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Mick Malthouse calls on his old hands
29 February 2004 Sunday Herald Sun
By EVONNE BARRY
REDEMPTION will have to wait at least another week for the battered Pies, but coach Mick Malthouse will not be expecting his young players to provide it.
SYDNEY 4.2 6.3 7.5 12.8 (80)
COLLINGWOOD 1.4 3.6 6.8 6.11 (47)
Goals: Sydney: A Goodes 2 P Williams 2 J Crouch N Davis S Dempster N Fosdike B Hall T Kennelly N Malceski J McVeigh. Collingwood: A Didak 2 J Fraser B Holland S O'Bree D Swan.
Best: Sydney: A Goodes N Fosdike B Kirk B Hall J McVeigh P Williams. Collingwood: N Buckley B Holland S O'Bree C Cloke J Fraser.
Injuries: Sydney: B Fixter (hamstring). Collingwood: Nil.
Reports: Nil.
Umpires: Unavailable.
Crowd: abt 5000 at McHale Stadium.
Seven days after one of the club's most humiliating defeats, a severely depleted Collingwood line-up fell to Sydney yesterday.
But come the premiership season, Malthouse said last year's stock would be more than adequate for the demands of 2004.
Players such as Heath Shaw (brother of Rhyce), blooded in yesterday's 6.11 (47) to 12.8 (80) loss, will be handled with kid gloves.
"Shaw did something that we really didn't want him to do, and that was to play," Malthouse said.
"We would rather hold our first-year players right back because we believe that last year's crop should fill the void of the players that have gone."
But with six of Collingwood's strongest line-up unavailable, the Pies' coaching staff had little choice.
Malthouse gave rookie Zane Leonard full marks, while Cameron Cloke, David King, Bo Nixon, Guy Richards, Julian Rowe and Luke Shackleton were also called up.
Rookies Paul Bevan, Daniel Hunt, Scott McGlone and Aaron Rogers were given a run for Sydney.
Although undermanned, both sides were out to reclaim some dignity at McHale Stadium yesterday.
A humiliating 207 points came between these clubs and their Wizard Cup conquerors last weekend.
West Coast thrashed Collingwood by 105 points, while the Swans lost by 102 at the hands of Carlton.
Yesterday's match-up had more to it, considering that controversy was the legacy of their previous battle.
Brodie Holland was suspended for two weeks after he struck Sydney's Paul Williams in Round 21 last year.
Yesterday the veteran half-forward had the first and last laughs, opening the Swans' account 10 minutes in and adding another in the final term.
The Pies' first goal came more than two quarters earlier than last week, when Shane O'Bree broke through after 15 minutes.
But despite predictably strong showings from skipper Nathan Buckley, Josh Fraser and O'Bree, the comeback never got started for Collingwood.
Down at every break, a mid-term revival -- three quick goals to Fraser, Alan Didak and Dane Swan -- enabled the Pies to come back within three points at three-quarter time.
But it was not to last, as Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes led the Sydney troops home.
The Swans fired in the last quarter with five goals, while the Pies managed only one.
29 February 2004 Sunday Herald Sun
By EVONNE BARRY
REDEMPTION will have to wait at least another week for the battered Pies, but coach Mick Malthouse will not be expecting his young players to provide it.
SYDNEY 4.2 6.3 7.5 12.8 (80)
COLLINGWOOD 1.4 3.6 6.8 6.11 (47)
Goals: Sydney: A Goodes 2 P Williams 2 J Crouch N Davis S Dempster N Fosdike B Hall T Kennelly N Malceski J McVeigh. Collingwood: A Didak 2 J Fraser B Holland S O'Bree D Swan.
Best: Sydney: A Goodes N Fosdike B Kirk B Hall J McVeigh P Williams. Collingwood: N Buckley B Holland S O'Bree C Cloke J Fraser.
Injuries: Sydney: B Fixter (hamstring). Collingwood: Nil.
Reports: Nil.
Umpires: Unavailable.
Crowd: abt 5000 at McHale Stadium.
Seven days after one of the club's most humiliating defeats, a severely depleted Collingwood line-up fell to Sydney yesterday.
But come the premiership season, Malthouse said last year's stock would be more than adequate for the demands of 2004.
Players such as Heath Shaw (brother of Rhyce), blooded in yesterday's 6.11 (47) to 12.8 (80) loss, will be handled with kid gloves.
"Shaw did something that we really didn't want him to do, and that was to play," Malthouse said.
"We would rather hold our first-year players right back because we believe that last year's crop should fill the void of the players that have gone."
But with six of Collingwood's strongest line-up unavailable, the Pies' coaching staff had little choice.
Malthouse gave rookie Zane Leonard full marks, while Cameron Cloke, David King, Bo Nixon, Guy Richards, Julian Rowe and Luke Shackleton were also called up.
Rookies Paul Bevan, Daniel Hunt, Scott McGlone and Aaron Rogers were given a run for Sydney.
Although undermanned, both sides were out to reclaim some dignity at McHale Stadium yesterday.
A humiliating 207 points came between these clubs and their Wizard Cup conquerors last weekend.
West Coast thrashed Collingwood by 105 points, while the Swans lost by 102 at the hands of Carlton.
Yesterday's match-up had more to it, considering that controversy was the legacy of their previous battle.
Brodie Holland was suspended for two weeks after he struck Sydney's Paul Williams in Round 21 last year.
Yesterday the veteran half-forward had the first and last laughs, opening the Swans' account 10 minutes in and adding another in the final term.
The Pies' first goal came more than two quarters earlier than last week, when Shane O'Bree broke through after 15 minutes.
But despite predictably strong showings from skipper Nathan Buckley, Josh Fraser and O'Bree, the comeback never got started for Collingwood.
Down at every break, a mid-term revival -- three quick goals to Fraser, Alan Didak and Dane Swan -- enabled the Pies to come back within three points at three-quarter time.
But it was not to last, as Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes led the Sydney troops home.
The Swans fired in the last quarter with five goals, while the Pies managed only one.
