No sentiment as Mitchell prepares to axe premiership teammate
Sam Mitchell is poised to make a ruthless call on one of his premiership teammates as he tries to ignite Hawthorn’s season on Easter Monday. FULL ROUND 3 TEAMS.
Collingwood
Pies win soured by Pendlebury incident
Collingwood coach Craig McRae didn’t see the Scott Pendlebury incident in Brisbane and chose to revel in his team’s emphatic victory.
Pies find hangover cure – but it was far from a ‘statement’
It wasn’t pretty. In fact at times it was downright ordinary. But the reigning premiers have broken their duck — and sent Brisbane into crisis mode, writes Callum Dick.
‘Why do it?’: AFL star’s ‘open punch’ shocks
Collingwood veteran Scott Pendlebury is set to come under scrutiny after he lashed out in a rare act of aggression against Brisbane.
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How 18yo Sidebottom almost ruined Pies dream
Steele Sidebottom was already top of Collingwood’s draft wishlist before kicking 10 goals in a TAC Cup Grand Final. The man who drafted the Magpies 300-gamer reveals how he thought that match had ruined their grand plan.
‘You did this’: Cox’s prelim quip that silenced Tigers
Mason Cox’s AFL career was over — according to some — early in 2018. A few months later, he played the defining game of his career. He remembers that final with Glenn McFarlane.
Why Pies’ pressure is different to any other team
Collingwood’s manic pressure is a myth, but the Magpies are doing something that sets them apart from every other team.
Every club, every Indigenous guernsey for 2023
The AFL clubs continue to step it up with their Sir Doug Nicholls Round guernseys. We take a look at all 18 editions for 2023, who designed them and what they mean. Vote for your favourite here.
Pies gun can barely watch as mum gives pre-game rev up
Craig McRae decided to let someone else do the talking prior to Collingwood’s big win over GWS. But one young Pie became very nervous when his mum walked out to greet the players. Watch here.
Footy’s great mystery: Blues fans were right the whole time
A newly unearthed video coverage of Carlton’s famous 1979 grand final win appears to have solved one of footy’s great mysteries – was the ball really in play?
Magpies star’s act of skulduggery divides AFL
Collingwood resorted to some strange tactics in their win over the Giants at the MCG, but it ended up working in a show of force.
‘Little secret’: WAG reveals baby news
Mikayla Crisp, the wife of Collingwood star Jack Crisp, has shared the couple’s exciting baby news on social media.
‘Don’t go there’: McGuire‘s Buddy truth bomb
Eddie McGuire has weighed in on the Buddy Franklin booing saga with a strong warning to Collingwood Magpies fans.
‘Champions have been booed for a long time’
Several footy greats have backed the right of footy fans to boo, with former Collingwood captain Tony Shaw saying jeering the opposition star is a “boring” but longstanding tradition.
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