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AFL top 100: Round 10 highlights (part 1)

Josh Daicos of the Magpies chats with team-mates at the end of the match, during the JLT Community pre-season match between the Essendon Bombers and Collingwood Magpies, at Etihad stadium in Melbourne, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2016. Seven key Essendon players will make their return after a 12 month suspension period for taking banned drugs. (AAP Image/Joe Castro)
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26th May, 2018
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The Friday night game between Collingwood and Western Bulldogs was a game of contrasting halves.

The Western Bulldogs managed to crack the tight Collingwood defence after the Magpies had failed to break the Dogs backline, building up a handy lead in the process.

A series of Collingwood goals in the second quarter was matched by a sequence of goals by the Bulldogs, and Danny Frawley considered the Western Bulldogs likely winners at half-time.

However, the Bulldogs were kept goalless in the second half for the first time in 27 years while Collingwood scored four goals in each quarter, finishing with a Josh Daicos goal after the siren, the tenth goal-kicker for the Pies in the game. The goal-kickers included Scott Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom, the only two current top-100 goal-scorers for Collingwood playing in the game.

For the Bulldogs, Tory Dickson, the current leading goal-kicker at the club, returned from injury and kicked two goals, along with Jordan Roughead. Dickson’s two goals were enough for him to pass Stephen Macpherson on the Bulldog’s all-time top 100 goal-kickers list.

Josh Schache, playing his first game for the Western Bulldogs, scored a goal. Schache was originally chosen as number two draft pick in the 2015 National Draft by Brisbane where he kicked 25 goals in 27 games.

Josh Daicos Collingwood Magpies AFL 2017

(AAP Image/Joe Castro)

St Kilda hit the front against all odds in the third quarter of their match against Richmond at the MCG. However, it was short-lived, and the Tigers ran out winners by 28 points.

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A setback for the Tigers were injuries to Jack Riewoldt (concussion after being taken out by Jake Carlisle) and Bacher Houli (groin). Riewoldt went down early in the game and consequently did not add to his goal tally, but Josh Caddy stepped into the breach and kicked six.

Caddy was ably supported by Dan Butler and, surprisingly, Nick Vlastuin, who kicked three goals each. Dustin Martin and Trent Cotchin, both members of the club’s top-100 goal-scorers list, kicked goals. Cotchin’s one goal was enough for him to draw level with recently retired media personality Rex Hunt, who played with the Tigers from 1968 to 1974.

For the losers, Jake Gresham in his 50th game booted six goals and is now well placed to join the Saints top-100 goal-kickers before the end of the season. So is Jack Billings, who is currently two goals adrift of Gresham.

Jack Steven kicked his 100th goal for the club, becoming the the 55th player to do so, and Tim Membrey kicked straight for the first time in a while to kick two goals and take his career total to 99. Logan Austin made his debut for the club.

Jack Steven St Kilda Saints AFL 2016

(AAP Image/Joe Castro)

The third game of Round 10, Brisbane vs Sydney, was the tale of three captains and one debutant. The debutant was Rylie Stoddard for Sydney, who had seven possessions in the first half of his first game, scored a goal early in the third quarter and showed enough promise to suggest there could be more to come.

The three captains were Dayne Beams, who this week relinquished the roll at Brisbane. Without the responsibility weighing him down he won the most possessions for the Lions in the game.

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The Sydney captain was Josh Kennedy, who shouldered the responsibility and had the most possessions for the Swans.

The third captain was recently appointed Dayne Zorko, who appeared to be handling the new responsibility well, scoring a goal and recording the most tackles in the game. Dayne Beams had also scored one of Brisbane’s two goals to half-time.

Isaac Heeney (Sydney) was the only multiple goal-scorer at that stage, and his two goals had taken him to within two of making the Swans’ top-100 goal-scorers list. A heavy shirtfront from Mitch Robinson took some wind from his sails.

Amongst the others goal-scorers in the game were Will Hayward, who scored two goals, as did Ben Ronke. Lance Franklin scored one.

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