty-
metre penalties to the opposition. David King started well but
was subdued after taking a mighty hip and shoulder from Darren
Jarman.
North have some good young players coming through the ranks who
will be bigger, better and stronger in 2002. In the meantime,
they'll be glad to see the end of this annus horribilis. As for
the Crows, they won't be easy to beat next month and I, for one,
am glad my Rooboys won't have to come up against them till next
year.
-
**********
Richmond v. West Coast
Colonial Stadium 2:10 PM
Saturday, 18 August 2001
This was a game between a team destined for the finals and
another merely going through the motions. The Tigers were too
tall too strong and too good and should have won by over 100
points especially with a 7 goal lead at half time which ballooned
out to 10 goals early in the third quarter. Ben Cousins was
tagged by a variety of opponents throughout the match and without
his drive the Eagles were always chasing.
The tall forward line of Richmond in Ottens, Richardson and
Holland were supplied with plenty of opportunities and grabbed
their chances. Brendon Gale has become critical to the Tigers
finals chances as he allows young Ottens to play up forward and
this young man is very good overhead and will be a danger to
every side in the finals. This should have been a great tune up
for the finals and provided Tigers coach Danny Frawley with a
chance to experiment with match ups and different positions for
his key players. However he still had some issues that needed to
be addressed.
One of the problems was that Richmond had over-used the ball in
the first half and needed to straighten up when coming down the
ground to capitalize on Ottens Richardson and Holland. Part of
the reason for this was that Richardson lead towards the flanks
and pockets as a dummy lead. Unfortunately the Tiger onballers
and runners honoured his first lead and they needed to hold onto
the ball a little longer to deliver to the front of the goal.
This happened early in the third term before some Tigers started
to lairise. This gave the Eagles a chance and when some more of
the Tigers took their foot off the pedal during that third
quarter the Eagles were able to use the ball without pressure.
Some positional moves also helped with Peter Matera moving into
the centre and Kasey Green tagging Matthew Knights.
At 3/4 time I think the Tigers were read the riot act and told
that no positions in the team were safe and to get serious if
they wanted to play finals footy. However its not that easy to
switch your form on and off and the Eagles grabbed the first four
goals of the last quarter before the Tigers finally awoke. The
result was a 7 goal rush and a handy 65 point win with good
performance by Knights, Ottens, King, Richardson, Hilton, Bowden
and Kellaway.
For the Eagles this year they have been decimated by injury and
forced to play a lot of young players before they were ready.
This has meant haphazard delivery under pressure and an up and
down season. The good to come out of that is that these young
players will have gained valuable experience and when combined
with the inclusion of Gaspar, Donelly, Carroll, Sierakowski,
Read, Morrison and Philip Matera next season will give Eagles
supporters great hope.
- Amazonstud
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Collingwood v. Essendon
MCG 7:00 PM
Saturday, 18 August 2001
Collingwood are a better team than they let themselves be
sometimes. It will be a real shame if this young side doesn't get
a look in for the finals. Their inclusion would be a real bonus,
Eddie McGuire notwithstamding.
With certain questions yet to be posed to certain members of the
Collingwood board after the collapse of the deck of cards that
was HIH Insurance (watch this space), the Pies have really needed
the rejuvenated young side that has stormed the barricades this
year.
But the signs were ominous.
It seems the soft **** faction has got control of the Collingwood
cheer squad with their banner reading like a marketing
conference. It read; Together Everyone Achieves More. TEAM!
Whoopy-doo. That was about as inspiring as an address by Dale
Carnegie.
With a packed colleseum and a new tall red headed barmaid at The
Empress of India in North Fitzroy Satrurday night started with
great promise.
The Pies, like any team, look their best when they run the ball
up the guts. Fraser was killing them in the ruck but with Tarrant
suffering from long sleeved jumper syndrome things were breaking
down for them up forward. The other bloke with the long sleeved
shirt, the number 14, he was playing well but for some reason,
known only to those who posess a porno moustache, Malthouse kept
running him off the bench.
The defence of both sides was terrific. When Hird limped around
with a broken fingernail and the Pies had come from behind to
take a narrow lead a boilover seemed on the cards.
But then the Same Olds went up a gear, the barmaid told me she
had a boyfriend, and the pies began to flounder and panic.
Buckley is as good a player as I have ever seen. He has more
physicality and desperation than any of the other show ponies
touted as stars. He played a blinder despite the umpies failing
to protect him.
The umpiring was, as it has been all year, abysmal.
Someone has obviously taken Essendon aside and explained that no
one likes a smartarse. They look decidedly human these days,
which has left the camp followers to scoot off and jump on the
Fitzroy Bears bandwagon to piss in Leigh Matthews pocket instead.
This will suit Sheedy who will claim some kind of bizarre
underdog status in forthcoming weeks. Long continues to play
about a quarter in the VFL, but he should be back soon, I guess
Sheeds is waiting until he's hungry enough. The result in the
Northern Territory election will have cheered Longy and Rioli no
end, he'd be best to give them both a run next week.
With the finals more or less settled two weeks out and Essendon a
shoe in for the flag, this appears to be panning out as the most
uninspiring season since 1924.
Phil Doyle
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Port Adelaide v. Geelong
Football Park 7:10 PM (7:40 PM AEST)
Saturday, 18 August 2001
You might have thought that with their season on the line, and
everything to play for, Geelong would have put in a huge first
half effort against Port Adelaide.
If you thought that, obviously you are not all that well versed
with Geelong and its recent history.
Once again the Cats have folded up meekly, their 2001 season
effectively ending at the hands of the Power, who have all but
sown up a double chance for the finals.
Geelong had their injury worries before the game, going in with a
midfield that was missing Brad Sholl, Garry Hocking, Glenn
Kilpatrick and Peter Riccardi. This looked to be a rather big
worry against the all-powerful Port on-ball brigade, and so it
proved.
While Corey Enright and Darren Milburn tried their best, it was
the Port midfielders who enjoyed an absolute glut of possession.
Josh Francou, Nick Stevens, Jarryd Schofield and a rejuvinated
Gavin Wanganeen had stellar first halfs, helping the Power to a
49 point half time lead. The margin could have been greater, with
the home side having had 19 scoring shots to the Cats' five by
the long break.
Geelong lifted somewhat after the break, but the game was long
gone. Peter Street showed some promising signs in the ruck, while
Steven King showed his captain how it was done, going forward for
a three goal cameo while Street held sway in the ruck.
Other Cats to give a good account of themselves were the much-
improved Matthew Scarlett in defence, a busy Brenton Sanderson,
and Tom Harley who at least offered himself up as a marking
option for the beleagured Pussies.
But all of the best players wore the fearsome teal. Aside from
the dominant midfield, there was Chad Cornes, who marked
everything and kicked nothing (1.4), the All-Australian ruckman
Matthew Primus, who kick-started the home side in the first half,
and a typically assured Stephen Paxman in defence.
Hawthorn's loss effectively gifts the Power a top four spot, and
they can now turn their attention to combatting the Lions at the
Gabba in the first week of the finals. For Geelong, it's time to
think of recruiting. Heading that wishlist should be a key
forward who can kick a few goals, and a midfielder that can
actually get on the track.
- Mark O'Connor
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Hawthorn v. Western Bulldogs
MCG 2:10 PM
Sunday, 19 August 2001
The Bulldogs kept their slim finals hopes alive with a 46 point
victory over a undermanned Hawthorn at the MCG.
The Hawks were rocked by 4 late withdrawals from the selected
side, with Rehn, Dixon, Smith and Harford been replaced by Obst,
Rock, Lonie and Johnson. The lack of depth on the Hawthorn
playing list was once again exposed as the Bulldogs recorded
their first win over them in 3 years.
The match got off to a comical start, when Bulldogs captain Chris
Grant appeared to get caught up in the celebrations for his 250th
game and told his players they were kicking the wrong way. This
led to the game been held up as all the Bulldogs players had to
swap sides.
After that there was very little for Hawthorn supporters to laugh
about though, as the Bulldogs
dominated the match. Only some terrible kicking for goal by the
Doggies kept the match a contest until half way through the last
quarter.
Hudson, Smith and Johnson all missed 3 or 4 easy set shots each
as the Doggies kicked an amazing 17.25. The Hawks on the other
hand stayed in the game through Aaron Lord, who had 4 goals from
4 kicks and 3 goals from John Barker.
But it was the midfield dominance of the Bulldogs that meant they
never really looked like losing the game. Scott West was
everywhere 32 possessions, but Brad Johnson with 30 posessions
and 4.4 was also fantastic.
But lesser lights for the Western Bulldogs also had a field day,
with young guns Daniel Giansirucusa and Mark Alvey also getting
more than 30 possessions. Luke Darcy was too good in the ruck for
a valiant Nathan Thompson while Robert Murphy swept the ball off
half-back during the rare occasions that Hawthorn did get it
forward.
Winners for the Hawks were few and far between. Shane Crawford
seemed distracted by Libba, and may be having a couple of weeks
off after a couple of behind the ball incidents. Kris Barlow
tried hard, and Chris Obst, after a nervous start, was fairly
good in defence.
So for the Doggies the finals remain a possibility, whilst the
Hawks have once again left a question mark over their true
ability. Losing 4 key players before a game is likely to affect
any team, but some players were beyond disappointing. A special
mention to Matthew Dent, who managed to play his best game ever
for the Bulldogs, despite wearing a Hawthorn jumper!
Hawthorn 4.1 8.1 11.4 12.7 79 Bulldogs 3.6 7.11 12.18 17.23
125
Goals: Hawthorn:A.Lord 4, J.Barker 3, K.Barlow 2, A.Lekkas 1,
N.Lonie 1, N.Thompson 1 Bulldogs:C.Grant 4, B.Johnson 4, R.Smith
3, D.Giansiracusa 2, K.Hunter 2, P.Dimattina 1, P.Hudson 1
Best: Hawthorn: Barlow, Obst, Lord
Bulldogs: West, Johnson, Giansirucusa, Murphy, Alvey, Darcy
- Dominic Milesi
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St Kilda v. Carlton
Colonial Stadium 2:10 PM
Sunday, 19 August 2001
Carlton cemented a finals berth today with a hard-fought win over
lowly St.Kilda at Colonial today. The 44 point margin as the
final siren gave little indication of the difficulty Carlton had
in shaking off a spirited Saints outfit. In fact the Saints'
outfit will probably be what the game will most remembered for.
Promoting their primary sponsor Pura Milk, St.Kilda took the
field wearing predominantly yellow guernseys which will hopefully
never re-appear.
It looked like it would be a standard win for Carlton at quarter
time. The Blues had built up a comfortable 17 point lead and
looked in control of the game and by kicking 7 goals in that
first quarter, looked like they were headed for a percentage
booster, but the Saints led by Peter Everitt and Craig Callaghan
managed to narrow the margin to four points at half time. Everitt
was beating Carlton's imposing ruck duo of Matthew Allan and Mark
Porter, but when Allan went off in the second quarter, Everitt
exerted his superiority over Porter at the centre bounces.
Callaghan capitalised well on Everitt's ruckwork, as did acting
captain Andrew Thompson. Ratten and Freeborn were unusually
quiet, collecting very few touches for the first half (and the
whole day) and it was left to runners Camporeale, Koutoufides and
Bradley to keep Carlton in front at the half time break.
After half time, Carlton looked like they had shaken off some of
their second quarter lethargy, and began to create a bit of
vreathing space on the scoreboard. Camporeale and Koutoufides
increased their work rate even further while the St.Kilda
midfield began to slow down, Callaghan and Thompson having only 7
possessions between them after a combined 34 in the first half.
Carlton took a 15 point lead into the last quarter, and St.Kilda
managed to keep the game close until midway through the quarter,
at one stage narrowing the margin to 11 points. The Saints let
themselves down with their last 15 minutes of play, as the Blues
slammed on the last 5 goals of the match to end up winning by a
flattering 44 points.
Both sides finished the game with several players in doubt for
next week's matches. Carlton has Scott Camporeale visiting the
tribunal on a tripping charge, Matthew Allan suffering a groin
strain, and Matthew Lappin coming off the ground in the last
quarter suffering a severely corked thigh after a collision with
former teammate Aaron Hamill. St.Kilda lost defender Max Hudghton
with a sprained ankle (in his 100th game), Tony Delaney injured a
quadricep and Robert Powell withdrew from the game before the
start with an illness. His replacement, Matthew Young, had played
a full game in the VFL on Saturday and as a result didn't get
much time on the ground in the seniors.
FINAL SCORES : Carlton 22.16.148 defeated St.Kilda 16.8.104
Best Players : Carlton - Koutoufides, Bradley, Camporeale,
Lappin, Fevola, Hickmott.
St.Kilda - Everitt, Thompson, Callaghan, Hamill, Moyle,
Koschitzke.
- Dark Avenger
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Sydney v. Melbourne
SCG 2:10 PM
Sunday, 19 August 2001
With North Melbourne out of the finals race, I have to admit that
I was too depressed to watch any footy for the rest of the
weekend. However, as a subscriber to afltips.com, you expect a
match report. Well, here's a compromise. This is a do it
yourself match report. Just print this out and delete the
phrases as appropriate.
Finals bound Sydney today had an [expected win]/[shock loss]
against the struggling Demons. The [INSERT MARGIN] [win]/[loss]
[confirms]/[puts into doubt] the credibility of the Swans as a
finals contender, while in the meantime, there must be [increased
pressure]/[cause for optimism] for Neale Daniher and his team.
In a [highly entertaining]/[utterly tedious] game with a hallmark
of [high pressure]/[handbags at ten paces], the game was only
decided [in the final moments]/[with one of those scabby five
goals in five minutes bursts], which in the context of the game
produced [a fair result]/[an Eddie McGuire level of whining and
whinging by the losing coach]. Meanwhile, the winning coach
spoke about [one week at a time]/[not looking too far
ahead]/[being content with the four points].
There were some spectacular moments like the [banana]/[soccer]
kick goal by [Jeff Farmer]/[Michael O'Loughlin] and a superb
running goal by [Stuart Maxfield]/[Adem Yze]. However, the video
scrutineers will take a close look at an off the ball incident
involving [Wayne Schwass]/[David Schwarz] and a
[shepherd]/[shirtfront] that resulted in an opponent leaving the
field. Jason Ball [continued on with his fine form]/[returned to
his normal level of ****eness] while David Neitz was [totally
anonymous]/[did sweet bugger all] and Shane Woewodin left the
field with an injured
[knee]/[back]/[hamstring]/[arm]/[ankle]/[foot]/[groin].
In a further blackspot, the AFL will be concerned with the
[atrocious]/[shocking]/[substandard] umpiring of the match, and
this performance will add to calls for Jeff Geishen to be
[hanged]/[shot]/[sent back to coaching Richmond].
In the end, the [bandwagon jumping]/[chardonnay sipping]/[glory
hunting] Swans fans would have returned home in a
[happier]/[sadder] state of mind than their [bandwagon
jumping]/[port sipping]/[glory hunting] Melbourne counterparts.
- Shinboners
http://www.afltips.com/people/shinboners.html
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Fremantle v. Brisbane
Subiaco 2:30 PM (4:30 PM AEST)
Sunday, 19 August 2001
Brisbane failed to repeat their final withering burst that sunk
Fremantle in round five, but still managed a convincing 51-point
win against Fremantle.
The win gives Brisbane 11 consecutive victories, a new club
record.
The Lions lead at every change and never lost control of the
game, despite the Dockers best efforts.
Once again, Brisbane's midfield was the driving force in their
success, with Nigel Lappin, Simon Black and Michael Voss
gathering 85 possessions between them.
The difference between them and the Dockers midfield was not
simply the weight of possessions, but their efficiency.
Fremantle went inside 50 seven more times than Brisbane, but the
Lions kicked a goal almost every second time they went forward,
while the Dockers needed nearly four entries per goal.
Fremantle produced a trademark slow start as Brisbane kicked four
goals in the first eight minutes, but then they got it together,
slotting four of the next five to trail by just five points at
the break.
More inept kicking by both teams saw the Lions extend that to 23
at the long break.
In the third, Fremantle kicked six majors but reduced the deficit
by a solitary point.
Brisbane scored the first of the last after just 24 seconds, and
memories of their first clash this year flooded back.
Fortunately for Freo, the Lions didn't explode as they did that
time, but simply drew away inexorably, kicking six goals before
Dockers debutante Dwayne Simpson scored the last of the match.
- Mic Cullen
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