As it happened AFL 2023 round 1: ‘It’s pretty messed up’: Emotional Moore praises injured Howe as Magpies comeback to beat Cats
If the AFL season can be thought of as a series of increasingly pointed questions, Collingwood had more answers this introductory night in a thoroughly gripping game of footy.
But there are many pages to be turned yet, though not Collingwood’s Jeremy Howe, whose crash-landing from a typical leap early in the third quarter caused him such a gruesome injury that television producers exercised discretion not to replay it nor zoom in on it.
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It cast a sombre pall over what was otherwise a rousing contest. A-hundred-and-plenty beats a hundred and a bit; whoever heard of that this century? This was a classic exhibition of modern rebound football, which is something to behold since this is round one.
Jeremy Howe suffered a potentially season-ending arm injury, and Tom Stewart is poised for a spell in the stands as well after being injured in the Pies’ dramatic 22-point win in front of 86, 595 fans.
The injury toll marred a high-scoring, nerve-jangling and at times spiteful encounter in which the Pies finished all over the tiring Cats, slamming home seven straight goals in the second half. It included two to super sub Reef McInnes.
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Tom Stewart was wearing a knee brace in the second half and will need scans but Geelong coach Chris Scott said the star defender may still only spend a short time out of the game.
“So it’s one of those ones where they’re [Geelong’s medical team] saying look, we doubt he will play next week, but we don’t think it’s a really long-termer.”
Collingwood coach Craig McRae said its likely injured defender Jeremy Howe will have surgery tomorrow after a serious arm injury following a fall in a marking contest.
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“He’s got a fracture in his...I’m not going to try to explain what it is. We will give some context to that.
Collingwood star Nick Daicos says he didn’t have a tagger tonight as he ran up 35 possessions in his club’s win over Geelong.
“I had diff opponents throughout the night but I don’t think I got too much attention, same as our other backmen, so it was good to get some of the ball, ” Nick Daicos told Fox Footy.
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“We’ve been big on managing the moment, so we got around him. We were all in shock but it was about how can we get our focus back on the game.”
The brothers told Fox Footy they had dedicated the win to their dedo and had attended his funeral yesterday before playing with black arms bands tonight.
Dad Peter was in the rooms after the match and both brothers played with rose petals in their shoes before leaving those petals in the centre circle post game.
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“It’s been really tough for us - we had the funeral yesterday. Tonight’s game was in honour of him, ” Nick told Fox Footy.
An emotional Darcy Moore has paid tribute to Jeremy Howe after the defender suffered a serious arm injury after landing hands first from a marking contest.
The Magpies powered home in the final term to win the match and give Moore his first win as Magpies skipper but he was hurting when talking about his fellow defender.
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“You go through so much together as AFL players and you know, you ride the highs and the lows, we are really close, you see one of your close teammates in a state like that, it’s pretty distressing and it’s pretty messed up.
“Then we then have to just forget about it get on with the job. I’m getting a bit emotional just talking about it. But yeah, it’s a horrible part of our game. But we expect nothing less from Jeremy. He’s just an incredible teammate and puts his body on the line. I think that contest definitely showed that.”Collingwood has claimed an inspired 22-point win over Geelong, with players rallying to produce an unanswered eight-goal blitz in the wake of star Jeremy Howe’s horrific injury.
Howe suffered one of the most sickening arm breaks witnessed in recent AFL history, with play stopped for more than five minutes to allow medical staff to assist the defender in front of a monster MCG crowd.
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But rather than dwell on the loss of their star, the Magpies found their fight to kick the last eight goals and claim their first win over the Cats since 2020.
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And it was super sub Reef McInnes who helped spark the Magpies’ fightback late in the third term, as they stared down a 22-point deficit.
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Already without Jack Henry and Jake Kolodjashnij, Geelong lost Tom Stewart in the first term before Sam de Koning was hobbled, albeit able to see out the match.
“I’m just so proud of this team … they refuse to give up. Against the juggernaut of the competition … it makes me so proud, ” captain Darcy Moore said.
All the talk pre-game centred on Tom Hawkins’ fitness and Jeremy Cameron’s availability in a Cats’ attack end featuring former Pie Oliver Henry.
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But it was the Irishman Zach Tuohy who celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style – booting the opening two goals of the clash with Collingwood at the MCG.
Tuohy cut off John Noble’s cross-goal kick to snap truly from the square for the Cats’ first, in a moment he “read like a primary school book”, according to commentator James Brayshaw.
It took more than five minutes for the first tackle to be laid, such was the frenetic pace of the match in the opening term.
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“You wonder how long both teams can keep this up. We saw a lot of players blow up after halftime last night. This is next level, ” Matthew Lloyd said on 3AW.
There were early concerns for both teams with Hawkins limping after a big marking contest and Brayden Maynard sidelined under the blood rule.
While Hawkins was able to return to the field, there were concerns for star defender Tom Stewart who went straight into the rooms.
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Stewart’s foot slid awkwardly on the MCG turf as trainers rushed to his side. He was later subbed out of the contest.
Patrick Dangerfield created “something out of nothing” before Hawkins slotted his first to give the Cats their biggest lead of the night – 21 points.
As former Pie, now Cat Ollie Henry was awarded a free kick for an off the ball bump, young Tanner Bruhn immediately got in the face of Brayden Maynard.
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“It was on and big Zach Tuohy said ‘Hey, don’t touch my man!’ And the jumper got ripped off! It had a bit of everything, ” Lyon said.
“That’s a golden set up isn’t it when you’ve got this go-home factor as one of 10 clubs in the state. They’ve done it so brilliantly the Cats.”
But Henry’s moment in the spotlight quickly turned soured minutes later when he was run down in the square by Moore – completely oblivious as the Pies skipper saved a certain goal.
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Tyson Stengle also came from the ground with an ankle issue late in the second term and hobbled down into the rooms.
As the Cats struggled to field enough fit players, it was Collingwood who were hit hardest when Jeremy Howe was taken from the field with one of the most sickening arm injuries seen in the AFL.
As Tyson Stengle streamed forward, Howe bravely left his man and put his body on the line, as the duo collided mid-air.
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Play was stopped for several minutes as the medi-cab was brought out onto the field. While Magpies teammates quickly got to Howe’s side, Stengle entered the concussion protocol for the Cats.
But as Bobby Hill brought Collingwood within four points, Geelong had the answer once again – kicking three goals from just 17 disposals.
A 50m penalty against Maynard gifted Tom Atkins a goal, before Jeremy Cameron and Henry – from another 50m penalty – put the Cats up by 22.
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But like the Magpies of 2022, Collingwood refused to lie down and once again found another gear. Hill kicked his third to bring his side to within just six points at the final change.
And with the game on the line, it was Jordan De Goey who levelled scores seconds into the final quarter before Mitchell put the Pies in front for the first time since the opening term.
Collingwood is only one game into the season, but two of its new recruits already have coach Craig McRae excited about their potential impact this year.
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On club debut, former Brownlow medallist Tom Mitchell and ex-GWS livewire Bobby Hill were pivotal to the Magpies’ 22-point win over reigning premiers Geelong on Friday night.
Mitchell chimed in with 21 disposals (14 contested), 11 clearances and two goals while Hill took seven marks and kicked three majors.
“We need somebody to get in there and win clearances for us, it was a part of our game last year we needed to really get on top of.
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