Player Of The Week
The first quarter of a game can be very important. That is what Corey Jones has shown the AFL in the first two rounds. Against Essendon he was eliminated from the proceedings very early in the game due to friendly fire, and against Richmond he kicked goal after goal in the first quarter to set up the win.
If Corey Jones was a midfielder he would have had a successful day with the statistics of 11 kicks and 8 handballs. If Jones was a star full forward a return of 7 goals and 2 behinds would be considered a great return. He combined all those numbers, plus a couple of tackles and a bunch of free kicks, in the North Melbourne win.
Richmond went with a small, but quick player, on Jones to start the game. They then tried a quicker player before going with a larger, but slower, defender on him. Nothing worked as Jones had a mismatch to use to his advantage with all the players that Richmond used.
Jones was reportedly very close to sitting out round 2, luckily for the Kangaroos he proved his fitness and the only ones with a headache in round 2 would have been the people in the Richmond coaching box who were trying to find someone to contain him.
Corey Jones' profile at the North Melbourne site
Round 1, Player Of The Week
If Corey Jones was a midfielder he would have had a successful day with the statistics of 11 kicks and 8 handballs. If Jones was a star full forward a return of 7 goals and 2 behinds would be considered a great return. He combined all those numbers, plus a couple of tackles and a bunch of free kicks, in the North Melbourne win.
Richmond went with a small, but quick player, on Jones to start the game. They then tried a quicker player before going with a larger, but slower, defender on him. Nothing worked as Jones had a mismatch to use to his advantage with all the players that Richmond used.
Jones was reportedly very close to sitting out round 2, luckily for the Kangaroos he proved his fitness and the only ones with a headache in round 2 would have been the people in the Richmond coaching box who were trying to find someone to contain him.
Corey Jones' profile at the North Melbourne site
Round 1, Player Of The Week
