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CibbuanoMagpies too good for Dockers
May 14th 2010 14:00
COLLINGWOOD has moved one game clear at the top of the AFL ladder with a 36-point victory over Fremantle at Subiaco Oval on Friday night.
The Magpies set up the win with a dominant third term before prevailing 20.13 (133) to 15.7 ((97).
For the third consecutive week the Pies had 13 individual goal-kickers - Travis Cloke the most effective with five majors.
Dane Swan (31 possessions), Alan Didak (25, three goals), Scott Pendlebury (27) and Ben Johnson (27) were also instrumental in the win
Aaron Sandilands was Fremantle's best with 25 disposals, two goals and a staggering 43 hit-outs but the Dockers midfielders failed to capitalise on his dominance, the Magpies winning the clearances 45-35.
Fremantle mature-age recruit Michael Barlow continued the impressive start to his career with 34 touches, 14 tackles and six inside 50's.
Both sides traded the first four goals of the contest before Collingwood took control.
The Magpies continually forced the Dockers into turnovers and punished them on the rebound with five unanswered goals - including two from Cloke - to open up a 31-point lead at the 29-minute mark.
A goal from Garrick Ibbotson reduced the Pies' advantage to 24 points at quarter-time.
Fremantle came out with a greater level of intensity in the second term and kicked three goals in a five-minute burst to close to within one straight kick.
Collingwood steadied with three of the next five majors - all three of the Magpies' goals coming from the goal-square - before Ryan Crowley goaled on the run to cut the deficit to 10 points at the main break.
The Magpies should have been further in front at half-time but they were wasteful in front of goal, booting six behinds for the term.
It was a sloppy start to the third quarter by both sides before Johnson converted a set shot at the seven-minute mark.
The Dockers got the almost immediate reply with Stephen Hill drilling one home from long range but it was all Collingwood from that moment on, Mick Malthouse's men piling on six of the last seven goals of the term with Cloke and Didak chipping in with two apiece to help their side to a match-winning 41-point lead at the final change.
FREMANTLE: 3.3, 9.5, 11.5, 15.7 (97)
COLLINGWOOD: 7.3, 10.9, 17.10, 20.13 (133)
GOALS: Fremantle: Crowley 2, Sandilands 2, Hasleby 2, Pavlich 2, Ballantyne 2, Hill 2, Ibbotson, Silvagni, De Boer
Collingwood: Cloke 5, Didak 3, Wood 2, Anthony, O'Bree, Pendlebury, Ball, Beams, Johnson, Swan, Macaffer, Sidebottom, Davis
BEST: Fremantle: Sandilands, Barlow, Crowley, Pavlich
Collingwood: Cloke, Swan, Didak, Pendlebury, Johnson, O'Bree, Beams, Ball
INJURIES: Fremantle: McPharlin (knee), Mundy (knee)
Collingwood:
REPORTS: Fremantle Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Margetts, Rosebury, Stevic
CROWD: 41, 624 at Subiaco Oval
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Comment by Anonymous
Hopefully McPhee's last game for the dockers as his body is not able to keep up with 2010 style AFL football.
First quarter umpiring was a shocker with many under 15 meter kicks being paid as marks to Collingwood. Mark Harvey's questioning of umpires during the week really cost Fremantle, with Collingwood clearly winning the first quarter with accurate shots at goal from dubious marks.
I must add Collingwood make the of the football when they had possession so well done Woods.