Collingwood 2011 Premiership Season + NAB Cup

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ROUND 11 WRAP UP​

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RESULTS
Essendon 10.11 (71) def by Melbourne 21.10 (136)
Geelong 17.13 (115) def Western Bulldogs 12.6 (78)
West Coast 10.15 (75) def by Gold Coast 10.16 (76)
Brisbane 10.12 (72) def by Sydney 16.12 (108)
Collingwood 21.14 (140) def St Kilda 10.4 (64)
Hawthorn 18.15 (123) def Fremantle 14.5 (89)
North Melbourne 8.12 (60) def by Adelaide 13.17 (95)
Port Adelaide 3.13 (31) def by Carlton 20.12 (132)

NEWS
Melbourne smash Dons
Cats move up to 3rd with win over Dogs
Suns get another win
Swans beat Brisbane
Pies thump Saints
Hawks win again
Crows win on the road
Port get thrashed by 101

TIPS
Melbourne
Geelong
West Coast
Sydney
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Carlton
Tally: 62

COLEMAN MEDAL
T. Cloke (COLL) – 32
M. Bate (MELB) – 28
R. Murphy (WB) – 28
J. Brown (BRIS) – 26
B. Hall (WB) - 25
D. Petrie (KANG) – 25
L. Franklin (HAW) – 24
M. Pavlich (FREM) - 22
J. Podsiadly (GEEL) – 21
K. Tippett (ADEL) – 21


LADDER
(pos, team, pts, %)
1. Collingwood 36 147
2. Hawthorn 32 135
3. Geelong 28 161
4. W Bulldogs 28 124
5. St Kilda 28 111
6. Brisbane 24 117
7. Carlton 20 112
8. Sydney 20 101
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9. West Coast 20 93
10. Fremantle 20 93
11. Adelaide 20 90
12. Melbourne 16 99
13. Richmond 16 89
14. Gold Coast 12 77
15. Kangaroos 8 74
16. P Adelaide 8 62
17. Essendon 4 66

ROUND 12 FIXTURE
Friday, June 10
St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs ES (N)
Saturday, June 11
Adelaide vs West Coast AS
Gold Coast vs North Melbourne GCS (N)
Geelong vs Hawthorn MCG (N)
Sunday, June 12
Carlton vs Brisbane ES (E)
Sydney vs Richmond SCG
Fremantle vs Essendon PS
Monday, June 13
Melbourne vs Collingwood MCG
BYE: Port Adelaide

MY TIPS
Western Bulldogs
West Coast
North Melbourne
Geelong
Carlton
Sydney
Fremantle
Collingwood

COLLINGWOOD CASULTY LIST
Leigh Brown (corked thigh): 1 week
Alan Didak (broken foot): 6 – 8 weeks
Chris Dawes (suspension): available
Andrew Krakouer (suspension): 1 week
Chris Tarrant (calf): 1 – 2 weeks
Nathan Brown (knee): season

 

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RISING STAR NOMINEE​

Collingwood midfielder/forward Luke Rounds has been awarded with the round 11 AFL Nab Rising Star nomination with his dominant performance against St Kilda. Rounds has been on Collingwood’s list since 2009 after being selected with pick no 46 in the 2008 draft. He played his first AFL game in round 10 against West Coast and got 15 touches and 2 goals.

Last week he tallied up 24 disposals, 6 marks, 12 tackles and 2 goals in a super performance, which won him the nomination.

Luke Rounds has had a big impact in his first couple of games

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INJURY REPORT​

Collingwood’s Ben Johnson has picked up an injury whilst playing VFL last weekend, the half back injured his ankle in the loss to Williamstown. Johnson will likely miss 3 – 4 weeks. Brent Macaffer also injured his groin, and will most likely miss a bit of action.

Ben Johnson will be sidelined for a few weeks after picking up an ankle injury last week in the VFL

 

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ROUND 12: ​

MELBOURNE vs COLLINGWOOD​

MCG​

MONDAY, JUNE 13​

2:10 PM​

This week the Magpies are taking on Melbourne in the Queens Birthday clash at the MCG. The Demons are sitting in 12th position, but only one game out of the top eight, as they look to defeat the top of the table Pies and extend their winning streak to 3.

Collingwood has gone into this big match with several changes; Chris Dawes and Jarryd Blair are in replacing the injured Leigh Brown and Alan Didak.

Another blow to Collingwood’s tall line up, skipper Nick Maxwell is ill and will also be unavailable for this game, which gives young soccer convert Lachlan Keefe his first chance in the AFL, he’s in for Maxwell and will mostly play back and pinch hit in the ruck.




COLLINGWOOD
IN: Chris Dawes, Jarryd Blair, Lachlan Keefe
OUT: Leigh Brown, Alan Didak (both injured), Nick Maxwell (illness)

B: A.TOOVEY B.REID T.GOLDSACK
HB: H.O’BRIEN L.KEEFE H.SHAW
C: S.WELLINGHAM L.BALL J.McCARTHY
HF: L.ROUNDS T.CLOKE D.BEAMS
F: A.FASOLO C.DAWES J.BLAIR
FOL: D.JOLLY D.SWAN S.PENDLEBURY
INT: D.THOMAS L.DAVIS S.SIDEBOTTOM
SUB: S.BUCKLEY


MELBOURNE
B: J.STRAUSS J.FRAWLEY M.WARNOCK
HB: J.MACDONALD S.MARTIN J.GRIMES
C: J.TRENGOVE B.MOLONEY B.GREEN
HF: L.DUNN M.BATE C.MORTON
F: A.MARIC L.JURRAH A.WONAEAMIRRI
FOL: M.JAMAR C.SILVIA A.DAVEY
INT: N.JONES T.SCULLY C.BARTRUM
SUB: L.TAPSCOTT

 

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COLLINGWOOD GET THE WIN OVER MELBOURNE IN A STRUGGLE​

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Collingwood has defeated a gallant Melbourne at the MCG by 6 points after an early scare.

Melbourne kicked 7 goals to the Pies’ 3 in the first quarter; with two in the first two minutes. The Magpies kicked 3 goals 6 in the term with a pretty woeful effort in front of goals.

The Pies then hit back in the second, goals from Fasolo, Thomas, Pendlebury and first gamer Keeffe saw the scores level at the main break.

The third quarter was a battle, with tonnes of tackles and hard contests, but the Magpies came out on top and took just a 6 point lead at three quarter time.

In the last, Lynden Dunn kicked the first major within 30 seconds to level the scores. Not long after, Liam Jurrah kicked his third and the Demons led by 6. But then a run from Collingwood, with goals from Dawes, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Fasolo and Thomas, had the Pies out to a 24 point lead, with about 6 minutes on the clock. Melbourne refused to lie down, Bate, Jurrah and Dunn kicked another one each to cut the lead back to 6 points. The next clearance went to the Magpies as they held onto the footy to steal a 6 point win over the Dees.

Acting skipper Scott Pendlebury was yet again dominant, with 29 disposals and 3 goals. Dane Swan (32, 1 goal), Steele Sidebottom (28, 1 goal), Dale Thomas (22, 3 goals) and Darren Jolly (26) were also Collingwood’s best.

Jack Grimes had 20 disposals and a goal, and was Melbourne’s best. Matthew Bate and Liam Jurrah both finished with 4 goals each.

Next week Collingwood has the bye, as they look to bring back some key players for the Swans in two weeks time. Melbourne takes on Fremantle.

MELBOURNE 7.0 8.2 12.4 17.5 (107) ​

def by ​

COLLINGWOOD 3.6 7.8 12.10 17.11 (113)​

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GOALS​

Melbourne: Bate 4, Jurrah 4, Dunn 2, Wonaeamirri 2, Jamar, Grimes, Morton, Maric, Davey
Collingwood: Thomas 3, Pendlebury 3, Fasolo 3, Dawes 2, Cloke, Swan, Sidebottom, Rounds, Keeffe, Blair

BEST​

Melbourne: Grimes, Bate, Trengove, Scully, Frawley, Jurrah
Collingwood: Pendlebury, Swan, Sidebottom, Thomas, Dawes, Fasolo, Cloke, Jolly

INJURIES​

Nil

Collingwood midfielder Sharrod Wellingham breaks free from Brent Moloney in the Magpies' 6 point win over the Demons

 

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PRESS CONFERENCE: ROUND 12​

COLLINGWOOD vs MELBOURNE​

Congratulations on the win, Melbourne really took it up to you…
Yes they did, it’s a credit to them, they’re a great young side, they didn’t win today but I reckon finals are on the cards for them.

No injuries or reports today, that’s a first!
Haha I reckon, it’s great.

How many changes will you be looking to make for the Sydney game?
Don’t know, there will be a few, Taz is back, Maxy is back, Krak’s back, Leigh Brown’s back, there might not be any room the way we’re playing without them!

Thanks for your time, have a good week off.
Okay mate.

 

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ROUND 12 WRAP UP​

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RESULTS
St Kilda 10.7 (67) def by Western Bulldogs 19.13 (127)
Adelaide 14.11 (95) def West Coast 11.8 (74)
Gold Coast 5.12 (42) def by North Melbourne 16.15 (111)
Geelong 13.5 (83) def by Hawthorn 12.12 (84)
Carlton 14.17 (101) def Brisbane 12.10 (82)
Sydney 18.10 (118) def Richmond 16.9 (105)
Fremantle 14.8 (92) def Essendon 13.10 (88)
Melbourne 17.5 (107) def by Collingwood 17.11 (113)

NEWS
Bulldogs hand it to Saints
Crows beat the Eagles
North belt Suns
Hawks win by a point in thriller
Blues draw even with Lions
Swans win again
Freo keep in touch with 8
Pies get scare but still win

TIPS
Western Bulldogs
West Coast
North Melbourne
Geelong
Carlton
Sydney
Fremantle
Collingwood
Tally: 68

COLEMAN MEDAL
T. Cloke (COLL) – 33
M. Bate (MELB) – 32
B. Hall (WB) - 31
R. Murphy (WB) – 30
J. Brown (BRIS) – 28
D. Petrie (KANG) – 27
L. Franklin (HAW) – 25
S. Johnson (GEEL) – 24
K. Tippett (ADEL) – 23
M. Pavlich (FREM) - 22
J. Podsiadly (GEEL) – 22


LADDER
(pos, team, pts, %)
1. Collingwood 40 143
2. Hawthorn 36 132
3. W Bulldogs 32 129
4. Geelong 28 154
5. St Kilda 28 103
6. Brisbane 24 113
7. Carlton 24 113
8. Sydney 24 102
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9. Fremantle 24 94
10. Adelaide 24 93
11. West Coast 20 92
12. Melbourne 16 99
13. Richmond 16 89
14. Kangaroos 12 82
15. Gold Coast 12 73
16. P Adelaide 8 62
17. Essendon 4 68

ROUND 13 FIXTURE
Friday, June 17
Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide ES (N)
Saturday, June 18
Hawthorn vs Gold Coast AU
Essendon vs North Melbourne ES
Brisbane vs Richmond G (N)
St Kilda vs Geelong MCG (N)
Sunday, June 19
Melbourne vs Fremantle MCG (E)
Carlton vs Sydney ES
West Coast vs Port Adelaide PS
BYE: Collingwood

MY TIPS
Western Bulldogs
Hawthorn
Essendon
Brisbane
Geelong
Fremantle
Carlton
West Coast

COLLINGWOOD CASULTY LIST
Leigh Brown (corked thigh): available
Nick Maxwell (illness): available
Alan Didak (broken foot): 6 – 8 weeks
Andrew Krakouer (suspension): available
Chris Tarrant (calf): available
Brent Macaffer (groin): 2 – 4 weeks
Ben Johnson (ankle): 3 – 4 weeks
Nathan Brown (knee): season

 

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ROUND 13: BYE​

STATS LEADERS

Disposals:
Dane Swan – 322
Scott Pendlebury – 277
Dale Thomas – 230
Travis Cloke – 213
Sharrod Wellingham – 208
Luke Ball – 199

Kicks:
Dane Swan – 128
Scott Pendlebury – 117
Dale Thomas - 103
Travis Cloke – 92
Heath Shaw – 89
Alex Fasolo - 82

Handballs:
Dane Swan – 194
Scott Pendlebury – 160
Dale Thomas – 127
Sharrod Wellingham – 127
Luke Ball – 121
Travis Cloke – 121

Tackles:
Dane Swan – 145
Scott Pendlebury – 131
Luke Ball – 125
Dale Thomas – 119
Sharrod Wellingham – 109
Travis Cloke – 89

Marks:
Dane Swan – 47
Travis Cloke – 41
Alex Fasolo – 41
Harry O’Brien – 36
Chris Dawes – 36
Ben Reid – 32

Goals:
Travis Cloke – 33
Scott Pendlebury – 23
Chris Dawes – 20
Dale Thomas – 16
Alex Fasolo – 16
Dane Swan – 15

ROUND 13 WRAP UP​

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RESULTS
Western Bulldogs 9.17 (71) def by Adelaide 13.13 (91)
Hawthorn 14.18 (102) def Gold Coast 7.16 (58)
Essendon 18.13 (121) def North Melbourne 14.11 (95)
Brisbane 14.12 (96) def Richmond 10.11 (71)
St Kilda 20.15 (135) def Geelong 13.3 (81)
Melbourne 6.20 (56) def by Fremantle 7.15 (57)
Carlton 16.13 (109) def Sydney 12.5 (77)
West Coast 14.19 (103) def Port Adelaide 9.6 (60)

NEWS
Crows upset Bulldogs
Hawks win again
Bombers off ladder bottom
Brisbane beat the Tigers
Saints smash Geelong
Freo win over Melbourne
Carlton up to 6th
West Coast stays alive

TIPS
Western Bulldogs
Hawthorn
Essendon
Brisbane
Geelong
Fremantle
Carlton
West Coast
Tally: 74

COLEMAN MEDAL
M. Bate (MELB) – 34
B. Hall (WB) – 33
T. Cloke (COLL) – 33
R. Murphy (WB) – 31
D. Petrie (KANG) – 29
J. Brown (BRIS) – 29
L. Franklin (HAW) – 27
M. Pavlich (FREM) – 27
C. Mooney (GEEL) – 25
K. Tippett (ADEL) – 24


LADDER
(pos, team, pts, %)
1. Collingwood 40 143
2. Hawthorn 40 135
3. W Bulldogs 32 125
4. St Kilda 32 108
5. Geelong 28 141
6. Carlton 28 115
7. Brisbane 28 115
8. Adelaide 28 95
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9. Fremantle 28 95
10. Sydney 24 99
11. West Coast 24 96
12. Melbourne 16 99
13. Richmond 16 88
14. Kangaroos 12 81
15. Gold Coast 12 71
16. Essendon 8 72
17. P Adelaide 8 62

ROUND 14 FIXTURE
Friday, June 24
Hawthorn vs Essendon MCG (N)
Saturday, June 25
Gold Coast vs Western Bulldogs GCS
Richmond vs Melbourne MCG
Sydney vs Collingwood ANZ (N)
Fremantle vs Brisbane PS (N)
Sunday, June 26
Geelong vs Adelaide SS (E)
Carlton vs West Coast ES
Port Adelaide vs North Melbourne AS (T)
BYE: St Kilda

MY TIPS
Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
Melbourne
Collingwood
Fremantle
Geelong
Carlton
Port Adelaide

COLLINGWOOD CASULTY LIST
Leigh Brown (corked thigh): available
Nick Maxwell (illness): available
Alan Didak (broken foot): 5 – 6 weeks
Andrew Krakouer (suspension): available
Chris Tarrant (calf): available
Brent Macaffer (groin): 2 – 3 weeks
Ben Johnson (ankle): 2 – 3 weeks
Nathan Brown (knee): season

 

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ROUND 14: ​

SYDNEY vs COLLINGWOOD​

ANZ STADIUM​

SATURDAY, JUNE 25​

7:10 PM​

This week the Magpies take on the Sydney Swans. The Swans are sitting in 10th, and with a win tonight they could well slip back into the top eight. However, the Swans haven’t beaten the Pies in several years, and it will be a tough task yet again.

Collingwood will go into the game with lots of changes, with big name inclusions. Chris Tarrant, Leigh Brown, Nick Maxwell are all back from injury, and Andrew Krakouer is back from suspension, players making way for them are Tyson Goldsack, John McCarthy, Lachlan Keefe and Simon Buckley.


COLLINGWOOD
IN: Leigh Brown, Chris Tarrant, Nick Maxwell, Andrew Krakouer
OUT: Tyson Goldsack, John McCarthy, Lachlan Keeffe, Simon Buckley (all omitted)

B: A.TOOVEY C.TARRANT N.MAXWELL
HB: H.O’BRIEN B.REID H.SHAW
C: S.WELLINGHAM L.BALL A.KRAKOUER
HF: L.ROUNDS T.CLOKE D.BEAMS
F: A.FASOLO C.DAWES J.BLAIR
FOL: D.JOLLY D.SWAN S.PENDLEBURY
INT: D.THOMAS L.BROWN S.SIDEBOTTOM
SUB: L.DAVIS


SYDNEY
B: T.KENNELLY L.ROBERTS-THOMPSON R.SHAW
HB: C.BOLTON H.GRUNDY N.MALCESKI
C: P.BEVAN J.BOLTON L.JETTA
HF: B.McGLYNN R.O’KEEFE M.MATTNER
F: J.LAMB D.BRADSHAW T.DENNIS-LANE
FOL: S.MUMFORD A.GOODES J.McVEIGH
INT: K.JACK C.BIRD
SUB: J.KENNEDY

 

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PIES WIN AGAIN OVER THE SWANS BUT FOUND IT TOUGH​

Collingwood had a win over Sydney last night, by 9 points, but the Magpies found it tough, even though they led all game.

The Swans would always hit back when the Magpies had a decent lead, but could never manage to hit the lead, as the Pies won 92 to 83.

Sydney’s big names played at their best, even though all of them picked up an injury in the game. Goodes, Bolton, McVeigh and Jack all picked up injuries and will all miss next week against Adelaide.

Bookies are licking their lips as punters are backing Scott Pendlebury to win the Brownlow Medal, the star racking up 35 disposals in a blistering performance, he had 14 of them in the first quarter alone. Steele Sidebottom had 26 and a goal, and Dane Swan picked up 25 disposals in the win.

Jarrad McVeigh was the Swan’s best; he had 23 possessions and a goal. Kieran Jack, who badly sprained his ankle in the last quarter, had 17 disposals. Ryan O’Keefe booted a game high three majors.

Next week Collingwood take on Hawthorn in a game of the round, 1 vs 2, MCG blockbuster, and the Swans take on Adelaide.

SYDNEY 1.0 5.3 8.4 13.5 (83)​

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COLLINGWOOD 4.3 7.5 11.8 14.8 (92)​

GOALS​

Sydney: O’Keefe 3, Bradshaw 2, McGlynn 2, Lamb 2, Goodes, McVeigh, Mattner, Dennis-Lane
Collingwood: Cloke 2, Dawes 2, Fasolo 2, Jolly 2, Rounds 2, Beams, Blair, Krakouer, Sidebottom

BEST​

Sydney: McVeigh, O’Keefe, McGlynn, Goodes, Jack, Shaw
Collingwood: Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Swan, Jolly, Thomas, Cloke, Beams, Fasolo

INJURIES​

Sydney: Goodes (corked thigh), Bolton (ankle), McVeigh (hamstring), Jack (ankle)
Collingwood: Nil

Ryan O'Keefe is tackled by Harry O'Brien at ANZ Stadium on Saturday

 

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PRESS CONFERENCE: ROUND 14​

COLLINGWOOD vs SYDNEY​

Congratulations on the win, you led all game, but couldn’t break free from the Swans, thoughts?
Yes it was a hard match, Sydney is well known for never giving up when they’re behind and always fighting until the end, it’s a credit to the boys for leading all game.

The big one next week, 1 v 2, who are some Hawthorn players’ you at Collingwood will have to watch carefully?
Well, to be honest, all of them. But the biggest one is Buddy Franklin, he is a star and we must, key word, must, keep him quiet.

Shaun Burgoyne is playing a blinder of a year, will anyone be tagging him?
Um, probably not, I believe we can win without tagging and just letting both midfields do their thing.

Thanks for your time, good luck next week.
Okay mate.

 

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ROUND 14 WRAP UP​

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RESULTS
Hawthorn 10.18 (78) def by Essendon 14.7 (91)
Gold Coast 6.8 (44) def by Western Bulldogs 12.27 (99)
Richmond 9.14 (68) def by Melbourne 19.13 (127)
Sydney 13.5 (83) def by Collingwood 14.8 (92)
Fremantle 13.11 (89) def Brisbane 13.8 (86)
Geelong 19.10 (124) def Adelaide 13.13 (91)
Carlton 21.14 (140) def West Coast 8.13 (61)
Port Adelaide 12.14 (86) def North Melbourne 7.6 (48)

NEWS
Essendon upsets Hawthorn
Bulldogs extremely inaccurate, still beat the Suns
Demons win to keep in touch with top 8
Pies a game and a bye clear on top
Freo edge out Lions
Cats win at home
Blues thrash the Eagles
Port stuns the Roos

TIPS
Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
Melbourne
Collingwood
Fremantle
Geelong
Carlton
Port Adelaide
Tally: 81

COLEMAN MEDAL
M. Bate (MELB) – 39
B. Hall (WB) – 35
T. Cloke (COLL) – 35
R. Murphy (WB) – 35
D. Petrie (KANG) – 30
J. Brown (BRIS) – 30
J. Podsiadly (GEEL) – 29
M. Pavlich (FREM) – 29
L. Franklin (HAW) – 28
C. Mooney (GEEL) – 28


LADDER
(pos, team, pts, %)
1. Collingwood 44 140
2. Hawthorn 40 131
3. W Bulldogs 36 129
4. Geelong 32 140
5. Carlton 32 122
6. St Kilda 32 108
7. Fremantle 32 95
8. Brisbane 28 113
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9. Adelaide 28 93
10. Sydney 24 98
11. West Coast 24 90
12. Melbourne 20 104
13. Richmond 16 85
14. Kangaroos 12 80
15. Essendon 12 74
16. Gold Coast 12 69
17. P Adelaide 12 66

ROUND 15 FIXTURE
Friday, July 1
Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne ES (N)
Saturday, July 2
Richmond vs Carlton MCG
Fremantle vs Gold Coast PS
Essendon vs Geelong ES (N)
Adelaide vs Sydney AS (N)
Sunday, July 3
Brisbane vs Port Adelaide G (E)
Collingwood vs Hawthorn MCG
North Melbourne vs St Kilda ES (T)
BYE: West Coast

MY TIPS
Western Bulldogs
Carlton
Fremantle
Geelong
Sydney
Brisbane
Collingwood
St Kilda

COLLINGWOOD CASULTY LIST
Alan Didak (broken foot): 4 – 5 weeks
Brent Macaffer (groin): 1 – 3 weeks
Ben Johnson (ankle): 1 – 2 weeks
Nathan Brown (knee): season

 

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ROUND 15: ​

COLLINGWOOD vs HAWTHORN​

MCG​

SUNDAY, JULY 3​

2:10 PM​

This round the two top teams in the competition face off in what looks to be an epic battle. Hawthorn seems to have the wood over the Pies in previous encounters, but this season the Magpies will be hot favourites.

Collingwood will go into the big match with no changes to the side who defeated Sydney last week.


COLLINGWOOD
B: A.TOOVEY C.TARRANT N.MAXWELL
HB: H.O’BRIEN B.REID H.SHAW
C: S.WELLINGHAM L.BALL L.DAVIS
HF: L.ROUNDS T.CLOKE D.BEAMS
F: A.FASOLO C.DAWES J.BLAIR
FOL: D.JOLLY D.SWAN S.PENDLEBURY
INT: D.THOMAS L.BROWN S.SIDEBOTTOM
SUB: A.KRAKOUER


HAWTHORN
B: B.GUERRA S.GILHAM X.ELLIS
HB: G.BIRCHALL J.GIBSON B.WHITECROSS
C: C.BRUCE B.SEWELL C.BATEMAN
HF: J.LEWIS L.FRANKLIN S.MITCHELL
F: M.OSBOURNE J.ROUGHEAD C.RIOLI
FOL: D.HALE L.HODGE S.BURGOYNE
INT: C.YOUNG L.SHEILS R.LADSON
SUB: I.SMITH

 

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PIES, HAWKS, PLAY OUT A DRAW IN A THRILLER​

The first draw in season 2011 has occurred today, with top two sides Collingwood and Hawthorn unable to find a winner after 4 hard quarters of footy at the MCG.

In beautiful conditions, the first quarter went goal for goal, but Hawthorn had the best of it as they led by just 2 points at quarter time.

The second term was much the same and the Hawks held onto a 5 point lead at the main break, thanks to Cyril Rioli, who had 3 goals to his name at this stage of the game.

The third term went the way of Collingwood, as the Pies at one stage led by 18 points, the biggest lead of the game, thanks to 3 goals from big key forward Travis Cloke. But, as Collingwood’s promising, young defender, Ben Reid, who was doing a superb job on Buddy Franklin, went down with a broken leg; Buddy got loose and snagged two goals to narrow the margin down to a goal in favour of the Magpies at the final change.

The Pies suffered from the loss of Reid in the final quarter, as Tarrant had to go to Buddy, leaving Maxwell to play on Roughead in the goal square. Roughead dominated the final quarter, kicking 4 goals as he carried the Hawks to a 6 point lead with about two minutes on the clock. The Magpies hit back, when Dayne Beams marked 50 metres out on the boundary, and slotted it to tie up the scores. Both teams fought it out to the death in the final moments but couldn’t manage a single point to win the game, as the two best teams in the comp could not be split on the day.

Dane Swan (26), Heath Shaw (23), Scott Pendlebury (22) and Steele Sidebottom (20) were Collingwood’s best, and for the Hawks Luke Hodge (23), David Hale (17) and Buddy Franklin (15) were leading from the front in a game where nearly every player on the ground played their part.

Next week the Magpies take on North Melbourne, who got thumped by the Saints, and Hawthorn plays Brisbane over in Tasmania.

COLLINGWOOD 2.4 5.6 10.8 14.14 (98)​

drew with​

HAWTHORN 3.0 6.5 9.8 15.8 (98)​

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GOALS​

Collingwood: Cloke 4, Fasolo 4, Blair, Brown, Wellingham, Sidebottom, Thomas, Beams
Hawthorn: Roughead 6, Rioli 5, Franklin 2, Lewis, Osborne

BEST​

Collingwood: Swan, Shaw, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Jolly, Fasolo, Cloke
Hawthorn: Roughead, Rioli, Franklin, Hale, Hodge, Lewis

INJURIES​

Collingwood: Reid (broken leg)

Travis Cloke booted 4 goals for the Pies

 

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PRESS CONFERENCE: ROUND 15​

COLLINGWOOD vs HAWTHORN​

What a game, it sure had its ups and downs, do you agree?
I sure do, we had our chances to win the game, but so did they. But as always, we will take as much as we can out of the game, and work on it for next week.

Your side kicked 4 goals 6 behinds in the final quarter, could we say it was Collingwood who blew their chances more?
No definitely not, just because we kicked poorly in one quarter doesn’t mean we drew the game on that factor. Hawthorn kicked 3 goals 5 in the second, and I haven’t heard you mention that?

Okay, Ben Reid was stretchered off in the third quarter with a broken leg, how bad is it?
Well, we’re not sure yet. It wasn’t a full break, just a minor one. But he will probably miss about 2 - 3 months, and may be back for finals.

Thanks for your time, good luck next week.
Okay mate.

 

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ROUND 15 WRAP UP​

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RESULTS
Western Bulldogs 19.15 (129) def Melbourne 18.7 (115)
Richmond 11.10 (76) def by Carlton 17.22 (124)
Fremantle 17.15 (117) def Gold Coast 7.11 (53)
Essendon 11.12 (78) def by Geelong 15.15 (105)
Adelaide 13.10 (88) def by Sydney 13.13 (91)
Brisbane 16.14 (110) def Port Adelaide 8.14 (62)
Collingwood 14.14 (98) drew with Hawthorn 15.8 (98)
North Melbourne 5.8 (38) def by St Kilda 19.12 (126)

NEWS
Bulldogs beat the Dees
Blues, Dockers keep in touch with top 4
Bombers go down to the Cats
Swans edge out the Crows in nail biter
Port lose yet again
Pies and Hawks play out a draw
Saints smash the Roos

TIPS
Western Bulldogs
Carlton
Fremantle
Geelong
Sydney
Brisbane
Collingwood
St Kilda
Tally: 88

COLEMAN MEDAL
M. Bate (MELB) – 44
T. Cloke (COLL) – 39
R. Murphy (WB) – 38
B. Hall (WB) – 37
M. Pavlich (FREM) – 34
D. Petrie (KANG) – 30
J. Brown (BRIS) – 30
J. Podsiadly (GEEL) – 30
L. Franklin (HAW) – 30
J. Riewoldt (RICH) - 28


LADDER
(pos, team, pts, %)
1. Collingwood 46 137
2. Hawthorn 42 128
3. W Bulldogs 40 127
4. Geelong 36 140
5. Carlton 36 125
6. St Kilda 36 116
7. Fremantle 36 101
8. Brisbane 32 117
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9. Sydney 28 99
10. Adelaide 28 93
11. West Coast 24 90
12. Melbourne 20 102
13. Richmond 16 83
14. Kangaroos 12 75
15. Essendon 12 74
16. Gold Coast 12 67
17. P Adelaide 12 65

ROUND 16 FIXTURE
Friday, July 8
West Coast vs Geelong PS (N)
Saturday, July 9
Hawthorn vs Brisbane AU
Gold Coast vs Sydney GCS (N)
Essendon vs Richmond MCG (N)
Sunday, July 10
Collingwood vs North Melbourne MCG (E)
Port Adelaide vs St Kilda AS
Western Bulldogs vs Carlton ES (T)
BYE: Adelaide, Fremantle, Melbourne

MY TIPS
Geelong
Hawthorn
Sydney
Richmond
Collingwood
St Kilda
Western Bulldogs

COLLINGWOOD CASULTY LIST
Alan Didak (broken foot): 3 – 4 weeks
Brent Macaffer (groin): 1 – 2 weeks
Ben Johnson (ankle): 1 – 2 weeks
Ben Reid (broken leg): 8 – 10 weeks
Nathan Brown (knee): season

 

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ROUND 16: ​

COLLINGWOOD vs NORTH MELBOURNE​

MCG​

SUNDAY, JULY 10​

1:10 PM​

This week the Magpies are taking on the Kangaroos, who are coming off an 88 point loss to the Saints. The Magpies have always had no problem beating North Melbourne, especially in their encounter in round 2, where Collingwood won by 79 points.

Collingwood has made one change to their side who drew with Hawthorn last week, Ben Reid is out with a broken leg, Simon Buckley has earned himself another call up.


COLLINGWOOD
IN: Simon Buckley
OUT: Ben Reid (injured)

B: A.TOOVEY C.TARRANT H.O’BRIEN
HB: S.BUCKLEY N.MAXWELL H.SHAW
C: S.WELLINGHAM L.BALL L.DAVIS
HF: L.ROUNDS T.CLOKE D.BEAMS
F: A.FASOLO C.DAWES A.KRAKOUER
FOL: D.JOLLY D.SWAN S.PENDLEBURY
INT: D.THOMAS L.BROWN S.SIDEBOTTOM
SUB: J.BLAIR


NORTH MELBOURNE
B: S.WRIGHT S.THOMPSON B.WARREN
HB: S.McMAHON L.HANSEN D.PRATT
C: B.McKINLEY B.RAWLINGS D.WELLS
HF: K.HARPER D.PETRIE B.HARVEY
F: M.CAMPBELL M.FIRRITO L.THOMAS
FOL: H.McINTOSH A.SWALLOW J.ZIEBELL
INT: L.ANTHONY L.ADAMS B.CUNNINGTON
SUB: L.GREENWOOOD

 

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COLLINGWOOD SLAUGHTER THE KANGAROOS​

Collingwood has come back after their draw to the Hawks last week, to thrash North Melbourne by 117 points. The Pies made it look like a training drill at the MCG on Sunday afternoon as they led all day on the way to a percentage boosting win.

The Magpies had a whole list of great individual performers; however, the highlight of the day was key forward Travis Cloke. The big man racked up 29 possessions, 12 marks and kicked 6 goals and 5 behinds.

Others who played big games were Scott Pendlebury, who had a game high 32 touches and proved he may be the Brownlow Medal favourite. Young forward/midfielder Luke Rounds had 25 disposals and a goal. Steele Sidebottom showed once again why he loves playing the Kangaroos, booting 5 goals.

For North Melbourne, Andrew Swallow had 24 disposals, Hamish McIntosh had 18, and Brady Rawlings had 17, were the standouts in a pretty woeful team display.

The only real problems out of the game were injuries to Leon Davis, Darren Jolly and Luke Rounds, all three players look to miss about 2 – 3 games each, which is a huge blow to the Magpies, as they will now be looking to play their best 22 to get them some match fitness before finals, which are 2 months away.

Next week the Magpies are taking on Carlton in a huge game for the two rivals, and North Melbourne play the Bulldogs, who are second, and will look to inflict as much pain on the Roos as Collingwood did on Sunday.

COLLINGWOOD 5.4 10.10 15.17 23.18 (156)​

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NORTH MELBOURNE 2.1 2.6 4.7 5.9 (39)​

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GOALS​

Collingwood: Cloke 6, Sidebottom 5, Krakouer 3, Ball 2, Fasolo 2, Rounds, Pendlebury, Beams, Jolly
North Melbourne: Campbell, Adams, Harper, Harvey, Petrie

BEST​

Collingwood: Cloke, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Rounds, Thomas, Krakouer, Swan
North Melbourne: Swallow, McIntosh, Rawlings, Harvey

INJURIES​

Collingwood: Davis (hamstring), Jolly (calf), Rounds (calf)
North Melbourne: Rawlings (hamstring)

Steele Sidebottom celebrates one of his five goals with Heath Shaw in the Magpies huge win over the Kangaroos

 

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PRESS CONFERENCE: ROUND 16​

COLLINGWOOD vs NORTH MELBOURNE​

Congratulations on the win, is it safe to say the Collingwood is the bench mark in the competition?
Well, you can say all you like, but we still know we have areas to improve, and we have a few injury problems, so we have a lot to work on still.

Ah yes, the injury problems, injuries to Davis, Jolly, and Rounds, who will take their places next week?
Well, Cameron Wood looks certain to replace Jolly. But for Davis and Rounds we’ll have to have a deeper look into the VFL results of late to see who deserves a call up, players like Johnno and Macaffer are on the way back from injury, and might play as soon as next week. We’ll have to see.

Big rival game next week, Carlton on Saturday…
Yes mate, and a very important game it is too, they got done by over 100 points in the previous round, and are sitting down in seventh, they will be hungry for a win next week.

Indeed they will, thanks for your time, and good luck next week.
Okay mate.

 

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ROUND 16 WRAP UP​

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RESULTS
West Coast 9.12 (66) def by Geelong 22.10 (142)
Hawthorn 14.13 (97) def by Brisbane 16.9 (105)
Gold Coast 10.11 (71) def by Sydney 16.19 (115)
Essendon 10.7 (67) def by Richmond 16.15 (111)
Collingwood 23.18 (156) def North Melbourne 5.9 (39)
Port Adelaide 9.10 (64) def by St Kilda 17.11 (113)
Western Bulldogs 23.14 (152) def Carlton 5.13 (43)

NEWS
Cats belt Eagles on the road
Lions upset Hawks in Tassie
Swans defeat gallant Gold Coast
Tigers remain slight chance for finals
Pies smash the Roos, game and a half clear on top
Power lose yet again
Dogs smash Blues to move up to 2nd

TIPS
Geelong
Hawthorn
Sydney
Richmond
Collingwood
St Kilda
Western Bulldogs
Tally: 94

COLEMAN MEDAL
T. Cloke (COLL) – 45
M. Bate (MELB) – 44
R. Murphy (WB) – 39
B. Hall (WB) – 39
M. Pavlich (FREM) – 34
J. Brown (BRIS) – 32
J. Podsiadly (GEEL) – 32
L. Franklin (HAW) – 31
J. Riewoldt (RICH) - 30
D. Petrie (KANG) – 30


LADDER
(pos, team, pts, %)
1. Collingwood 50 145
2. W Bulldogs 44 135
3. Hawthorn 42 125
4. Geelong 40 144
5. St Kilda 40 120
6. Brisbane 36 116
7. Carlton 36 113
8. Fremantle 36 101
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9. Sydney 32 102
10. Adelaide 28 93
11. West Coast 24 86
12. Melbourne 20 102
13. Richmond 20 86
14. Essendon 12 73
15. Kangaroos 12 70
16. Gold Coast 12 67
17. P Adelaide 12 64

ROUND 17 FIXTURE
Friday, July 15
Adelaide vs Essendon AS (N)
Saturday, July 16
Richmond vs Gold Coast CS
Carlton vs Collingwood MCG
St Kilda vs West Coast ES (N)
Melbourne vs Port Adelaide TIO (N)
Sunday, July 17
Sydney vs Fremantle SCG (E)
Brisbane vs Geelong G
North Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs ES (T)
BYE: Hawthorn

MY TIPS
Adelaide
Richmond
Collingwood
St Kilda
Melbourne
Sydney
Geelong
Western Bulldogs

COLLINGWOOD CASULTY LIST
Alan Didak (broken foot): 2 – 4 weeks
Brent Macaffer (groin): test
Ben Johnson (ankle): test
Leon Davis (hamstring): 3 – 4 weeks
Darren Jolly (calf): 2 weeks
Luke Rounds (hamstring): 2 – 3 weeks
Ben Reid (broken leg): 6 – 8 weeks
Nathan Brown (knee): season

 

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COLLINGWOOD’S HEATH SHAW OUT FOR 8 WEEKS​

Collingwood premiership defender Heath Shaw's AFL season is in jeopardy after placing what he described as a stupid bet. The AFL banned Shaw for 14 matches; eight of them suspended, and fined him $20,000 for paying half of a $20 bet at a TAB agency.

The AFL has punished the Shaw on Friday after a betting plunge on Maxwell kicking the first goal in the round-nine match against Adelaide. Shaw's suspension includes the Saturday blockbuster against Carlton and puts him out of action until the start of the finals series for the Magpies, who are on top of the ladder.

Shaw explained he was at the TAB agency with a friend, betting on horses, when the friend suggested they bet on Maxwell to kick the first goal. Shaw agreed and they placed a bet worth $20. Shaw also told two friends about Maxwell starting forward, rather than his usual role in defence. That led to three cash bets totaling $25. Maxwell told family members he would start forward in the Crows game. They decided to also place three bets totaling $85 on Maxwell kicking the first goal.

Will the suspension of Shaw affect Collingwood’s performance against rival Carlton on Saturday? Only time will tell…

Heath Shaw as he faces the media

 

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ROUND 17: ​

CARLTON vs COLLINGWOOD​

MCG​

SATURDAY, JULY 16​

2:10 PM​

This week Collingwood take on their arch rival, Carlton in a Saturday afternoon clash at the MCG. Last time these two sides met was in round 3, when the Magpies defeated the Blues by 29 points. This time around the Blues have improved, but however are coming off a 109 point loss to the Bulldogs.
The Pies are without the services of the injured Luke Rounds, Darren Jolly and Leon Davis, and are also missing Heath Shaw, who is suspended for 8 weeks. The players in for them are Cameron Wood, Tyson Goldsack, John McCarthy, and youngster Ben Sinclair, who is in for his debut. The 19 year old from Scotch College impressed in the Nab Cup, and also the VFL, and finally gets his chance to impress on the biggest stage of them all, Collingwood vs Carlton.

COLLINGWOOD
IN: Cameron Wood, Ben Sinclair, Tyson Goldsack, John McCarthy
OUT: Luke Rounds, Darren Jolly, Leon Davis (all injured), Heath Shaw (suspended)

B: A.TOOVEY N.MAXWELL T.GOLDSACK
HB: H.O’BRIEN C.TARRANT S.BUCKLEY
C: J.McCARTHY L.BALL S.SIDEBOTTOM
HF: A.FASOLO T.CLOKE A.KRAKOUER
F: L.BROWN C.DAWES J.BLAIR
FOL: C.WOOD D.SWAN S.PENDLEBURY
INT: D.THOMAS D.BEAMS S.WELLINGHAM
SUB: B.SINCLAIR


CARLTON
B: K.LUCAS M.JAMISON J.RUSSELL
HB: B.McLEAN P.BOWER B.GIBBS
C: K.SIMPSON A.JOSEPH H.SCOTLAND
HF: R.HOULIHAN J.WAITE C.YARRAN
F: J.GARLETT L.HENDERSON E.BETTS
FOL: M.KREUZER C.JUDD M.MURPHY
INT: A.CARRAZZO A.COLLINS A.WALKER
SUB: M.ROBINSON

Ben Sinclair will debut this week

 

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MAGPIES PIP THE BLUES IN A COME FROM BEHIND CLIFF HANGER​

Collingwood has defeated their arch rivals, Carlton in an absolute thriller of a game at the MCG on Saturday afternoon. Carlton led for the majority of the game until being overtaken by the Magpies in the final minutes of the last quarter.

Collingwood had the best of it in the first quarter, kicking 4 goals to Carlton’s 2, and led by 10 points at the first change. The second term however was all Carlton; the Blues kicked 6 goals to the Magpies’ 2, and led by 13 points at the main break. The second quarter onslaught by Carlton was led by Jarrad Waite, who booted 3 in the term.

The third quarter was a high paced, high possession quarter, with teams going goal for goal, and the Blues led by 12 points going into the final change, and the Pies were left wondering what they could do to change the dominance from Carlton in the last 20 minutes of football.

When Carlton kicked the first 3 goals of the last quarter, all hope looked lost for the Magpies, but out of the blue, super sub and first gamer Ben Sinclair kicked a goal with his first kick in the AFL, and sparked a comeback from the Pies, with Dayne Beams kicking his fifth for the day and Scott Pendlebury kicking his second, the Collingwood faithful knew their beloved Magpies weren’t backing down. And the Blues’ lead was back to 12 points.

With a great piece of play from Judd and Murphy, they managed to feed Waite his fifth for the game, and the lead was 3 goals, with about 7 minutes of play remaining. The Magpies still kept their cool, as Leigh Brown booted two and Jarryd Blair slotted one from the boundary, to tie up the scores. Dane Swan, who had 36 disposals in the game, bombed the ball from 60 metres, and no one from Carlton was back on the line, as the ball rolled through to give the Magpies the lead for the first time since the 4 minute mark in the second quarter. Collingwood managed to hold on in the last 2 minutes to snatch a 5 point victory over the Blues, who nearly produced one of the wins of the season.

Collingwood had a whopping 380 disposals in the game, with the key ball winners being Dane Swan (36), Scott Pendlebury (35), Luke Ball (33), Dayne Beams (32), Sharrod Wellingham (31), Steele Sidebottom (25) and Dale Thomas (24). The major ball winners for the Blues were Chris Judd (24), Marc Murphy (22) and Matthew Kreuzer (21).

Next week the Magpies take on the Gold Coast Suns for the first time, and the Blues will be playing Essendon in a must win game.

CARLTON 2.4 8.7 12.12 16.17 (113)​

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COLLINGWOOD 4.2 6.6 11.6 18.10 (118)​

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GOALS​

Carlton: Waite 5, Kreuzer 3, Murphy 2, Scotland, Garlett, Houlihan, Henderson, Betts, Collins
Collingwood: Beams 5, Cloke 3, Pendlebury 2, Swan 2, Brown 2, Dawes, Ball, Sinclair, Blair

BEST​

Carlton: Waite, Kreuzer, Judd, Murphy, Gibbs, Joseph, Scotland
Collingwood: Beams, Swan, Pendlebury, Ball, Wellingham, Thomas, Sidebottom, Brown

INJURIES​

Carlton: Carrazzo (knee)
Collingwood: Goldsack (foot), McCarthy (hamstring)

 

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Chris Judd is tackled by Leigh Brown at the MCG on Saturday​

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PRESS CONFERENCE: ROUND 17​

COLLINGWOOD vs CARLTON​

Congratulations on the win, it was a really tough game, your thoughts?
Yes it certainly was, a few of the boys are extra sore, Carlton really pushed us and if you ask me, they are a huge chance of going far into September.

There were a few injuries today, who were they and how bad are they?
Well, Tyson Goldsack has broken his foot; it is the same place as when Didak broke his, so about 8 weeks. John McCarthy done his hamstring, which is unfortunate for him because he finally got his chance again, as did Tyson, but John will probably miss a month on the sidelines.

Will you be resting any players because your team has Gold Coast next week?
Well, if they need a rest, we might have to rest them, but I won’t be dropping our gun players because we have the Suns, no.

Who will you have to look out for next week?
Is that a trick question? Gary Ablett! He is a champion, but we’ll also be keeping an eye on David Swallow, and Jared Brennan.

Gary is a champ hey, thanks for your time, and good luck next week.
Okay mate.