Round 1 - Collingwood vs North Ballarat at Victoria Park

[MagpieBat]

Lynch with a free at the stoppage.

From the Trenerry Crescent pocket, tough angle, 25m... misses.

25-13.

[MagpieBat]

Searl to kick after the siren.

Long and high... spoiled on the line, no score.

QUARTER TIME.

Collingwood 3.7.25
North Ballarat 2.1.13

GOALS - Mooney, Martin, Kennedy

[jackcass]

What are the conditions, are they impacting the goal kicking?

[MagpieBat]

Early thoughts:

- Forward delivery shit as usual.

- Armstrong trailing his man Ben Jacobs badly every time Jacobs gets possession. Another liability in defence. Useless.

- Hudson taking the majority of the ruck against US rookie Eris Wallace. Doing okay, but geez Wallace is a powerful unit.

- Small forwards still getting out the back at the goal mouth. Good to see nothing has changed there.

- Kennedy has been good but quiet, if you can understand that.

- Clarke has been reasonable so far.

- Mooney and Marsh getting a fair bit of it. Some good 2nd and 3rd efforts by Swampy, playing primarily forward.

- Lynch working hard as usual. Getting crucified by the delivery, as usual.

[The Weed]

Don't want to sound racist(even though that apparently is encouraged now in Australia) but the roosters have the biggest black dude I have ever seen playing for them. He makes Majak look like Seedsman.

[MagpieBat]

[MagpieBat]

2nd term underway at Victoria Park...

[MagpieBat]

Ramsay caught one-out with Nahas in the square, gets pinged for holding.

Nahas steps out, snaps, goal.

25-19.

[MagpieBat]

Clarke gathers, off a step... misses.

26-19.

[MagpieBat]

Turnover on the kick in, Pies get it back but cough up a soda.

27-19.

[MagpieBat]

Kennedy crumbs at the stoppage, keeps it low... misses.

28-19.

[MagpieBat]

Anthony goals.

28-25.

[Collingwood Crackerjack]

Not sounding flash

[MagpieBat]

[MagpieBat]

Kennedy to Lynch.

Lynch launches it from inside the centre square to the goal square.

Pack flies, no mark, out the back, Ferguson crumbs, he GOALS!

34-25.