GEELONG 1.2.8 4.4.28 5.6.36 7.9.51
GOALS - Collingwood: Elliott 2, Adams 2, Stephenson, Pendlebury, Howe, Hoskin-Elliott, Sidebottom
BEST - Collingwood: Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Adams, Phillips, Grundy, Howe, Treloar
INJURIES - Collingwood: De Goey (hamstring), Greenwood (knee)
REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil
OFFICIAL CROWD - 93,436 at the MCG
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"Hamstring (for De Goey), don't know if it's a grade or if it's just tightness, but he couldn't finish the game, and Levi (Greenwood) is a suspected ACL. It's terrible for him. They're both remarkably stoic characters, and Levi in particular in the circumstance he's in. ... Levi is a much-loved member of the group. There's not many we don't like, but Levi's right up there in regards to heart and soul. His teammates just love him. We're really flat for him, we expect the diagnosis to be confirmed. We can't be positive (it's a torn ACL), there's always hope. He was around his teammates on the bench still really positive, engaging and contributing in any manner he could. Physically he was done, but still, his demeanour and his energy was still really positive. .... I can't be sure of it (recurrence of De Goey's same hamstring injury). I suspect it is, because it was tightness initially, but we don't have any more information for you. ... I thought we were still able to do most things, Geelong were one down as well (Mitch Duncan, knee), so that was probably marginal. They definitely wanted to speed the game up when they needed to score after probably halfway through the third quarter and into the last, but we were able to handle for the most part whatever they threw at us. It was a really strong, consolidated effort across the four quarters." – Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley |
Media Clippings
Collingwood NewsTHERE are few players who can provide the spark Scott Pendlebury gives Collingwood. When Friday night's qualifying final against Geelong needed a composed figure amid the frenetic pace and pressure of September football, Pendlebury was there. And when the Pies needed someone to provide a defining moment when things became scrappy after half-time, who else but Pendlebury could provide a cool finish on the run. As he has throughout his 300-game career, the Collingwood skipper was the calm in the storm. He was also the driving force behind his side booking its spot in a preliminary final. Moments of Pendlebury brilliance were littered throughout Collingwood's 10-point victory over Geelong. He won 24 disposals, took eight marks and laid nine tackles, with his goal late in the third term proving the decisive moment in taking the game away from the Cats. It laid the foundations for a 9.7 (61) to 7.9 (51) win, which ensures the Pies are just one win away from returning to a second successive Grand Final in a fortnight's time. AFL COLLINGWOOD will be left counting the significant cost of its 10-point preliminary final win over Geelong, with Levi Greenwood suffering a suspected torn ACL and superstar forward Jordan De Goey sidelined yet again with a hamstring complaint. Greenwood suffered the injury in the second term, but it is unclear how the incident happened. ... The talented De Goey's soft tissue troubles continue, having been picked for the match against Geelong after missing Collingwood's final four games of the home and away season with a hamstring injury. Herald Sun If you want to pick a crowning moment of Collingwood’s march into the preliminary final it has to be owned by Scott Pendlebury. The heroic Magpies captain was celebrating his 300th game last night and given his love of the big occasion throughout his career, he was odds-on to feature prominently in the highlights. At the 21-minute mark of the third quarter the qualifying final was on a knife’s edge. Collingwood had dominated the first quarter-and-a-half against a Geelong team who once again suffered finals stage fright. But the Cats kicked the final three goals of the second term and had just got the margin down to 19 points midway through the third. Enter the Iceman. At a ball-up where Brodie Grundy once again monstered his Geelong opponent, his tap went to Jaidyn Stephenson whose quick handball found Pendlebury floating across the back of the pack. It was his moment. From 48 metres out on his trusty left-foot Pendlebury nailed the shot and effectively killed off the Cats. His teammates knew as much and they came from everywhere to celebrate with their leader. Fox Footy Steele Sidebottom didn’t wear a box. He tried two pairs of jocks during the week and didn’t like the extra padding. A jock strap did nothing for him either. But then he tried a pair of speedos and found all the support he needed to tear another final to shreds on Friday night. The dual Copeland Trophy winner missed the final game of the home and away season after requiring surgery to repair a ruptured testicle, following a stray boot from Irishman Anton Tohill at training 16 days ago. In his first final since master tagger Mark Hutchings held him to 14 disposals in last year’s heartbreaking Grand Final loss, Sidebottom reclaimed his status as a September specialist by producing another masterclass in the Magpies’ qualifying final win over Geelong at the MCG. The 28-year-old amassed 33 disposals – the most on the ground – 15 marks, seven inside 50s and 572 metres gained to help Nathan Buckley’s men book a spot on the penultimate weekend of the season. The Age Collingwood are one win away from back-to-back grand finals and have added to Geelong’s post-bye misery, but their premiership hopes have taken a hit with a hamstring injury to Jordan De Goey. Led by midfielder Taylor Adams and ruckman Brodie Grundy, the Magpies’ relentless pressure and a season-high tackle count were the backbone of a 10-point win over the sluggish Cats in a qualifying final at the MCG last night, giving them direct entry into a preliminary final in a fortnight. But the victory came at a cost, for star forward De Goey suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury. De Goey’s return from a seven-week absence because of a hamstring problem ended early in the second term, when he left the field and spent the rest of the quarter in the dressing room. He returned to the bench after half-time but did not take to the field. Sports medico Dr Rohan White told Triple M ‘‘it’s not looking good for Jordan’’ and feared De Goey’s season was over. The explosive de Goey is a match-winner and his absence threatens the Magpies’ bid to seek redemption for last year’s grand-final loss to West Coast. Teammate Levi Greenwood, who had also battled a hamstring issue six weeks ago, was hurt and spent most of the second half on the bench with what the Magpies suspect is a torn anterior cruciate ligament. |
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