GEELONG 0.5.3.33 0.8.6.54 0.11.7.73 0.16.8.104
Note: Collingwood (Beams) scored one supergoal worth nine points in Q3
SCORERS - Collingwood: Beams (1.0.1), White (0.5.0), Kennedy (0.2.1), Sidebottom (0.1.3), Lynch (0.1.2), Cloke (0.1.1), Adams (0.1.0), Lumumba (0.1.0), Pendlebury (0.1.0), Elliott (0.0.2), Broomhead (0.0.1), Clarke (0.0.1), Grundy (0.0.1)
BEST - Collingwood: Beams, White, Macaffer, Adams, Kennedy, Sidebottom
INJURIES - Collingwood: Broomhead (hand), Freeman (right hamstring), Young (face), Grundy (head)
SUBSTITUTES - Collingwood: Jarryd Blair replaced Nathan Brown (knee) in the second quarter
REPORTS: Nil
OFFICIAL CROWD: 12,140 at Kardinia
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Collingwood youngsters Tim Broomhead and Nathan Freeman will spend up to a month on the sidelines after suffering injuries in the Magpies' two-point NAB Challenge loss to Geelong on Wednesday night. Broomhead broke a bone in his hand, while Freeman – the club's first-round draft pick from 2013 – injured his hamstring. "We'll see how they go, but they'll be missing three to four (weeks) each, probably," Magpies coach Nathan Buckley said after the game. Broomhead had a wretched run in his debut season in 2013, battling glandular fever and the youngster was one of the standouts on the training track for the Pies during the pre-season. Freeman had also impressed the Magpies coaching staff with his speed and dedication to his training, with the injury a blow to the club's midfield depth. Pies wingman Clinton Young also copped a knock to the face and was bleeding profusely, but Buckley allayed fears about any serious injury. "He got a smack in the mouth. Obviously not as bad as the Geelong boy (George Burbury). I think he had a lacerated (area) inside his cheek, but he should be right." Brodie Grundy also spent some time on the interchange bench in the first quarter, after leaving the ground dazed by a significant head knock. However the Pies' No.1 ruckman returned to the game later on and Buckley said he was fine. New Recruits While pleased with his defensive structures, Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley had special praise for new recruit Jesse White, who booted five goals in his debut for the club. "I thought he played his role really well. Clearly, five goals is a good return. His running patterns were strong and some of his contests to halve some aerial balls, when he was outnumbered to create opportunities for ground-level players, was excellent," he said. Fellow recruit Taylor Adams was also prolific through the midfield, gathering 31 possessions in an impressive first-up display. "He's (Adams) always in the contest. Tonight ended up being one of those games where if you can get extra numbers to the contest, you had the upper hand," Buckley said. "Taylor worked his way through the game as a consistent presence for us. He would have liked to have finished a couple of his chances, but the energy he gave was consistent." Points of Interest
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Football in February invariably coughs up the uncommon or hitherto unseen. In the first quarter on Wednesday night, Corey Enright fumbled, Steve Johnson shanked a lookaway across-the-body trick shot straight along the ground, and Heritier Lumumba kicked a goal for Collingwood. At least there's a good chance the latter will be repeated when the serious business begins, especially if the Magpie who made his name as Harry O'Brien the half-back continues to be stationed further up the ground. The other oddities in the first game of 2014 are for rusty players and keen coaches to rectify. Geelong won the night by two points, for what it's worth in a competition that has finally owned up to practice-match status. Conveniently, the contest was at its best at the death, the Cats kicking four in a row to regain the lead of a game that seemed lost, Jesse White putting the Magpies back in front with his fifth goal, before Jordan Schroder screwed home his second with a minute on the clock. The roar from the locals as the siren sounded with the ball sailing into Collingwood's forward line once more betrayed that no matter the time of year or label on the occasion, a win is a win. Trend-spotters seeking something meaningful might have identified new director of umpiring Wayne Campbell as an early eye-catcher, with only 27 free kicks paid for the game. A more forgiving approach to contact in marking contests was evident, not least in White's last goal after marking behind a sprawling Harry Taylor. High on a club's pre-season game wishlist is escaping injury-free, and both were denied. For the Pies, pacy draftee Nathan Freeman pinged a hamstring and Tim Broomhead hurt a hand, which kept the extended bench of six and two subs busy. But it was George Burbury's sickening injury that served as a reminder that football is a fierce contact sport. Having impressed up forward, Burbury copped a knee to the face as he slid into a marking contest and left the ground in an ambulance with a suspected broken jaw. Several officials spent the half-time break searching the turf at full-forward for his teeth, but Cats coach Chris Scott said after the game they were all still in Burbury's mouth. Scott confirmed the youngster will have surgery but that the injury was not as bad as first feared. Another Geelong youngster, Jesse Stringer, only lasted a few minutes before being subbed out. The Cats were more composed early, Burbury opening the scoring and Johnson, Travis Varcoe, James Kelly and Mitch Duncan all taking advantage of an opponent that seemed uncertain in defence. Brodie Grundy's 20-minute absence after a heavy knock was noteworthy, as Dawson Simpson dined out on Quinten Lynch and White in the ruck. The Magpies fielded a team more in keeping with the calendar, with former Swans White and Tony Armstrong and ex-Giant Taylor Adams joined by draftees Tom Langdon, Jonathon Marsh and Freeman. Jackson Ramsay and Broomhead fleshed out a group yet to appear in black and white stripes in a meaningful game. White kicked five goals, although it was hard to draw a line on his potential worth as a foil to Travis Cloke as he took only one mark and Cloke rarely got near the ball. Ramsay showed some nice run, but Adams was the standout, the former Geelong Falcon relishing a return to an old stomping ground with a 31-possession game noteworthy for his work in the clinches. Returning from long-term injuries, Clinton Young and Lachie Keeffe would have been happy just to get through.
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