Malthouse and Buckley Reunited at Collingwood

Mick Malthouse and Nathan Buckley have been reunited at Collingwood after the pair signed new contracts.
Buckley signed a new contract with the Pies which means he will be an Assistant Coach for the next two seasons and then take over as the Senior Coach for the following three seasons.
Malthouse signed a five year contract [...]

Who Runs The League - The AFL or Collingwood? Heffernan’s Spray

One of the more controversial points of recent years - the ‘clash strip’ debate - once again reared it’s ugly head on the weekend with the Kangaroos donning Hernan Crespo’s old jersey for their clash with the Pies at Telstra Dome. So why do the Kangaroos have to wear a clash strip for their [...]

Dayne Beams Rejects New Deal with the Pies - Waiting for Gold Coast?

Collingwood young gun Dayne Beams has rejected a new three year deal from Collingwood which means he will be out of contract when home town team Gold Coast enters the competition in 2011.
GOLD Coaster Dayne Beams rejected a three-year deal from Collingwood in order to be out of contract when the AFL’s 17th side enters [...]

2008 AFL Draft Review - Collingwood Magpies

Like most other teams Collingwood went into the 2008 AFL Draft with five picks using them all. Their first pick was Pick 11 where they selected last years TAC Cup Grand Final hero Steele Sidebottom. Their other picks were at 29, 45, 46 and 73, surprising everyone with their final pick. Let’s have a closer look at their draftees.

2009 NAB Cup Game Notes - Collingwood Magpies vs Richmond Tigers

The drama was high for this Thursday night specialty, not because it was yet another “blockbuster” NAB clash from the 12 year long preseason. But because it would be Ben Cousins first run since returned clean and hairless from his year long suspension.
Pre-bounce almost all the talk was of Cousins return, leading to the [...]

2009 NAB Cup Game Notes - West Coast Eagles v Collingwood Magpies

The NAB Cup kicked off over in the West as the Eagles sent the young blood out to take on a near full strength Pies outfit missing only Pebbles Rocca and Medhurst from their best 22. As you could probably have guessed, the Pies started their 2009 campaign in excellent fashion, recording a 116-54 [...]