Logan Morris booted a career-high six majors as reigning Premiers Brisbane put final week’s Q-Conflict horror present behind them by beating Collingwood on the MCG.
The 20-year-old key ahead, the youngest Lions participant to ever characteristic in a grand ultimate, was in scintillating kind and never fazed in any respect by the 82,326-strong crowd – he’s proving to be an actual asset to the facet, following the retirement of Joe Daniher, up prime.
It was additionally an enormous evening for younger ruckman Henry Smith, who got here in for his first match of the 12 months to interchange the injured Oscar McInerney. He repaid the religion proven in him by coach Chris Fagan with a superb exhibiting and performed a pivotal position.
The outcome sees the Magpies dethroned from prime spot, a place that that they had held since spherical ten again in Could, and hitting a sticky spot at simply the mistaken time by dropping the final three out of 4 – it now places a double probability in actual jeopardy.
Crows now put in as flag favourites
In a extremely anticipated conflict that actually lived as much as its billing, Adelaide have now taken over as ladder leaders after seeing off Hawthorn in an absolute magnificence.
Earlier than a sold-out Oval, the match featured large momentum swings, through which each groups had management, nevertheless it was the hosts that made probably the most of theirs and prevailed.
An enormous deciding issue, within the outcome, got here late within the fourth when the often dependable Massimo D’Ambrosio missed an absolute sitter for the Hawks, simply 20 yards out, earlier than play rapidly switched ends, the place Taylor Walker booted the sealer.
The Crows haven’t been concerned within the September motion since 2017 however are the in-form squad and have been put in as the brand new bookmakers’ favourites for the flag.
Doggies rip the Giants aside
The Western Bulldogs are firmly banging on the door of the all-important eight after taking good care of a disappointing Better Western Sydney outfit in scientific trend.
Criticised for his or her win-loss report towards groups in that a part of the ladder, with an eight-in-one report in 2025, they didn’t simply beat the Giants however thrashed them by 88 factors.
In reality, such was their dominance, they might have gained by a good greater margin, however registered 18 behinds – it’s the fourth time this marketing campaign that they’ve triumphed by an 80+ margin and are at the moment the very best scorers within the competitors.
Forwards Sam Darcy (pictured under, left) and Aaron Naughton (pictured under, proper), each in a wealthy vein of kind, every snagged 5 every whereas teenager Lachlan McNeil helped himself to a career-high three.
As a part of the AFL’s Cultural Heritage Collection, viewers of each Fox Footy and Kayo have been capable of hearken to another commentary, full with key on-screen graphics, in Hindi as Rajbir Ghuman and Harbir Singh Kang referred to as all of the motion.
Cameron closing in on second Coleman
Geelong put up a rating of over 150 factors, for the third time this marketing campaign, in hammering a Port Adelaide outfit that light away very badly after the primary quarter.
As soon as extra, Jeremy Cameron was amongst the targets with one other bag of six to take his tally to 75 and is now nearly assured a second Coleman Medal of his profession.
Substitute Jack Martin (pictured above) actually made an actual impression, following his introduction, as he scored 4 instances in 5 minutes sixteen seconds – the quickest haul since 1970.
To focus on the contribution regional soccer golf equipment make to the game, the Cats wore a commemorative guernsey that includes the colors of each participant’s junior or native membership – whether or not Australian Guidelines or Gaelic Soccer – with 36 represented in complete on it.
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A rampant Gold Coast avenged their shock defeat to lowly Richmond, again in April, by handing them their heaviest defeat of the season in an 84-point demolition.
Not solely did the Suns register their highest ever rating towards the Tigers, it was additionally the most important successful margin towards them and an awesome proportion increase as properly.
The Queenslanders, who have been by no means troubled on this contest in any respect, are chasing their first finals look in membership historical past and have issues firmly in their very own fingers.
Adam Yze’s younger outfit, amid a whole rebuild, has been principally aggressive, however this was a day to overlook. They have been stored goalless within the first half, solely scored two majors for the sport and stored to their fifth lowest rating ever since 1925.
Saints maintain on to see of Kangas
St.Kilda needed to survive some nervous ultimate few moments and resort to some determined defending earlier than falling over the road towards lowly North Melbourne.
Nick Larkey bought the fast-finishing Kangas inside a kick, however regardless of pushing arduous to finish the comeback, they finally fell to their seventeenth defeat of the 12 months.
For the Saints, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera confirmed simply why he’s probably the most talked about footballer, in the meanwhile, with one other finest on-ground show that included 36 disposals, 9 clearances, 9 rating involvements and 677 metres gained.
The 22-year-old is out of contract on the finish of the season. It faces an enormous determination with a number of golf equipment trying to safe his signature, together with the 2 from his native South Australia, in what’s more likely to be the highest-paid provide in AFL historical past.
Nevertheless, he gave completely nothing away when interviewed, post-match on Fox Footy, saying, “I’ll kind that out with the membership and my supervisor however simply type of going about my enterprise taking part in footy in the meanwhile. So, that’ll are available in due time.”
Demons thrash Eagles in one-sided affair
Melbourne returned to the winners’ circle, main all afternoon, as they romped to a cushty success over backside facet West Coast in a reasonably one-sided affair.
Having been on the mistaken finish of the most important ever final-term comeback in historical past, six days in the past, they have been eager to make amends and restore some satisfaction to the group.
Vice-captain Jack Viney (pictured above) lined up for his 234th look in a Demons Guernsey to surpass his All-Australian father Todd who performed between 1987-1999 for the membership.
It was an enormous afternoon for debutant Jai Culley, beforehand delisted by the Eagles, as he made his debut having been given a second probability after being signed within the Supplemental Choice Interval as a alternative for Andy Moniz-Wakefield.
Jayden Nguyen makes AFL historical past
It could not have been the prettiest, however that gained’t trouble Sydney an excessive amount of as they managed to get the job accomplished towards Essendon within the annual Delight Sport.
Ruckman Brodie Grundy (pictured under) stood out by recording a career-high 39 disposals, 17 first possessions, 13 clearances, eight rating involvements in addition to eight marks.
Though he completed on the dropping facet, Bombers debutant Jayden Nguyen made AFL historical past by changing into the primary participant of Vietnamese descent to play at this stage.
The 19-year-old defender is a former member of the James Hird Academy/NGA program and earned a call-up to the facet after impressing within the VFL with Aberfeldie.
Spherical 21 Outcomes
Western Bulldogs 19.18 (132)
GWS 6.8 (44)
Adelaide 15.11 (101)
Hawthorn 13.9 (87)
Melbourne 21.13 (139)
West Coast 8.8 (56)
Gold Coast 16.11 (107)
Richmond 2.11 (23)
Sydney 9.14 (68)
Essendon 7.12 (54)
Collingwood 10.5 (65)
Brisbane 14.8 (92)
St.Kilda 11.12 (72)
North Melbourne 10.9 (69)
Geelong 23.15 (153)
Port Adelaide 9.11 (65)
Fremantle 15.4 (94)
Carlton 10.7 (67)
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