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The ute barely made it up to Cairns in time for us to check into the motel, fling a cane toad out the bathroom. and head over to Cazaly’s Stadium where we took up our position on the wing. There, we saw a completely different Melbourne to the one we watched on the screen only a few nights earlier from Alice Springs. This lot wore similar colours and Maxy dominated the ruck but the similarities ended there - the Demons were simply dreadful against the Swans. They started sluggishly, were spectators for most of the first half and then they wasted opportunity after opportunity with sloppy play and appalling kicking for goal in the second when they blew plenty of chances for a famous comeback victory. In the end, they didn’t even come close. And now, I’m expected to come up with reasons why Melbourne is going to come up trumps against Freo just a few weeks after the Dockers kept the same Swans down to just two goals for an entire game. No way Jose - it ain’t gunna happen! Fremantle showed a fair amount against Richmond the night before and, despite the fact that they only managed four goals for the game, they were up for the fight and showed more determination and more heart in their game than Melbourne did against Sydney. Remember, it was the Demons who had all the incentive in the world in fighting to consolidate their place in the finals after their disappointing 2019. Melbourne’s season is now on the line and their second game in four days at the same location and conditions - the heat and humidity of Cairns has the word “danger” written all over it. Anyone with a modicum of knowledge about the conditions in tropical, coastal Cairns would be aware that you need to field teams with players with young legs who can run. The Swans did that and it paid dividends in the first half. The same can be expected from the Dockers who will come into this game with the boundless enthusiasm of a young team with nothing to lose against an opponent that constantly struggles under the pressure of expectation. The also have Jesse Hogan who has done nothing for two years but cause them angst, but watch him explode this week against his old side. There seems to be a feeling at the club that the selection process involves the repeat inclusion of players up forward who don’t chase and won’t tackle while respecting opponents is out of the question. That policy came home to roost in Cairns on Thursday evening and will put an end to their finals aspirations for 2020 on Monday night when the Dockers give them the heave ho. Fremantle by 25 points. THE GAME Melbourne v Fremantle at Cazaly's Stadium Monday 7 September 2020 at 7.10pm HEAD TO HEAD Overall Melbourne 16 wins Fremantle 22 wins At Cazaly’s Stadium Melbourne 0 wins Fremantle 0 wins Last five meetings Melbourne 3 wins Fremantle 2 wins The Coaches Goodwin 0 wins Longmuir 0 wins MEDIA TV - Fox Footy Channel live at 7.00pm Radio - TBA LAST TIME THEY MET Melbourne 13.7.85 defeated Fremantle 11.5.71 at the MCG, Round 14, 2019 Max Gawn dominated the rucks with 46 hit outs and gave the midfield an armchair ride and they took full toll on the Dockers. Tom McDonald and Tim Smith each kicked three goals THE TEAMS MELBOURNE FB Michael Hibberd Steven May Joel Smith HB Trent Rivers Jake Lever Christian Salem C Ed Langdon Christian Petracca Adam Tomlinson HF Alex Neal-Bullen Sam Weideman Aaron vandenBerg FF Kysaiah Pickett Bayley Fritsch Jake Melksham FOL Max Gawn Jack Viney Clayton Oliver I/C Oskar Baker Toby Bedford Jayden Hunt Braydon Preuss EMG Mitch Brown Neville Jetta Jay Lockhart Charlie Spargo IN Oskar Baker Bedford Michael Hibberd Jayden Hunt Kysaiah Pickett Braydon Preuss Aaron vandenBerg OUT Angus Brayshaw (foot) Mitch Brown (omitted) James Harmes (hamstring) Nathan Jones (quad) Oscar McDonald (omitted) Charlie Spargo (omitted) Josh Wagner (omitted) FREMANTLE FB Brennan Cox Reece Conca Nathan Wilson HB Taylin Duman Luke Ryan Ethan Hughes C Adam Cerra Nat Fyfe James Aish HF Michael Walters Matt Taberner Mitch Crowden FF Lachie Schultz Rory Lobb Jesse Hogan FOL Sean Darcy David Mundy Andrew Brayshaw I/C Blake Acres Michael Frederick Stephen Hill Caleb Serong EMG Connor Blakely Travis Colyer Luke Valente Tobe Watson NO CHANGE Round 17: Injury List Michael Hibberd (ankle) — available Marty Hore (quad) — available James Harmes (hamstring) — test Tom Sparrow (collarbone) — 1 week James Jordon (finger) — 1-2 Weeks Luke Jackson (hamstring) — 1-2 Weeks Angus Brayshaw (foot) — 2-3 Weeks Nathan Jones (quad) — 2-3 Weeks Harry Petty (groin) — season Aaron Nietschke (knee) — season Kade Kolodjashnij (head) — indefinite

Order to end of Round 15 — Adelaide 1 12 20 28 42 50 61 Brisbane Lions 18 19 41 66 Carlton 7 26 44 Collingwood 14 35 39 67 Essendon 8 43 63 69 70 Fremantle 5 29 Geelong 11 15 16 34 Gold Coast Suns 6 25 36 72 GWS Giants 30 48 68 Hawthorn 3 21 40 45 58 64 Melbourne 22 47 60 62 North Melbourne 2 10 27 57 65 Port Adelaide 24 32 37 49 55 Richmond 17 31 53 71 St Kilda 13 59 73 Sydney 4 23 54 56 West Coast Eagles 33 51 52 Western Bulldogs 9 38 46

I think the $25k was for **checks with AFL Media** Trent Cotchin's wife's Spa Day.

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You can bet your bottom dollar that there probably have been many other breaches that haven't been caught. These two would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for the brawl 5 metres from the cop station on Orchid Avenue.

Shouldn't be a problem. We went to sleep at 4:40pm.

RIP The Kebabs.

Exactly. It does not matter who instigated the fight or even what time it occurred. The only relevant issue here is that they were out of a strict quarantine hub. Who knows what they could have caught outside the hub and potentially infected everyone in said hub. That's the reason they have these hubs isn't it. Otherwise they'd all be allowed to go to day spas everyday.

At times I think he's frothing at the mouth to be first that he posts like a dyslexic drunk with a broken keyboard.

Perhaps the fine should be taken out of the Total Player Payments and not the livelihood of a staffer/coach.

This. Premiership points is the only deterrent. What do the players care about a fine paid out by the club? 8 premiership points puts the Tigers battling it out for a finals spot and impacts their peers.

Premier will stay silent. They don't want the Grand Final going to Adelaide.

If it was Dusty, Riewolt & Lynch then the strippers would be the ones getting the fine.

Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones

Admittedly I don't know how the hubs work but I guess players aren't just allowed to waltz in and out. This strip club is in the heart of Surfers Paradise. Where are the Tigers staying? Presumably they aren't in the heart of Surfers so the players would have had to have taken a taxi/uber. Surely they can't just leave the hub in a taxi. I don't care what the COVID numbers are in QLD. This is a serious breach.