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Melbourne in the eight, for now, as they dismantle Essendon – The Age
Melbourne did the job against Essendon to keep their finals hope alive with the Demons now relying on Fremantle to defeat the Western Bulldogs to make the eight.
It took a tackle from Trent Rivers to create a loose ball and Bailey Fritsch pounced to kick the sealer for the Dees and book a spot in the eight for one Saturday night at least.
Until Essendon woke up Melbourne did as they pleased with Christian Petracca dynamic whenever he was given space forward of centre and Max Gawn handing the ball to Clayton Oliver and Jack Viney on a plate to deliver the ball inside 50.
Luckily for Essendon Fritsch was wayward kicking 1.3, as he strayed in Queensland a…
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