Sydney vs Collingwood

A packed-out SCG was rocking as the Sydney Swans brought Collingwood's winning run to a halt with a storming 27-point win, but it was the Rock upstairs that ...

Rock posed for a slightly awkward photo holding a signed Swans guernsey and wearing a Sydney cap which the club posted to Twitter. The Swans had a special guest pre-game on Sunday, with American comedian Chris Rock dropping in for a taste of Australia’s favourite sport. A packed-out SCG was rocking as the Sydney Swans brought Collingwood’s winning run to a halt with a storming 27-point win, but it was the Rock upstairs that had people excited before the game.

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In more worrying signs, Brayden Maynard appeared to nurse his right shoulder after the Papley goal. De Goey had been in excellent touch since returning to the Pies side two weeks ago with 23 and 25 disposals respectively in wins over Port and Melbourne. “Collingwood have been held to three goals in a half of football – that’s music to the ears of the Swans coaching department.” “You’ve got to hand it to Sydney. They suffocated the Pies when it mattered,” commentator Brian Taylor said. The Swans slowed down the game – a contrast to the way the Magpies love to play. Hoskin-Elliott was sent back to the bench after copping a second blow to the nose for the match. Paddy McCartin was penalised for the tackle and the controversial Collingwood forward slotted it to the boos of the crowd to narrow Sydney’s lead to 15 points. The Pies just couldn’t win the footy in their front half as Taylor said they were “getting a bit of a bath from the Sydney defenders”. It took a Jack Ginnivan goal from a high tackle free kick to give the Pies a sniff. Tom Papley broke a tackle and got the crowd back to their feet with the Swans’ third goal of the day. Mihocek appeared to cop a cork in the process of kicking the goal in worrying early signs for the Pies. In front of a record home crowd, the Swans overcame a Magpies fightback in the third term to claim the 11.11 (77) to 7.8 (50) win.

The Swans have raced to second place on the ladder with a strong win over Collingwood which brought the Magpies' 11-game winning streak to an end.

Up forward for the Swans, Lance Franklin kicked three goals in a match dominated by defences. Sign up for the Real Footy newsletter. But apart from that, I think we’re really, really strong with what we had to do at the contest and when we didn’t have the ball and that laid a good foundation for a pretty strong four-quarter effort.” Tom Papley and Isaac Heeney in his 150th game both kicked two. “We gave up a couple of easy goals. They made it really hard to score, they’re a very good team,” McRae said.