Collingwood and West Coast, two of the biggest clubs in Australian sport go head to head this Saturday at the home of football, the MCG. Usually when these two meet there’s a lot on the line and this weekend is no different. West Coast started the season in fine form with 3 consecutive wins but
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The Adelaide Oval, one of the great stadiums of the world welcomes Australia’s biggest sporting club, Collingwood for the first time this week. The Magpies may be a little hesitant heading to a new venue in Adelaide after having a great record at Football Park, although it has to be exciting to head to such
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RIVALRY, true rivalry, is rare in sport. Yet on Friday night at the M.C.G. Australia’s greatest domestic sporting rivalry will write another chapter into it’s long history. It’s Collingwood vs Carlton of course, the biggest and oldest rivalry in the AFL which dates back to the start of the VFL competition. The relationship started well
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LEST WE FORGET. They are the final words of the ANZAC oath, read out each ANZAC day at ceremonies right around Australia and New Zealand, on a day that has become as respected as any in the Australasian calendar. Since 1995, the AFL has honoured the ANZAC’s before a packed crowd at the MCG, with
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Saturday afternoon footy, the way it’s supposed to be, and this weekend for the first time in season 2014 Collingwood and North Melbourne get to experience it. It’s a vital game for both clubs that may well determine which finishes ahead of the other after 23 rounds. At the moment North Melbourne sit sixth on
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ONE WIN, THREE LOSSES, that’s a terrible way to start a 22 round AFL premiership season, yet that’s exactly where the loser of Friday Night’s round 4 opener will sit. Richmond and Collingwood came into season 2014 with high hopes, the Tiger Army was coming off it’s first finals appearance in a decade, while the
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By Dave Harding Former Collingwood skipper Nick Maxwell plays a vital role for the Collingwood Football Club, a role that has seen him maligned not only by opposition fans but Collingwood fans alike. Maxwell when he became captain, became the general not only of the backline but an on-field leader that the club could be
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By Dave Harding Collingwood’s choice to re-sign Nathan Buckley for the next two years will prove to be a good idea, despite the growing pains around the club over the last couple of seasons. Injuries, departures and poor form has seen the Magpies once premiership experience look a little bare. When Eddie McGuire and Mick
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Collingwood vs Geelong, MCG, Saturday night, this is huge. After 2 rather indifferent rounds to start the 2014 AFL premiership season these two great clubs will meet in a crucial matchup this weekend. If recent clashes are anything to go by this should be one hell of a battle too. The only time they met
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“Woeful”, “soft”, “bruise free footy”, these are just some of the words that were used to describe the performance of the Collingwood and Sydney football clubs in round 1 of the 2014 AFL premiership season. Coming into the season the Magpies and Swans were supposed to be top four contenders, they were supposed to be
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