Collingwood made an emphatic assertion, with a dominant four-quarter efficiency, as they put away reigning Premiers Brisbane on their residence deck. They acquired off to a flyer and by no means appeared again, happening to steer for the entire night, while managing to maintain the Lions to their lowest inside 50 tally since 2017.
Jamie Elliott (pictured above) marked his landmark two hundredth look for the membership with two targets – it has actually been a roller-coaster of a profession for the 32-year-old ahead who missed the entire of the 2016 and 2018 seasons by means of again, ankle and hamstring accidents.
Final 12 months, he suffered a uncommon vascular problem which might have seen him lose his toes, placing his complete profession doubtful, however, to his credit score, he managed to get by means of it.
Easter Monday Blockbuster
Two of the golf equipment anticipated to be there come the sharp finish clashed within the Easter Monday Blockbuster, the place Geelong acquired over the road towards Hawthorn in a thriller.
A crowd of 88,746 on the MCG witnessed a magnificence through which either side loved momentum swings, resulting in the scores being stage halfway by means of the fourth.
Nevertheless, with just some minutes remaining, a defensive mistake by the Hawks was seized upon, and finally, Irishman Shaun Mannagh (pictured above) put it by means of to seal the win.
Conor Nash appears set to face the tribunal this week after being reported for putting Gryan Miers with a swinging arm that left the Cats ahead concussed on the bottom.
Dimma’s sad return to Marvel
No doubting the large shock of this lengthy weekend, the place Richmond pulled off a consequence that nobody noticed coming as they held on to finish Gold Coast’s unbeaten run.
This victory lastly ended an eleven-match shedding streak at Marvel Stadium, which dated again to 2021. Sadly, although, it occurred in entrance of an attendance of simply 18,423, which made it the Tigers’ lowest attendance at this venue since 2003.
Defender Nick Vlastuin (pictured above) celebrated his thirty first birthday with a best-on-ground effort and did an excellent job within the again line by nullifying the specter of Suns’ Ben King.
The ‘Bont’ stars upon his return
Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli made his long-awaited return to the beginning line-up and led his troops to overwhelm a disappointing St.Kilda fully.
The six-time All-Australian (pictured under) appeared sharp from the get-go, and it’s an enormous increase for the Bulldogs that can be hoping this helps kick-start their 2025 marketing campaign.
Sadly, it did come at a little bit of a price, although, with ahead Sam Darcy, who has taken the sport by storm, having to be substituted off. He landed awkwardly inthe opening time period with what, on the time, appeared like a suspected left knee ACL rupture.
While he’s nonetheless going to face a while out on the sidelines, fortunately, scans have allayed fears with Chris Bell, Head of Sports activities Drugs on the membership, confirming that he had suffered “an impaction fracture with related ligament injury.”
Unsavoury incident mars Port victory
Port Adelaide went some solution to avenging final season’s Preliminary Ultimate defeat, with a robust displaying, by getting the job completed towards Sydney on the SCG.
Additionally they needed to do it within the second half with out their Brownlow medallist Ollie Wines (pictured under) as he needed to be withdrawn, on the most important break, after experiencing coronary heart palpitations.
Chatting with Channel 7, on the finish of the third, the membership’s soccer boss Chris Davies mentioned, “Ollie had a little bit of a coronary heart flutter, he’s within the rooms now, feeling much better”.
In a reasonably unsavoury incident that no person desires to see on the footy, a 16-year-old Swans fan has been given a two-year ban after throwing an object onto the oval.
Demons lastly on the winners board
Melbourne, firmly beneath the media highlight for his or her poor begin, lastly had one thing to cheer about by gathering their first success of the season over Fremantle.
Kysaiah Pickett (pictured under) was the star of the present, booting 5 majors, because the Demons acquired off to a quick begin and had already put up their highest rating of the 12 months by halftime.
For the Dockers, a consequence that has attracted numerous consideration about their kind exterior of WA and whether or not they’re contenders, coach Justin Longmuir admitted, in his presser, that he “didn’t suppose we had been robust sufficient, didn’t worth the suitable issues.”
Good Friday SuperClash
Within the conventional Good Friday SuperClash, Carlton booted their greatest rating in 2025 so far as they put North Melbourne to the sword earlier than an entire sell-out.
Small ahead Zac Williams snagged a career-high 4 majors and was amongst 12 totally different goalkickers for the Blues that ran riot throughout a really one-sided second half.
George Hewett (pictured above) was awarded the inaugural SuperClash Superhero Medal for a best-on-ground show that included 34 disposals, 12 clearances and 9 tackles.
Crows grind it out in difficult circumstances
Adelaide managed to come back out on high towards Higher Western Sydney in a low-scoring encounter performed in extraordinarily difficult, windy, and wet circumstances.
These actually hampered any likelihood of free-flowing soccer, resulting in numerous ability errors and fumbles, however credit score to each units of gamers for his or her effort and endeavour.
Neither aspect might kick precisely in entrance of the large sticks, with the Giants managing a complete of simply 34 factors, which represented their lowest in a match since 2022.
Bombers survive big scare
Over in WA, Essendon survived an enormous scare earlier than finally managing to fall over the road towards bottom-side outfit West Coast by only a two-point margin.
Determined to make amends for a shocker the earlier week, the house aspect had been in a decided temper with a significantly better displaying and had been forward on the most important interval.
Nevertheless, led by ‘Two Metre’ Peter Wright (pictured above), who kicked a bag of six upon his return to the aspect from an ankle ligament pressure, the Bombers had been in a position to get forward on the scoreboard early within the fourth quarter, and from there floor out the victory.
Spherical 6 Outcomes
Brisbane 7.11 (53)
Collingwood 16.9 (105)
North Melbourne 11.5 (71)
Carlton 24.9 (153)
West Coast 11.9 (75)
Essendon 11.11 (77)
Melbourne 16.11 (107)
Fremantle 14.13 (97)
Adelaide 7.10 (52)
GWS 4.10 (34)
Richmond 12.8 (80)
Gold Coast 9.15 (69)
Sydney 10.17 (77)
Port Adelaide 13.7 (85)
Western Bulldogs 18.19 (127)
St.Kilda 8.8 (56)
Geelong 12.14 (86)
Hawthorn 11.13 (79)
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