Round 18 - Collingwood vs Coburg at Olympic Park Oval

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When and Where:
1:00pm this Saturday at Collingwood HQ.

Broadcast:
Video - Streamed live via collingwoodfc.com.au, at this link and through the Collingwood FC smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 12:50pm.

Radio - Streamed live on Collingwood Radio via collingwoodfc.com.au (at this portal) and through the Collingwood FC smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 12:50pm. Data usage and charges apply, including for Telstra customers.

Internet - Live updates at collingwoodfc.com.au, score updates in this thread and on Twitter at @VFLPies.

Replay:
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Team:
B: R Pendlebury, Frost, Golds
HB: Phillips, Goldsack, Oxley
C: Toovey, De Goey, Kelly
HF: L Howe, Gault, Moloney
F: Ferguson, Wyatt, Goodyear
R: Witts, Gray, Macaffer
I: Collopy, Close, Hellier, Borthwick, Hinkley, Matheson, M Smith, Wallace, Indovino*

Where They Sit:
Collingwood: 3rd (11 wins, 3 losses, 3 byes, 114.09%)
Coburg: 13th (5 wins, 10 losses, 3 byes, 87.53%)

Admission:
Free!

Last Time They Met:
Round 7, 2015 at Coburg City Oval
Coburg 11.16.82, def by
Collingwood 18.13.121

Head to Head:
Played: 9
Collingwood: 5
Coburg: 4

How They Fared Last Week:
Collingwood 13.14.92, def
Geelong 5.12.42

Coburg 6.2.38, def by
Casey 16.20.116

The Run Home:
Collingwood - Coburg (H), Port Melbourne (H), Box Hill (A), Footscray (A)

Coburg - Collingwood (A), Frankston (H), BYE, Richmond (A)

Note:
- When the fixture was released in December, this match was originally scheduled to be played at Victoria Park, but was moved to Olympic Park/Holden Centre last month.

Over to you...

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Those of you watching at home will be in for a treat. An old cult hero is swinging by to offer some special comments to the coverage...

https://twitter.com/CollingwoodFC/status/760430068459905024

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Team's in!

COLLINGWOOD

B 55. R Pendlebury 45. J Frost 41. T Golds
HB 21. T Phillips 6. T Goldsack 43. A Oxley
C 34. A Toovey 2. J De Goey 60. J Kelly
HF 65. L Howe 44. C Gault 58. B Moloney
F 62. L Ferguson 47. D Wyatt 27. M Goodyear
R 15. J Witts 61. N Gray 3. B Macaffer

Int 54. J Collopy 57. A Close 53. J Hellier 63. G Borthwick 66. D Hinkley 59. C Matheson 67. M Smith 52. L Wallace
23P 76. A Indovino

Witts back into the side, as good a straight swap with Cox. Goodyear returns from illness.

Ferguson and Hellier named, despite injury clouds hanging over them. Time will tell if they get up.

Wallace named for the first time in a couple of weeks, likewise Close.

[stui magpie]

Where's Witts been?

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Dislocated finger in the 1st quarter against Frankston. Been out since.

[stui magpie]

Geez, get the boy some gloves.

[MagpieBat]

I think he dislocated the finger whilst trying to extract it...

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Thanks a lot. So did I...

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Geez, Leigh Brown's been on a good wicket...

[MightyMagpie]

Late outs Hellier, Ferguson and Indovino.

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Hellier and Ferguson didn't get up, Indovino withdrew last night. Tardrew into the side for his first run in 2016.

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Game is underway.

Pies kicking to the Batman Avenue end (right of screen)...

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Looks like Toovey has the big job on Ahmed Saad...

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Featherstone bombs one from outside 50, after Toovey dropped the simplest of marks under pressure in the middle...

0-6

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From the centre bounce, Witts wins it, straight down to Macaffer, Caff thumps it on the boot, high up-and-under inside the 50, pack flies, Borthwick takes the mark!

Wants to lay it off, he's outside the 50, decides on the short option, finds Caff.

From 45m, 35d... GOAL!

Immediate response!

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