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Cloke hurt in fight

January 2nd 2009 00:37
COLLINGWOOD forward Travis Cloke was taken to hospital with a suspected cheekbone fracture after a confrontation with fellow holiday-makers in a Maroochydore holiday apartment complex in Queensland over the New Years period.

It is understood Cloke approached a group of young men who were staying in a near-by unit and asked them to quieten down.

The 21-year-old, who was then set-upon by several of the group, was taken to hospital after the incident with a suspected cheekbone fracture but discharged shortly after.

Collingwood medical staff intend to further examine him when he returns to Melbourne.


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Pies appoint Maxwell

December 17th 2008 05:07
COLLINGWOOD has appointed defender Nick Maxwell as its new captain.

Maxwell will be the club's third skipper in as many seasons after the retired Scott Burns spent only one year in the job following Nathan Buckley's retirement at the end of 2007.

Ruckman Josh Fraser and impressive young midfielder Scot Pendlebury will serve as vice-captains while Shane O'Bree and fellow midfielder Dane Swan will be deputy vice-captains.

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Pies post massive loss

November 19th 2008 07:06
COLLINGWOOD has announced a loss of over $3 million for the 2008 season.

The $3,278,859.00 loss has been attributed to the club's decision to record the anticipated loss that will accompany the sale of the Beach Hotel and the Diamond Creek Tavern in this year's figures.

Collingwood chief executive Gary Pert said the hotels will be sold in 2009.

"During the current economic climate the club made the strategic decision to sell the two loss-generating hotels in an effort to be completely debt-free post-sale," he said.

"It is important that the Collingwood supporters understand that the loss from the venues will have zero strategic impact on the Club and has already been absorbed by existing cash reserves."

"The result will not affect the Club's redevelopment plans for the Lexus Centre and its aggressive investment in the football department."

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Swan named Pies' best

October 4th 2008 00:36
COLLINGWOOD midfielder Dane Swan has capped off an impressive season by winning his first best-and-fairest award on Friday night.

The 24-year-old won the Copeland Trophy after he polled 53 votes for the season.

All-Australian forward pocket Paul Medhurst finished second with 47 votes, winning the RT Rush Trophy in the process.

Scott Pendlebury (46 votes), Leon Davis (44) and Harry O'Brien (43) rounded out the top five.

2008 Copeland Trophy Top 10
1st – Dane Swan, 53 votes (EW Copeland Trophy)
2nd – Paul Medhurst, 47 (RT Rush Trophy)
3rd – Scott Pendlebury, 46 (JJ Joyce Trophy)
4th – Leon Davis, 44 (JF McHale Trophy)
5th – Heritier O’Brien, 43 (Jack Regan Trophy)
6th – Travis Cloke, 42
7th – Alan Didak, 38
8th – Dale Thomas, 38
9th – Shane O’Bree, 38
10th – Tarkyn Lockyer, 38

Joseph Wren Award (best VFL player)
Justin Crow & Brent Macaffer

Darren Millane Award (best clubman)
Shane O’Bree

Harry Collier Award (best first year player)
Nathan Brown

Gordon Coventry Award (goal kicking)
Paul Medhurst - 50 Goals

Gavin Brown Award (besire indicators)
Nick Maxwell

Bob Rose Award (best player in finals)
Dane Swan

Phonse Kyne Award (services to the club)
Brad Dick

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Magpies delist trio

September 23rd 2008 08:08
THE departures have continued at Collingwood with veteran Brodie Holland, Chris Egan and Sam Iles all being delisted by the club.

The delistings follow the retirements of Scott Burns, Shane Wakelin and Ryan Lonie.

Holland played 155 with the Magpies and Fremantle over 11 season but managed just one appearance for the Pies in 2008.

The 28-year-old has not given up hope of continuing his AFL career elsewhere

Egan was recruited by Collingwood with the No.10 pick in the 2004 draft. He played a total of 27 games in his four seasons with the Pies while Iles came to the Magpies via the pre-season draft and managed to play seven games during his three years at the club.
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Burns calls it quits

September 22nd 2008 01:54
COLLINGWOOD skipper Scott Burns has announced his retirement from AFL football.

The 264-game veteran admitted that his body could no longer cope with the rigours of modern football.

"I pretty much knew mid-year that I was done, body-wise. So it hasn't been a terribly hard decision to make over the last week or so," Burns said.

"There were a few things structurally, just back and neck and hip which you notice as you get older and I just knew I was really close to completely stopping.”

"I didn't want to go to the well once too often."

"This time next year you could have a detrimental effect on the team and the players if you're not quite up to it and I felt that it's pretty good timing now to get out."

Burns also said his decision to pull out of the side for the club's semi-final loss to St Kilda with a calf strain was he right one.

"The best thing for me was the Saturday morning when I was messing around with my young son on the bed and I felt it," Burns said.

"I remember seeing Rhyce Shaw running around like a headless chook at training and looking really good and I would have been going into that game hoping that the boys would have covered for me."

"You just can’t go into a final feeling that way."

"I would have loved to have played one more but it was not to be."

Burns is expected to take up an assistant coaching role next season with Geelong and Carlton reportedly interested in securing his services.

"I love the industry and I would love to stay involved," Burns said.

"I've kept quiet really in terms of making contact with too many people, but now I've officially retired it's a matter of sitting down and discussing things and finding out where we go from here."

Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse said Burns’ career would have a lasting effect on the club.

"'Burnsy' has left a footprint on this football club - one of hardness, one of fairness and, I think, one of durability, because he's not the biggest player" Malthouse said.

"That footprint will be looked at, studied and hopefully taken up by some of the younger players that are going to be in our leadership group next year."

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I want to stay: Didak

September 18th 2008 23:50
COLLINGWOOD forward Alan Didak has publicly apologised for his involvement in a car crash with teammate Heath Shaw and said he wants to stay at the club.

Speaking on Channel Nine’s The Footy Show, Didak said he regrets lying to president Eddie McGuire about the incident early last month which followed a heavy drinking session.

"I'm sorry to the supporters, my family, the club and Eddie," Didak said.

"It’s to say, 'look, I stuffed up and I'm sorry."

Didak, who was suspended by the club for the remainder of the season, said he wants to remain a Magpie.

"I think I deserve to stay," he said.

"I'm willing to do whatever it takes to stay on and be a part of Collingwood for the rest of my career."

“I've really thought about how much I want to be at Collingwood and how much I really want to stay and be a part of the future.”
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Magpies call it quits

September 17th 2008 06:41
COLLINGWOOD veteran Shane Wakelin and Ryan Lonie have announced their retirement from AFL football.

Wakelin, who played the last of his 158 games for the Magpies on Saturday night in the semi-final loss to the Saints at the MCG, said he will miss the week-to-week routine of being an AFL footballer.

"I’ll miss being around the change rooms and the week-to-week routine more than anything," Wakelin said.

"But I think that hour before the game, the excitement before the game, I will probably miss that the most."

"The build-up, the mental preparation, the excitement and the train trip into the game - I used to really enjoy that."

"I have always planned for my future. I have done a hell of a lot of study and I have been planning for my retirement for the last two years."

"I will sit down with my wife and make a decision on which way I want to go."

The 34-year-old played 94 games with St Kilda before crossing to Collingwood in exchange for the 49th pick in the 2000 national draft.

He played in the 2002 and 2003 grand finals and finished in the top five twice in the Copeland Trophy voting, including a fourth-placing in 2002.

Meanwhile, Lonie has called it quits after 123 games in eight seasons.

He played in the 2002 and 2003 grand finals and reached the 100-game milestone in just his sixth season.

But the 25-year-old was cut down by injuries late in his career, managing just five matches in 2007 and 2008.

Lonie said he felt the time was right to move on to the next chapter of his life.

"I’ve been thinking about it for a little while," Lonie said.

"I dislocated my shoulder in the middle of the year, and obviously had a bit of time to think about it from there, and just decided that I’ve had enough of playing."

"I thought it was the right time to move on and do something else with my life."
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Pies run out of puff: Malthouse

September 13th 2008 23:50
COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse believes his side simply ran out of puff in going down to St Kilda by 34 points in the first semi-final at the MCG on Saturday night.

The Magpies had to travel three times in the past five weeks and while Malthouse refused to use it as an excuse he said it was a reasonable explanation for his side’s poor performance against the Saints.

"It's been a long year for a lot of our players and I just sensed at quarter time that almost every element of our indicators were down," Malthouse said.

"We just didn't seem to have that energy … and I thought a few of our senior players just never got near their best."

"If you're off marginally, the scoreline is what it was."

Malthouse said skipper Scott Burns, who was a late withdrawal, pulled up sore after training on Friday morning from the corked calf which had kept him sidelined for matches against Fremantle and Adelaide.

"It was his call in the end," Malthouse said.

"The player has got to feel comfortable and he wasn't - you can't play a player who doesn't feel he can get through the game."

Malthouse said Simon Prestigiacomo, who was also a late withdrawal with a shoulder injury sustained against the Crows last weekend, was 'always going to struggle' to play and confirmed that key forward Travis Cloke had been suffering from a virus.

Asked whether Prestigiacomo and Shane Wakelin would be required next year, Malthouse said: "I think one should go on, just to give us some support."

"We'll talk to both players and see how they feel about it."

"Both might say they want to go on and both might say we want to give it away."

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Cloke right to go: Burns

September 12th 2008 03:40
COLLINGWOOD skipper Scott Burns has dismissed suggestions that key forward Travis Cloke is suffering from glandular fever.

Queries about the 21-year-old’s fitness were prompted by his non-appearance at the club’s main training session on Wednesday.

But Burns said Cloke, who took part in a light training session on Friday ahead of Saturday night’s cut-throat semi-final against St Kilda at the MCG, was right to go.

"It was just a matter of freshening him up and getting his legs right," Burns said.

"We want him to be light-legged when we start tomorrow night - that was the main reason."

"He trained today and looked pretty good and he's certainly in touch with his body and … what he needs to do to play a good
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Malthouse quashes rumours

September 11th 2008 00:29
COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse has dismissed reports that he has met with Alan Didak to discuss the controversial forward’s future with the club.

It was reported that Didak, who has been suspended by the club for the remainder of the season for lying about his involvement in Heath Shaw's car accident, instigated separate meetings with Malthouse and club president Eddie McGuire to plead his case to remain at Collingwood.

"Whoever wrote it must be imagining it or making it up," Malthouse said on Wednesday.

"I can tell you categorically there's been no meeting with Alan Didak in the past week - he hasn't been at training, he's got the flu."

"So we can put that one to bed, eh?"

Malthouse also said Didak had been excused from training because of the flu and nothing should be read into his failure to take part in the club’s main training session at Gosch's Paddock on Wednesday.

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Burns trains strongly

September 11th 2008 00:23
COLLINGWOOD look set to be bolstered by the return of skipper Scott Burns for Saturday night’s cut-throat semi-final against St Kilda at the MCG.

Burns has been sidelined for the past two matches with a calf strain but trained strongly at the team’s main training session on Wednesday at Gosch's Paddock.

Despite impressing at training, Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse refused to decalre Burns a certain starter.

"He is where we thought he would be so we will now weight it up," he said of Burns.

"I don't think the doctor is as convinced (about Burns' fitness) as you or me and he (Burns) has still got a bit of convincing to do."
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Pies topple Crows

September 6th 2008 08:11
COLLINGWOOD has booked its place in the second week of the finals with an impressive 31-point win over Adelaide in the first elimination final at AAMI Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Magpies dominated after half-time, slamming on 12 goals to five to win 19.11 (125) to 14.10 (94).

The win means Collingwood will play the loser of the first qualifying final between Geelong and St Kilda in a cut-throat semi-final next weekend while Adelaide's 2008 campaign is over.

The Pies had 13 individual goalkickers for the match - impressive youngsters John Anthony and Chris Dawes the most effective with three apiece.

Dane Swan (23 possessions) kept the Magpies in the contest in the first half with two majors while Dale Thomas was lively with 19 disposals and one goal.

Scott Stevens starred for Adelaide with six goals while veteran Andrew McLeod tried hard all day, finishing the match with 19 touches and two goals.

The Magpies stamped their authority on the contest from the opening bounce, winning the contested football and applying immense pressure all over the ground as they slammed on the first three goals to skip out to an early 20-point lead.

Adelaide hit back through Stevens at the 18-minute mark before a major from Tyson Edwards reduced the deficit to 13 points heading into quarter-time.

The Crows came to life in the second term, booting seven of the first eight goals of the quarter with Stevens booting three to help his side to a handy 24-point lead.

But two majors from Swan in time-on ensured the Magpies remained within striking distance heading into the main break, with Adelaide holding a 12-point advantage.

Majors from Nick Maxwell and Anthony levelled the scores in the third term.

The Pies took control from that moment on with goals from Travis Cloke, Rhyce Shaw and Tarkyn Lockyer blowing the margin out to 19 points.

Nathan Bassett gave the Crows a glimmer of hope when he kicked truly but a miraculous snap from Thomas just seconds before the siren gave the Pies a 20-point lead heading into the final change.

Adelaide came out firing in the final term and closed to within seven points thanks to two majors from Stevens.

But the Magpies had all the answers, slamming on the last four goals of the contest to seal a gutsy win.

ADELAIDE: 2.2, 9.6, 11.7, 14.10 (94)
COLLINGWOOD: 4.3, 7.6, 14.9, 19.11 (125)
GOALS: ADELAIDE: Stevens 6, McLeod 2, Edwards, Johncock, Mackay, Maric, Bassett, Gill
COLLINGWOOD: Dawes 3, Anthony 3, Swan 2, Maxwell 2, Cox, Davis, Fraser, Cloke, R.Shaw, Lockyer, Thomas, Clarke, Medhurst
BEST: ADELAIDE: Stevens, Massie, McLeod, Doughty, Shirley, Edwards, Johncock
COLLINGWOOD: Swan, Thomas, Clarke, Davis, Fraser, Dawes, O'Bree, Anthony, Pendlebury
INJURIES: ADELAIDE: Nil
COLLINGWOOD: Prestigiacomo
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: James, Stevic, McLaren
CROWD: 37,685 at AAMI Stadium.
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Burns set to return

September 2nd 2008 07:58
COLLINGWOOD skipper Scott Burns is a strong chance to return for Saturday's elimination final against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.

Burns said he was recovering well from the corked calf which kept him out of last Friday night's shock loss to Fremantle.

"It's really good, it's coming along nicely," Burns said.

"We just step it up from now on but from the history that I've had, I'm really positive."

Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse said that Burns and fellow veteran Shane Wakelin, who was rested from the clash against the Dockers, will be given the chance to declare themselves fit to take on the Crows.

But Malthouse said that same opportunity will not be offered to youngsters Sharrod Wellingham (groin) and Dale Thomas (calf) because they don't yet know their bodies as well as Burns and Wakelin know theirs.

"You've got to go with their instincts," said Malthouse of Burns and Wakelin.

"If our medical staff clear him ... then it's up to Scott to say 'I think I can' and if he hesitates, our job is easy."

"If medical clear the player, the player clears himself, then we pick - we don't have it the other way."
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