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At Subiaco:

West Coast   0.4   5.5   8.9    10.12.72   10.14.74 after extra time
Collingwood  1.5   4.8   7.11   10.12.72   13.15.93 after extra time

The Pies certainly know how to compete. Mick Malthouse knows how to coach too, rotating his midfielders to eke out every drop of endurance in this marathon. The Poise kept up the intensity, kept up the pressure all night to overhaul the Wiggles in extra time, scores being tied on the final siren. A great win. Collywood see themselves as Geelong’s biggest threat and take a decent chance into the game next Friday. It’ll be an HUGE game, for sure. The Weegs join the small, unhappy band of sides to go out in straight sets. The injury excuse is easy to reach for, as expected Chris Judd (groin and ankle injuries) was left out here, joining Ben Cousins (hamstring) and the already absent Dan Kerr. Just this morning, Judd’s announced he’s leaving the Weegles and returning to Vic for “family reasons”. Adds some interest to the trade period. To cap it off, recalled Ashley Hansen twanged his hamstring barely 10 minutes into the first quarter. Worsfold also made a possibly fatal tactical error, benching Darren Glass late in the third term and watching the previously silent Anthony Rocca boot 2 goals in as many minutes. The Weegs are still a very good side when full-strength. Some saw their troubles this season as some sort of karma following the hubris of the off-season. Beau Waters (groin) was another absentee here, Hansen, Chad Fletcher and junior midfielder Jamie McNamara were the trio called up. The Pies were forced into one late change, Josh Fraser (back tightness) replaced by Chris Bryan.

by Tim Murphy

A bit of news. Cat man Joel Selwood won the Rising Star Award last week, with 44 of a maximum possible 45 votes. Magpoi Scott Pendlebury was a close second (37) with a long gap back to Demon Nathan Jones. Melbourne appointed recent Fremantle coach Chris Connolly as their football manager. Blue midfielder Andrew Carrazzo won the John Nicholls Medal as their best player of 2007, the Blues also delisted five players last week including 2004 best-and-fairest David Teague and ruckman Dylan McLaren.

And Bommer supporter Peter Coatman pointed out some errors

At Docklands:

Collingwood  2.0   6.3    9.6    11.9.75
Adelaide     5.3   6.5   10.8   14.10.96

Credit to the Camrys, having to win their last three games to reach the finals, they did. The hopes of the Stainers and Lyin’s were ended in the process. The Camry midfield was too good for their creaky, criticized Poi counterparts, the croweaters were also determined this not be retiring legend Mark Ricciuto’s last game, apparently. Ricciuto’s 311th appearance equalled Ben Hart’s club record, it’ll go next week.