Round 5 – There was a young team from SEQ

 

 

Collingwood jumped out of the gates

In the second term the Lions got on their skates

The Pies did not quit

De Goey’s 4 goals kept them in it

But a 7-point win to Lachie Neale and his mates.

 

Brisbane 15.8 (98) def. Collingwood 14.7 (91)

 

 

Footy at Marvel on Good Friday

The Doggies punished the Kangas in their own way

They didn’t need a cross

Just handed them a 68-point loss

And Weightman kicked 5 for the day.

 

North Melbourne 11.5 (71) lost to Western Bulldogs 21.13 (139)

 

 

There was a young team from Sydney

Who without Buddy might have been iffy

But Mills, Parker and Heeney

Cleared the midfield quite cleanly

And won by just over sixty.

 

West Coast Eagles 9.4 (58) lost to Sydney 18.13 (121)

 

 

There was a young team from SEQ

Who took on the Saints at quarter to two

Higgins kicked five

To bring the Saints alive

There’s not enough Suns under a closed roof

 

St Kilda 13.9 (87) def. Gold Coast 9.7 (61)

 

 

This was the upset of the fifth round

Played at the Adelaide Oval ground

Walker and Himmelberg up front

Gave them 9 goals of grunt

Not enough Tigers winning the ball could be found.

 

Adelaide 15.11 (101) def. Richmond 12.10 (82)

 

 

The Team from Sydney, Greater Western

Were burnt from a team that seems hellborn

Up forward and down back

It was all out attack

And a 67-point win to Melbourne.

 

Melbourne 19.6 (120) def. GWS 7.11 (53)

 

 

This contest was a game of two halves

At half time Blues fans were waving their scarves

At a 49-point lead

But then Port played like a team freed

The 3-point win to the Blues tested the nerves.

 

Carlton 14.10 (94) def. Port Adelaide 13.13 (91)

 

 

The Bombers at home were poor

The left open the back line door

Freo kicked sixteen eleven

Of that Taberner kicked seven

Essendon now one and four

 

Essendon 8.11 (59) lost to Fremantle 16.11 (107)

 

 

The teams from Hawthorn and Geelong

Fought Easter Monday hammer and tongs

Annually this game is close

Maybe it’s the choccy overdose?

This time the Hawks sang the song.

 

Hawthorn 14.8 (92) def. Geelong 11.14 (80)

 

 

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