Sydney Swans vs Collingwood Magpies Highlights: AFL live scores, blog

Franklin was the guy setting up the goals at the death. It'd be interesting to look back at the vision of those last few minutes and see how closely he was being marked by the Collingwood defenders. I'd suggest very closely indeed.

Hayward was noticeable, but I thought Newman was the most impressive of their kids. Florent looks like he'll be a good player.

Votes Tricky votes tonight. In the end I went with all inside midfielders, probably reflecting the way the game was played. 3. Dan Hanneberry (Sydney) - He had a huge influence, particularly around stoppages, but his disposal under pressure was also very good. 32 possessions, 6 tackles, 9 clearances and a goal. 2. Taylor Adams (Collingwood) - Plenty of touches and generally used it well. Set up a couple of goals. 1. Adam Treloar (Collingwood) - Kicked probably the goal of the season, and had 15 tackles to go with his 28 touches. Perhaps not the cleanest ball, though. I thought very hard about Alex Fasolo, but he didn't have a huge influence after half time.

The thing is XI, I like to engage with people on here, and I don't mind talking a little about the umpiring. But when one or more poster is banging on about it all the time, I either have to ignore it - which I don't want to do - or switch my focus to the umpiring - which I don't want to do, unless it really is the biggest factor in the game; almost never the case. It's fine to mention it if it's bugging you. But I think it's a bit impolite to bang on about it.

Insults work better when people have some idea what you're talking about.

Match report Collingwood have their first win of the season after a thrilling one point victory over the Sydney Swans. The Magpies were very much the stronger team in the first quarter, dominating possession and inside 50s, but would have been a little disappointed to only take a 21 point lead into quarter time. Sydney woke up in the second quarter and worked their way back into the game, but with Franklin pushing up the ground they in turn found it hard to capitalise on their own chances. Collingwood did enough on the counterattack to stay in front, albeit with a reduced lead at half time. By the third quarter both sides were playing somewhere near their best footy. As in the second term, the Swans seemed to have more of the play and the momentum, but Collingwood had their attacking periods as well. At one point the Pies threatened to kick beyond a three goal lead, but Sydney finished more strongly and as we turned for the final change the visitors still lead by just 9 points. Sydney kicked the opening goal of the fourth quarter and for most of the term seemed to be knocking down the door, but once again the Pies did just enough to hang on to the lead. Nerves seemed to take over for both sides and the scoring dried up. After a few missed chances for Collingwood to extend their lead, young Oliver Florent brought the Swans back within a point after capitalising on some great work by Franklin. And then with the minutes ticking away, the Swans went ahead for the first time in the game with two more behinds. But a superb clutch goal by Hoskin Elliot restored Collingwood's lead, and consecutive behinds gave the visitors a vital seven point buffer as we entered the final two minutes. Another Buddy assist and Swans goal brought the game back to a one point margin. In the final seconds, the Swans had the ball forward and the chance to get one final score. A dropped mark to Kieren Jack at half forward with 30 seconds to play was their last chance, however, and when the siren sounded Collingwood had held on in a thriller. The Magpies get their first win, and redemption after a poor result last week. They had to fight as hard as any team does for a victory, despite starting much the better of the two teams. It was their dogged defence, and their ability to pinch goals on the counterattack, that gave them the narrow win. Next week Collingwood return to Melbourne to play St Kilda. They have a chance to get their sesaon back on track. The few seconds of play that separated a win from a loss are a chasm in terms of where their season appears to be right now. Sydney, last year's grand finallists, now find themselves winless after three rounds. They'll rue their sleepy start to the game, and their failure to take some major chances in the last quarter – indeed throughout the game. The silver lining for the Swans is that they did field a very inexperienced team and some of those younger players – in particular Nic Newman – showed very good signs. But the reality is that when more than half of your side have played fewer than 50 games it's going to be difficult to be consistently successful. And now the Swans travel across the country to play the Eagles, before the Sydney derby back here at the SCG. It's not a good immediate draw for a team on 0-3. This game went right down to the wire and genuinely could have broken either way. Truly thrilling Friday night footy. It feels like the consequences of the result are well out of proportion to the closeness of the game.