AFL 2021 Round 5: The Team

AFL 2021 ROUND 5 COLLINGWOOD v WEST COAST Time & Place:  Friday April 16, 8.10pm AEST Perth Stadium TV: 7mate / Fox Footy Weather: Min 12 Max 26 Chance of rain 5%: <1mm Wind: ESE 13kph Betting: Collingwood $3.18 West Coast $1.36

FB: [37] Brayden Maynard, [23] Jordan Roughead, [3] Isaac Quaynor 

HB: [11] Mark Keane, [30] Darcy Moore, [38] Jeremy Howe

C: [25] Jack Crisp, [10] Scott Pendlebury, [9] John Noble

HF: [7] Josh Daicos, [41] Brody Mihocek, [2] Jordan De Goey

FF: [17] Callum L. Brown, [14] Darcy Cameron, [24] Josh Thomas

Foll: [4] Brodie Grundy, [19] Levi Greenwood, [22] Steele Sidebottom 

I/C:  [18] Finlay Macrae, [16] Chris Mayne, [31] Beau McCreery, [44] Jack Madgen

EMG:  [21] Trey Ruscoe, [36] Brayden Sier, [6] Tyler Brown, [46] Mason Cox

In: Darcy Cameron, Finlay Macrae, Mark Keane
Out:  Brayden Sier (Omitted) Mason Cox (Omitted) Taylor Adams (Omitted) Will Hoskin-Elliott (Managed)New: Finlay Macrae

HERALD SUN Round 5 Collingwood v WEST COAST Collingwood has lost patience with Mason Cox, dumping the 30-year-old full-forward for Friday night’s crunch game against West Coast. The bombshell omission could open the door for star defender Darcy Moore to swing forward, where he would cross paths with four-time All-Australian Jeremy McGovern. Coach Nathan Buckley promoted 194cm Irish defender Mark Keane into his 22, as well as ruckman Darcy Cameron and debutant Finlay Macrae. Under-fire players Chris Mayne and Josh Thomas held on although Will Hoskin-Elliott stayed in Melbourne after wife Kirstie gave birth to a baby girl this week. Cox was not on the plane to Perth on Thursday. Instead emergencies Brayden Sier and Trey Ruscoe flew west and one will be named the club’s medical substitute. Finlay Macrae will make his AFL debut on Friday night. Picture: Getty Levi Greenwood has taken Sier’s place in the 22 while Taylor Adams (knee) will miss 10 weeks. Buckley has had his relationships with players and his body language called into question this week. All eyes will be on the moves he makes as the 1-3 Magpies desperately try to rediscover their mojo before Anzac Day. Keane has recovered from a finger tendon injury and faces a baptism of fire in his second AFL game as he takes on the likes of Jack Darling, Josh Kennedy and Oscar Allen. Buckley surprisingly started Isaac Quaynor on Toby Greene last week in a move that backfired as Greene won the match with five goals. It is expected that Brayden Maynard – the man most thought would stand Greene – will start on Liam Ryan on Friday night. Cox enjoyed his best game for 2020 in last year’s famous elimination final victory. But not even that performance could save him from the axe. Cox kicked two goals in each of the first three rounds, but was held scoreless on a slippery night at the MCG against Greater Western Sydney last week. His contract expires at the end of this season.