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2021-06-27T15:25+10:00
Ben Brown has put his hand up for a senior recall with a bag of five goals in the VFL for Casey on Sunday.
The key forward’s big day helped the Demons to a 48-point win over Essendon at Casey Fields, extending the club’s unbeaten record to 6-0 in the state league this season.
Brown has played just three games since crossing over from North Melbourne in the off-season, with injury and poor form seeing Tom McDonald, Luke Jackson and Sam Weideman preferred ahead of him at times this year.
With the VFL postponed due to Victoria’s COVID lockdown last month, the game marked Brown’s first competitive outing in five weeks, his first chance to impress coach Simon Goodwin since May 23.
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Mick McGuane rates every AFL team’s midfield from 1-18
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Subscriber only Geelong s ability to win the ball and use it effectively from inside the contest to outside the contest has the Cats boasting the premier midfield of the competition, according to former Collingwood and Carlton player Mick McGuane. The Pies premiership player and dual All-Australian ranks the Cats engine room at No.1 in the league. McGuane based his assessment on strength at stoppages and a balance between contested and uncontested possessions, and he looked for effective ball-users and good decision-makers. Also, importantly, the need to be good transition runners.