Round 10 AFL Review
Monday, August 3
Port Adelaide 8.7.55 defeated Western Bulldogs 5.12.42
Monday night saw Port Adelaide play hosts to the Western Bulldogs in a
match where both teams were coming off tough losses the week before. Across the
first half of the match it was the Bulldogs making the most of their attacking
forays, with Sam Lloyd marking his return from injury by kicking two of the
Doggies five goals, but their midfielder's hard work was often wasted through
inaccuracy as shown by their score line of 5-goals 12-points. Coming out for the
third-quarter, and being a few points behind, the Power's forward Charlie Dixon
and midfielder Zac Butters got busy and turned the tide in favour of the home
team, leading to the Power's 13-point win.
Tuesday, August
4
Richmond 12.10.82 defeated Brisbane 4.17.41
In the battle of Season
2019's quarter-finalists, Metricon Stadium saw the Tigers coming up against a
very in-form Brisbane Lions outfit on Tuesday night. While I am not sure if it
was the Lion's players forgetting their kicking boots for this match, or if the
Tigers worked extra hard to make sure the Brisbane players were taking shots
from difficult angles or a long way out. Whichever one it was, it certainly
helped the Tigers to a big win over the highly fancied Brisbane Lions. One stat
that stood out to me from tonight was the free kicks, which the Lions won 18 to
11 while losing. The Tigers will next take on the Power, with the Lions coming
up against the Bulldogs.
Wednesday, August 5
Geelong 13.12.90
defeated North Melbourne 9.3.57
Not only did North Melbourne suffer
another defeat, this time to the Cats at the Gabba, but they had to watch their
key forward, Ben Brown, hobble off the ground after injuring his knee in the
first quarter. The Cats made the most of the big forward's absence, along with
what felt like half of North's starting 21, to run out comfortable 33-point
winners. Geelong's Rhys Stanley put in a great effort against prominent big Todd
Goldstein, while midfield duo Cam Guthrie and Sam Menegola were prolific
throughout the match, often driving the ball forward to where Gryan Miers and
Tom Hawkins made the most of the supply, to kick four and three goals
respectively.
Adelaide 5.7.37 defeated by Melbourne
13.10.88
Coming off another loss in Round 9, the Adelaide Crows would
have been primed to push for a win in their match against the Melbourne Demons
at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday night. With Adelaide putting in an improved
performance across the first half of this match, the Crows were behind their
opponents by less than a straight kick at the long break. Once the third-quarter
came, the Demons ramped up their efforts, riding on the back of a huge game from
Clayton Oliver (34 Disposals, 5 Marks, 6 Tackles and a massive 11 Clearances),
to outscore the Crows eight goals to one! Unfortunately, for the Crows, they
remain winless, while the Demons get closer to a Top 8 spot.
Thursday,
August 6
Collingwood 6.14.50 defeated Sydney 6.5.41
In another Round
10 match where one team kicks a heap of points and yet goes on to lose, the
Magpies have bucked the trend by kicking lots of points but getting the win over
Sydney at the Gabba on Thursday night. To put Collingwood's dominance into some
form of perspective, the Magpies had ninety more disposals and nine more scoring
shots than the Swans, but somehow only won by nine points; they also ended up on
the same number of goals. With such a result, I am not sure how the Magpie's
coach will feel about the team's efforts, while being happy for the win. As they
say in many sports... "A win's a win! Bank it and move on."
Gold
Coast 11.8.74 defeated by St Kilda 12.6.78
With there being just three
points difference at half-time, we would need to wait and see what the
second-half would bring between the Suns and Saints, but if it was anything like
the first half we could be in for an exciting finish! Across the last two
quarters, the two teams traded blows, and leads, until ex-Tiger Dan Butler made
many wonder why they hadn't taken a punt on him with his exit from Punt Road.
Butler had two last quarter goals that proved to be the difference between the
Saints winning, which they did, and going down to a Sun's team that didn't stop
fighting this one out.
Friday, August 7
Essendon 8.7.55 defeated by
Greater Western Sydney 8.11.59
Across the first two-quarters of this
match at Metricon Stadium, the Bombers were by far the better team in their
match against the Giants. As a number of games have gone recently, things
changed dramatically after the half-time break! Across the third-quarter, and
into the fourth, the Giants started to assert themselves through the middle,
getting the ball up forward more often and more effectively. Would the Giants be
able to make up the five-goal lead the Bombers had worked so hard for? Yes, they
would! While he hadn't done much for the first three quarters, the Giant's
Jeremy Cameron kicked two vital goals in the last to help his team get the
win.
Byes: Fremantle, West Coast, Hawthorn, Carlton
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