{"id":791197,"date":"2026-07-10T10:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791197\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:53:11","slug":"collingwood-vs-north-melbourne-live-afl-round-18-2026-scores-results-odds-stats-and-start-time-from-marvel-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791197\/","title":{"rendered":"Collingwood vs North Melbourne LIVE: AFL round 18 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from Marvel Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was an entertaining first term, reinforced by the evenness of the key stats.<\/p>\n<p>For the Kangaroos, considering how much this contest had been built up, it was important they began well.<\/p>\n<p>They did.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Harry Sheezel of the Kangaroos in action.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6b54f73f82fd28d9b6335a36bb8555c1a66f8d36.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Harry Sheezel of the Kangaroos in action.AFL Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Nick Larkey botched three shots at goal, but the skipper made amends with the one major. The midfield battle between jets Nick Daicos and Luke Davies-Uniacke, who have run together, at times, has been great to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Each has &#8211; and will continue to &#8211; exert influence. Jy Simpkin and Dylan Stephens found plenty of the ball for the Kangaroos.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran Magpie Steele Sidebottom rediscovered his groove, while Jeremy Howe\u2019s ability to orchestrate a counter-attack ensured the Kangaroos were often under pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This was an entertaining first term, reinforced by the evenness of the key stats. For the Kangaroos, considering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-791197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}