Round 7 - Coburg vs Collingwood at Coburg City Oval

[MagpieBat]

When and Where:
2:10pm this Saturday at Harding Street.

Broadcast:
Television - Channel 7Mate LIVE into Victoria from 2:00pm. Streamed LIVE through the 7Plus website (at this link) and Plus 7 Live smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 2:00pm. Replay available on the 7 Plus website until Saturday June 16th.

For Australian viewers outside Victoria, in order to watch you may need to make use of a VPN service. No assurances of quality, reliability or consequences is made. User discretion is advised.

Internet - Score updates at Nick's Bulletin Board, at the VFL website, via FlashScore, through the VFL smartphone app for iPhone and Android and on Twitter at @VFLPies, game chat in this thread.

Replay:
Full Game

Team:
B: 51. M. Hore, 41. B. Mihocek, 67. M. Smith
HB: 28. N. Murphy, 44. J. Madgen, 43. A. Oxley
C: 34. T. Brown, 17. C. Brown, 26. J. Daicos
HF: 54. A. Gallucci, 49. M. Chippendale, 19. L. Greenwood
F: 11. J. Blair, 39. B. Crocker, 53. J. Hellier
R: 23. S. McLarty, 36. B. Sier, 33. R. Wills
Int: 47. G. Borthwick, 57. A. Close, 61. S. Hetherington, 65. L. Howe, 64. C. Lane, 60. N. Sing, 48. L. Tardrew, 63. C. Wellings
23P: 62. J. Roughsedge

Admission:
Free, but gold coin donation welcome (as part of Vicki Cleary Tribute Day, see below)

Getting There:
Car
- Located between Harding and Bell Streets, a short distance from the intersections of both with Sydney Road, Coburg. Parking available immediately outside the ground on the Russell Street side.

Public transport
- Take the Upfield railway line to Coburg railway station. Short walk along Victoria Street, across Sydney Road, along Page Street and across Russell Street to the ground.

- Take the Route 19 tram (Flinders Street Station, City - North Coburg) to tram stop 33 (Munro Street/Sydney Road). Short walk across Sydney Road and along Harding Street to the ground.

- Take the Route 513 (Eltham - Glenroy via Greensborough or Lower Plenty), Route 527 (Gowrie - Northland via Murray Road), Route 561 (Macleod - Pascoe Vale via Latrobe University) or Route 903 (Altona - Mordialloc) bus to the Coburg Primary School interchange stop. Short walk down Russell Street to the ground. Alternatively, take the Route 512 bus (Strathmore - East Coburg via Pascoe Vale South) to the Sydney Road stop at the intersection with Munro/Harding Street. The ground is a short walk away.

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Where They Sit:
Coburg: 15th (0 wins, 6 losses, 0 byes, 48.50%)
Collingwood: 2nd (4 wins, 1 losses, 1 bye, 155.90%)

Last Time They Met:
Round 1, 2017 at Coburg City Oval
Coburg 9.8.62, def by
Collingwood 9.10.64

Head to Head:
Played: 11
Coburg: 4
Collingwood: 7

How They Fared Last Week:
Frankston 16.13.109, def
Coburg 8.12.60

Collingwood 13.13.91, def
Geelong 13.9.87

Trivia:
- Collingwood have won all four encounters between the two clubs since Coburg became a stand-alone club again at the end of 2013, by an average margin of 38.2 points.

- Collingwood has not lost to Coburg since Round 13 of 2012 at this very venue. Back then, the Lions were still affiliated with Richmond. Only bad kicking by the home side kept the Pies in the hunt, as Coburg led at every change before going on to win by 26 points.

Note:
- This Saturday's match is part of Vicki Cleary Tribute Day, an initiative by the Coburg Football Club (supported by the Victorian Government) to remember and pay tribute to the memories of women who have lost their lives through family and domestic violence. The day is named after Vicki Cleary, the sister of Coburg premiership player and two-time Coburg premiership coach Phil Cleary, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in August 1987. Entry to the match is free, but fans are strongly encouraged to donate a gold coin to tin rattlers at the gate.

Over to you...

[MagpieBat]

The sheet...

Collingwood

B: 51. M. Hore, 41. B. Mihocek, 67. M. Smith

HB: 28. N. Murphy, 44. J. Madgen, 43. A. Oxley

C: 34. T. Brown, 17. C. Brown, 26. J. Daicos

HF: 54. A. Gallucci, 49. M. Chippendale, 19. L. Greenwood

F: 11. J. Blair, 39. B. Crocker, 53. J. Hellier

R: 23. S. McLarty, 36. B. Sier, 33. R. Wills

Int: 47. G. Borthwick, 57. A. Close, 61. S. Hetherington, 65. L. Howe, 64. C. Lane, 60. N. Sing, 48. L. Tardrew, 63. C. Wellings

23P: 62. J. Roughsedge



In: B. Crocker, J. Daicos, C. Brown, J. Roughsedge, C. Lane, N. Sing, A. Close

Out: J. Elliott, A. Fasolo, Jack Blair

[roar]

Looking forward to it.

[stui magpie]

Now that's a centreline to put a chubby in your Chino's.

[roar]

I would much rather see McLarty play FF or FB rather than ruck. Where's Lynch?

[MagpieBat]

Injured. Ankle. Out for another week or two.

Think Lachie Howe will come in to ruck again this week.

[MagpieBat]

Well, this is embarrassing.

Due to circumstances more out of my control than in them, I won't be able to run the scoreboard this afternoon. Indeed, I won't be able to catch the game at all (will have to rely on the PVR).

So, given that it's a TV game, would I be able to just leave the keys on the benchtop and leave the job to a volunteer today? This mod and keen VFL watcher (indeed, the whole moderating team) would be much appreciative...

(For those outside Victoria, it has been suggested to me that a VPN or proxy service is how you would overcome Channel 7's geo-block on the website and in the app. This mod makes no guarantees as to quality or security of said VPNs or proxy services, but there you go...)

[Pies4shaw]

Game underway. B1 and B2 together for the first time since they were about 3. Exciting times.

[Pies4shaw]

Very fierce early. Coburg kicking to the warm, indoor pool end.

[Pies4shaw]

Hore playing like he should be on an AFL list. Still nil-all, 5 minutes gone.

[Pies4shaw]

Ball up by the right hand goal post, our end. Good pressure. Downfield free. And Murphy has been badly cleaned up. Mellington looking at 12 weeks and Mihocek kicks a game-changing point.

[Pies4shaw]

BTW, Blair is the hold-over emergency for tonight, so the VFL midfield is a little weakened. Daicos cleaned up, too. They need to disband Coburg if they’re going to play like this. McLarty kicks the downfield free goal, this time.

[Pies4shaw]

Brilliant evasive play by Chippendale at CHF and the Pies have their 2nd.

[Pies4shaw]

Murphy has a broken nose and is undergoing the concussion test after that nasty hit earlier.

[Pies4shaw]

Murphy is up and walking the boundary, which is good news.