Working at both ends of the ground, Isaac Heeney showed that form is temporary and class is permanent in a final-quarter display for the ages.
At the end of an agonising defeat that ultimately ended their season, Collingwood coach Craig McRae still managed to reserve his first words for the Swans’ Isaac Heeney and his memorable, game-winning performance in the fourth quarter.
Having struggled for form in a run of games stretching back over a month, Heeney put together one of the ultimate fourth-quarter displays, masterminding an unlikely comeback that kept his team’s premiership hopes alive. Here’s how he did it.After dominating possession in the midfield throughout the first part of the season, Heeney has received extra attention from the opposition, which has significantly curbed his influence.
At their best, Warner and Heeney complement each other perfectly, possessing an almost telepathic ability to move the football. After being shackled for most of the game by Steele Sidebottom, Errol Gulden kicked the most important goal of his career with four minutes left on the clock, giving the Swans a narrow four-point lead.
He picked out Heeney, who had come back from the forward line to win the ball. Heeney then took a crucial mark from Blakey’s kick to give Sydney vital possession deep in their own half with the game on a knife edge.Heeney had a willingness to take the game on, with and without the ball, in the last chaotic minutes of the quarter, with Collingwood exerting sustained offensive pressure.With two minutes to go, Dane Rampe hacked the ball away desperately, deep in his own half.
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