AFL Rd 13 2022 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Essendon

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Yep. IIRC, against Port none of Wright, Phillips, Draper, or Jones (or Shiel for that matter) took any contested marks in F50, save for 1 mark by Wright in a one-on-one contest near the boundary on the 50m arc. Phillips took a mark when he was rucking and his opponent let him run into the F50 to take an uncontested mark which gave Essendon its first goal. Harrison Jones took 2 marks running back towards goal with no one near him and took another before a Freo player was able to get close enough to apply body pressure. That’s a pretty paltry return when smaller forwards would have had just as much success in the air as well as applying more defensive pressure.