{"id":215476,"date":"2026-05-21T20:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=215476"},"modified":"2026-05-21T20:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:41:28","slug":"scouting-notes-clutch-collins-cuts-the-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2026\/05\/21\/scouting-notes-clutch-collins-cuts-the-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Scouting Notes: Clutch Collins cuts the Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

COOPER Collins<\/a>‘ last gasp goal has delivered the Suns Academy a sensational four-point victory over Gippsland Power in Bundoora on Sunday. Trailing by eight points with just three minutes left to play, the visitors found a way to conjure two late majors and finish their Talent League stint with a third win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what was at times a spiteful affair, the Suns produced some incredibly fluent coast-to-coast ball movement. After shifting back and across, they unleashed through the corridor with waves of handballs to set up scoring opportunities. Down back, they defended for their lives late in the piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gippsland trailed by as many as 32 points at the start of term three before piling on six straight goals to take the lead. The Suns remained in touch, and despite going to the wire on the back of their travels from the sunshine state, had what it took to end their campaign on a high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We took note of the top prospects from either side.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIPPSLAND POWER 2.1 | 4.2 | 11.5 | 12.8 (80)
SUNS ACADEMY 1.8 | 5.10 | 9.10 | 12.12 (84)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOALS:
Gippsland Power:<\/strong> J. Walker 4, B. Bibby, C. Dent, A. Finsterer, J. Hilton, X. Ladbrook, C. Macmillan, C. Templeton, K. Thornley
Suns Academy:<\/strong> J. Callinan 2, E. Johnston 2, C. Collins, B. Crawford, J. Frost, Z. Gale, J. Harris, I. Mayne, K. Wallace, C. Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST:<\/strong>
Gippsland Power:<\/strong> L. Macumber, B. Bibby, J. Hilton, C. Snell, J. Little, J. Walker
Suns Academy:<\/strong> C. Collins, A. Hill, E. Johnston, K. Wallace, H. Gray, I. Mayne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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