Collingwood 2010 flag team: where are they now?
AFTER Mick Malthouse said the Collingwood list was on the cusp of a “mini-dynasty” when Nathan Buckley took over, we’ve gone back to look at the Pies list when they were on top of the AFL world.
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COLLINGWOOD premiership coach Mick Malthouse says the Collingwood list was in good shape when he was replaced by Nathan Buckley after the 2011 season.
But since then there has been 13 changes to the team that lifted the Magpies’ first premiership since 1990.
Malthouse threw another hand grenade Collingwood’s way today when he said the club was on the cusp of creating “a mini-dynasty”, and an overhaul of the squad wasn’t necessary.
He pointed out the 2010 flag team “was one of the youngest premiership sides in recent history”.
The Magpies’ list had an average age of just 24.16 years, the youngest side to win a flag since Hawthorn in 1978.
We thought we’d revisit the 2010 flag team to see where the players are now.
Collingwood’s 2010 premiership side (and their ages at the start of Round 1):
B: Nick Maxwell (26), Nathan Brown (21), Alan Toovey (23)
HB: Harry O’Brien (23), Ben Reid (20), Heath Shaw (24)
C: Sharrod Wellingham (21), Dane Swan (26), Ben Johnson (28)
HF: Alan Didak (27), Travis Cloke (23), Luke Ball (25)
F: Dayne Beams (20), Chris Dawes (21), Steele Sidebottom (19)
Foll: Darren Jolly (28), Scott Pendlebury (22), Dale Thomas (22)
Int: Jarryd Blair (19), Brent Macaffer (22), Tyson Goldsack* (22), Leigh Brown (28)
* Goldsack replaced Leon Davis (28) in the replay
Who’s gone?
Nick Maxwell — retired
Harry O’Brien (Heritier Lumumba) — traded to Melbourne in 2014
Heath Shaw — traded to GWS in 2013, won the Giants best-and-fairest in 2015
Sharrod Wellingham — traded to West Coast in 2012, played in the Eagles’ 2015 Grand Final team
Ben Johnson — retired
Alan Didak — delisted
Luke Ball — retired
Dayne Beams — traded to Brisbane Lions in 2014, won the Lions’ B&F in 2015
Chris Dawes — traded to Melbourne in 2012
Darren Jolly — delisted
Dale Thomas — joined Carlton as a restricted free agent in 2013
Leigh Brown — retired
Leon Davis — walked out after 2011 season
Who’s still at the club?
Nathan Brown — dropped to the VFL after Round 6
Alan Toovey
Ben Reid — has played seven of a possible 51 games since the start of the 2014 season
Dane Swan — out indefinitely with a broken leg/foot
Travis Cloke — dropped after Round 4
Steele Sidebottom
Scott Pendlebury
Jarryd Blair
Brent Macaffer — dropped after Round 2, has had two knee reconstructions since 2010 Grand Final
Tyson Goldsack — out with a fractured thumb, has missed six games this season because of injury.
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