Two of the biggest clubs in the AFL go head to head this weekend in a crucial round 20 matchup. Collingwood and the West Coast Eagles clash on Sunday at Patersons Stadium in Perth with the finals hopes of both teams on the line. Collingwood sit 8th after a gutsy win over Port Adelaide last
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“It’s like a Grand Final” were the words spoken by Collingwood forward Travis Cloke when asked how important this coming game is for the Magpies. Collingwood has been in free fall, losing 5 of their last 6 games and for the first time in 9 seasons they could miss out on playing finals. This coming
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So it’s come down to this, after 16 games of the 2014 AFL premiership season Collingwood and Adelaide will go head to head on Sunday for a chance to effectively keep their finals hopes alive. Yes mathematically the loser of this game still has a chance to finish 7th or 8th but realistically a loss
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If ever there was a final in July this is it, as Collingwood and Essendon prepare to clash in a vital round 17 clash in the 2014 AFL premiership season on Sunday afternoon. The Magpies and Bombers head to the MCG on Sunday knowing that a win will increase their chances of making the final
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Collingwood and the Gold Coast, it promises to be a great clash as the Suns welcome the Magpies to Metricon Stadium on Saturday evening. The most recent matchup between the two last year saw the Magpies head north to the Suns home ground and start the only regular season meeting that year as very short
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Collingwood versus Carlton, it really doesn’t get any bigger than this. It’s the most storied and fierce rivalry in Australian domestic sport and this weekend they will clash for the 249th time in the VFL/AFL. Carlton hold a 6 game lead in the head to head battle, which in itself shows just how close and
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Collingwood, oh Collingwood, what happened last week? Going into the game against the Western Bulldogs the Magpies were short favourites with most predicting an easy win for the men in black and white. After all the Magpies set equal second on wins while the Dogs sat equal second bottom, yet what happened in those 3
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Only a few years ago Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs played off in a qualifying final after both finished in the top 4. Four years later and the two couldn’t be much further apart with percentage the only thing stopping the Dogs from being 2nd bottom and the Pies from being 2nd from the top.
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Collingwood and Melbourne once had the fiercest and most contested of any domestic sporting rivalry in Australia. During the 1950′s and 1960′s the Magpies and Demons regularly met in finals and Grand Finals although at the time the Demons came out on top more times than not. But since the 1964 Grand Final, which coincidentally
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Collingwood vs St Kilda, whenever these teams are mentioned together two moments come to mind immediately, the 1966 and 2010 Grand Finals. In the 1966 season decider the Saints prevailed by a single point over Collingwood in what is still their only senior premiership in AFL/VFL history. The 2010 clash was built up with that
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