Collingwood
Goals: Swan 3, Anthony 3, Dawes 2, Davis 2, Lockyer 2, Thomas, Cloke
Best: O'Brien, Fraser, Swan, Clarke, Burns, Davis, Lockyer
St Kilda
Goals: Schneider 3, Milne 2, Riewoldt 2, Koschitzke, Jones, Dal Santo, S. Fisher, Goddard
Best: Harvey, Goddard, S. Fisher, Hayes, Gram, Schneider

Injuries
Collingwood: NIL 
St Kilda: Riewoldt (hand)

Reports: NIL
Maggots: McBurney, Rosebury, Jeffery
Crowd: 52,135 at the G

Dynamite Dawes and the J Mac make their long awaited debut. 
Didak and Heath Shaw (Excommunicated), Wellingham and Lonie (omitted), O'Bree (Injured)

Collingwood
Goals: H. Shaw 2, Pendlebury 2, Medhurst, Didak, Anthony, Davis
Best: Pendlebury, O’Brien, Maxwell, Anthony, Didak, Swan

Hawthorn
Goals: Franklin 8, Roughead 4, Dew, Bateman, Gilham, Williams, Sewell
Best: Franklin, Mitchell, Hodge, Bateman, Ellis, Croad, Brown

Injuries
Collingwood: NIL
Hawthorn: NIL

Reports: NIL
Maggots: James, McLaren and Jeffery
Crowd:  58,307 at the G

Collingwood
Goals: Cloke 3, Didak 2, Anthony 2, Davis 2, Medhurst 2
Best: Cloke, Thomas, O'Brien, Maxwell, O'Bree, Burns

Essendon
Goals: Welsh 4, Lloyd 4, Reimers 3, Monfries 2, McPhee 2, Stanton, Jetta, Lovett-Murray, Hille
Best: Welsh, Watson, Peverill, Lloyd, Hille, Fletcher, Reimers, Monfries

Injuries
Collingwood: R Shaw (Heavy knock)
Essesndon: Lucus (Back, Knee) 

Reports: Lucas (Essendon) reported by umpire James for striking O'Brien (Collingwood) in the first quarter, Davis (Collingwood) reported for front-on contact on Watson in the second quarter, Didak (Collingwood) reported by umpire James for striking Slattery (Essendon) in the third quarter
Maggots: Idiot, Fool. Banana
Crowd:  64,785 at the G

Leon comes in for Tyson to add some run in the middle and strengthen our forward line.
Tarkyn will play his 100th consecutive game and considering where he has come from regarding injuries this is magnificent achievement.

ROUND 16

North Melbourne v COLLINGW08D
Friday July 18th 7:40pm - The Dome

Collingwood
Goals: Anthony 4, Wellingham, Medhurst 2, Pendlebury, Swan, Didak, O'Bree, Lockyer, Maxwell
Best: Didak, Anthony, Pendlebury, Burns

North melbourne
Goals: Jones 3, Petrie, Goldstein, Grant 2, Campbell, Firrito, Thomas, Ross, Harvey, Pratt, Hale, McMahon
Best: Petrie, Harvey, Firrito, Gibson, Rawlings, Wells

Injuries
Collingwood: NIL
North Melbourne: Pratt (ankle)

Reports: NIL
Maggots: Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest
Crowd:  46,610 at the Dome

Game news:

Davis was replaced by Wellingham in the starting 22

Collingwood
Goals: Medhurst 5, Anthony 2, Cloke 2, Bryan, R. Shaw, Johnson, Thomas, Didak, Clarke, Wood
Best: R. Shaw, Medhurst, Clarke, Anthony, O'Brien, Cloke

Adelaide
Goals: Burton 4, Douglas 2, Van Berlo, Tippett, Maric, Stevens, Knights
Best: Knights, Edwards, Thompson, Van Berlo, Bock, Burton

Injuries
Collingwood: Nil
Adealide: Porplyzia (shoulder), Burton (ACL)

Reports: Nil
Maggots: Meredith, Ryan, McInerney
Crowd: 52,592 at the G (Home and away record for Adelaide)

ROUND 14

Sydney v COLLINGW08D
July 5th 7:10pm - Sydney Olympic Stadium

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Full Time
Sydney	1.3	1.5	2.7	6.14.50
COLLINGW08D	1.5	5.7	8.12	11.13.79

Collingwood
Goals: D Thomas 3 T Cloke 3 P Medhurst 2 C Wood J Anthony A Didak
Best: D Swan D Thomas S Wakelin T Cloke S O'Bree A Didak
Sydney
Goals: C Bird J Moore M O'Loughlin B Hall R O'Keefe H Playfair
Best: C Bird L Barry B Kirk J McVeigh D Jolly J Bolton

Maggots: M Vozzo H Kennedy S Meredith
Crowd: 59,202 at the Sydney Olympic Stadium

Selected team:

Collingwood
Goals: Medhurst 2, Swan 2, Burns 2, Wood 2, R. Shaw, Bryan, Rocca, Pendlebury, Lockyer
Best: Johnson, H. Shaw, Pendlebury, R. Shaw, Burns, Maxwell, Clarke
Footscray
Goals: Hahn 3, Murphy 3, Welsh 2, Johnson 2, Griffen, Eagleton, Akermanis, Gilbee, Minson
Best: Gilbee, Cross, Cooney, Giansiracusa, Murphy, Morris, Johnson

INJURIES
Collingwood: Reid (foot), Rocca (ankle)
Footscray: Williams (shoulder)

Reports: Nil
Umpires: Vozzo, Stevic, Wenn
Crowd: 44,885 at Telstra Dome

The Selected team:

ROUND 12

COLLINGW08D v Carlton
June 15th 2:10pm - The G

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Full Time
COLLINGW08D	1.4	5.8	9.13	12.17.89
Carlton	2.7	3.10	9.13	17.17.119

Collingwood
Goals: Medhurst 4, Swan 2, Burns, Thomas, Lockyer, O'Bree, Cloke, Davis
Best: Swan, Medhurst, O'Bree, Cloke, Lockyer, R. Shaw
Carlton
Goals: Fevola 8, Waite 2, Scotland 2, Thornton, Armfield, Fisher, Wiggins, Stevens
Best: Fevola, Murphy, Judd, Waite, Scotland, Carrazzo

Injuries
Collingwood: Nil
Carlton: Nil

Reports: Nil
Maggots: F. Witt, D. Head, S. Fabranes
Crowd: 80,310 at the G

Selected team:

Backs	H. Shaw	Wakelin	Lockyer
Half Backs	Clarke	Brown	O'Brien
Centre	Johnson	Burns (c)	R Shaw
Half Forwards	Davis	Cloke	O'Bree
Forwards	Didak	Maxwell	Medhurst
Following	Fraser	Swan	Thomas
Interchange	Pendlebury	Wellingham
	Bryan	Reid
Emergancies	Cook	Cox	Wood

Game news: 

We are just left to wonder; how can umpires be allowed to have such an influence on the outcome of a game?

Melbourne v COLLINGW08D
Queens Birthday June 9th 2:10pm - The G

Collingwood
Goals: Didak 2, H. Shaw 2, Lockyer 2, Davis 2, Fraser, Johnson, Medhurst, Brown, Swan, Wellingham, O'Brien, Cox, Thomas
Best: Burns, Didak, Lockyer, Maxwell, O'Brien, Maxwell, Bryan
Melbourne
Goals: Wonaeamirri 3, Sylvia 3, Yze 2, Green 2, Dunn, Jones, McLean
Best: McLean, Jones, Bruce, Yze, Warnock, Dunn

Injuries
Collingwood: Rocca (ankle), Pendlebury (back) replaced in selected side by Cox, Cook
Melbourne: Rivers (groin), Moloney (shoulder) The rest of the team were found to be any heart. spine or balls.

Reports: NIL?  Melbourne get away with murder again!!!
Maggots: Bozzo the clown, Farmer, Meredith
Crowd: 59,548 at the G (Pathetic Melbourne.  Fold and do us all a favour!)

Rocca comes into the 18 again this week and is raring to go.
Game day news of Pendlebury and Rocca ommitted and replaced in the 22 by Cox and Cook.

The Dreamons threw everything at Collingwood and the boys did not crack.  All class today against a team of low life thugs that came to fight.

Just remember Dreamons, there is no snow on the Gold Coast.

Hawthorn v COLLINGW08D
Saturday May 3rd 2:10pm - The G

Collingwood
Goals: Lockyer 4, Davis 2, Clarke, Medhurst, Lockyer, O'Bree, H. Shaw, Swan, Johnson
Best: H. Shaw, Lockyer, Pendlebury, R. Shaw
Hawthorn
Goals: Franklin 6, Roughead 6, Williams 5, Hodge 2, Dew, Rioli, Young, Campbell, Ladson
Best: Franklin, Sewell, Roughead, Mitchell, Campbell, Hodge

Collingwood: Rocca (ankle) replaced in selected side by Cook, Pendlebury (concussion)

Hawthorn: Bateman (hand) replaced in selected side by Dew, Hodge (hamstring), Taylor (concussion) 

Reports: Nil.
Maggots: Donlon, McBurney, Ryan
Crowd: 76,048 at The MCG.

In: Scott Burns, Rocca
Out: Wellingham, Cook (Both omitted)

Rocca was a late withdrawal and Ryan Cook tookm his place in the starting 22.

COLLINGW08D v Essendon
Friday April 25th 2:40pm ANZAC Day- The G

Collingwood
Goals: Medhurst 6, Cloke 5, Davis 3, Lockyer 3, Didak, Goldsack, Johnson, Swan, Thomas, Wood
Best: Medhurst, Cloke, Pendlebury, Swan, H.Shaw, O'Bree, Didak, Davis, Johnson, R.Shaw
Essendon
Goals: Lloyd 3, Dyson, Fletcher, Johns, Laycock, Michael, Nash, Reimers, Stanton, Welsh
Best: Watson, Stanton, Hille, Lloyd

Injuries:

Collingwood: Rocca replaced in selected side by Wellingham

Essendon: Fletcher (groin), Davey (knee) replaced in selected side by Lovett-Murray

Reports: Johns reported for rough conduct on Pendlebury
Maggots:Vozzo, Rosebury, McInerney
Crowd: 88,999 at The MCG.

In: Nick Maxwell, Ryan Cook
Out: Brodie Holland (injured – ankle), Ben Reid (injured – quad)

Rocca did not come up fit for the game and was replaced by Sharrod Wellingham. What a stunning debut from the 19 year old too!

Paul Medhurst has gone up another notch and is winning the hearts and minds of the Magpie faithful with every game he plays. Paul was every bit a deserving ANZAC Day medalist on Friday and his six goals were a sight to behold. He also took a mark of the week contender in the 3rd at the Punt Road end.
We can't go past the efforts of Scott Pendlebury with 29 possesssions at three quarter time and finishing with a massive 33 touches including 11 marks and 7 tackles!

There were plenty of contributors in an outstanding win. It has been a while since the Pies buried a side by over 10 gaols. In fact I recall the last time was Geelong in the middle of 2006.

After a dissappointing fortnight the young Pies came out and put season 2008 right back on track and this should keep the detractors quiet for at least a week.

Carlton v COLLINGW08D
Away-The G, Sunday April 13th 2:10pm

ROUND3

ROUND2

Fitzroy V COLLINGW08D
Away-Gabba Friday 28nd 7:40pm

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Full Time
Fitzroy	3.5	8.10	9.14	13.18.96
COLLINGW08D	3.3	7.5	12.12	13.16.94

Goals: Collingwood: 2 Rocca, Didak, Cloke, 1 Davis, Egan, Fraser, Medhurst, O'Bree, Swan, Thomas
Fitzroy: 3 Vozzo, 2 Meredith, Jeffery
Best: Collingwood: The whole bloody lot of them.
Fitzroy: Umpires
Reports:. If Merritt doesn't go for that cheap shot on Pebs then the game is stuffed completely.
Umpires: Idiot, Moron, Tosser
Crowd: 33,680 at The Gabba.

Selected team:

Backs	H. Shaw	Wakelin	Goldsack
Half Backs	Maxwell	Brown	O'Brien
Centre	Pendlebury	Burns (c)	Lockyer
Half Forwards	Johnson	Rocca	R. Shaw
Forwards	Egan	Cloke	Thomas
Following	Fraser	O'Bree	Davis
Interchange	Wood	Didak
	Medhurst	Swan
Emergancies	Reid	Holland	Toovey

Game news:

ROUND 1

COLLINGW08D v Fremantle
Home - The G Saturday March 22nd 2:10pm

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Full Time
COLLINGW08D	3.3	7.6	10.10	16.15.111
FREMANTLE	3.1	7.2	10.4	13.7.85

Goals: Collingwood: A Rocca 6 A Didak 3 L Davis 2 D Thomas 2 T Cloke T Lockyer P Medhurst.
Fremantle: L McPharlin 3 S McManus 2 P Bell M Carr R Crowley J Farmer D Headland M Johnson D Mundy M Pavlich.
Best: Collingwood: A Rocca A Didak D Swan H Shaw L Davis R Shaw.
Fremantle: L McPharlin D Mundy P Bell D Headland A Sandilands M Pavlich.
Reports: Nil.
Umpires: S McLaren R Chamberlain C Kamolins.
Crowd: 45,383 at The Magpie Collingwood Ground.

Selected team:

Backs	H. Shaw	Wakelin	Goldsack
Half Backs	Maxwell	Brown	O'Brien
Centre	Didak	Pendlebury	Lockyer
Half Forwards	Clarke	Rocca	R. Shaw
Forwards	Cloke	Rusling	Thomas
Following	Fraser (c)	O'Bree	Davis
Interchange	Wood	Egan
	Medhurst	Swan
Emergancies	Reid	Cook	Toovey

Game news:

Nathan Brown debuts for the Pies

COLLINGWOOD forward Sean Rusling will have scans on Tuesday to determine the extent of the latest in a worrying series of shoulder injuries. The promising 21-year-old, who has had his career stalled by shoulder surgery in each of the past two years, was clearly distraught after leaving the ground holding his left shoulder yesterday. He had his head in his hands while sitting on the bench, after being forced off the ground as a result of heavy hip-and-shoulder from Fremantle defender Antoni Grover late in the first half at the MCG. The Magpies were today unwilling to speculate on the exact nature of the injury, ahead of Tuesday's scans, but given Rusling's history, it is a major concern. He sustained a broken collarbone late in his debut season, 2005, and required shoulder surgery in 2006, managi ng just five senior games that year. Rusling then needed a shoulder reconstruction after another injury in the 2007 pre-season, meaning he did not return until round 20 last year. He has so far racked up just 17 AFL games, with this his fourth season in the AFL.

Whilst i know nothing about tactics and where some players will line up i know enough to now Collingwood should defeat Fremantle first up at the MCG this saturday. I have tipped Freo to be the big improvers of 2008 and so they should be under coach Mark Harvey. Collingwood are good and with names such as Didak, Wood the first genuine ruckman we've had in decades, Travis Cloke Leon Davis, Thomas, Egan throw in Maxwell Obree and new Captain Burns the Pies have too much class and after a tight first half tussle should go well away from Freo in the second half.Collingwood's list of players in 2008 should see the Pies be super competitive, It's exciting times barring massive injuries should see our club be a genuine contender for this years premiership.But lets remind ourselves it's only round one..many past Premiers have failed the first round hurdle.

Pies by 37 points.

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