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INN SportsWrap – APRIL 2023
Joe looks back at Collingwood’s latest escape trick, beating Essendon by 13 points in the traditional ANZAC day game after coming back from a 28 point deficit at three-quarter time. PLUS, SportsWrap!
SANDY: ANZAC day football now and the Magpies overran the Bombers in another AFL thriller Joe.
JOE: Probably should’ve seen that one coming, the way the pies are going Sands, but first, I’d like to say cheers to the real heroes of ANZAC Day, to all the Australians and New Zealanders who’ve served and perished in war and conflicts around the world.
SANDY: Here’s to them Joe…
JOE: Lest We Forget, Sands. Anyway Collingwood did their famous Houdini escape trick again, beating Essendon in the traditional game by 13 points after coming back from a 28 point deficit at three-quarter time. A record MCG crowd of over 95,179 people watched Craig McRae’s boys continue to make winning tight games a fine art. They won 22 of the coach’s first 31 games – 9 of them by single digits last year, as they rose from second last to preliminary finalists. The Pies booted the final seven goals of the game, and young gun Nick Daicos won the Anzac Day Medal, kicking last-quarter goals and finishing with 40 disposals. Anyway, all this gushing about Collingwood is making me sick, let’s get on with SportWrap, shall we?
- The Formula 1 circus stopped off in Melbourne again, Albert park hosting a chaotic third race of the season that was red-flagged and restarted 3 times, a record for an F1 race. Eventually, Max Verstappen won the thing, with Hamilotn and Alonso placing, and Aussie Oscar Piastri picking up the first championship points of his career finishing in 8th position, well done son!
- Golf: The 87th Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia saw Spaniard Jon Rahm shoot a fi nal round three-under-par 69 to finish four strokes ahead of and the 52-year old legend Phil Mickelson, the oldest bloke to break the top five in Masters history. Someone grab ‘Ol Micko a beer, will ya?
- And the 127th Boston Marathon marked the 10th anniversary since the horrible bombing shocked the world in 2013. 30,000 people continued one of the great sporting traditions, run and won by Kenyan Evans Chebet in 2:05.54 seconds. I reckon Ol’ Phil Mickelson might have a crack next year, now he’s dropped all that extra padding!
JOE: Alright, over to my beautiful new girlfriend, the always sunny Jane Bunion with the weather – I’ll never get tired of saying that!
