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July 24th 2009 13:06
COLLINGWOOD has consolidated its place in the top four with a 54-point demolition of Carlton at the MCG on Friday night.
The Magpies set up their 11th win of the season with a dominant first term before eventually prevailing 14.10 (94) to 4.16 (40).
The Blues entered the match on a three-game winning streak and had won their three previous encounters against the Pies but they got off to a bad start and their poor use of the football prevented them from mounting a serious challenge.
The monster crowd of 84,938 was the biggest for a home-and-away match between these two sides since 1995.
Dane Swan continued his brilliant season with a game-high 38 possessions while Leon Davis showed his class with 28 disposals and three goals.
Heath Shaw generated plenty of run from defence with 28 touches while Scott Pendlebury was also influential with 28 possessions.
Travis Cloke (26 disposals, eight marks and one goal) provided a strong target up forward while Simon Prestigiacomo kept Carlton spearhead Brendan Fevola to just one goal.
For the Blues, Heath Scotland tried hard all night and racked up a team-high 32 possessions while Bryce Gibbs and Marc Murphy also won plenty of the football.
Collingwood dominated the opening stanza - they had 30 more disposals than Carlton and entered inside their forward line 17 times as they slammed on five goals to one.
Swan and Pendlebury were particularly influential with 12 touches apiece while Davis kicked a miraculous goal which will surely come into considerations for goal-of-the-year honours.
Davis was in the right forward pocket when off two steps and running out of bounds he was able to dribble the ball through from 20m to give his side a 23-point lead at quarter-time.
The mercurial 28-year-old was at it again 30 seconds into the second term when he maintained control of a loose ball, shrugged off a Ryan Houlihan tackle and snapped truly from close to the boundary.
The margin blew out to 34 points before Eddie Betts stopped the rot with his second major of the night.
Carlton had the better of general play in the latter half of the second term but they failed to translate their hard work around the ground onto the scoreboard and went into the main break trailing by 27 points.
The third term wasn’t a great advertisement for the game with both sides managing just one goal apiece in a quarter that only ran for 24 minutes.
Trailing by 25 points at three-quarter time, any hopes the Blues had of pulling off a come-from-behind win was quashed by Alan Didak who took four bounces and goaled on the run four minutes into the final stanza.
Collingwood didn’t take their foot off the pedal, piling on five of the last six goals to cap off a dominant performance.
COLLINGWOOD 5.4, 7.6, 8.8, 14.10 (94)
CARLTON 1.5, 2.9, 3.13, 4.16 (40)
GOALS: Collingwood. Davis 3, Beams 2, Swan, Cloke, Lockyer, Didak, Anthony, Barham, Thomas, Dawes, Toovey.
Carlton: Betts 2, Bentley, Fevola.
BEST: Collingwood: Swan, Davis, Shaw, Cloke, Prestigiacomo, Lockyer
Carlton: Murphy, Simpson, Gibbs, Scotland.
INJURIES: Collingwood: (TBC).
Carlton: (TBC).
REPORTS: Nil.
CHANGES: Carlton: Jamison (groin ) replaced by Hartlett.
UMPIRES:McLaren, Wenn, Ryan.
CROWD:84,938 at the MCG.
The Magpies set up their 11th win of the season with a dominant first term before eventually prevailing 14.10 (94) to 4.16 (40).
The Blues entered the match on a three-game winning streak and had won their three previous encounters against the Pies but they got off to a bad start and their poor use of the football prevented them from mounting a serious challenge.
The monster crowd of 84,938 was the biggest for a home-and-away match between these two sides since 1995.
Dane Swan continued his brilliant season with a game-high 38 possessions while Leon Davis showed his class with 28 disposals and three goals.
Heath Shaw generated plenty of run from defence with 28 touches while Scott Pendlebury was also influential with 28 possessions.
Travis Cloke (26 disposals, eight marks and one goal) provided a strong target up forward while Simon Prestigiacomo kept Carlton spearhead Brendan Fevola to just one goal.
For the Blues, Heath Scotland tried hard all night and racked up a team-high 32 possessions while Bryce Gibbs and Marc Murphy also won plenty of the football.
Collingwood dominated the opening stanza - they had 30 more disposals than Carlton and entered inside their forward line 17 times as they slammed on five goals to one.
Swan and Pendlebury were particularly influential with 12 touches apiece while Davis kicked a miraculous goal which will surely come into considerations for goal-of-the-year honours.
Davis was in the right forward pocket when off two steps and running out of bounds he was able to dribble the ball through from 20m to give his side a 23-point lead at quarter-time.
The mercurial 28-year-old was at it again 30 seconds into the second term when he maintained control of a loose ball, shrugged off a Ryan Houlihan tackle and snapped truly from close to the boundary.
The margin blew out to 34 points before Eddie Betts stopped the rot with his second major of the night.
Carlton had the better of general play in the latter half of the second term but they failed to translate their hard work around the ground onto the scoreboard and went into the main break trailing by 27 points.
The third term wasn’t a great advertisement for the game with both sides managing just one goal apiece in a quarter that only ran for 24 minutes.
Trailing by 25 points at three-quarter time, any hopes the Blues had of pulling off a come-from-behind win was quashed by Alan Didak who took four bounces and goaled on the run four minutes into the final stanza.
Collingwood didn’t take their foot off the pedal, piling on five of the last six goals to cap off a dominant performance.
COLLINGWOOD 5.4, 7.6, 8.8, 14.10 (94)
CARLTON 1.5, 2.9, 3.13, 4.16 (40)
GOALS: Collingwood. Davis 3, Beams 2, Swan, Cloke, Lockyer, Didak, Anthony, Barham, Thomas, Dawes, Toovey.
Carlton: Betts 2, Bentley, Fevola.
BEST: Collingwood: Swan, Davis, Shaw, Cloke, Prestigiacomo, Lockyer
Carlton: Murphy, Simpson, Gibbs, Scotland.
INJURIES: Collingwood: (TBC).
Carlton: (TBC).
REPORTS: Nil.
CHANGES: Carlton: Jamison (groin ) replaced by Hartlett.
UMPIRES:McLaren, Wenn, Ryan.
CROWD:84,938 at the MCG.
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