Collingwood vs North Melbourne

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They’re now winning their own ball at the contest and have booted the first three goals since three-quarter time. Unlike the first three quarters, Collingwood make the fast start in the final term with quick goals to Elliott and McCreery to cut the margin back to 14 points, 10.6.66 to 12.8.80. He now has a game-high 10 intercepts and with 11:45 to go, the Kangaroos still lead by seven points. The former Bulldog lines up from 50m out on the boundary line, but it’s a shocking kick and goes out of bounds for a throw-in 10m around from Collingwood’s goal. From 20m out directly in front, the former Swan makes no mistake and with 7:46 to go, it’s all square, 12.8.80 apiece. But with 6:45 to go, the Magpies have hit the front, 12.9.81 to 12.8.80.

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Nick Larkey took a crucial mark inside 50 in the third term and kicked truly to get the Roos off to an ideal start to the second half and extend the Roos’ lead to a game-high 27 points. The Pies found life in the fourth quarter, booting the opening three-goals including a spectacular Nick Daicos finish from close to the boundary to pile all the pressure back on North. Larkey continued his dominance with another mark inside 50 for his fifth goal of the day as the Roos extended their lead to back out to 27 points. The Roos took a 20-point lead into the main break, 8.4 (52) to 5.2 (32). The Kangaroos kicked the first three goals of the second quarter to put the Magpies on the backfoot in a stunning charge from David Noble’s side. It was a gridlock for the rest of the second quarter before Steele Sidebottom kicked a crucial goal for Collingwood to get his team some momentum back.

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North Melbourne has suffered a narrow defeat to Collingwood in the VFL.

He’s got such good athletic gifts that he can just beat his man in the one on one. “Jason was good today, but what impressed me the most was his attitude. He had a really good performance too which really helped us.” He finished with 29 disposals, seven clearances and a goal despite close attention from his direct opponent over the course of the contest. We tried to do too much with the ball and it didn’t come off, but we did really well after quarter-time,” VFL senior coach Leigh Adams told North Media. It was much better today, but we’re probably still a quarter away from pulling everything together.”

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“We don’t instruct our players to sort of lean into the tackle, but it’s a skill. we haven’t changed our approach to this,” he said. “The umpires are coached and advised during the game – they do talk about things that are happening. “It puts a lot of pressure on the tackler, obviously it’s putting a lot of pressure on the umpires as well.” I think that’s a free kick personally. “Have a look here, he draws the free kick by lowering his height.

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