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Finn Callaghan brings the heat as Giants win puts Collingwood into meltdown | Jonathan Horn

Having knocked back the richest deal in AFL history, the young GWS midfielder announced himself as a future star in the 52-point demolition of Collingwood

Their finals exit was an opportunity squandered. Their post season function was appalling. Their scratch matches were lifeless. They were missing their best onballer. And their premier forward was unavailable after he hurt his thumb in a toilet door on a bus.

But the GWS Giants brought the heat yesterday and they left Collingwood limping and reeling. Before the game, their coach Adam Kingsley spoke of “violence and aggression,” of straddling the rules of the game, of bringing an intensity and physicality that had been absent in their final practice match. They certainly did that. They hit the Pies hard, closed in on them at high speed and in great numbers, and generally gave them no room to breathe.

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Tottenham 2-2 Bournemouth: Premier League – as it happened

Bournemouth led 2-0 but were pegged back with Kepa’s foul on Son allowing the Spurs captain to equalise from the penalty spot

Another veteran writes. “Currently sitting in ED after dislocating my shoulder (not fun for 51 playing vets football),” says Mark Goodchild. “So can these updates be witty and fun please, take my mind off people coming in with rashes and sore fingers.” Ouch!

“Your exchange about xG,” says Richard Hirst, “highlights the pointlessness of the whole thing. Unless the algorithm/pointy heads feed in the difference between Ian Rush and Ronny Rosenthal or between Gordon Banks and Gary Sprake, then there can be no legitimate expectations. Bah, humbug (and yes, I am 71, and therefore by definition a boring old fart).”

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