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Blog log from R1 of 2024: Collingwood vs Sydney

Blog log for Collingwood vs Sydney, R1 of 2024

McDonald marks just inside 50m on a slight angle and misses to the right. (Q1 2:23)
Sidebottom tries to baulk past Fox after roving on the HBF but gets caught HTB 45m out. Fox’s kick is short and rushed by Moore. (Q1 5:37)
All the play in Sydney’s half early, Warner sharks a telegraphed handball on the flank 45m out by Sidebottom, turns and steers through the opening goal! (Q1 7:38)
Nick Daicos marks just outside 50m out on a slight angle, has nothing on inside 50 so goes himself… and nails it! (Q1 9:33)
Two Swans spoil each other for what should have been an easy intercept mark at the top of the Pie goalsquare, Campbell and McCartin not talking, Hill pounces, goal! (Q1 11:29)
Gulden delivers a sizzling pass to the lead of Heeney 45m out on a slight angle, who misses. (Q1 13:08)
Melican kicks across half back but McCreery jumps in front of Jordon to mark 45m out on a slight angle… then hits the left post. (Q1 18:04)
De Goey is over the back at a throw in, he checksides off a step from 30m on a slight angle for another opportunist goal for the Magpies. Three inside 50s, three goals Collingwood. (Q1 20:24)
Bit of a red hot play-on call leaves Markov running like a Russian infantryman on the Ukrainian front, Rowbottom catches him HTB at the hotspot but misses badly. (Q1 22:49)
Grundy gets a ruck free on Cameron on members wing and goes long to the hotspot where Amartey takes a pack mark and steers that one through. (Q1 24:10)
Rowbottom taps a loose ball to Papley zooming past at the hotspot, his snap across the body off the left is of high quality. (Q2 1:48)
Papley marks 40m out on a fast break and tries to hit Lloyd running behind to the square but Lloyd can’t mark and gets claimed by Maynard, goal burned. (Q2 4:38)
A frenetic passage that had everything including a carrom off the spider-cam ends with Rowbottom ramming through a big goal from CHF! (Q2 6:51)
Heeney one out and has position in front of Maynard for a long Jordon kick inside 50 on the end of a rebound, free kick paid for contact 35m out in the pocket but he hits the post. (Q2 9:19)
Quick repeat inside 50 kick by Warner clears the pack at half forward and sits up nicely for McDonald to gather and put one through from 20m. (Q2 10:06)
Moore’s characteristic aggressive positioning fails as Campbell breaks lines with a run to half forward and has McDonald on his own over the back for another one! (Q2 12:41)
Heeney storms through midfield and goes long and fast to the hotspot where Warner marks over Howe, who was also playing well in front and got lost in transition. Warner goals. (Q2 14:06)
Moore and Howe might want to reconsider playing 20 yards in front of their opponents, with the Magpie mids in this form. (Q2 14:51)
Cox marks a Pendlebury pass 35m out on the flank but misses near side left. (Q2 18:22)
McCreery plays for and gets a holding free on Cunningham after fumbling a crumb from a Hill contest at the hotspot. Magpies need this like Ukraine needs ammo… he goals. (Q2 20:07)
Schultz picks up a loose ball at the hotspot after a Cameron kick to the square, he has had a dirty first half but that one wobbles through! (Q2 23:52)
Amartey takes an impressive pack grab with strong hands from a speculator by Gulden to 20m on a slight angle, too big for Dean. The kick is poor though. (Q2 29:52)
Johnson reacts first to a quick kick inside 50 from a ball up in the centre by Cameron, leads McCartin to the drop 45m out in the corridor. His kick is a shank though, OOTF. (Q3 2:15)
Moore scrubs a terrible kick across half back straight to McDonald who has McInerney behind the Pie defence to stroll into the open goal. (Q3 7:05)
Gulden tries a running checkside from 30m on the flank but the angles don’t work and it curls away for a behind. Needed a right foot there. (Q3 8:31)
Warner sharks Lipinski on outer wing in traffic, Gulden runs away and spots up the lead of Amartey 45m out on the flank. He misses again. (Q3 9:51)
Moore intercepts Fox’s errant inside 50 kick but sets up Crisp with a hospital handball, Hayward claims him HTB, play on advantage and it’s McDonald who goals. (Q3 14:06)
Blakey it was with the simple goal assist pass on that score. (Q3 14:31)
Heeney is in front of a pack near the hotspot for a Cunningham inside 50 kick that dies a bit to fall short. He marks and boots his first goal after two misses. (Q3 16:49)
20 shots to 8 and this game is not particularly close, Collingwood’s forwards are all having Barry Crockers and their defenders not much better. (Q3 18:35)
Rampe is pinged for insufficient intent 20m out but Johnson leaves it wide right on the near side. (Q3 19:34)
Pendlebury lopes at half back but gets intercepted by Warner, Gulden kicks to the behind line where McDonald claims the mark over Dean, paid on review and his fourth goal. (Q3 21:38)
Nick Daicos roves his own inside 50 kick to the corridor 45m out and is lucky to get a contact free under a Florent tackle. Has already goaled from longer out… but misses. (Q3 24:06)
Frontal pressure by Sydney in its front half forces more turnovers, Melican goes back inside 50 for Warner 45m out on a slight angle. Warner puts the cherry on top. (Q3 26:01)
Elliott marks a Hoskin-Elliott kick from the wing to 45m on the flank, Rampe just a yard off behind him. Billy splits the middle. (Q3 28:06)
Papley marks 45m out on the flank and wobbles the kick narrow to the left. (Q4 2:28)
Hill takes a link mark and passes over Florent to the lead of Elliott 45m out on a slight angle. Another peach of a set shot from Billy, his second. (Q4 4:08)
De Goey’s snap from half forward drifts to the behind line where Mihocek marks over McCartin and misses. (Q4 6:04)
McLean and Dean are both holding as they wait for an inside 50 kick but the ump only sees the defender’s transgression, McLean stops the rot with the goal from 30m on the flank. (Q4 8:32)
Another quick counter by the Swans after a midfield turnover, Heeney finds Wicks at the hotspot to officially kick off junk time with that goal. (Q4 10:44)
Dean falls over to allow Heeney to mark at the hotspot, he has had another belter of a night in mids and caps it off his his second goal. (Q4 15:34)
Grundy intercepts Crisp in the centre and goes quickly to McDonald 45m out in front, he shoots wide right. (Q4 17:39)
Campbell tumbles into a fumbling Josh Daicos’s back 45m out on a slight angle. The elder Daicos kicks truly for some junk in front of a half-empty stadium. (Q4 24:03)
Cameron marks over a tired-looking Blakey 40m out on the flank for some more garbage. (Q4 27:35)
Schultz marks a Maynard pass 30m out on the flank for a shot after the siren, which he converts. (Q4 30:35)

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