GAME DAY: Collingwood v Essendon, Anzac Day at the MCG | 3AW Radio
Essendon backman Michael Hartley spoke to 3AW Football in the rooms.
Hartley said the Bombers knew Collingwood would come out firing but didn’t brace for it.
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The Big American Mason Cox spoke to 3AW Football in the rooms after the game.
Cox said he initially had to search YouTube to learn what AFL was.
‘It came up with Worst Hits in AFL and I was double-thinking it!’ he said.
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FULL TIME
Collingwood has won an anti-climactic Anzac Day match by 69 points.
Steele Sidebottom won the Anzac Medal for his 33 touches and four goals – three of which came in the match-winning first quarter.
LLOYDY’S VOTES
5 S Sidebottom
4 S Pendlebury
3 A Treloar
2 T Adams
1 A Fasolo#AFLPiesDons pic.twitter.com/zosxtHI2b6? 3AW Football (@3AWisfootball) April 25, 2016
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HALF TIME
Collingwood has sprinted out to a 76-point lead at the main break
Steele Sidebottom (20 disposals, four goals) has started brilliantly, while Scott Pendlebury (23 touches, four tackles) has made a timely return to form.
American import Mason Cox booted the first goal of the game on debut – see Tim Lane’s call of the goal below.
STAT | 8.4 (52) is Collingwood’s best-ever first quarter against Essendon. #AFLPiesDons
? 3AW Football (@3AWisfootball) April 25, 2016
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‘Who’s writing this script?!’
The Big American Mason Cox kicks the opening goal on Anzac Day – with his first kick.
‘Can you believe it?!’
Tim’s call of Cox kicking the first goal on Anzac Day. #AFLPiesDons pic.twitter.com/XsAmu0qROs
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An eerie silence over the MCG as players and fans pay their respects.
‘It’s not about the sport, today.’#LestWeForget pic.twitter.com/N12d8hvZ3X
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Magpie utility Tyson Goldsack told 3AW Football the heat on Travis Cloke is largely unfair.
He said it was unlucky that the reserves got ‘smacked’ as it meant Cloke struggled to get his hands on the ball.
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Essendon Chairman Lindsay Tanner told 3AW Monday Football the Bombers won’t accept an honourable loss – especially to Collingwood.
Tanner also said he still believes Jobe Watson should keep his Brownlow Medal.
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Collingwood has sensationally dropped Travis Cloke for this huge clash, and the power forward’s future at the club might be in doubt.
Magpie legend Tony Shaw said Collingwood would have to consider trading him.
Magpie Premiership player Luke Ball said Cloke – like any forward – would benefit from a team that delivers the ball better into attacking 50.
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It’s the match we block out in our diaries before the fixture is even released.
It’s the match that provides us with a sense of perspective.
And this year, it’s the match that will answer a lot of questions about Collingwood and Essendon.
Anzac Day at the G – you don’t want to miss this one.
If you’re going to the game, feel free to drop in to our broadcast van at Gate 3.
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TODAY’S LINE-UP from 12PM: Matthew Lloyd, Luke Ball, Tony Shaw, Dwayne Russell, Tim Lane, Mick Warner, Doc Larkins, and Sam ‘Scoop’ McClure.
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