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Venue: MCG | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: Sat 8 May 2004 | Result: Win by 9 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: McBurney, Davis, K Nicholls | Crowd: 56,617 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Fevola 6, Davies 3, Deluca, Hulme, Lappin, Scotland 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Scotland (ankle) | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
An error-riddled first half ended in a massive push and shove between both sides as they left the field at half-time, with the Magpies leading by 5 points. In the third term, they extended their lead to 20 points and then added the first goal of the final quarter to take a 27 point lead, which should have been enough to win them the match. But Justin Davies then played the quarter of his life and kicked 3 goals in six minutes to reduce the margin to 10 points. Matthew Lappin (who had 20 possessions), Brendan Fevola (who kicked 6 for the day) and Adrian DeLuca also added goals to give the Blues a thrilling, come-from-behind 9 point win.Team
| B: | 18 Glen Bowyer | 32 Bret Thornton | 37 Karl Norman |
| HB: | 33 Ryan Houlihan | 43 Anthony Koutoufides (c) | 15 David Teague |
| C: | 1 Andrew Walker | 10 Brett Johnson | 29 Heath Scotland |
| HF: | 12 Matthew Lappin | 8 Lance Whitnall (vc) | 16 Scott Camporeale (vc) |
| F: | 13 Justin Davies | 25 Brendan Fevola | 26 Adrian Deluca |
| Ruck: | 11 Barnaby French | 31 Jordan Bannister | 24 Nick Stevens |
| Interchange: | |||
| 3 Digby Morrell, 27 Darren Hulme, 28 Ian Prendergast, 34 Simon Wiggins | |||
| Coach: | Denis Pagan | ||
| Emg: | Luke Livingston | Kade Simpson | Brad Fisher |
| In: | Anthony Koutoufides , Darren Hulme | ||
| Out: | Trent Sporn (Stress Fracture foot), Jon McCormick (Omitted) | ||
Brownlow Votes
3: Nick Stevens (CARL)2: Matthew Lappin (CARL)
1: Brodie Holland (COLL)
Best & Fairest Votes
David Teague (42), Brendan Fevola (38), Justin Davies, Bret Thornton (28), Nick Stevens (27), Heath Scotland (26), Ian Prendergast (19), Matthew Lappin (14), Simon Wiggins (13), Anthony Koutoufides (9), Adrian Deluca (8), Glen Bowyer, Darren Hulme (5), Digby Morrell (4)Video
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