Nick's Collingwood Page - The 2004 Team

After it appeared that Matthew Lokan had been over looked as an AFL football, he was a surprise recruit at pick 79 from the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL.
The burly Lokan wasn’t expected to play AFL in season 2003 but proved his doubters wrong by playing all 25 matches and winning a Rising Star Nomination.
Lokan’s dash from halfback was a feature, as was his long kicking into the forward line. Although it appeared he was doing it tough at times during the year, Mick Malthouse showed faith in Lokan and it paid off, with Lokan acting as a tagger, claiming the scalps of Andrew McLeod and Brent Harvey.
In 2004, Lokan was used as a forward to great effect as he often slipped under oppositions guards for bags of 2 and 3 goals at different stages of the season. By midseason, Lokan was beginning to tread water and was used off the bench.