AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL

AFL SCOREBOARD ROUND 19 CARLTON 6.3 10.5 13.8 23.11 (149) ESSENDON 3.6 5.13 8.16 9.19 (73) GOALS — Carlton: J Garlett 6 J Waite 4 A Carrazzo 2 Pies supreme M Robinson 2 A Joseph C Judd D Ellard E Betts K Simpson M Murphy P Bower S Grigg S Hampson; Essendon: K Hardingham 2 A Monfries B Prismall B Stanton D Hille J Winderlich K Reimers T Colyer. BEST — Carlton: J Garlett C Judd K Simpson J Waite M Robinson R Warnock A Carrazzo; Essendon: M Hurley J Watson T Colyer D Hille J Winderlich. Umpires: Troy Pannell Stephen McBurney . Crowd: 57,095 at the MCG. 5.4 10.10 13.12 19.15 (129) HAWTHORN 1.1 3.5 9.6 13.7 (85) GOALS — Sydney: R O’Keefe 4 A Goodes 3 B McGlynn 3 T Dennis-Lane 3 J Kennedy J McVeigh J Moore J White K Jack L Jetta; Hawthorn: L Franklin 4 J Lewis 2 J Roughead 2 B Stratton C Bateman G Moss R Ladson S Burgoyne. BEST — Sydney: K Jack R O’Keefe H Grundy A Goodes J McVeigh B Kirk S Mumford; Hawthorn: S Mitchell B Guerra S Burgoyne J Lewis L Franklin. Umpires: Ray Chamber- lain. Crowd: 29,431 at the SCG . NTH MELBOURNE 7.2 9.5 15.8 19.9 (123) FREMANTLE 1.2 7.6 8.7 10.9 (69) PUB: GOALS — North Melbourne: B Harvey 3 R Bastinac 3 S Wright 3 A Edwards 2 H McIntosh 2 L Hansen 2 D Wells L Adams L Thomas T Goldstein; Fremantle: D TNEWS NT Mundy 2 M De Boer 2 P Hasleby 2 J Bollenhagen K Bradley M Johnson N Fyfe. BEST — North Melbourne: B Harvey B Rawlings H McIntosh M Firrito R Bastinac C Garlett L Adams L Greenwood; Fremantle: D Roberton L McPharlin N Fyfe R Hayden.

DATE: Umpires: Chris Kamolins Mathew Ni- cholls. Crowd: 14,891 at Etihad Stadium. COLLINGWOOD 4.5 8.9 12.15 14.23 (107)

8-AUG-2010 3.1 9.4 11.8 12.13 (85)

GOALS — Collingwood: D Beams 3 S Wellingham 2 T Geelong’s Gary Ablett is tackled by Magpies and Chris Dawes Picture: GEORGE SALPIGTIDIS Cloke 2 A Didak B Johnson B Macaffer D Jolly D Swan D Thomas L Brown; Geelong: M Stokes 3 S By ADAM COOPER They then held firm in the last to post ters, although they again squandered a Johnson 2 G Ablett J Corey J Podsiadly J Selwood P in Melbourne a 14.23 (107) to 12.13 (85) win, in front of series of chances in front of goal. Chapman S Byrnes T Varcoe. 84,401 fans. The Pies kept Geelong under constant BEST — Collingwood: A Didak D Swan D Thomas H Midfielder played a superb pressure, although the Cats broke free O’Brien S Prestigiacomo; Geelong: T Varcoe G Ab- COLLINGWOOD’s bid for a break- game for the Magpies, while youngster for a devastating six-goal burst in the PAGE: lett P Chapman D Milburn J Kelly. through AFL premiership gained more booted three goals. second term, when kick- momentum through a 22-point win over Umpires: Shane The win was Collingwood’s seventh in started his side. Geelong in the table-topping game at McInerney. succession and put them a game-and-a- ’s goal from a 50-metre pen- the MCG last night. half clear of the Cats, and thus all but alty gave Geelong the lead at half-time

36 Crowd: 84,401 at the MCG. The Magpies looked to have blown a assured of the minor premiership. and the Cats opened a buffer when 1.3 7.5 9.7 10.10 (70) chance to get one over the Cats when A win over the reigning premiers — Varcoe set up for a goal WEST COAST 2.2 4.5 8.6 9.11 (65) they surrendered a 28-point lead during

COLOR: their first in four attempts — will fuel early in the third quarter. the second term and went to half-time a the belief of Magpies fans that this overcame his yips of late GOALS — Brisbane: J Brown 5 J Brennan P Hanley R point down. Harwood T Banfield T Rockliff; West Coast: M could be the year they end their 20-year to dob an important set shot and when But Collingwood mounted its own flag drought. Didak passed brilliantly to LeCras 2 A Embley A Strijk B Sheppard K Stevens M comeback in the third quarter by kick- Priddis Q Lynch S Selwood. Collingwood established an early lead in the goalsquare late in the third quar- ing the last four goals to reverse a through a ferocious attack on the ball ter the Magpies were on their way to a BEST — Brisbane: J Brown S Black J Brennan B Sta- 12-point deficit. and dominated the game for three quar- 15th win for the season. C ker A McGrath; West Coast: S Selwood M Priddis B

M Jones M Spangher P McGinnity. Umpires: Todd Keating Jason Arm- Y strong. Ratten content on bench

K Crowd: 32,587 at Subiaco. LADDER Hawks hammered CARLTON coach Brett side soft in last weekend’s TEAM P W L D F A % Pts Ratten says a wish to thrashing at the hands of COLL’WOOD 19 15 3 1 2038 1445 141.0 62 SYDNEY used a blistering first-half on- watch his players fight Collingwood. GEELONG 19 14 5 0 2124 1495 142.1 56 slaught to cruise to a 44-point win over and the Sydney for their season prompt- So as the Blues chased ■ ST KILDA 18 12 5 1 1517 1312 115.6 50 Hawthorn in their Round 19 AFL clash midfielder was also ed his watching from the redemption and sought a ■ BULLDOGS 18 12 6 0 1876 1328 141.3 48 FREMANTLE 19 12 7 0 1949 1749 111.4 48 at the SCG yesterday. running forward boundary during Friday stronger position in the CARLTON 19 10 9 0 1821 1702 107.0 40 Sydney’s 19.15 (129) to 13.7 (85) win and picking up 21 night’s AFL thrashing of top eight, the coach want- SYDNEY 19 10 9 0 1701 1638 103.8 40 was their 10th of the year and lifts them possessions in the Essendon at the MCG. ed to be as close to the ac- HAWTHORN 19 9 9 1 1692 1635 103.5 38 one spot to seventh on 40 points, while first half. Ratten coached from tion as possible. NTH MELB 19 9 10 0 1644 1896 86.7 36 Hawthorn (38 points) slip from sixth Veteran Brett the interchange area for ‘‘I wanted to be a part of ■ MELBOURNE 18 7 10 1 1490 1567 95.1 30 to eighth. Kirk was dominant the first time in his career it with the players as well, ■ 18 7 11 0 1490 1621 91.9 28 Defensive midfielder for the Swans with and was delighted with and give them feedback ESSENDON 19 7 12 0 1720 2038 84.4 28 had a massive influence early as the pro- the Blues’ 23.11 (149) to and really reward those ■ PT ADELAIDE 18 7 11 0 1397 1717 81.4 28 Swans bounced out to a 47-point advan- Kieren Jack viding plenty of 9.19 (73) win, especially a blokes who were doing ■ RICHMOND 18 6 12 0 1361 1846 73.7 24 BRISBANE 19 6 13 0 1515 1880 80.6 24 tage at half-time. run out of defence. 10-goal last quarter. what’s required and then WEST COAST 19 4 15 0 1551 2017 76.9 16 Ryan O’Keefe kicked four goals for Hawthorn had few contributors in Carlton had lost five of maybe question the blo- ■ To play today the Swans with three each to Adam the first half apart from skipper Sam seven games leading into kes who need to maybe go Goodes, Trent Dennis-Lane and Ben Mitchell and defender . the game and Ratten just in a bit,’’ Ratten said. NEXT WEEK McGlynn, while bag- Held by Jack to eight possessions in drew short of labelling his Round 20— Friday, August 13: Essendon v Collingwood ged four for the Hawks. the first half, Burgoyne combined with at the MCG (N). Saturday, August 14: Carlton v Rich- O’Keefe also played a strong defens- to help spark Haw- mond at the MCG; Fremantle v Sydney at Subiaco; ive game on damaging Hawks utility thorn’s fightback after half-time. v Geelong at Etihad Stadium (N); . But two goals from O’Keefe and a late Hawthorn ‘back in dark hole’ Port Adelaide v West Coast at AAMI (N). Sunday, Aug- ust 15: Brisbane v Adelaide at the Gabba; Hawthorn v The Swans, who had won nine of goal from Goodes allowed Sydney a Melbourne at the MCG; North Melbourne v St Kilda at their past 10 meetings against the 30-point buffer at three-quarter time. HAWTHORN coach says the Etihad Stadium. Hawks at the SCG, dominated the open- Franklin’s two goals early in the last ‘‘shattered’’ Hawks have fallen back into the same ing term, kicking five goals to one to quarter brought the game back to life hole they found themselves in after a 1-6 start to the SANFL, Rd 19: Glenelg 20.4 (124) d West Adelaide 7.11 grab a 27-point advantage. but the Swans celebrated when first- AFL season. (53); Norwood 16.14 (110) d North Adelaide 6.10 (46); Goodes kicked two early goals and year player slotted through The Hawks had surged mid-season to be pushing Eagles 15.12 (102) d Port Adelaide 12.7 (79); Central Dis- Sydney’s small forwards feasted on the a banana goal on the run, his first ma- for a top-four spot. tricts 17.14 (116) d South Adelaide 13.5 (83). aggressive playing style of big Jesse Wh- jor after 19 behinds this season. But a draw to St Kilda and losses to Port Adelaide WAFL, Rd 20: Claremont 17.10 (112) d Subiaco 9.7 (61); ite who provided a strong aerial contest. Jack may come under scrutiny for a and Sydney have sent them tumbling down to eighth East Fremantle 16.21 (117) d Perth 7.11 (53); Swan Dis- tricts 18.12 (120) d South Fremantle 12.13 (85); East The Swans slammed on another five high bump in the second quarter. on 38 points. Perth 18.10 (118) d West Perth 15.14 (104). goals in the second quarter to Haw- Sydney play Fremantle in Perth on Clarkson was critical of his side’s work-rate at the VFL, Rd 16: Casey Scorpions 18.11 (119) d Gold Coast thorn’s two in front of 29,431 fans. Saturday, while the Hawks host Mel- SCG yesterday as the Hawks kicked only three goals 17.13 (115); Bendigo 12.12 (84) d Collingwood 10.16 (76). Jack was doing a fine tagging job on bourne at the MCG the following day. in the first half to trail by 47 points at the main break. 36 — Sunday Territorian, Sunday, August 8, 2010 www.sundayterritorian.com.au