One thing Lions don’t want to waste
Having been given a “reality check” in their loss to the Giants, the Lions are intent on bouncing back against Collingwood.
Having been given a “reality check” in their loss to the Giants, the Lions are intent on bouncing back against Collingwood.
Collingwood coach Craig McRae was lashed by a rival for his post-match outburst about free kicks last Friday and the latest statistics tell a significant tale.
Craig McRae generated uproar after declaring a missed 50 metre penalty would have been paid if the game was at the MCG. Here’s what the contrite McRae had to say for himself today as the AFL made a call on punishing him over the comments.
The form guide, and the AFL ladder, says it would take a miracle but making the finals isn’t something Collingwood players are giving up on just yet.
Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury will have to race the clock to be fit after the Magpies’ bye as a luckless tall suffered another blow.
The AFL has reportedly demanded answers from Collingwood after star Jordan De Goey was sprung by TV cameras.
A Magpies veteran admits he’s unsure what the future holds for himself and a number of Collingwood’s ageing champions.
Being made the sub was a close enough call for Jack Crisp to ponder his club-record games streak but accepts it’s part of Collingwood’s search for premiership chemistry.
‘The outside narrative is fascinating’, Sam Mitchell of Jack Ginnivan after the loss to Collingwood. But the Hawthorn coach was full of praise for the former Magpie.
Collingwood made it crystal clear to Lachie Schultz he would ‘go straight past Jack Ginnivan’ in the pecking order at the Magpies, then the Hawks swooped. Go inside the trade drama here.
Collingwood coach Craig McRae says the Pies feel fully prepared to help Nick Daicos deal with Hawthorn tagger Finn Maginness.
Graham Wright will return from an extended break later this season – but will he remain at Collingwood? Rival clubs aren’t the only ones lining up.
Hawthorn forward Jack Ginnivan needed just three words to encapsulate his Collingwood tenure: “a f***ing rollercoaster”.
Collingwood coach Craig McRae has spilled the beans on the three-word text messages he received that left him in tears in his car.
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