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News.com.au
4 days ago
- Health
- News.com.au
‘Pokie in your pocket': How Aussie teens are getting hooked on gambling
'Betting on horses, dogs, footy, basketball — in class, during lunch, all that.' In a viral TikTok interview earlier this year, a 17-year-old student made a stunning admission. 'People in your class bet?' asked Steve Ryan, co-founder of matched betting website The System. 'One hundred per cent — majority of them,' the teen said. 'Do the teachers not say anything?' Ryan asked. 'Teachers don't see it,' the student replied, adding that some were aware of the problem. 'Oh well, yeah, we'll talk to some of the younger teachers saying, 'Oh, I've got a multi on.' They just don't really care,' he said. The teen revealed that unlike warnings about pornography, there was no gambling awareness education at his school. 'It's not mentioned in our school,' he said. 'I haven't heard anything about gambling in any of my classes.' The System, which claims to 'show Aussies the dangers of gambling and then teach them how to make profit' through risk-free matched betting, humorously captioned the clip, 'Are Aussie teenagers doomed?' But it's a serious question. Australians lose an estimated $31.5 billion a year on gambling — the highest per capita losses in the world — but more worryingly, many Aussies start well before the legal age of 18. Experts say the rise of social media gambling influencers, the proliferation of sports betting apps and illegal online casinos, and 'conditioning' from an early age through gambling-style 'lootboxes' in video games, are turbocharging the problem. 'Covid changed everything when it came to gambling,' said Nicola Coalter, a Darwin-based psychologist and gambling expert. 'It took us online so much, that's when the exponential growth in gambling participation seemed to happen. In my private practice I have seen people as young as 16 around gambling and sports betting. I've worked with someone who lost $20,000 in two days.' Psychiatrist and author Dr Tanveer Ahmed said maybe five years ago he wouldn't have thought to ask a 15-year-old patient about gambling. 'I might ask them about vapes, marijuana, excessive video games, but this is quite a new thing you might ask them,' he said. 'There's more evidence of adolescent gambling and it's partly driven by the online space. The earlier you are exposed to it the more likely you are to develop addiction.' Various self-reported surveys, including by NSW and Victorian state governments, have put the rates of underage gambling in Australia at about 30-40 per cent. Among 18- and 19-year-olds, that figure rises to nearly half (46 per cent). More than 902,000 under-20s have gambled in the last year, of which 600,000 were aged 12 to 17, according to recent analysis by the Australia Institute. Putting that figure in perspective is a truly startling comparison. 'Australia's teenagers are now more likely to gamble than they are to play any of Australia's most popular sports,' the Australia Institute's Matt Saunders and Morgan Harrington wrote in a March discussion paper. 'The 902,717 12- to 19-year-olds who gamble is more than the 484,490 who play soccer, or the 439,773 who play basketball, which are the two most popular sports among this age group.' Their report warned teens were 'losing big'. 'Annual expenditure on gambling among teenagers is an estimated $231 million, or an average of $86.72 per teenager per year,' they wrote. 'Of this, 12- to 17-year-olds spend around $18.4 million a year on gambling activities — this is about $30 a year for each underage teenager that admits to gambling. This is relatively small compared to the $213 million a year spent by 18- and 19-year-olds. This is $321 per 18- and 19- year-old, or a staggering $698 a year if limited just to those who do gamble.' Luca Kante, 23, one of the country's most popular gambling influencers with nearly 230,000 followers on Instagram, has 'gambled since the day I turned 18' and firmly believes 'if you're an adult you can make your own decisions'. The former Griffith University student stresses, however, that 'with age, I'm very big on that'. 'If you're underage that is just absolutely a no-no,' he said. But Kante conceded at least some of his fans were underage, saying he had been approached in public for a photo by followers as young as 16. 'Obviously I'm not going to say no to a photo, but I'm just going, 'How do you even know who I am?'' he said. 'Times have changed. Vaping and stuff, I didn't do that [when I was their age]. It's the same with gambling.' Dr Ahmed said there was a 'huge overlap' between excessive social media use, excessive video game use and gambling. 'There's a gamification component, there's a chase reward, you lose time in a type of flow state where you're totally absorbed,' he said. 'It's such a sophisticated way of exploiting the adolescent brain, which is extra-impulsive and desperate for social approval, and their reward circuits are still immature so they're just super exposed. It is essentially a dopamine hack.' Addiction to video games and gambling are both now clinically recognised behavioural disorders, and there are growing calls for excessive social media use to be added to major diagnostic systems like the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). All three rely on ever more sophisticated methods of hacking the human brain's reward systems — which have been well understood since American psychologist B.F. Skinner's famous 'Skinner box' experiments on rats and pigeons nearly in the first half of last century. 'This isn't just content, it's behavioural modelling,' Ms Coalter said. 'These influencers are walking reinforcement schedules. From a behaviourist perspective, those accounts are textbook examples of what's called operant conditioning.' The key element of operant conditioning — a concept in behavioural psychology pioneered by Skinner — is the randomness of rewards. Just like a pokie player never knows when they'll hit a feature, the 'doomscrolling' social media user is waiting for that next interesting post to pop up on their feed. 'That unpredictability drives engagement,' Ms Coalter said. 'It's the same old reinforcement loop under a new skin. That same schedule drives both pokies and compulsive social media use. Scrolling becomes the cue, gambling becomes the behaviour — cue, behaviour, reward loop. When we're young we might not be able to gamble yet, that's OK, it's all being cued up for us.' She added, 'We're watching a whole generation get conditioned into gambling the way they were conditioned into scrolling.' From finely tuned 'return rate' algorithms and 'losses disguised as wins' to physiological stimuli like colourful characters, upbeat jingles and even the smell of the gaming room itself, the pokies industry has turned the art of separating punters from their cash into an exact science. '[Electronic gambling machine] design very successfully employ psychological principals to maximise users' bet sizes and machine usage,' Monash University gambling researcher Dr Charles Livingstone wrote in a 2017 policy paper. 'These characteristics have the effect of increasing the addictive potential of EGMs.' But Ms Coalter said sports betting apps and other types of gambling popular with teens could be equally harmful. 'Pokies [are designed] to extract as much as possible within a short amount of time,' she said. 'When it comes to other types of gambling, those reinforcements are still at play, just timed differently. Modern sports betting and apps, that's just like a pokie in your pocket.' She added that for impressionable young teens, watching their favourite influencer gambling online was a powerful 'social learning' tool. 'The ones watching those getting rewards with money, attention, with clout, that's like vicarious reinforcement,' she said. 'It's pretty powerful. The reward might not be money, it's often the emotional stimulation.' Indeed, she noted at least part of the appeal was watching influencers lose eye-watering amounts. 'You've got these influencers saying things like, 'I lost $10,000 last night but it's part of the game,' and young people nodding along in the comments,' Ms Coalter said. 'They're not just influencers, they're behaviour shapers. We're watching what often is referred to as disordered gambling behaviour get rebranded as content. That's not informed choice, that's learnt behaviour. We didn't let tobacco influencers target kids but that's essentially what's being done at the moment.' Dr Ahmed agreed that the glamorisation of gambling losses was insidious. 'Underneath that is 'I can afford to lose that',' he said. 'It's a bit like going off a big jump with your mountain bike. There's an element of flexing, I think males in particular can be attracted to that.' More broadly, Dr Ahmed said teens increasingly viewed the online environment as a place to rebel, making gambling 'quite attractive on that front because it does feel a bit naughty'. He said it was 'not dissimilar' to the appeal of controversial influencer Andrew Tate. 'Tate will have some misogynistic idea but wrapped up in a lifestyle that's attractive for a lot of young men — great body, hot women, going on nice holidays,' he said. 'You can be popular, you can buy nice stuff, and linked to that here's this fun thing you can do with your friends. That's more attractive to adolescents. They're going to be very socially driven, it's all about peer belonging. They're all about self-comparison, they're more impulsive and they're less able to quantify risk.'
Khaberni
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaberni
Ahmed El Fishawy reveals "The Serial Killer of Al Tagamoa" - A New Film that Raises Questions
Khaberni -Egyptian actor Ahmed El Fishawy has generated wide interaction across social media platforms after revealing his new cinema project titled "The Serial Killer of Al Tagamoa". El Fishawy posted the first promotional poster of the film on his Instagram account, commenting: "Wait for Karim in The Serial Killer of Al Tagamoa.. a movie written and directed by Mohamed Salah Al-Azab, and produced by Ahmed El Sobky." This announcement refocuses attention on El Fishawy's direction towards works featuring a blend of mystery and thriller. Artistic Activity "The Serial Killer of Al Tagamoa" comes shortly after El Fishawy's last work, the movie "We Understand Your Circumstances", which was presented in mid-2024, featuring several stars including Mai Selim, Nesreen Tafesh, Mahmoud Hafez, Mohamed Mahmoud, and Tarek Abdel Aziz, with Ayman Makram directing and Samir El Nile writing the screenplay. In February, El Fishawy also participated in the movie "The System", which was released on the "Yango Play" platform as part of the Eid al-Fitr movie season, portraying the character "Waheed Al Hakim", a social figure receiving continuous advice from another character portrayed by actor Tarek Lotfy, within a satirical drama framework that explores romantic relationships from an unconventional perspective. The project featured Mais Hamdan, Basant Shawky, Nesreen Tafesh, and Mohamed Ali Rizk, was written by Ahmed Mustafa, and directed by Ahmed El Bandary. In a related context, El Fishawy recently announced his participation in a new film titled "When Love Writes Itself", produced by Naif Abdullah and directed by Mohamed Hany, in his first long cinematic experience, confirming via his official accounts that this collaboration marks the sixteenth time he works with a director embarking on their first experience. El Fishawy also revealed an artistic documentation project, through which he aims to digitize the works of Egyptian artists and preserve them in a secured electronic archive using modern technologies, a step he described as "necessary to preserve the Egyptian artistic heritage and make it available to future generations."
News18
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
TNA Slammiversary 2025: AJ Styles Makes Return, Leon Slater Crowned X-Division Champion
Last Updated: The latest event of TNA Slammiversary marked the 23rd anniversary of the wrestling promotion and featured the return of AJ Styles to the ring. The 2025 edition of TNA Slammiversary marked the 21st iteration of the company's 'big-four' pay-per-view and the 23rd anniversary of the promotion, at the USB Arena in New York. X‑Division Championship Match: Moose Vs Leon Slater Moose looked to defend his title against Leon Slater in a bout that had everything. Gnarly twists and terrific turns as both competitors gave it everything they had before the challenger Slater stood tall to clinch the title and become the new X-Division champion. The was a clear sense of respect between the two as Moose put the belt on his opponent himself following the defeat in a touching gesture. To add to the allure of the moment, wrestling icon AJ Styles came out to the ring to laud the newly crowned champion, while he also thanke the fans for their unending support. Styles is one of TNA's most high-profile products, who has gone on to make a niche for himself in the world of professional wrestling. TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich vs. NXT Women's Champion Jacy Jayne This was billed as a Title vs. Title bout and it lived up to the hype as the champions put up an astonishing show for all to marvel at. The tide of the bout went from one side of the spectrum to the other as high-flying moves and gut-wrenching action was laced with a layer of strategy. Jacy Jayne withstood a barrage of attacks to pop up triumphant at the end of the day with her rolling encore on Slamovich, which ultimately got her the win by pinfall as the ref counted to three. Tessa Blanchard vs. Indi Hartwell Hartwell, who was at the receiving end of Blanchard's onslaught at the beginning of the fight gained on her opponent gradually though the matchup. Tessa went on the offensive right from the offing in an attempt to wear down her oppponent, but Hartwell was up to the task and bounced back after an opening period of attacks. There were multiple near-falls as both wrestlers demonstrated their signature moves, before a Hartwell slam on Blanchard earned the former the win over he adversary on the day. NXT's DarkState (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, Saquon Shugars and Cutler James) vs. Matt Cardona and The System (Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards and JDC) The Darkstate went after The System to establish early advantage in the bout as the match-up turned into a whirlwind of sorts with JDC using a chair early on to gain. The fight also had a blockbuster ending as Cardona levelled Shugars and Griffin smashed Myers, but the victory went to the System as Edwards's Boston Knee Party helped in securing pinfall as Shugars failed to kick-out before the three-count. Cedric Alexander vs. Mustafi Ali The opening bout of the day was received warmly by the sold-out crowd as the wrestlers had as much work to do with their mouth as they did with the rest of their body. The event also featured interruptions by Tasha Steelz and Jason Hotch as Cedric and Ali traded blows both inside and outside the ring. It seemed as though Cedric had the better openings to get the win, but Ali's 450 splash on his opponent from the top rope seemed enough to dig out the result. TNA World Tag Team Championship Ladder Match: The Nemeths (Nic and Ryan) defends against The Hardys (Matt and Jeff), The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Myron Reed) and First Class (AJ Francis and KC Navarro) Starpower was on display in the match for the World Tag Team Championship in a ladder contest as the iconic duo of Matt and Jeff Hardy put their experience to good use as they took out their opponents with the ladder early on in the bout. The other three units tried their best to get back in the fight with some stupendous maneuvers to keep the audience on the edge of their seat. A swathe of swanton bombs from Jeff split the ladder as the match progressed towards it conclusion as Matt found the rope ladder dropped from the top. Matt held the climber firm as his brother made his way to the top and grabbed the belts before coming to ground. TNA World Championship Triple Threat Match: NXT's Trick Williams vs. Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana In the pre-show leading up to the pay-per-view, The Elegance Brand of Ash and Heather managed to defend their TNA World Knockouts Tag Team Championships against The IInspiration of Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay, while The Hometown Man got the better of Eric Young and the Ropebreakers from 4th Rope Wrestling comprising Real1, Zilla Fatu and Josh Bishop registered a victory over Jake Something, Steve Maclin and Mance Warner. view comments First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
TNA iMPACT Results: Review, Grades, Card For July 17
Our TNA iMPACT results for tonight include Trick Williams and Frankie Kazarian versus Joe Hendry and Mike Santana, Moose versus Sami Callihan for the X-Division Championship, Order 4 versus The System, Tessa Blanchard versus Dani Luna, and Matt Cardona in action. TNA iMPACT Card The announced card is as follows: Trick Williams and Frankie Kazarian vs Joe Hendry and Mike Santana Moose (c) vs Sami Callihan – TNA X Division Championship NXT Women's Champion Jacy Jayne addresses TNA Slammiversary Matt Cardona in action Order 4 (Mustafa Ali, Jason Hotch, and John Skyler) vs. The System (Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, and JDC) The Hardys' final message before Slammiversary Tessa Blanchard vs Dani Luna The Home Town Man vs Judas Icarus (w/ Eric Young and Travis Williams) We'll hear from The Elegance Brand TNA iMPACT Results We get a recap of last week's event, including Masha Slamovich pinning Jacy Jayne in tag team action as well as FIR$T CLA$$ and Trick Williams' assault on Joe Hendry and Mike Santana in the main event. Moose (c) vs. Sami Callihan – X Division Championship The finish of the match saw Moose hit Callihan with a spear for the win. Winner and still X Division Champion: Moose After the match, Moose grabs the mic and calls out Leon Slater. Moose says it's just another Sunday for home but for Slater, it's the biggest match of his career. He's says his reign of dominance will continue post-TNA Slammiversary. Moose tells Sami Callihan, who's still in the ring, that he doesn't have it anymore. He calls Callihan a 'fat piece of garbage.' Moose puts over Sami for having a great mind for the business, but tells him to leave his boots in the ring and get 'your fat ass out of my ring.' Callihan unties his laces and gets out of the ring. Moose introduces The System (Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards and JDC) for their six-man tag team match against Order 4 next on iMPACT Wrestling as the show heads to a commercial break. Grade: B- A quick title defense for Moose just three days before TNA Slammiversary. Honestly, they could've just let Moose win without the title on the line and that would've been perfectly fine with this writer as well. Did Callihan tease his retirement with the post-match angle? It remains to be seen what TNA has in store for the Death Machine. The System vs. Order 4 The match never gets started because NXT's DarkState attacks The System inside the ring. Tom Hannifan reminds fans that it was The System that brought the fight to DarkState this past week on NXT. Brian Myers takes a powerbomb inside the ring as Mustafa Ali and the rest of Order 4 watches with a big smile on their faces outside. Dani Luna backstage promo Dani Luna hypes up her match against Tessa Blanchard next on TNA iMPACT. Luna says Tessa is just in her way as she looks to make her way to the top of the Knockouts Division at the former TNA World Champion's expense. Dani Luna vs. Tessa Blanchard The finish of the match saw Blanchard hit her diving double knee facebreaker on Luna for the win. Winner: Tessa Blanchard After the match, Tessa and Victoria Crawford gang up on Dani Luna but Indi Hartwell arrives to make the save. Hartwell grabs the mic and says Tessa has always turned her back on friends. She says 'you will know me bitch' after TNA Slammiversary. Grade: A- A great match on the final episode of TNA iMPACT before Slammiversary. Blanchard treats every match like she's working a PLE. She actually had to put a lot of effort into putting down Dani Luna, which shows Luna's own resilience. The post-match angle was short and right on point. This writer is looking forward to Tessa Blanchard versus Indi Hartwell at Slammiversary. The IInspiration promo The IInspiration hypes up their upcoming TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship match against The Elegance Brand. They say Elegance's run with the titles has been sweet but it hasn't inspired. Jessica McKay and Cassie Lee vows to become two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions come July 20th. The Elegance Brad hits the ring Ash by Elegance has the mic. She says she was fined $500,000 because TNA fans submitted footage of the group hijacking The IInspiration's fan signing. Ash says fans should be talking about her because she's the number one contender for the TNA Knockouts World Champion. She puts over Elegance Brand as the most dominant female faction in pro wrestling today. Fatal Influence interrupts. The trio enters the ring. Jacy Jayne says Fatal Influence had no problems with Elegance Brand until Ash started calling The Elegance Brand the most dominant women faction in pro wrestling today. Masha Slamovich shows up and shoulder bumps Ash before getting inside the ring. The TNA Knockouts Champion tells Jacy she doesn't know her. Masha recalls living through hardships to become the champion she's today. She says she's carried the title with proud. Masha says Jacy has to stop her heart from beating in order to take the TNA title away from her. Fatal Influence steps back a bit before Jacy steps forward to raise her NXT Women's Championship as does Masha to cap off the segment. Backstage, we see Indi Hartwell making sure Dani Luna is okay following the attack from earlier the night. Jodi Threat appears and asks if Dani is okay. Dani reluctantly replies as we sense an air of discomfort take over the room. Next up is TNA iMPACT's weekly injury report presented by Tom Hannifan. The Home Town Man vs Judas Icarus The finish of the match saw HTM plant Icarus with a springboard inverted DDT for the win. Winner: Home Town Man After the match, Eric Young tries to ruin HTM's celebration but Home Town Man escapes through the crowd. The fans won't let EY get through to get his hands on Home Town Man. EY tries again but can't get through the crowd to attack HTM who's still celebrating with fans. Grade: B+ A really fun match between HTM and Icarus. Midcard feuds like this make for some entertaining television. Eric Young is adamant about Home Town Man being Cody Deaner but fans only care for HTM to make a mockery of Young and The Northern Armory. Another Fourth Rope promo Real1 (Enzo Amore) is back with another video package paid for by Fourth Rope. Enzo buries Tony (Khan) and All In. He says he's coming to TNA Slammiversary this Sunday but he's not coming alone. Real1 namedrops Zilla Fatu and a certain Bishop (Dyer) as part of his entourage at the PPV. Steve Maclin issues an open challenge for the TNA International Championship at Slammiversary. Who wills step up to the champion this Sunday? Matt Cardona vs. Jake Painter Cardona calls out DarkState before the match. The group arrives and takes out Painter and Cardona so the match never really takes place. Brian Myers arrives to the rescue but is ambushed as well. Rest of The System comes out with weapons in their hands to clear the ring. The segment caps off with Cardona, Edwards, JDC, and Myers standing in the ring as DarkState watches from the outside. The Hardys' in-ring promo segment The Hardy Boys are up next. Matt Hardy thanks the crowd for supporting them throughout the years. They reflect on their amazing career. Matt says they have talked about not overstaying their run. Jeff reminds fans about their recent loss to AJ Francis. Matt says they've been world tag team champions across major promotions across in different decades, but questions their ability to perform at the top of their game. Leon Slater shows up. Slater struggles to find words. He says he's not here to talk as a fanboy but as someone who's competed alongside the Hardys Boys. Matt thanks Slater for his words but Slater tells them to stop questioning themselves. FIR$T CLA$$ interrupts. Matt asks Slater to exit the ring because it's not his fight. Francis says Hardys aren't even the best brother tag team on TNA iMPACT. The Nemeths arrive. Nic Nemeths reminds the fans and the two teams inside the ring who the TNA World Tag Team Champions are. Ryan Nemeth says they will be champions forever. Nemeth says he and his brother have been in more ladder matches than the other two teams combined. The Nemeths attack The Hardys. The Rascalz show up and take The Nemeths to the back. Matt and Jeff introduce a ladder to the ring. The duo takes out Francis with a chair to the face. The Hardys set up the ladder and stand tall as the crowd chants their name to cap off the segment. TNA Slammiversary Match Card Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt runs the line-up for this weekend's Slammiversary. Check out the complete card below: Trick Williams (c) vs. Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana – TNA World Championship Moose (c) vs. Leon Slater – TNA X Division Championship The Nemeths (Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth) (c) vs. The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) vs. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) vs. Fir$t Cla$$ (A. J. Francis and KC Navarro) – TNA World Tag Team Championship Four-Way Ladder Match Tessa Blanchard vs. Indi Hartwell Mustafa Ali vs. Cedric Alexander The Elegance Brand (Ash by Elegance and Heather by Elegance) (c) (with M by Elegance and The Personal Concierge) vs. The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay) – TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship Masha Slamovich (TNA) (with Léi Yǐng Lee and Xia Brookside) vs. Jacy Jayne (NXT) (with Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx) – Title vs. Title The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, and JDC) and Matt Cardona vs. DarkState (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, Cutler James, and Saquon Shugars) Trick Williams and Frankie Kazarian vs Joe Hendry and Mike Santana The finish of the match saw Santana plant Kaz with a disqus lariat for the win. Winners: Joe Hendry and Mike Santana After the match, the three men in the Slammiversary main event lock eyes as Trick Williams raises the TNA World Championship to cap off the show. Overall Grade: B+ A segment-heavy episode to hit the final hype before TNA Slammiversary. I really enjoyed the match between Tessa Blanchard and Dani Luna. Real 1's promo was entertaining, not going to lie. I thought the dig at Tony at All In was hilarious, which in my opinion will go down as one of the greatest PPVs in AEW history. And for those who missed, here's what went down at the end of tonight's show: How would you rate tonight's TNA iMPACT on a scale of 1 to 10? Let us know in the comments! The post TNA iMPACT Results: Review, Grades, Card For July 17 appeared first on Wrestlezone.
The Advertiser
20-06-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
The system rolls on as Magpies prepare for Saints
Collingwood's AFL history has their revered and fearsome Machine. These days, it's all about The System. Talk to coach Craig McRae or any of his players and it is rare for "system" not to come up in conversation. It is still a long way from the Jock McHale-coached teams that won four-straight premierships between 1927-30 and earned the Machine nickname. But it is a philosophy that has powered Collingwood to a game clear at the top of the ladder, with a game in hand. Coming out of the bye and without injured stars Jordan De Goey and Brayden Maynard, Collingwood are short-priced favourites for Saturday night's clash with St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. "All year has just been multiple 'system' wins - not relying necessarily on one person to get the job done, not relying on one forward to get the job done," said in-form Magpies backman Isaac Quaynor. A case in point is their most recent game, the one-point King's Birthday win over Melbourne. Quaynor and fellow defenders Josh Daicos and Jeremy Howe were outstanding in a pulsating clash, where gaining territory was key. Between Quaynor's pace, Daicos' scything ball use and Howe's intercept marking, they repeatedly thwarted the Demons and launched counter punches. Star onballer Nick Daicos struggled to shake off Ed Langdon's tag - and he can expect similar attention from Marcus Windager on Saturday night - but ultimately the system held sway. As much as Melbourne pressed hard late - and there were certainly some dicey moments - for a big chunk of the last quarter it looked like Collingwood were under control. "Way to hold up, way to fight, way to get contest done - Melbourne always seem to get a fair few inside 50s against us and we always seem to hold up really well," Quaynor said. "So it's a good backline to be part of and we can keep building. "That felt like a final. "There was definitely a period of the game where they started getting on top. We thought we adjusted, but it's just our 'team D' (defence) taking care of things and backing in our system." Midfielder Pat Lipinski will return from concussion on Saturday and youngster Will Hayes made way for him. Coming off a 72-point thumping from the Western Bulldogs, the Saints will give defender Alix Tauru his AFL debut. Mattaes Phillipou and Darcy Wilson will return as the Saints dropped Zak Jones, Jack Carroll and Ryan Byrnes. Collingwood's AFL history has their revered and fearsome Machine. These days, it's all about The System. Talk to coach Craig McRae or any of his players and it is rare for "system" not to come up in conversation. It is still a long way from the Jock McHale-coached teams that won four-straight premierships between 1927-30 and earned the Machine nickname. But it is a philosophy that has powered Collingwood to a game clear at the top of the ladder, with a game in hand. Coming out of the bye and without injured stars Jordan De Goey and Brayden Maynard, Collingwood are short-priced favourites for Saturday night's clash with St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. "All year has just been multiple 'system' wins - not relying necessarily on one person to get the job done, not relying on one forward to get the job done," said in-form Magpies backman Isaac Quaynor. A case in point is their most recent game, the one-point King's Birthday win over Melbourne. Quaynor and fellow defenders Josh Daicos and Jeremy Howe were outstanding in a pulsating clash, where gaining territory was key. Between Quaynor's pace, Daicos' scything ball use and Howe's intercept marking, they repeatedly thwarted the Demons and launched counter punches. Star onballer Nick Daicos struggled to shake off Ed Langdon's tag - and he can expect similar attention from Marcus Windager on Saturday night - but ultimately the system held sway. As much as Melbourne pressed hard late - and there were certainly some dicey moments - for a big chunk of the last quarter it looked like Collingwood were under control. "Way to hold up, way to fight, way to get contest done - Melbourne always seem to get a fair few inside 50s against us and we always seem to hold up really well," Quaynor said. "So it's a good backline to be part of and we can keep building. "That felt like a final. "There was definitely a period of the game where they started getting on top. We thought we adjusted, but it's just our 'team D' (defence) taking care of things and backing in our system." Midfielder Pat Lipinski will return from concussion on Saturday and youngster Will Hayes made way for him. Coming off a 72-point thumping from the Western Bulldogs, the Saints will give defender Alix Tauru his AFL debut. Mattaes Phillipou and Darcy Wilson will return as the Saints dropped Zak Jones, Jack Carroll and Ryan Byrnes. Collingwood's AFL history has their revered and fearsome Machine. These days, it's all about The System. Talk to coach Craig McRae or any of his players and it is rare for "system" not to come up in conversation. It is still a long way from the Jock McHale-coached teams that won four-straight premierships between 1927-30 and earned the Machine nickname. But it is a philosophy that has powered Collingwood to a game clear at the top of the ladder, with a game in hand. Coming out of the bye and without injured stars Jordan De Goey and Brayden Maynard, Collingwood are short-priced favourites for Saturday night's clash with St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. "All year has just been multiple 'system' wins - not relying necessarily on one person to get the job done, not relying on one forward to get the job done," said in-form Magpies backman Isaac Quaynor. A case in point is their most recent game, the one-point King's Birthday win over Melbourne. Quaynor and fellow defenders Josh Daicos and Jeremy Howe were outstanding in a pulsating clash, where gaining territory was key. Between Quaynor's pace, Daicos' scything ball use and Howe's intercept marking, they repeatedly thwarted the Demons and launched counter punches. Star onballer Nick Daicos struggled to shake off Ed Langdon's tag - and he can expect similar attention from Marcus Windager on Saturday night - but ultimately the system held sway. As much as Melbourne pressed hard late - and there were certainly some dicey moments - for a big chunk of the last quarter it looked like Collingwood were under control. "Way to hold up, way to fight, way to get contest done - Melbourne always seem to get a fair few inside 50s against us and we always seem to hold up really well," Quaynor said. "So it's a good backline to be part of and we can keep building. "That felt like a final. "There was definitely a period of the game where they started getting on top. We thought we adjusted, but it's just our 'team D' (defence) taking care of things and backing in our system." Midfielder Pat Lipinski will return from concussion on Saturday and youngster Will Hayes made way for him. Coming off a 72-point thumping from the Western Bulldogs, the Saints will give defender Alix Tauru his AFL debut. Mattaes Phillipou and Darcy Wilson will return as the Saints dropped Zak Jones, Jack Carroll and Ryan Byrnes.
