It took seven and a half minutes. Seven and a half minutes to completely dismember Port Adelaide. Seven and half minutes to remind the footballing world that Collingwood’s passage to this year’s grand final is by no means assured. That’s what GWS do. That’s how quickly they can sink a season. They’ll smash you in the contest, run you ragged on the outside, and slice you open like a watermelon.
It doesn’t matter where they play. They’ve won on the road 11 times this year, in 11 different venues. They’ve won in Tasmania, in Canberra, in Ballarat – the lot. They’ve won in the extreme heat and in biting cold. They’ve won running over the top of teams and they’ve won defending sizeable leads.
