Collingwood vs Gold Coast

'Holy hell': Goal of the year contender highlights Pies statement to move back into top eight.

“This looks like the forward line that they want to go forward with. “I want it to be. “The first tackle he broke, he actually saw the bloke and said: ‘You know what, I’m just going to run through you’ and he did. He’s a guy who came the long way round, we all talk about how he’s a big workhouse. Their bigs really did the work early, then their small have come into play. We spoke to Craig McRae pre-game, he said it was important he comes out and backs it up. “You’ve got to take your hat off to Craig McRae, he wanted to play an attacking brand of footy. He‘s just going out and getting it done.” They are scoring freely, they have long periods where they can just lock the ball in their forward half. It’s brilliant to watch,” Geelong great Cameron Mooney said. “This might be the greatest assist of all time. That is unbelievable,” Geelong great Cameron Mooney said.

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Collingwood will enter next Saturday's intriguing clash against Richmond brimming with confidence after defeating the Gold Coast by 25 points.

But he missed from an angle just 10 metres out and the Suns stopped as if shot. But the unreliability of his kicking can prove costly, as it did against Collingwood. Sporting a shock of peroxide blond hair and wearing a long-sleeved jumper, the Magpie was going to draw attention given his fashion choices. Gifted a lifeline by the Suns in the rookie draft as insurance, the 32-year-old has been a valuable contributor this year on the Gold Coast and has 16 goals for the season. His physicality was important as the Magpies booted five in succession to build a handy early buffer when kicking their highest opening-term score for the season of 7.3 (45). The Magpies were on the defensive early against the Gold Coast, but Cameron offered a strong marking option in attack and was able to kick two important early goals.

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It made for a debut for mid-season draftee Aiden Begg, who started on the interchange bench but came onto the ground in the first term and immediately brought plenty of leap into the centre bounces. Chol arrived at the Suns via Richmond last year as a free agent while Casboult, after being delisted by Carlton, was picked in the rookie draft and the pair were perhaps Gold Coast's most vital across the contest in keeping in touch with Collingwood. But his miss was costly, with Ginnivan, Josh Daicos and Jack Crisp chipping in for goals to re-establish Collingwood’s 31-point lead at the final change. The Suns' tall forwards continued to cause headaches in the second quarter. Gold Coast got off to a flyer with two quick goals, but it took the Pies little time to assert their dominance. De Goey started the run, before Darcy Cameron booted two, Mihocek soccered one through and Ginnivan got his day started truly after being bumped off the ball.

Gold Coast was never far behind but couldn't get overcome strong Collingwood performance.

It made for a debut for mid-season draftee Aiden Begg, who started on the interchange bench but came onto the ground in the first term and immediately brought plenty of leap into the centre bounces. Chol arrived at the Suns via Richmond last year as a free agent while Casboult, after being delisted by Carlton, was picked in the rookie draft and the pair were perhaps Gold Coast's most vital across the contest in keeping in touch with Collingwood. But his miss was costly, with Ginnivan, Josh Daicos and Jack Crisp chipping in for goals to re-establish Collingwood’s 31-point lead at the final change. The Suns' tall forwards continued to cause headaches in the second quarter. Gold Coast got off to a flyer with two quick goals, but it took the Pies little time to assert their dominance. De Goey started the run, before Darcy Cameron booted two, Mihocek soccered one through and Ginnivan got his day started truly after being bumped off the ball.

Collingwood have overcome a week of injury and illness to jump Gold Coast early and grind out a 25-point AFL win.

It was one of those weeks." "We're really proud of our performance. Mihocek led an attack that remains a work in progress, but was too good for the Suns defence. "It was the six-minute mark to the 25th in the first - seven goals, largely off the back of our turnovers," said Suns coach Stuart Dew. "At one stage in the week I didn't want to answer the phone, because it was going to another text that someone's sick or we've got an injury. The Magpies bounced the Suns with a seven-goal burst in the first term that proved a crucial buffer in their 17.13 (115) to 14.6 (90) victory on Sunday at the MCG.