One positive and one negative from your club s Round 3 performance
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Round 3 of the 2021 AFL season is in the book.
The Easter weekend matches produced some shock results with Sydney stunning reigning premiers Richmond and Essendon thrashing 2020 finalist St Kilda.
Brisbane’s after-the-siren victory was also a highlight with Zac Bailey kicking truly to sink Collingwood.
Other Round 3 winners were the Western Bulldogs, Adelaide, West Coast, Carlton, Melbourne and Geelong.
We have selected one positive and one negative from every club’s Round 3 performance.
See our thoughts below:
Positive: Midfield clicking (and Tex again)
Rory Sloane and Rory Laird were both enormous in Adelaide’s hard-fought win over Gold Coast.
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Why Melbourne could be the first big winner of new future trading rule
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2021-04-05T16:47+10:00
Kane Cornes believes Melbourneâs aggressive move to trade several draft picks to land emerging gun forward Kysaiah Pickett two years ago puts them in the frame to be the first real beneficiary of the new future trading of picks rule.
The Demons opted totrade their 2020 first round pick to North Melbourne for an extra first round selection in the 2019 draft, with the club then doing a deal with Fremantle to slighty slide back several spots in the opening round of the draft two years ago.
The Brodie Grundy statistic that raises eyebrows
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2021-04-05T08:30+10:00
David King would like to see Brodie Grundy grab the ball out of the ruck more often.
The Collingwood star has been one of the competition’s dominant ruckmen for years now, but his dominance hasn’t necessarily translated to the side winning.
We saw that on Thursday night, with Grundy winning 54 hit-outs, but the Magpies only winning the clearances by five in their loss to Brisbane.
David King revealed a statistic that showed how the former All-Australian has adjusted what he does in the ruck contest across the last two seasons.