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Blog log from of 2025: Western Sydney vs Collingwood

Blog log for Western Sydney vs Collingwood, of 2025

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Taylor intercepts a rebound kick on outer wing and gets a late slap to the chops by McStay, 50m penalty brings him to 25m for an unlikely first goal! (Q1 1:47)
Cameron marks in the pocket 25m out and misses. (Q1 3:52)
Schultz marks in the pocket, his set shot drifts across the face but two Pies bring it to ground for Hill to volley on the line for a goal. (Q1 6:53)
Leake judges a high kick to 40m in the corridor the best but the wind hooks his set shot left. (Q1 8:41)
O’Halloran roves a Brown contest and checksides an opportunist goal from 20m. (Q1 12:33)
Hoskin-Elliott misses a mid-range flying snap after the Pies surge from the bounce. (Q1 13:37)
Collingwood runs the footy around outer wing at full pace, ending with a McCreery mark 45m out in the corridor then a hook to the left. (Q1 18:29)
A lull as Briggs is probably going to be stretchered off. (Q1 22:39)
Perryman receives from Nick Daicos at a ball up on outer wing and sizzles a pass to Schultz near the hotspot, but the set shot is poor to the right. (Q1 27:14)
Brown roves on the HFF, runs to the boundary and bounces through a sensational snap from the boundary line 45m out to an empty square! (Q1 30:24)
Callaghan wins the next centre clearance, Gruzewski marks on his chest in front of Moore near the hotspot and swerves it through. (Q1 31:24)
Callaghan again beats Pendlebury at the next bounce then runs on to receive on the HFF, blood in his nostrils so he has a lash from 40m… dobs it! (Q1 32:59)
GWS have their danders up now, Greene marks 45m out on the flank but his set shot hooks left into the post with the wind. (Q1 34:49)
Collingwood attacks up the corridor, evading chasers until they reach Hoskin-Elliott for a flying snap from true CHF… hooked to the left. (Q1 35:33)
Brown intercepts on outer wing and sends it back down the flank to a big pack 30m out, three tall Pies fly but Cadman gets a high contact free on McInnes… miss. (Q2 1:23)
The Magpies are under heavy pressure in possession inside forward 50, can’t get a man free, eventually Sidebottom blazes wide from the HFF. (Q2 3:04)
Mihocek has been towelled up by Taylor so far but he marks on a hard lead just inside CHF and a 50m penalty off the ball ensures the goal. (Q2 7:18)
Bedford it was who was pinged for scragging to set up that score. (Q2 8:18)
Allan beats Kelly and delivers after the next bounce to Elliott to mark in front of Idun 40m out on the flank. Tricky kick into the wind… mails it! (Q2 9:21)
Greene is called to play on after marking on the HFF, he runs to the boundary and hoofs it narrow to the right. (Q2 13:08)
Schultz sends a high speculator to the top of the square from the HFF, huge pack flies but Himmelberg is pinged for a jumper tug on Mihocek, goal. (Q2 17:43)
Greene marks a Leake kick near the hotspot but the ump takes it off him for Cadman to take a free on Maynard for a hold. Cadman misses badly to the left. (Q2 20:37)
Kelly kicks to the pocket after frenetic play inside 50, Coniglio roves and gives back to Ward who screws through the goal from 20m. (Q2 23:47)
Bedford goes long and deep from members wing after a feed by Callaghan, Brown has the sit on the pack, drops it but soccers the goal anyway. (Q2 30:09)
Elliott is monstered at half forward to cough up the ball under intense orange pressure, tsunami ends with Greene to goal from 20m, GWS irresistible! (Q2 31:54)
Callaghan is in supreme form, showing Pendlebury and others a clean pair of heels to lead the GWS midfield on scything runs. (Q2 32:25)
Hoskin-Elliott roves at the top of the square but Ash’s presence causes him to scuff the snap into the post. (Q3 2:07)
Crisp misses a flying snap from 50m on a slight angle. Like in Q1, the Pies are spraying some gettable opportunities. (Q3 5:26)
Sidebottom spins out of an arm tackle by Whitfield but misses from 40m on the flank. (Q3 8:44)
Daniels beats Allan to a ground ball at half forward, speeds away to 45m and punches it just to the left. (Q3 12:32)
Membrey gives wide to Allan for a flying snap from the HFF, Pies need to kick straight… this one is way wide right. (Q3 20:35)
Jones runs down the HFF with three bounces after a front-half turnover and finally gets a goal on the board for Q3, that feels like a big play. (Q3 21:21)
Greene snaps very high from a throw-in deep in the pocket but the ball wobbles and lands on the goal line to be rushed. (Q3 23:20)
McStay takes a link mark on centre wing, Membrey marks on the lead 40m out on the flank, goal Collingwood. We saw exactly zero of that before 3QT. A pulse? (Q4 2:18)
Kelly to Bedford to Callaghan to jet out the front of a stoppage in the centre, but the long bomb pitches behind Brown and rolls for a behind. (Q4 3:59)
Brown marks on the HFF but misses as well. (Q4 4:42)
Daniels plays on for a classic opportunist goal from the hotspot after a throw by Allan under Bedford’s tackle at a forward 50 ball up. (Q4 6:14)
Jones fumbles, regathers and snaps off the left from the hotspot across the body for another one. L’Orange skipping away now. (Q4 8:44)
A classic tsunami play with GWS handballing all the way from the HBF through to the hotspot for O’Halloran to goal, it’s show time at the Showground! (Q4 11:09)
Hill misses a rather easy snap from the hotspot, then clutches his soft tissues. Collingwood have been run off their legs today. (Q4 14:08)
Leake squeezes in his first senior goal from a set shot from 45m on a slight angle. Everything coming up pumpkin! (Q4 15:20)
Elliott baulks Idun and kicks a junk time goal from the pocket after McCreery wins the next centre clearance. (Q4 17:09)
Bedford tries a party time snap from the pocket but just misses. (Q4 18:12)
Kelly feeds Jones for another running snap from the HFF but that’s wide right. (Q4 19:04)
Callaghan deserves a goal to put an exclamation point on his three votes, he gets ones from CHF after getting involved at half back. (Q4 22:35)
Gruzewski bounces through some more junk from the pocket to keep the party going. (Q4 26:28)
Long feeds Hill who misses another relatively easy snap from near the hotspot. (Q4 31:27)
Callaghan misses on the final siren from just inside 50m on a slight angle. (Q4 32:48)

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