Other 2015 AFL Premiership Season and Beyond - Collingwood

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Welcome to the 2015 AFL Premiership Season. Unfortunately being on a Mac means that there are limited games to install and play, while for those that you can play, the lists are always old or the bugs are always there. If you ever had a similar childhood to mine with an interest in stats, I would always randomise numbers to come up with scores of games to simulate through a season. It was very basic, but of course that way it would end with scores potentially like 180-23 or something ridiculous (I guess that happens on FF too). Given I can't play any actual simulation games at the moment, I thought I'd use my own stats just purely based on scores for and against (both for the team and against) and then create a story out of there and see how it goes. It may sound a bit complicated, but it's more about the story than anything else. So without further ado, lets begin.

 

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Hawthorn 15.3 (93) defeated Collingwood 10.14 (74)
West Coast 13.10 (88) defeated Carlton 12.5 (77)
St Kilda 13.12 (90) defeated Brisbane 14.5 (89)
Richmond 12.10 (82) defeated Western Bulldogs 9.11 (65)
Adelaide 15.9 (99) defeated North Melbourne 13.9 (87)
Geelong 17.12 (113) defeated Gold Coast 12.11 (83)
Fremantle 14.11 (95) defeated Melbourne 10.10 (70)
Sydney 16.14 (110) defeated Brisbane 8.9 (57)
Gold Coast 16.12 (108) defeated GWS 10.8 (68)
Essendon 14.11 (95) defeated St Kilda 12.8 (80)
West Coast 12.10 (82) defeated Port Adelaide 12.5 (77)
North Melbourne 12.18 (90) defeated Hawthorn 14.4 (88)
Adelaide 15.5 (95) defeated Geelong 14.8 (92)
Essendon 15.10 (100) defeated GWS 11.10 (76)
Western Bulldogs 17.14 (116) defeated Melbourne 13.12 (90)
Richmond 12.11 (83) defeated Port Adelaide 12.9 (81)
Fremantle 10.15 (75) defeated Sydney 10.11 (71)
Carlton 16.8 (104) defeated Collingwood 14.10 (84)
Hawthorn 15.13 (103) defeated St Kilda 10.11 (71)
Essendon 15.7 (97) defeated Melbourne 10.8 (68)
Gold Coast 14.15 (99) defeated Brisbane 14.10 (84)
North Melbourne 11.14 (80) defeated Richmond 11.11 (77)
Adelaide 14.10 (94) defeated Port Adelaide 12.13 (85)
Western Bulldogs 13.10 (88) defeated Collingwood 12.14 (86)
Sydney 19.9 (123) defeated GWS 9.9 (63)
Geelong 15.13 (103) defeated Carlton 12.12 (84)
West Coast 13.16 (94) defeated Fremantle 14.8 (92)

Pre-Season Form:
North Melbourne (3-0)
Adelaide (3-0)
West Coast (3-0)
Hawthorn (2-1)
Sydney (2-1)
Fremantle (2-1)
Geelong (2-1)
Richmond (2-1)
Gold Coast (2-1)
Essendon (2-1)
Western Bulldogs (2-1)
Carlton (1-2)
St Kilda (1-2)
Port Adelaide (0-3)
GWS (0-3)
Collingwood (0-3)
Brisbane (0-3)
Melbourne (0-3)

 

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Collingwood secure first win against Beams' Lions

COLLINGWOOD secured a win in its opening round fixture after a disappointing pre-season that yielded no wins. Monster forward Travis Cloke booted six goals in a dominating performance, while Scott Pendlebury (33 disposals, five clearances, six tackles, two goals) and Tom Langdon (28 disposals, 10 marks) were among the best.

The Pies had a host of fresh faces with Travis Varcoe (Geelong), Levi Greenwood (North Melbourne) and Nathan Freeman (Sandringham Dragons) all making their official debuts in the black and white. While ex-star Dayne Beams was solid with 24 disposals, he had his work cut out for him against Levi Greenwood.

Nathan Freeman was a welcome face in the team when he replaced Ben Kennedy late in the third quarter. The speedster had seven disposals and two marks for the game, but looked lively and more importantly, didn't reinjure his hamstring.

The 48-point win was impressive and the Pies certainly had a score to settle to remind Beams what he had left. For the Lions, Tom Rockliff (32 disposals, four marks, two goals) and Dayne Zorko (12 disposals, three goals, eight tackles) were the best.

The win was an impressive one for the Pies before heading to Melbourne for the next few weeks.

Collingwood 16.16 (112) defeated Brisbane 9.10 (64)
Goals: Cloke (6), White (2), Varcoe (2), Pendlebury (2), Elliot, Sidebottom, Swan, Dwyer.
Best: Pendlebury, Langdon, Cloke, Adams, Dwyer.
Injuries: Nil.
Reports: Nil.

B: Alan Toovey - Nathan Brown - Jack Frost
HB: Paul Seedsman - Lachie Keeffe - Tom Langdon
C: Ben Kennedy - Taylor Adams - Dane Swan
HF: Travis Varcoe - Travis Cloke - Alex Fasolo
F: Jamie Elliot - Jesse White - Brodie Grundy
R: Jarrod Witts - Scott Pendlebury - Levi Greenwood
INT: Sam Dwyer - Tim Broomhead - Steele Sidebottom - Tyson Goldsack
SUB: Nathan Freeman

Round 1 results:
Carlton 12.17 (89) defeated by Richmond 15.15 (105)
Melbourne 10.9 (69) defeated by Gold Coast 14.12 (96)
Sydney 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 9.12 (66)
Brisbane 9.10 (64) defeated by Collingwood 16.16 (112)
Western Bulldogs 12.14 (86) defeated West Coast 12.6 (78)
St Kilda 15.9 (99) defeated by GWS 15.10 (100)
Adelaide 12.7 (79) defeated by North Melbourne 14.11 (95)
Fremantle 12.14 (86) defeated Port Adelaide 12.9 (81)
Hawthorn 15.8 (98) defeated Geelong 9.15 (69)