Dual All-Australian Kane Cornes says Collingwood’s system “backfired” during Saturday’s shock loss to Hawthorn, suggesting it’s shown a blueprint on how to beat the premiership favourites.
It came in a contest Nick Daicos was blanketed by Hawks tagger Finn Maginness, restricting the Brownlow Medal favourite to an all-time low five disposals – albeit a game he was unable to finish due to a knee knock – and marking just the third time in the 20-year old’s glittering 45-game career he’s had fewer than 20 disposals in a match.
Daicos is now set to undergo scans to put him in doubt for next Friday night’s clash with Geelong, while it wasn’t the only injury blow for the Magpies to emerge from a grim day, with senior coach Craig McRae suspecting Nathan Murphy suffered a low-grade syndesmosis issue but downplayed concerns around Tom Mitchell (thigh).
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