In a highly anticipated build-up to the game, Collingwood put on a withering burst of 7 goals and kept their rival goalless to lead by 45 points at the first change, and ultimately prevailed by 39 points against Port Adelaide.Poor conversion from the Magpies allowed the Power to win the second term by 21 points for a magin of 4 goals at Half Time. After conceding the opening goal of the second half to Port Adelaide, who got to within 18 points, Collingwood stabilised, controlled and restored momentum to win the the third quarter by 16 points, and lead at Three Quarter Time (3QT) by 40 points. The Woods converted the first two goals of the final quarter to ice the game and end any remote prospect of a victory for the Power. Port did salavage pride by winning the last quarter by one point, which meant they were able to win as many quarters as Collingwood did. However, the manner in which the Pies won their quarters did outweigh what Port Adelaide did and rendered their impact on the game redundant and irrelevant.
Collingwood won numerous statistical categories such as disposals by +86 (441 - 355), kicks by +35 (248 - 213), handballs by +51 (193 - 142), marks were +35 (113 - 78), uncontested marks were +26 (94 - 68), Contested Marks were +9 (19 - 10) and Marks Inside 50 were +5 (16 - 11). The story does not end there for the Woods, as they had further gains in contested possessions with a differential of +25 (172 - 147), +70 for uncontested possessions (273 - 200), Inside 50's were won by +15 (58 - 45), Tackles Inside 50 was +4 (12 - 8) and intercept possessions had a positive reading of +13 (83 - 70) allowing the Magpies to win the ball back sooner and score from turnovers. For the Power, their gains came from hit-outs by +2 (39 - 37), clearances by +4 (40 - 36), centre clearances by +3 (14 - 11), stoppage clearances were +1 (26 - 25) and tackles were won by +17 (72 - 55).
Scott Pendlebury (36 disposals @ 81%, 529 metres gained, 14 contested possessions, 22 uncontested possessions, 7 intercept possessions, 18 kicks, 18 handballs, 5 marks, 5 tackles, 8 score involvements, 5 clearances, 2 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances & 11 Inside 50's) played a marvellous game at Marvel Stadium in what was a fine captain's knock in cricket parlances. Adam Treloar (35 disposals @ 60%, 324 metres gained, 18 contested possessions, 17 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 18 kicks, 17 handballs, 3 marks, 5 tackles, 7 score involvements, 5 clearances, 4 stoppage clearances, 5 Inside 50's & 1 goal) worked hard for his possessions and was involved in several scoring chains. Tom Phillips (31 disposals @ 71%, 582 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 23 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 16 kicks, 15 handballs, 8 marks, 5 score involvements, 6 Inside 50's & 2 Rebound 50's) played his finest game of the season. Steele Sidebottom (29 disposals @ 90%, 372 metres gained, 5 contested possessions, 24 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 15 kicks, 14 handballs, 11 marks, 4 tackles, 6 score involvements, 4 Inside 50's & 1 goal) had a brilliant link-up game as a marking option on the wings and Brodie Grundy (22 disposals @ 77%, 156 metres gained, 14 contested possessions, 8 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 8 kicks, 14 handballs, 35 hit-outs, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 8 score involvements, 6 clearances, 3 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances & 2 Inside 50's) dominated his position over Scott Lycett and Patrick Ryder. Grundy tore Lycett to shreds in the opening term which epitomised the team's performance.
Jack Crisp (29 disposals @ 90%, 374 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 23 uncontested possessions, 6 intercept possessions, 14 kicks, 15 handballs, 10 marks, 6 score involvements & 4 Rebound 50's) had an impressive game with his ball use coming out of defence. Brayden Maynard (27 disposals @ 78%, 541 metres gained, 10 contested possessions, 17 uncontested possessions, 8 intercept possessions, 18 kicks, 9 handballs, 6 marks, 3 tackles, 3 score involvements & 3 Rebound 50's) put in his best performance of the season. Tom Langdon (24 disposals @ 83%, 244 metres gained, 9 contested possessions, 15 uncontested possessions, 9 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 11 handballs, 8 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 5 score involvements & 5 Rebound 50's) played a steady hand in defence at all times. Darcy Moore (21 disposals @ 81%, 8 contested possessions, 13 uncontested possessions, 12 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 8 handballs, 7 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 5 score involvements, 3 Inside 50's & 3 Rebound 50's) put on a brilliant aerial display and took the game on at will. while Levi Greenwood (21 disposals @ 76%, 144 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 14 uncontested possessions, 8 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 8 handballs, 7 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 3 tackles, 3 score involvements & 3 Rebound 50's) fulfilled his role with excellent positioning in defence to take his marks.
Jamie Elliott (18 disposals @ 83%, 147 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 11 uncontested possessions, 12 kicks, 6 handballs, 8 marks, 2 Marks Inside 50, 4 tackles, 3 Tackles Inside 50, 2 goal assists, 7 score involvements & 3 goals) had an impressive return from a corked buttock to impact the scoreboard. Jaidyn Stephenson (14 disposals @ 64%, 279 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 6 uncontested possessions, 12 kicks, 2 handballs, 6 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 3 Marks Inside 50, 4 tackles, 2 Tackles Inside 50, 9 score involvements, 2 Inside 50's & 4 goals) was Collingwood's best forward in his most complete game of the season to date. Jordan De Goey (15 disposals @ 53%, 347 metres gained, 10 contested possessions, 5 uncontested possessions, 13 kicks, 2 handballs, 7 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 2 Marks Inside 50, 8 score involvements, 2 clearances, 6 Inside 50's & 1 goal) and Ben Reid (13 disposals @ 46%, 244 metres gained, 9 contested possessions, 4 uncontested possessions, 10 kicks, 3 handballs, 7 marks, 4 Contested Marks, 4 Marks Inside 50, 9 score involvements & 1 goal) provided excellent marking targets, despite missing a lot of simple goals between them. Brody Mihocek (10 disposals @ 70% 201 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 4 uncontested possessions, 7 kicks, 3 handballs, 3 marks, 3 Marks Inside 50, 6 score involvements, 4 Inside 50's & 2 goals) chimed on the scoreboard without being a star.
Collingwood's next game will be on May 11 against Carlton at the MCG. Time to convert more goals, more often to make the Blues feel very blue in the face.
Collingwood won numerous statistical categories such as disposals by +86 (441 - 355), kicks by +35 (248 - 213), handballs by +51 (193 - 142), marks were +35 (113 - 78), uncontested marks were +26 (94 - 68), Contested Marks were +9 (19 - 10) and Marks Inside 50 were +5 (16 - 11). The story does not end there for the Woods, as they had further gains in contested possessions with a differential of +25 (172 - 147), +70 for uncontested possessions (273 - 200), Inside 50's were won by +15 (58 - 45), Tackles Inside 50 was +4 (12 - 8) and intercept possessions had a positive reading of +13 (83 - 70) allowing the Magpies to win the ball back sooner and score from turnovers. For the Power, their gains came from hit-outs by +2 (39 - 37), clearances by +4 (40 - 36), centre clearances by +3 (14 - 11), stoppage clearances were +1 (26 - 25) and tackles were won by +17 (72 - 55).
Scott Pendlebury (36 disposals @ 81%, 529 metres gained, 14 contested possessions, 22 uncontested possessions, 7 intercept possessions, 18 kicks, 18 handballs, 5 marks, 5 tackles, 8 score involvements, 5 clearances, 2 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances & 11 Inside 50's) played a marvellous game at Marvel Stadium in what was a fine captain's knock in cricket parlances. Adam Treloar (35 disposals @ 60%, 324 metres gained, 18 contested possessions, 17 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 18 kicks, 17 handballs, 3 marks, 5 tackles, 7 score involvements, 5 clearances, 4 stoppage clearances, 5 Inside 50's & 1 goal) worked hard for his possessions and was involved in several scoring chains. Tom Phillips (31 disposals @ 71%, 582 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 23 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 16 kicks, 15 handballs, 8 marks, 5 score involvements, 6 Inside 50's & 2 Rebound 50's) played his finest game of the season. Steele Sidebottom (29 disposals @ 90%, 372 metres gained, 5 contested possessions, 24 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 15 kicks, 14 handballs, 11 marks, 4 tackles, 6 score involvements, 4 Inside 50's & 1 goal) had a brilliant link-up game as a marking option on the wings and Brodie Grundy (22 disposals @ 77%, 156 metres gained, 14 contested possessions, 8 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 8 kicks, 14 handballs, 35 hit-outs, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 8 score involvements, 6 clearances, 3 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances & 2 Inside 50's) dominated his position over Scott Lycett and Patrick Ryder. Grundy tore Lycett to shreds in the opening term which epitomised the team's performance.
Jack Crisp (29 disposals @ 90%, 374 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 23 uncontested possessions, 6 intercept possessions, 14 kicks, 15 handballs, 10 marks, 6 score involvements & 4 Rebound 50's) had an impressive game with his ball use coming out of defence. Brayden Maynard (27 disposals @ 78%, 541 metres gained, 10 contested possessions, 17 uncontested possessions, 8 intercept possessions, 18 kicks, 9 handballs, 6 marks, 3 tackles, 3 score involvements & 3 Rebound 50's) put in his best performance of the season. Tom Langdon (24 disposals @ 83%, 244 metres gained, 9 contested possessions, 15 uncontested possessions, 9 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 11 handballs, 8 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 5 score involvements & 5 Rebound 50's) played a steady hand in defence at all times. Darcy Moore (21 disposals @ 81%, 8 contested possessions, 13 uncontested possessions, 12 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 8 handballs, 7 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 5 score involvements, 3 Inside 50's & 3 Rebound 50's) put on a brilliant aerial display and took the game on at will. while Levi Greenwood (21 disposals @ 76%, 144 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 14 uncontested possessions, 8 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 8 handballs, 7 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 3 tackles, 3 score involvements & 3 Rebound 50's) fulfilled his role with excellent positioning in defence to take his marks.
Jamie Elliott (18 disposals @ 83%, 147 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 11 uncontested possessions, 12 kicks, 6 handballs, 8 marks, 2 Marks Inside 50, 4 tackles, 3 Tackles Inside 50, 2 goal assists, 7 score involvements & 3 goals) had an impressive return from a corked buttock to impact the scoreboard. Jaidyn Stephenson (14 disposals @ 64%, 279 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 6 uncontested possessions, 12 kicks, 2 handballs, 6 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 3 Marks Inside 50, 4 tackles, 2 Tackles Inside 50, 9 score involvements, 2 Inside 50's & 4 goals) was Collingwood's best forward in his most complete game of the season to date. Jordan De Goey (15 disposals @ 53%, 347 metres gained, 10 contested possessions, 5 uncontested possessions, 13 kicks, 2 handballs, 7 marks, 2 Contested Marks, 2 Marks Inside 50, 8 score involvements, 2 clearances, 6 Inside 50's & 1 goal) and Ben Reid (13 disposals @ 46%, 244 metres gained, 9 contested possessions, 4 uncontested possessions, 10 kicks, 3 handballs, 7 marks, 4 Contested Marks, 4 Marks Inside 50, 9 score involvements & 1 goal) provided excellent marking targets, despite missing a lot of simple goals between them. Brody Mihocek (10 disposals @ 70% 201 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 4 uncontested possessions, 7 kicks, 3 handballs, 3 marks, 3 Marks Inside 50, 6 score involvements, 4 Inside 50's & 2 goals) chimed on the scoreboard without being a star.
Collingwood's next game will be on May 11 against Carlton at the MCG. Time to convert more goals, more often to make the Blues feel very blue in the face.
