After this game, the Magpies title defence has become just that bit harder, and we’re not even in round one yet.
No player did more to promote this game than Mason Cox. Even in the final minutes before the curtain was raised, the American-born ruckman was at his trash talking best, hijacking Greater Western Sydney’s pregame ruck drill.
The Pies’ defensive stocks were stretched without Nathan Murphy and Jeremy Howe, both of whom were sorely missed. Howe should return this week but Murphy, whose future is uncertain, may be the harder man to replace.. Guess where McRae thought his team broke down? The clearance battle in the midfield was squared but once the Sherrin was in motion the Pies’ on-ball brigade, with Nick and Josh Daicos excepted, were left flat-footed, sliced apart by the crafty hands of Tom Green, the skill of Josh Kelly and the quick feet of Stephen Coniglio. Callan Ward, subbed out with a shoulder injury, was not missed.
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