1 day ago by Greg Buckle

Mick Malthouse says losing an assistant coach to a rival club during a finals campaign is a minor issue and everyone should just move on. Malthouse was coaching Collingwood in 2011 when his assistant Mark Neeld departed before the preliminary final to become coach of Melbourne. The Demons had missed ...

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4 days ago by Michael DiFabrizio

When Nathan Buckley was interviewed by Mark Stevens for the Herald Sun last week, inevitably the topic of Scott Pendlebury’s future came up. The speculation is that Pendles, who signed only a one-year contract extension at the Pies last year, will join the GWS Giants from 2013. The response of Bucks ...

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7 days ago by Guy Hand

One win short of a premiership last year, Collingwood skipper Nick Maxwell is confident the Magpies have found the hunger to make AFL amends in 2012. Collingwood’s hopes of back-to-back flags were snuffed out by Geelong in last year’s grand final. And Maxwell, re-confirmed as 2012 skipper on Friday, ...

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10 days ago by bjwaterworth

The Aussies and the Indians have packed their whites away after a disappointing summer of Test cricket. The best tennis players in the world have farewelled Melbourne Park following another stunningly successful Australian Open. The hours of avoiding the scorching Australian sun and sitting under th ...

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134 days ago by The Phantom

The grand final isn’t too far away now… read on to see who will be running out on Saturday afternoon. Collingwood B: Alan Toovey, Ben Reid, Heritier O’Brien HB: Nick Maxwell, Chris Tarrant, Heath Shaw C: Jarryd Blair, Dane Swan, Dale Thomas HF: Ben Johnson, Leigh Brown, Alan Didak F: Steele Sidebott ...

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134 days ago by Who's Playing Who?

(Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images) This week we present our grand final show for 2011! The Phantom joins us for the entire show, while David Shipton makes his podcast debut. That’s right – a five person panel! There’s a big preview of the NRL and AFL grand finals, as well as the upcoming round of EP ...

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135 days ago by theballboys

Written by The Ball Boys Collingwood President and TV star Eddie McGuire has thrown the club’s Grand Final preparations into disarray today by quitting his post at the healm of the club upon realising the ‘Pies’, aka ‘Magpies’, weren’t actually edible. McGuire explained to a studio audience at Chann ...

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135 days ago by Matt Gibbs

By Luke Smith Geelong and Collingwood have been the best two sides all year and will meet this Saturday to decide who will win this year’s premiership. Hopefuls Collingwood are looking to make it back-to-back premierships in turn sending Mick Malthouse out on a high note, while Geelong are looking t ...

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143 days ago by JMirisch

The Final Four are now set and there are no surprises. The top four teams of the regular season all made it to the Preliminary Finals with the top two teams taking the short cut to the prelims by winning their Qualifying Finals – against the third and fourth teams on the ladder. If everything follow ...

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179 days ago by JMirisch

I must admit, I enjoyed watching the Cats-Crows match this past weekend. A Sunday twilight match in Oz translates to a Saturday near-midnight match in California. The match was so exciting I had trouble getting to sleep when it was over at about 2:20 Sunday morning. Trouble is, the match shouldn’t h ...

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