I’m just about done with AFL mainstream media. In Collingwood’s final practice game this year, Brayden Maynard was reported for striking GWS’s Daniel Lloyd.…
AFL Rd 13 - Melbourne v Collingwood
Sport by Ronny Lerner 14th Jun 2021 6:03 PM | Updated: 6:19 PM
Nathan Buckley’s 218-game career as Collingwood coach has ended on a massive high note with his Magpies surviving a late surge to topple the ladder-leading Melbourne by 17 points in a Queen’s Birthday stunner at the SCG.
After controlling proceedings for most of the day, Collingwood got out to a 20-point lead early in the final quarter. However, Melbourne strung together four scoring shots in a row late in the game, but luckily for the Pies, only one of them was a goal to Ed Langdon and after Brayden Maynard took a match-saving mark deep in defence with less than a minute to go, the ensuing transition ended up with club stalwart Steele Sidebottom who fittingly iced the cake for Buckley with a goal after the siren.