Brisbane Close to Beating a Battered Collingwood.

Brisbane go down to brave Collingwood, The Pies Looked gone as Brisbane took the lead in the Third Quarter, Brisbane kept the Pies goal less for more than 30 minutes before the pies turned on a burst of 5 goals late in the game to snatch back the lead and to eventually win by 26 points, the Magpies were brave as they lost Swan, Maxwell, Caracella and Fraser was not fit, Buckley lead the way with 6 goals.

What the Coaches Said :

Leigh Matthews Said : “It was a great challenge to see how they came up – we didn’t come up great, we were a bit stilted with our ball movement and were a bit scared to move the ball too quickly, but when we did we looked likely to score the most,” Matthews said. “The tension sometimes stops you doing that, so I hope it was a good learning experience for our guys.“We’re feeling disappointed and dejected – we gave ourselves a chance there for a while.“But I’m proud too ¬- there were a lot of good things about our group. Given where we are right at the moment it makes you think this group of players that are going to represent us in the next few years can be okay.”


Collingwood, 3.5, 6.6, 11.10, 16.13 (109)
Brisbane Lions, 2.2, 5.5, 8.7, 12.11 (83)

Goals,

Magpies: Buckley 6, Rocca 2, Holland 2, Davis 2, Fraser 2, Lonie, Pendlebury.

Lions: Brown 4, McGrath 3, Bradshaw 2, Akermanis, Sherman, Roe.

Possessions,

Magpies: Buckley 29, Burns 29, Johnson 27, Lockyer 27, Shaw 26, Licuria 20, Lonie 20, Holland 17, Didak 16, O’Bree 16, Morrison 15.

Lions: Akermanis 31, Notting 28, Black 27, Sherman 21, Power 20, Voss 19, Roe 18, B Scott 18, Copeland 16, Moody 16.

Best,

Magpies: Buckley, Burns, Shaw, Johnson, Lockyer, Clement.

Lions: Notting, Akermanis, Black, Brown, Charman, Sherman.

Inside 50: Lions 47, Magpies 52

Clearances: Lions 23, Magpies 36

Hard Ball Gets: Lions 37, Magpies 38

Contested Marks: Lions 8, Magpies 6

Free Kicks: Lions 19, Magpies 17

Crowd: 54,820At the MCG