- Thu 8/4, 7.20SYD
ESS83
80 - Fri 9/4, 7.50PTA
RIC79
77 - Sat 10/4, 1.35WBD
BRI73
54 - Sat 10/4, 4.35STK
WCE102
82 - Sat 10/4, 7.25GC
CAR59
70 - Sat 10/4, 7.25COL
GWS60
90 - Sun 11/4, 1.10NM
ADE68
109 - Sun 11/4, 3.20MEL
GEE85
60 - Sun 11/4, 4.40FRE
HAW96
81 - Thu 15/4, 7.20STK
RIC
- Fri 16/4, 8.10WCE
COL
- Sat 17/4, 1.45WBD
GC
- Sat 17/4, 4.35SYD
GWS
- Sat 17/4, 7.25CAR
PTA
- Sat 17/4, 7.25BRI
ESS
- Sun 18/4, 1.10ADE
FRE
- Sun 18/4, 3.20HAW
MEL
- Sun 18/4, 4.40GEE
NM
Mick’s last trick: Magpies pre-draft
- Updated: November 19, 2009
In the third of a club-by-club series, we look at the list for Mick Malthouse’s finale as Collingwood senior coach.
COLLINGWOOD
Live selections: 30, 62, 75, 85
The lateness of Collingwood’s draft selections this year, caused by the trade of Darren Jolly, means that the Magpies won’t be a big story out of draft day, but their depth charts are pretty settled from last year anyway, with most of their list turnover at the bottom end. The Pies are arguably better with Anthony Rocca gone, allowing them to concentrate their structure around the under-rated John Anthony. Their forward line is still an issue, though, with everyone at the club wishing Sean Rusling could get on the park for more than a minute before breaking something.
Of course, much pre-draft speculation surrounds the fate of Luke Ball, who is determined to go to the Pies by hook or by crook. Collingwood has historically been a team that gives up a lot of fantasy points to inside midfielders. The addition of Jolly may turn that trend the other way, but Ball would certainly reverse it all the way, providing he stays fit. With Shane O’Bree most definitely on the wane, Ball is exactly what the Pies need at the foot of packs getting the contested footy, taking pressure off Dane Swan, Scott Pendlebury and Dayne Beams. Whether Ball will last until pick #30 is currently the subject of much conjecture.
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