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Join @binman & I on the Demonland Podcast Monday night 6th March LIVE @ 8:30pm for breakdown of the Practice Match against Richmond. If you have any questions or comments leave it below and we'll include it in the show. Please keep it to Practice Match vs the Tigers as we'll do a more in depth Season Preview in next week once George returns. Listen & Chat LIVE: https://demonland.com/podcast Call: 03 9016 3666 Skype: Demonland31

Despite a string of match review charges he has not been suspended since a four-week absence for charging North Melbourne’s Sam Wright in 2010. Cotchin famously played in the 2017 grand final after being cleared of rough conduct when he concussed Dylan Shiel as he tried to contest the ball early in the MCG preliminary final. In 2019 Cotchin was handed only a fine for striking Lachie Neale in the jaw amid an AFL crackdown on punches, then copped another fine for striking St Kilda’s Jack Lonie to the stomach later that season. He was also handed a reprimand for an early-career strike on St Kilda’s Jarryn Geary and a fine for a late, high spoil on Zac Williams. Last year he was again fined for kicking Adelaide’s Taylor Walker, with the Crows ex-captain saying he “would have been missing the next month” had he committed the act. Cotchin has also been fined for tripping, umpire contact, wrestling and engaging in a melee across his highly decorated 287-game Brownlow Medal-winning career.

I didn't want to take away from this victory by invoking the AFLX.

March Champions of the Panasonic/Fosters/Ansett/Wizard Home Loans/NAB/JLT/Marsh/AAMI Cup

This is the Preuss Tackle

The preseason quickly moved into practice match mode with little time available for clubs to blow off the cobwebs so it was a relief to see out the series with all things pointing in a positive direction for Melbourne. The injuries have been kept at bay and the team is displaying good form, running out 50-point winners over Richmond at Casey Fields after carrying out the surgical dismemberment of an opponent with consummate ease in hot torrid conditions for the second straight week. The victory was stamped early with the twin towers, Max Gawn and Brodie Grundy controlling the ruck and resting forward positions, transferring between them from one role to the other. Together, they helped set up a five goal lead by quarter time which was stretched further to 38 points at the main break with each of them scoring three goals by half time by dint of their mastery of the air and ground. After that they continued on their merry way dominating ruck duels but allowing others to share the goal scoring. By the end of the game, they were well in front and celebrating another successful day at the office. The Demons have been threatening in the midfield throughout this shortened preseason and, even in the absence of the injured Jack Viney, they had plenty of customers for a bit of a spin at stoppages in addition to the usual dominance and heroics of Clayton Oliver and Christian Petracca. At various times we saw the likes of Kozzie Pickett and Alex Neal-Bullen in there to join the constantly improving Tom Sparrow and an others in the middle while Ed Langdon and Lachie Hunter again dominated on the wings. With clean, crisp ball movement and lots of gut running, they were all over the Tigers in the heat of the day. This gave the forwards and whoever was resting in the ruck plenty of opportunity to connect for a big score. The return of Tom McDonald is welcome and important: the smalls looked taller with him in their company and it paid dividends. The rejuvenated McDonald also chipped in with three goals of his own. But, as coach Simon Goodwin would emphasize ad infinitum, it’s the defence which is the rock on which team success is built and it’s from there that you started your attack on the opposition. The key defenders in Steven May, Jack Lever and Harry Petty were unstoppable, Jake Bowey was clean and crisp and every man down back played his role including rookie Judd McVee who survived his baptism of fire against Richmond’s GOAT in Dusty, holding him to a single goal with the Tiger champion lucky to get that one after a touch of possible interference in the contest. We all maintained a sense of relief when the final siren sounded to signal the blowing off of early season cobwebs. All eyes are now on Round 1 and the Bulldogs on the MCG. MELBOURNE 5.3.33 9.8.62 12.11.83 18.13.121 RICHMOND 0.3.3 3.6.24 7.8.50 10.11.71 GOALS MELBOURNE Gawn Grundy McDonald 3 Spargo 2 Brown Chandler Hunter Neal-Bullen Pickett Petracca, Sparrow RICHMOND Baker Balta Dow Lynch Martin Riewoldt D Rioli Ryan Short Taranto, BEST MELBOURNE Petracca Gawn Hunter Oliver May Langdon RICHMOND Baker Taranto Hopper Vlastuin Martin INJURIES MELBOURNE Nil RICHMOND Prestia (strained pectoral muscle) REPORTS MELBOURNE Nil RICHMOND Nil Curtain Raiser: RICHMOND VFL 2.4.16 2.5.17 6.8.44 10.9.69 CASEY DEMONS 2.2.14 6.6.42 8.6.54 10.8.68 GOALS Schache 5 van Rooyen 2 Grey Jefferson Verrall

Still Scot-free in my books. Light tap on the wrist stuff.

He was the BBB of this weeks Post Game thread in last weeks Post Game thread.

Both are bad. The head was meant to be sacrosanct last year but the MRP turned a blind eye to “name” players. No name players of course are canon fodder for the MRP. Cotchin will get off scot-free

Yeo did it and didn’t even get cited here is the Cotchin incident

Yes we did!!! PLAYED WIN LOSS FOR AGAINST % POINTS MELBOURNE 2 2 0 226 117 193.16 8 BRISBANE 2 2 0 190 99 191.92 8 ADELAIDE 2 2 2 188 118 159.32 8 WESTERN BULLDOGS 1 1 0 143 85 168.24 4 GWS 1 1 0 122 77 158.44 4 GEELONG 2 1 1 183 144 127.08 4 FREMANTLE 2 1 1 158 138 114.49 4 ESSENDON 2 1 1 80 75 106.67 4 SYDNEY 2 1 1 151 153 98.69 4 COLLINGWOOD 2 1 1 180 184 97.83 4 ST. KILDA 2 1 1 113 137 82.48 4 CARLTON 2 1 1 138 171 80.70 4 RICHMOND 2 1 1 146 194 75.26 4 WEST COAST 2 1 1 136 187 72.73 4 GOLD COAST 2 0 2 75 80 93.75 0 PORT ADELAIDE 2 0 2 137 176 77.84 0 NORTH MELBOURNE 2 0 2 158 218 72.48 0 HAWTHORN 2 0 2 153 244 62.70 0

They did that last week because it was a shorter length game (25 min quarters with no time on). They did the 30 mins afterwards last week to get the KMs into the legs.

The Demons take on the Western Bulldogs in the opening match of their 2023 Premiership Season where the Dees will be looking to make amends for their straight sets exit from the 2022 Finals Series. This will contain any discussion relating to the next match including Changes, Ticketing & any other related discussion for the upcoming match. Who comes in and who goes out from the lineup in the last Practice Match of the Preseason?

Great. Just going off a comment from a poster on Facebook.

Was Oliver off injured at the end?

The Demons were far too strong for a near full strength Richmond and easily accounted for the Tigers at Casey Fields by 50 points ... Did we win the Preseason?

Dees 9.8.62 Tigers 3.6.24

That’s exactly the type of goal Nibbler needs to kick.