- Melbourne 16.4 (100) beat Collingwood 6.8 (44)
- Demons up to eighth place with fifth win in seven matches
- Brody Mihocek stretchered from the field early on after a clash of heads
Credit first to Melbourne. They’re into a finals spot with their fifth win in seven matches, their third on the spin - all of which have featured scores between 88 and 100 points. This one also matters for coming against a top-eight rival, Melbourne’s first such victory since 2018.
It was a victory earned with great hustle in midfield, notably from Brayshaw and Oliver, but most importantly clean delivery inside-50 allowing a confident mobile attacking unit to demonstrate remarkable efficiency. There were ten goal-kickers in total, Spargo (3.0) with the most, Petracca (1.1) with the best, but the man deserving the biggest name-check is probably Weideman (2.0), who led continuously, competed hard, and straightened Melbourne up, in contrast to their opposition.
Melbourne are in the eight! They did what they had to, and more, in difficult conditions at the Gabba, but what they had to do wasn’t a lot against an abject Collingwood. Delight for the Demons, misery for the Magpies.
Bailey Fritsch too clean in the wet #AFLDeesPies pic.twitter.com/1lKcHFduZL
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