{"id":3922,"date":"2017-05-23T13:18:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T04:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jafl.org\/aflnews\/?p=3922"},"modified":"2017-05-30T13:20:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T04:20:39","slug":"%e3%83%81%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0%e3%82%aa%e3%83%96%e3%82%b6%e3%82%a6%e3%82%a3%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af-round-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jafl.org\/aflnews\/2017\/05\/23\/3922\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30c1\u30fc\u30e0\u30aa\u30d6\u30b6\u30a6\u30a3\u30fc\u30af Round 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DESPITE queries over the effectiveness of his 50-disposal game against Collingwood, Hawthorn midfielder Tom Mitchell<\/strong> is a deserving selection in the round eight Team of the Week, brought to you by Accor Hotels.<\/p>\n

Mitchell became just the seventh player to reach the magical milestone, made up of 22 kicks and 28 handballs.<\/p>\n

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley chose not to tag the Hawks onballer as he did his damage by “stealth”, but Mitchell’s 22 contested possessions underlined how important he was to his side’s early dominance.<\/p>\n

Magpies skipper Scott Pendlebury<\/strong> was the other dominant player on the field, with the skipper’s leadership and never-say die attitude a huge reason behind Collingwood’s 43-point comeback.<\/p>\n

Other midfield spots were at a premium, as Seb Ross<\/strong>, Josh Kennedy<\/strong>, Dustin Martin<\/strong> and Joel Selwood<\/strong> can all count themselves as mighty unlucky not to be picked.<\/p>\n

Essendon’s Michael Hurley<\/strong> was a lock at centre-half back after a stellar game \u2013 one of four Bombers to make the team \u2013 against the Eagles.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Eight things we learned from round nine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Michael Johnson (Fremantle): <\/strong>It seemed age might have left the veteran wearied at the start of the season but he has responded in fine fashion. Continually cut off Carlton’s forays forward on Sunday and had 10 intercept possessions among his 15 disposals. <\/p>\n

Alex Rance (Richmond): <\/strong>It’s tough to blame the gun defender for his side’s run of four losses. He was superb in winning 19 disposals and match-high stats for one-percenters (16) and intercept possessions (10).<\/p>\n

Nathan Wilson (GWS): <\/strong>The dashing defender started the chain that saw the Giants pinch an extraordinary win by booting it into the middle of the ground from the kick-in and gained a match-high 765 metres from his 20 disposals.<\/p>\n