Match

Melbourne vs Collingwood

Commentary / 10 Jun 2013

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Welcome to the MCG for the traditional Queen's Birthday clash between Melbourne and Collingwood. The Dees go in as named, whilst the Pies have a late change with Elliott being replaced by Oxley.
00:01
The ball is bounced and we are under way. The subs for today are Tapscott for the Demons and new boy, Oxley for the Pies.
01:30
The Dees have started off strongly, but the question is whether they can retain the intensity?
03:15
Trengove gets it inside 50, has a shot under enormous pressure and he puts it out on the full.
04:05
GOAL MAGPIES - Cloke marks 55m, he thumps it long and it clears the goal square for the first goal of the game.
04:07
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Travis Cloke)
05:47
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Quinten Lynch)
05:50
BEHIND MAGPIES - Lynch marks inside 50, he kicks from a slight angle and puts it away for a point.
07:20
The Pies are pushing the ball in attack constantly, however at the moment the Dees defence are holding on strongly.
08:59
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Paul Seedsman)
09:00
BEHIND MAGPIES - Seedsman kicks it up to the top of the goal square, the players contest for the mark and in the meantime, the ball bounces over for a point.
09:56
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Paul Seedsman)
10:10
BEHIND MAGPIES - Seedsman gathers it inside 50, he snaps at goal and this time he pulls it away to the left.
11:45
BEHIND DEMONS - Shaw is on the boundary, he looks for a handpass and puts it over the boundary. DELIBERATE. Watts takes the kick from 30m, attempts to bend it but not enough.
11:51
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Watts)
13:24
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Kyle Martin)
13:25
BEHIND MAGPIES - Martin gathers the loose ball, he kicks around the body and it goes through for a point.
15:00
The Dees are stringing together a few passes in the middle, they are keeping up with the Pies early on.
15:38
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Fitzpatrick)
15:40
BEHIND DEMONS - Fitzpatrick marks 50m out on the boundary, he kicks it long and high, hitting the post.
17:30
The Pies tackling pressure has stepped up a notch, if this frenetic pace continues, we could well have a game on our hands.
17:53
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Aaron Davey)
17:55
GOAL DEMONS - Davey roves the ball from the pack, snaps at goal and threads it through. The Dees trail by two points.
19:30
Watts uses his leg speed to get out of trouble in the midfield. This game could well be his coming of age.
20:35
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Watts)
21:30
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
22:42
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Quinten Lynch)
23:51
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Sam Blease)
24:55
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Quinten Lynch)
25:40
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:23
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
04:49
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Cloke)
05:26
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Alan Didak)
06:57
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Chris Dawes)
07:40
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Quinten Lynch)
11:21
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Kyle Martin)
14:27
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Kyle Martin)
17:03
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Cloke)
18:52
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
21:19
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Sam Blease)
22:37
Demons Interchange - Dean Terlich off due to an injury.
24:17
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Dane Swan)
27:59
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Ben Kennedy)
28:19
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:45
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Heritier Lumumba)
04:47
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Alan Didak)
08:06
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jeremy Howe)
09:13
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Aaron Davey)
10:08
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Kennedy)
13:04
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Dane Swan)
14:36
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brent Macaffer)
16:43
Demons Interchange - Jordie McKenzie off due to the blood rule.
17:13
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Paul Seedsman)
21:17
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Ben Reid)
22:53
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Trengove)
24:42
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Alan Didak)
26:10
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Sam Blease)
27:44
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Travis Cloke)
28:49
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:46
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Kennedy)
01:10
Demons Interchange - Dean Terlich off due to the blood rule.
02:18
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Trengove)
05:05
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Travis Cloke)
07:52
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
11:28
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Heritier Lumumba)
14:05
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Cloke)
15:04
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Kyle Martin)
20:40
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Ben Kennedy)
23:07
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Kennedy)
24:08
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
24:40
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
25:31
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Aaron Davey)
27:26
The siren has sounded to end Q4.