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Kangaroos finally click to bounce Richmond
BY SAM LIENERT
in Melbourne
NORTH Melbourne coach Brad
Scott says his side produced its
best all-round performance of the
season in thrashing Richmond
15.13 (103) to 7.11 (53) in driving
rain at the MCG yesterday.
The impressive 50-point win
lifted the Kangaroos to an 8-8 record, trailing eighth-placed
Carlton only on percentage.
It was built on strong attack
on the ball and body, with the
Tigers failing to show the passion that delivered them five
wins in their past six matches.
The Kangaroos were able to
keep Tiger young guns Dustin
Martin and Trent Cotchin quiet,
while the AFL’s leading goalkicker Jack Riewoldt was well
held by Nathan Grima, although
he still managed three goals.
North’s reigning best and fairest Andrew Swallow relished
the conditions, charging into
the packs to pick up 31 touches
and eight tackles to lead the way
in the midfield.
Daniel Wells also shone, while
Leigh Adams combined good
work around the ground with
three goals, as one of 11 goalkickers, and ruckmen Hamish
McIntosh and Todd Goldstein
dominated.
‘‘It was the first time this year
we really put together a great
22-man performance,’’ Scott
said. ‘‘There’s no doubt we rely a
lot on Brent Harvey, last week if
we’d managed to get over the
(Sydney) Swans it would have
been purely because of him.’’
While it was not until the
second term that North started
to pull away, Scott said he could
tell from the start they were ‘‘on’’
by the way players attacked the
ball and stuck to assigned roles.
After Richmond led by a point
early in the second quarter, a
charging report laid against
Richmond midfielder Trent
Cotchin on North’s Sam Wright
swung the momentum the
Kangaroos’ way.
Sydney
Shaw did
produce
top game
FOOTY
By ADAM COOPER
in Melbourne
THE emergence of Rhyce Shaw
as a forward added lustre to Sydney’s win over Carlton yesterday, a result Swans coach Paul
Roos hailed as his side’s best of
the AFL season.
The Swans’ 16.11 (107) to 10.8
(68) win came after Adam
Goodes inspired a 10-goal first
half and was Sydney’s first over
a side in the top half of the ladder
in seven attempts.
Shaw’s three goals and Kieran
Jack’s shut-down job on Carlton
star Chris Judd were also influential, and although the Blues
battled out the game, Sydney
were always able to repel any
sniff of a comeback.
Shaw sealed the game when
he out-marked Aaron Joseph in
the last quarter and goaled, capping a good game for the former
Magpie, who has predominantly been used as a running
half-back with his second club.
Roos said Shaw’s key cameo
in last weekend’s win over
North Melbourne had inspired
the move to start him in attack.
‘‘The catalyst was last week,
he kicked two late goals and set
up the win for us,’’ Roos said.
‘‘Watching him play last week
and watching him train there
during the week as a forward,
he’s got some natural forward
instincts and we saw that again,
(with) a couple of terrific marks.
‘‘He’s very quick, they really
struggled with him early and
they put a quicker, smaller
player on him and that was a difficult match-up as well because
he marked really, really well.
‘‘Last week that last quarter
we thought we’d do something
different.
With
Braddy
(Daniel Bradshaw) out and
Goodesy going into the midfield
we’ve got to do a few different
things as well.’’
Roos was delighted with his
side’s opening given the Blues
were expected to rally hard following the previous weekend’s
loss to the Western Bulldogs.
‘‘I think it was our best win for
the year to win by such a wide
margin,’’ he said.
‘‘To put them away early was
really, really good. They beat us
after half-time but sometimes
when you’re up by that much at
half-time (47 points) it’s easy to
drop off a bit and get away with a
two-goal win.’’
Carlton went into attack more
than Sydney but Blues coach
Brett Ratten admitted the difference in delivery was a key.
‘‘When you kick it around the
arc all the time or (make) shallow
entries it makes it hard to hit the
scoreboard,’’ Ratten said. ‘‘The
Swans got the bang for buck
down the other end, they kicked
it in and got their rewards.’’
for us but we understand the importance of it,’’ Harvey said.
‘‘The interesting part about
this seven weeks to go is how
you manage your players because they appeared to be off
their feet a little bit (against the
Demons), particularly the guys
who have played the majority of
the year. I think there’s a few
players that have carried a significant load of the team but
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we’re trying to
manage
that
through the course
of the week.
‘‘(We are not going to rest them)
Harvey
from a playing
point of view, but more from a
during the week point of view.
‘‘We’ve probably got (Chris)
Tarrant and (Antoni) Grover
coming back next week so we’ve
just got to get the balance of our
team right knowing we are playing the Bulldogs this week.’’
ADELAIDE
GEELONG
2.3
3.1
4.3
5.3
8.8
7.3
11.8
9.9
(74)
(63)
GOALS — Adelaide: T Walker 4 R Henderson 2 R Sloane 2 K
Tippett N van Berlo P Dangerfield; Geelong: C Mooney 2 M
Stokes 2 B Ottens G Ablett P Chapman S Byrnes T Varcoe.
BEST — Adelaide: S Stevens B Vince T Walker G Johncock S
Thompson S Goodwin M Doughty; Geelong: J Selwood A
Mackie C Ling P Chapman H Taylor C Enright J Kelly.
Umpires: Stuart Wenn, Troy Pannell, Shane McInerney.
Crowd: 41,195 at AAMI Stadium.
COLLINGWOOD
ST KILDA
4.4
1.4
7.7
3.5
11.7
4.11
15.10
6.16
(100)
(52)
GOALS — Collingwood: B Macaffer 3 L Brown 3 D Beams 2 H
Shaw 2 C Dawes D Swan L Ball L Davis S Sidebottom; St
Kilda: J Steven 2 J Geary J Koschitzke N Riewoldt S Milne.
BEST — Collingwood: D Swan D Thomas S Wellingham L
Brown B Reid B Johnson A Didak S Pendlebury; St Kilda: S Fisher L Montagna L Hayes S Gilbert.
Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Ray Chamberlain, Michael
Vozzo.
Crowd: 81,386 at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
HAWTHORN
BRISBANE
7.3
1.0
9.6
4.0
16.12
6.0
17.16
7.1
(118)
(43)
GOALS — Hawthorn: J Lewis 4 J Roughead 4 C Young 3 C
Brown C Peterson C Rioli M Osborne W Skipper X Ellis; Brisbane: J Brown 3 A Buchanan B Fevola B Staker L Power.
BEST — Hawthorn: L Hodge S Burgoyne S Mitchell J Lewis B
Sewell C Rioli C Young J Roughead; Brisbane: J Brennan M
Leuenberger L Power M Rischitelli.
Umpires: Hayden Kennedy, Heath Ryan, Luke Farmer.
Crowd: 16,690 at Aurora Stadium, Launceston.
WEST COAST
ESSENDON
4.5
4.2
10.9
8.7
16.11
10.11
20.12
14.16
(132)
(100)
GOALS — West Coast: M LeCras 12 A Hams 3 A Embley A
Strijk J Kennedy M Priddis N Naitanui; Essendon: B Stanton
3 S Lonergan 2 T Colyer 2 A Davey A Monfries B Howlett D
Zaharakis J Neagle P Ryder S Gumbleton.
BEST — West Coast: M LeCras M Priddis A Embley A Hams D
Cox B Waters M Rosa; Essendon: B Stanton N LovettMurray T Colyer J Watson.
Umpires: Justin Schmitt, Scott McLaren, Sam Hay.
Crowd: 26,991 at Etihad Stadium.
WESTERN BULLDOGS
PORT ADELAIDE
2.3
5.1
6.6
6.2
10.9
7.2
12.11
7.5
(83)
(47)
GOALS — Western Bulldogs: J Grant 2 M Boyd 2 A Cooney A
Everitt B Johnson C Ward D Giansiracusa N Eagleton R Griffen S Higgins; Port Adelaide: J Schulz 2 K Cornes 2 B Ebert J
Davenport J Westhoff.
BEST — Western Bulldogs: M Boyd J Harbrow D Cross A
Cooney B Lake R Hargrave; Port Adelaide: K Cornes D
Pearce D Cassisi T Chaplin M Banner.
Umpires: Scott Jeffery, Mathew Nicholls, Jason Armstrong.
Crowd: 10,108 at TIO Stadium, Darwin.
SYDNEY
CARLTON
6.3
1.0
10.6
3.1
14.9
8.3
16.11
10.8
(107)
(68)
GOALS — Sydney: R Shaw 3 B McGlynn 2 B Meredith 2 J Bolton 2 J McVeigh 2 J Moore 2 J White 2 A Goodes; Carlton: S
Hampson 2 C Judd C Yarran E Betts H Scotland J Garlett J
Waite K Simpson M Murphy.
BEST — Sydney: A Goodes D Hannebery T Richards R Shaw
K Jack N Malceski S Mumford; Carlton: M Murphy H Scotland J Waite C Judd.
Umpires: Chris Donlon, Shaun Ryan, Robert Findlay.
Crowd: 31,915 at Etihad Stadium.
NORTH MELBOURNE
RICHMOND
2.4
1.5
6.9
4.7
11.12
4.8
15.13
7.11
(103)
(53)
GOALS — North Melbourne: L Adams 3 L Hansen 2 M Campbell 2 A Swallow B Harvey B Warren D Pratt D Wells G Urquhart M Firrito T Goldstein; Richmond: J Riewoldt 3 A Collins
J King L McGuane R Nahas.
BEST — North Melbourne: A Swallow L Adams D Wells H
McIntosh N Grima M Firrito B Warren; Richmond: B Cousins
S Tuck D Connors B Deledio.
Umpires: Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Jacob Mollison.
Crowd: 42,723 at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
FREMANTLE
MELBOURNE
6.3
1.2
9.8
3.5
10.10
9.8
11.16
10.11
(82)
(71)
GOALS — Fremantle: H Ballantyne 4 D Mundy 2 N Fyfe P Duffield P Hasleby R Crowley R Palmer; Melbourne: A Davey 2 J
Bennell 2 L Jurrah 2 B Green C Sylvia N Jones P Johnson.
BEST — Fremantle: H Ballantyne L McPharlin S Hill P Duffield A Sandilands; Melbourne: B Green T Scully J Frawley A
Davey J McKenzie.
Umpires: Jeff Dalgleish, Brett Rosebury, Dean Margetts.
Crowd: 32,816 at Subiaco Oval.
LADDER
Sydney Swans’ Jesse White and Rhyce Shaw embrace after their
side beat Carlton yesterday
Picture: STEPHEN HARMAN
Flat Fremantle almost fall to gritty Demons
From Back Page
ROUND 16
Brad Green, Aaron Davey,
Clint Jones, Liam Jurrah and
Jordie
McKenzie
were
influential in Melbourne’s
third-quarter fightback as the
Dockers struggled to limit
the damage.
‘‘Probably it’s disturbing that
you can let an opposition have
that sort of an effect in a quarter,
and that’s something we need to
address because we won’t get
away with that against sides
that are dominating the competition,’’ Harvey said.
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey
was more focused with his side’s
inept first quarter — when the
Dockers booted six goals to one
— rather than Melbourne’s stirring fightback.
‘‘You can’t excuse our effort in
the first quarter,’’ Bailey said.
‘‘That is the underlying reason
we had to fight our way back
from behind.
‘‘Character’s not based on a
quarter, it’s not based on five or
six minutes of any game, the
character starts from the start.’’
TEAM
COLL’WOOD
GEELONG
ST KILDA
FREMANTLE
BULLDOGS
SYDNEY
HAWTHORN
CARLTON
NORTH MELB
ADELAIDE
MELBOURNE
ESSENDON
BRISBANE
PT ADELAIDE
RICHMOND
WEST COAST
P
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
W L D
F
A % Pts
12 3 1 1699 1258 135.1 50
12 4 0 1787 1252 142.7 48
12 4 0 1355 1117 121.3 48
11 5 0 1644 1383 118.9 44
10 6 0 1575 1180 133.5 40
9 7 0 1431 1286 111.3 36
9 7 0 1436 1327 108.2 36
8 8 0 1506 1441 104.5 32
8 8 0 1330 1562 85.2 32
7 9 0 1341 1433 93.6 28
5 10 1 1274 1562 85.2 22
5 11 0 1417 1695 83.6 20
5 11 0 1317 1614 81.6 20
5 11 0 1217 1564 77.8 20
5 11 0 1216 1639 74.2 20
4 12 0 1318 1678 78.6 16
Next Week
Round 17 — Friday: St Kilda v Hawthorn at Eithad
Stadium; Saturday: Collingwood v Richmond at MCG,
Geelong v Brisbane at Skilled Stadium, North Melbourne
v Essendon at Etihad Stadium, West Coast v Carlton at
Subiaco Oval; Sunday: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle at
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne v Sydney at MCG, Port Adelaide v Adelaide Crows at AAMI Stadium
Monday, July 19, 2010. NT NEWS.
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