Collingwood Blitz Stuns Adelaide To Book Afl Preliminary Final Spot

Collingwood person produced 15 minutes of magic to descend Adelaide by 24 points successful nan AFL’s first qualifying final.

The Pies booked a location preliminary last successful a fortnight pinch a character-filled 11.13 (79) to 8.7 (55) triumph astatine Adelaide Oval connected Thursday night.

Adelaide will big a location semi-final adjacent week against GWS Giants aliases Hawthorn aft being blitzed by nan Magpies successful nan 3rd quarter.

After starring by six points astatine half-time, Collingwood booted 5 fields to nary successful a aureate quarter-hour.

The Pies’ 34-year-old seasoned Steele Sidebottom triggered nan onslaught pinch 2 left-footed snaps successful a game-breaking burst.

Sidebottom’s 2 near snaps – punctuated by a near-identical awesome from Jordan De Goey – came successful 4 minutes that stunned nan 52,187-strong pro-Adelaide crowd.

The visitors scored 5 goals to 3 successful what is widely-dubbed “the premiership quarter” – and nan feat gives Craig McRae’s outfit wrong moving connected nan way to this year’s expansive final.

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