AFL Round 20: Live coverage of Saturday games

NATHAN Buckley has quashed hope injured Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury could make a return before season’s end, confirming the star midfielder is done for the year.

COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley has confirmed captain Scott Pendlebury’s season is over.

The midfield superstar injured his finger in Round 17 and underwent two rounds of surgery. The Magpies were hopefully Pendlebury might have returned late in the year but Buckley put an end to that. “He’s got a coat hanger hanging out of end of finger. He’s out for the year,” he said post-match on Saturday. Buckley also revealed details about Levi Greenwood’s injury. “It’s a hyper-extension of his knee,” he said. “The doc is really confident there’s no significant structural damage outside of that. “We’re thinking there’s maybe damage to a medial ligament. We’ll scan and see but we don’t expect him to get up for a couple of weeks.” The Pies whacked North Melbourne in what some are calling the worst game of the season, the Western Bulldogs got out of jail against Brisbane, Essendon held off a plucky Carlton and Fremantle beat the Gold Coast Suns, while GWS forced Melbourne out of the eight with a crushing win. RE-CAP A MASSIVE SATURDAY WITH ALL THE ACTION IN THE BLOG BELOW

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