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4 Points: Can Grundy rise again or is he all tapped out? – The Age
If Collingwood is to have any chance of defeating the Eagles in the elimination final, Brodie Grundy has to get the better of his All-Australian ruck counterpart Nic Naitanui.
When he was playing well, like last year, this often meant Grundy would be the one to gather the ball and clear it from the contest. Presently he is not playing well. So now the ball falls to no-one, no advantage is gained, his team does not get first use, and in fact, the opposition often sharks it better than Collingwood does – just as Dixon did.
This problem was most glaringly evident in last year’s preliminary final when Collingwood’s hitouts and clearance numbers wanted nothing to do with …
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