2020 First Elimination Final: Collingwood 76 West Coast 75

THE FACTS

2020 AFL FIRST SEMI-FINAL COLLINGWOOD V GEELONG Time & Place: Saturday Oct 10, 7:40 PM AEDT Gabba TV: 7mate / Fox Footy Weather: Temp: 17° - 28°  Rain: 70% 5 - 10mm Wind: ENE 24kph Betting: Collingwood $2.08 Geelong $1.75

COLLINGWOOD   4.0.24    6.1.37  9.4.58   12.4.76
WEST COAST         1.2.8    5.4.34  7.6.48   11.9.75

GOALS - Collingwood: Cox 3, Mihocek 3, De Goey 2, Adams, Noble, Elliott, Hoskin-Elliott 

BEST - Collingwood: Adams, Treloar, Mihocek, Cox, Pendlebury, Mayne

INJURIES - Collingwood: Nil

REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil

OFFICIAL CROWD - 32,865 at Perth Stadium

The Coach 'It was hard-earned': Buckley The Age "We set ourselves for it. We think we're able to execute what we wanted to for the most part ... we've just been scheduled for 7:40 at the Gabba, I believe, on the Saturday [against Geelong in the First Semi-Final]. We know what that looks like going forward. We can only ever take the next step, so we focused on the things we can control and, yeah, we've still got a couple more steps to take.'' Nathan Buckley

The Game Staying alive: Brilliant Pies stun Eagles by a point AFL COLLINGWOOD has stunned West Coast by one point in front of a raucous Optus Stadium crowd to end the Eagles' season. West Coast looked the likely winner of the elimination final after Oscar Allen's running snap put the Eagles ahead midway through the final term. But in a fitting end to one of the games of the year, Collingwood poured on the next three goals to take a 13-point lead with five minutes to play. Despite the Eagles' late surge to within a solitary point, the Magpies held on for a famous victory, 12.4 (76) to 11.9 (75). Collingwood will now face Geelong in a do-or-die semi-final at the Gabba next Saturday, while the Eagles' season is over.  Magpies win the unwinnable final, eliminate Eagles in an epic Fox Footy Collingwood has caused a boilover, handing West Coast its first home loss of the year and ending their rivals’ season in a stunning one-point elimination final win. The Magpies were solid underdogs against an Eagles side that was 7-0 in Perth coming into Saturday night, including a 66-point win over Collingwood, but Nathan Buckley’s side was on early. A three-goal first quarter from Mason Cox set the tone before the lead changed hands seven times - the last one when Brody Mihocek goalled to put the Magpies in front for good. Collingwood defy the odds to topple West Coast and secure a semi-finals spot NEWS.com.au The Collingwood Magpies have defied the odds to secure a gritty one-point victory over the West Coast Eagles in Saturday evening's elimination final in Perth. The Eagles had not lost any of their seven matches at Optus Stadium this season, but Collingwood were able to muster the win without stars Steele Sidebottom and Jeremy Howe. The lead was exchanged eight times during the entertaining contest, with the Magpies narrowly ahead 12.4 (76) to 11.9 (75) when the final siren sounded at Optus Stadium. Brilliant Pies stun Eagles by a point AFL It was the smother that epitomised Collingwood's bravery. Leading by a solitary point with mere seconds left on the clock, the Magpies could feel their season slipping away on Saturday night. West Coast was surging forward in a rush of momentum that had whipped the Optus Stadium crowd into a frenzy. This would surely be it for the visitors. Eagle Tom Cole received Tim Kelly's handball, the ground opening up for him. But with the game and his team's season on the line, Magpies midfielder Taylor Adams appeared. A first-time AFL All-Australian a fortnight ago, Adams threw his body at the ball, blocking its path into the Eagles' forward 50. Just like that, the Pies' semi-final date with Geelong – and their entire season – was saved. Magpies defy the odds to edge past Eagles The Age The great recent finals rivalry between Collingwood and West Coast went to a new level at Optus Stadium on Saturday night. And somehow, Collingwood managed to hold on for an upset one-point win over the Eagles in an elimination final thriller. When Jeremy McGovern took possession deep in the Eagles' defence and pushed his side forward with 40 seconds remaining, memories of them stealing the 2018 grand final came rushing back. But two last-quarter goals from Brody Mihocek were enough to give the Pies an amazing 12.4 (76) to 11.9 (75) victory.