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Taranto is the least damaging player in the AFL. I did not even know he was playing.

Votes Player (Club) 9 Tim Taranto (RICH) 6 Jack Viney (MELB) 4 Michael Hibberd (MELB) 3 Jack Riewoldt (RICH) 3 Max Gawn (MELB) 2 Clayton Oliver (MELB) 2 Jayden Short (RICH) 1 Christian Petracca (MELB) Leaderboard Votes Player Club 45 Nick Daicos COLL 33 Marcus Bontempelli WB 33 Jeremy Cameron GEEL 28 Jack Sinclair STK 26 Jordan De Goey COLL 24 Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 24 Chad Warner SYD 24 Callum Wilkie STK 23 Tim Kelly WCE 23 Christian Petracca MELB 22 Clayton Oliver MELB 21 Luke Davies-Uniacke NMFC 21 Jordan Dawson ADEL 20 Charlie Cameron BL 20 Zach Merrett ESS 20 Caleb Serong FRE 19 Toby Greene GWS 19 Rory Laird ADEL 19 Darcy Parish ESS 18 Charlie Curnow CARL 18 Mason Redman ESS

I was surprised he was allowed to train let alone be at the club on Sunday for the Captain's Run.

It should be noted that Spargo joined full training at last Sunday's Captain's Run but left the field near then end when they were doing drills that had a little more contact. Just because he was training doesn't necessarily mean he is fully out of concussion protocols.

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Essendon play Geelong, Port in Port & Brisbane in Brisbane in the next 3 weeks. We’ll see if they’re any good in a couple of weeks.

Draper most protected species in the comp

I dedicate this loss to the Essendon supporting [censored] who sat in front of me at the gather round last week who thought they had just won the grand final. They would have been up and about at 3/4 time. Hahahahahahaa.

Got to hand it to the pies. They never give up. They just gain territory any way they can. Kick, handball, punch, tap, toe poke…

Draper is blessed by the umps. If Gawn got half his protection.

What a quarter by the pies. No help from the umps either. Merritt had dead set dropped the ball three times and play on.

Yeah. Happy for St. Kilda and Essendon to win every game they play and take care of them in the finals.

Today would have been a good day to go down to Centrelink if it was open.

Bombers talls once again gifted frees in front of goal.

Clarrie extends his lead to 24:- 78. Clayton Oliver 54. Christian Petracca 32. Brodie Grundy 29. Jake Lever Jack Viney 26. Max Gawn 18. Lachie Hunter 16. Ed Langdon 13. Kysaiah Pickett 11. Trent Rivers 9. Ben Brown 7. Charlie Spargo 7. Judd McVee 5. Jake Bowey Tom McDonald 4. Angus Brayshaw Bayley Fritsch Tom Sparrow 3. James Jordon Alex Neal-Bullen 2. Jacob van Rooyen 1. Kade Chandler Michael Hibberd Harry Petty Steven May

The smell of linament around football change rooms is pervasive. Be it Deep Heat, Goanna Oil or Tiger Balm, the aroma creeps into the very makeup of every football team. And in this ANZAC Eve game, Richmond brought along their Tiger Balm but it was the Demons who eventually applied the Deep Heat to the game that resulted in them being victorious to the tune of 18 points. Make no mistake, this was a tough hard and telling game. The Tiges opened up a 25 point lead in the second quarter, leaving the Demons looking way out of sorts in the same way as they appeared in their previous losses in Brisbane and last week in the Adelaide Gather Round. Fortunately, they had the Deep Heat with them to bring into the contest and courtesy of Brodie Grundy and Jack Viney they applied the heat and started to produce results. Down back Noah Cumberland threatened to blow the game apart after three first quarter goals, but once the heat was applied by Michael Hibberd, he disappeared from the game. Further, Hibberd became a defensive wall on his own with 12 intercept possessions to add to his 23 disposals overall. The other bricks in the wall, namely Steven May and Jake Lever contributed with 11 and 10 equally important intercepts of their own. And lest we forget the contributions of Angus Brayshaw in his defensive roles, popping up at the most critical points in the game preventing the opposition from bringing their heat to the game. By way of a similar comparison at the other end of the field, Jacob Van Rooyen was virtually unsighted for ¾ of the game, but applied all his efforts to produce a final quarter barrage of three goals. This brought the Demon fans to their feet with chants of “Roo” rebounding throughout the near 84,000 strong crowd. Equally important was the contribution of Kade Chandler around goal, with desperately needed three majors,given the quiet games of Kozzie Pickett and Bayley Fritsch, who usually fill the roles of major goalkickers. The experiment of Harry Petty up forward will probably be parked for a “break glass” situation as he could only manage four marks for the game and by the final quarter found himself back in his role in the defensive structures. Likewise, the resting ruck forward experiment can be put to bed as, despite their height advantage, Grundy failed to kick a goal and Max Gawn managed to snag one lucky one late in the piece. Their skills are more useful around the ground and of course in the ruck roles. The wingers Ed Langdon and Lachie Hunter, keep on keeping on and the only question of heat would be how hot the opposition players get chasing them around the ground. Twenty disposals each, covering the defensive roles and driving the ball deep into attack is emblematic of the heat which the Demons brought to the game when needed. Melbourne was genuinely fortunate that Richmond were unable to kick straight in a grinding game, particularly from set shots which saw them kick 6.9 while the Demons scored 9.5 from their set chances in front of goal. In the end this was the difference between winning and losing. Once again, it was when Grundy finally got on top of the opposition ruck in the latter stages of the game, in exactly the same way as he did against Brisbane and Essendon, that the side came back into the contest. Except this time it produced the winning outcome in the game. Once he brought the heat, the likes of Clayton Oliver, Viney and Christian Petracca were able to do their best as well. The Richmond lead slowly evaporated to see a mere 2 points separating the sides at ¾ time after an Oliver goal after the siren. The final stanza then became a question of how much courtesy of the Van Rooyen show while the Tiges could only manage a single goal late in the game. The Demons’ Deep Heat melted the poor Toiyges like the butter that they are made of according to the old Fairy tale. For Melbourne it was the type of heat that they need to bring to each and every game. But with some very tired legs, cramps and plenty of body contact in this game, they will be needing bucketloads of the lineament version during the 5 day break before their next match against North. MELBOURNE 2.2.14 6.2.38 10.5.65 15.6.96 RICHMOND 5.2.32 8.4.52 10.7.67 11.12.78 GOALS MELBOURNE Chandler van Rooyen 3 Fritsch Gawn Jordon Langdon Neal-Bullen Oliver Petty Pickett Viney RICHMOND Riewoldt 4 Cumberland 3 Hopper Mansell Martin Ryan BEST MELBOURNE Viney Oliver Petracca Gawn Lever Sparrow RICHMOND Short Riewoldt Taranto Martin Hopper INJURIES MELBOURNE Nil RICHMOND M.Rioli (hamstring) REPORTS MELBOURNE Nil RICHMOND Nil SUBSTITUTIONS MELBOURNE Bailey Laurie (replaced Trent Rivers in the fourth quarter) RICHMOND Hugo Ralphsmith (replaced Ben Miller in the fourth quarter) UMPIRES Brett Rosebury Robert O'Gorman Curtis Deboy Jamie Broadbent CROWD 83,985 at The MCG

It was Round 10, 2022 … NARRM 4.4.28 8.9.57 10.13.73 14.16.100 NORTH MELBOURNE 3.0.18 6.1.37 8.3.51 8.5.53 The undefeated Demons bearing the indigenous name of our city beat North Melbourne at the Docklands for the first time ever in their ninth meeting at the venue. They were by no means dominant against the lowly Kangaroos and it took until the last quarter before they finally shook off their plucky opponents. THE TEAMS NORTH MELBOURNE B: K.Turner 28 A.Corr 4 L.McDonald 11 HB: B.Scott 8 J.Walker 19 L.Young 17 C: H.Greenwood 18 L.Davies-Uniacke 9 F.Perez 39 HF: J.Horne-Francis 6 N.Larkey 20 P.Curtis 25 F: J.Ziebell 7 C.Zurhaar 44 J.Anderson 3 Foll: T.Goldstein 22 J.Simpkin 12 T.Thomas 26 I/C: K.Hayden 37 T.Powell 24 C.Taylor 5 T.Xerri 38 Sub: A.Bosenavulagi 15 Emerg: J.Archer 34 C.Coleman-Jones 21 J.Stephenson 2 In: H.Greenwood J.Horne-Francis J.Simpkin T.Xerri Out: C.Coleman-Jones (omitted) C.Lazzaro (omitted) J.Mahony (ankle) J.Stephenson (omitted) NARRM B: J. Hunt 29 H.Petty 35 T.Rivers 24 HB: J.Lever 8 S.May 1 J.Jordon 23 C: T.Sparrow 32 L.Dunstan 27 E.Langdon 15 HF: A.Neal-Bullen 30 B.Brown 50 C.Petracca 5 F: T.McDonald 25 L.Jackson 6 B.Fritsch 31 Foll: M.Gawn 11 C.Oliver 13 K.Pickett 36 I/C: J.Bowey 17 A.Brayshaw 10 J.Melksham 18 C.Spargo 9 Sub: T.Bedford 12 Emerg: B.Laurie 16 A.Tomlinson 20 S.Weideman 26 In: T.Bedford L.Dunstan J.Melksham Out: K.Chandler (suspended) J.Harmes (hamstring) J.Viney (hamstring) Odd spot: The Demons haven’t played North Melbourne at the MCG since April 2018. The victory broke a long time losing streak against the Kangaroos but can you guess who the top goalkickers were for each side that day?

He’s a Demon through and through. If he’s half decent in his draft year he will be a Demon.

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The Demons return to the MCG for their Round 7 clash against North Melbourne. Last years wooden spooners have been a lot more competitive this season under new coach Alastair Clarkson and will be looking to take a scalp. Who comes in and who goes out next week?