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GEELONG V COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES 110 COLLINGWOOD are a super- CATS 79 power on the rise. COLLINGWOOD 8.2 11.6 15.7 17.8 (110) are a superpower GEELONG in decline. 2.4 3.8 6.13 10.19 (79) GOALS — Collingwood: D Thomas 3 A The Magpies’ convincing Fasolo 2 C Dawes 2 C Tarrant 2 D 31-point win over the prem- Beams 2 T Goldsack 2 D Jolly J Elliott N Maxwell T Cloke. Geelong: J Sel- iers at the MCG last night wood 2 S Motlop 2 T West 2 J Sherin- could not have better gham M Stokes P Chapman T Haw- kins. illustrated the contrasting BEST — Collingwood: H Shaw D trajectories of last season’s Beams S Pendlebury D Swan D Tho- mas D Jolly C Tarrant H O’Brien. two grand finalists in the 10 Geelong: S Johnson T Lonergan J Sel- months since Geelong won wood J Kelly. Umpires: Shane Stewart, Mathew Ni- the flag. cholls, Brett Rosebury. Collingwood, free-flowing Crowd: 61,717 at the MCG. and fluid, were at the height of their powers to keep alive for six weeks and their top four hopes. busy around the ball, the Geelong, disjointed and Magpies led by 46 points dishevelled, butchered the at half-time. ball by hand, by foot, and Geelong booted the opening around goal as they slid two goals of the third term to to the edge of the top-eight offer the briefest sniff trapdoor. of a comeback. Collingwood forward Dale But four consecutive goals Thomas booted three goals to the Magpies — Thomas’ in the 17.8 (110) to 10.19 third among them — killed off (79) victory. any hope of that and seem- Midfielder ingly any hope the Cats have was among several Magpies the weaponry to win a fourth who kicked two along with 37 flag in six seasons. disposals in a complete team Swan had 39 possessions performance. and Pendlebury 36, while the The Magpies started with damaging Shaw racked up intent and on-fire, unleashing 30 touches. a seven-goal first quarter as Steve Johnson was easily they handled driving rain and Geelong’s best with 36 the ball in tricky conditions disposals and six tackles. far better to lead by 34 points The Cats’ misery was futh- at quarter-time. er compounded with mid- With maraud- fielder Joel Corey reported in ing at will from defence, the second quarter for a sling midfielder on Collingwood’s Magpie celebrates one of his three goals against Geelong at the MCG last night Picture: MICHAEL KLEIN influential in his first match .

AFL LADDER — ROUND 16 LADDER Saints win see-sawing game against Lions TEAM P W L D F A % Pts COLLINGWOOD 15 12 3 - 1466 1206 121.6 48 V ST KILDA to make his mark on the Rohan Bewick, Tom Rock- SAINTS 105 SYDNEY 14 11 3 - 1435 982 146.1 44 match before slotting two cliff and had WEST COAST 14 11 3 - 1500 1072 139.9 44 ST KILDA have moved back goals in the crucial final two goals each for the Lions. LIONS 92 ESSENDON 15 11 4 - 1573 1210 130.0 44 into the top eight after a four- term. But it was Saad who , , ST KILDA 14 11 3 - 1440 1168 123.3 44 goal haul to young forward was the star for the Saints, , James 4.0 6.1 10.7 16.9 (105) HAWTHORN 14 10 4 - 1644 1077 152.6 40 Ahmed Saad helped the with his soccer skills Polkinghorne, , BRISBANE 3.3 7.5 10.6 14.8 (92) GEELONG 15 9 6 - 1416 1294 109.4 36 Saints to a thrilling 13-point developed as a junior in , Patrick ST KILDA 15 8 7 - 1611 1334 120.8 32 GOALS — St Kilda: A Saad 4 S win over Brisbane at the his home country of Egypt Karnezis and Jonathan Milne 3 A Siposs 2 D Armitage 2 L NORTH MELBOURNE 15 8 7 - 1639 1518 108.0 32 Montagna 2 N Riewoldt 2 S Gil- FREMANTLE 15 8 7 - 1218 1248 97.6 32 Gabba last night. playing a big part in Brown were the other bert. Brisbane: D Merrett 2 R RICHMOND 15 7 8 - 1417 1324 107.0 28 Late goals to the win. goalscorers for the home side Bewick 2 T Rockliff 2 A Cornelius A Raines D Zorko J Brown J Pol- CARLTON 15 7 8 - 1365 1316 103.7 28 and Arryn Siposs sealed the Three of his four goals in the loss. kinghorne P Karnezis S Black T BRISBANE 15 6 9 - 1280 1385 92.4 24 16.9 (105) to 14.8 (92) victory in came from well-timed kicks The loss was a hammer Banfield. 14 5 9 - 1012 1298 78.0 20 a match that saw the lead on balls half-volleyed off the blow to the resurgent Lions’ BEST — St Kilda: A Jones A Saad L PORT ADELAIDE 15 4 11 - 1150 1439 79.9 16 change 10 times — six times deck. It was the first time the finals hopes, with the Montagna L Hayes D Armitage S MELBOURNE 15 2 13 - 1056 1647 64.1 8 Milne. Brisbane: S Black M in the final quarter. 22-year-old had scored four Brisbane club finding late Maguire D Zorko D Merrett J GOLD COAST 15 1 14 - 1007 1741 57.8 4 Milne finished with three goals in a match since being form with three wins in their Patfull A Raines GWS 14 1 13 - 763 1733 44.0 4 Umpires: Stephen McBurney, goals, while skipper Nick called up into the Saints ros- previous five matches lead- Sam Hay, Michael Jennings. Riewoldt took three quarters ter this year. ing into the clash.

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