AFL 2021 Round 8: Collingwood 94 North Melbourne 76

AFL 2021 ROUND 9 COLLINGWOOD v SYDNEY Time & Place:  Saturday May 15, 1.45pm AEST SCG TV: Fox Footy Weather: Min 14 Max 18 Chance of rain 1%: 0mm Wind: SSW 13kph Betting: Collingwood $3.16 Sydney $1.36

COLLINGWOOD           3.2.20   8.6.54   12.10.82  14.10.94

NORTH MELBOURNE    2.2.14   3.6.24      8.7.55  11.10.76

GOALS - Collingwood: De Goey 6, Cameron 3, Pendlebury 2, Mihocek 2, Hoskin-Elliott

BEST - Collingwood: De Goey, Moore, Pendlebury, Cameron, Maynard

INJURIES - Collingwood: Murphy (concussion) Roughead (head knock)

REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil

SUBSTITUTES - Collingwood: Callum Brown (replaced Murphy)

OFFICIAL CROWD - TBC at Docklands

What The Pies Coach Said “When you are a Collingwood person ( Jordan De Goey), when things are going either well or bad, they get pushed to the extremities and when you are a character within that organisation you get scrutinised really heavily, you get put on a pedestal for your good performances and you get kicked in the guts for your poor ones. Jordy is in the mix, our expectations internally are that he continues to work for his teammates and tries to play his role to the best of his capacity and brings his strengths to the fore. We’ll challenge the professional while supporting the person and that is not what seems to happen externally.” – Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley

Media Clippings Herald Sun The AFL’s new concussion protocols are set for their fiercest test yet with Collingwood set to ask the league to clear Jordan Roughead and Nathan Murphy to play in Round 9. Both players were withdrawn from Saturday’s much needed win over North Melbourne by club medicos with concussion. League rules stipulate they must now miss at least 12 days, which would rule both players out for next Saturday’s away clash with Sydney. But the Magpies are set to investigate whether they can be granted exemptions given they both passed their tests. AFL AN ELECTRIC performance from Jordan De Goey has helped Collingwood snap a five-game losing streak with an 18-point win over a spirited North Melbourne outfit on Saturday. After a poor performance against the Suns last week, De Goey returned to form with 6.3 and 17 touches in the 14.10 (94) to 11.10 (76) win. Darcy Moore was moved back into defence and starred with 26 disposals and 17 marks, while Brayden Maynard also impressed down back with 32 disposals The Age Collingwood forward Jordan De Goey has led the Magpies to a much-needed victory over the winless North Melbourne, kicking six goals in a performance that will relieve some pressure on the under-fire club. The 25-year-old received strong feedback about his performance after last week’s loss to the Suns but he appeared switched on from the start, kicking a goal in the first minute after Steele Sidebottom – in his 250th game – hit De Goey on the chest. He kicked four first-half goals as the Magpies established a match-winning lead late in the second quarter, with his fourth goal starting a run of four unanswered goals from the Magpies. Collingwood then withstood a fierce and worrying third-quarter comeback from the Kangaroos, who kicked the first four goals in the second half to drag the margin back to six points. The Mercury - Mick Malthouse Collingwood will be hounded by all sorts of suggestions and opinions from the media, key outside figures, and supporter groups in the coming weeks, regardless of yesterday’s result, and the club could find itself in a very dark place very quickly if the current board doesn’t receive full support from all. I fear that would drag them back to the dark ages of infighting and feuding. ... Collingwood is struggling on the field. It has climbed the ladder and unfortunately for the supporters also dropped a few rungs. ... Collingwood as a team is far better than second bottom on the ladder. With 14 games to go the Pies could conceivably win 60-70 per cent of those which would give them a fair look at just outside the top eight. But I wonder whether there is enough harmony within the group, a trust without compromise, to stay the course.