2014 Home and Away Draw

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Collingwood's 2014 Home and Away Draw

Round	Date	Match	Venue	Time
1	Fri 14 Mar	Collingwood v Fremantle	Etihad Stadium	7:50 PM
2	Sat 29 Mar	Sydney v Collingwood	ANZ Stadium	7:40 PM
3	Sat 5 Apr	Collingwood v Geelong	MCG	7:40 PM
4	Fri 11 Apr	Richmond v Collingwood	MCG	7:50 PM
5	Sat 19 Apr	Collingwood v North Melbourne	MCG	1:40 PM
6	Fri 25 Apr	Collingwood v Essendon	MCG	2:40 PM
7	Fri 2 May	Carlton v Collingwood	MCG	7:50 PM
8		BYE
9	Thurs 15 May	Adelaide v Collingwood	Adelaide Oval	7:20 PM
10	Sat 24 May	Collingwood v West Coast	MCG	4:40 PM
11	Fri 30 May	St Kilda v Collingwood	Etihad Stadium	7:50 PM
12	Mon 9 June	Melbourne v Collingwood	MCG	3:20 PM
13	Sun 15 Jun	Collingwood v Western Bulldogs	Etihad Stadium	3:20 PM
14	Sat 21 Jun	Hawthorn v Collingwood	MCG	2:10 PM
15	Sun 29 Jun	Collingwood v Carlton	MCG	7:10 PM
16	Sat 5 Jul	Gold Coast v Collingwood	Metricon Stadium	4:40 PM
17	Sun 13 Jul	Essendon v Collingwood	MCG	3:20 PM
18	Sun 27 Jul	Collingwood v Adelaide	MCG	4:40 PM
19	Sun 3 Aug	Collingwood v Port Adelaide	MCG	4:40 PM
20	Sun 10 Aug	West Coast v Collingwood	Patersons Stadium	2:40 PM
21	Sun 16 Aug	Collingwood v Brisbane	MCG	7:40 PM
21	Sat 23 Aug	GWS v Collingwood	MCG	4:40 PM
21	TBC	Hawthorn	MCG	TBC

Please Note: All times are local to the city in which the game will be played.

A string of MCG games at either end of the season and several home games against traditional rivals highlight Collingwood's 2014 home and away fixture.
The Magpies will play 17 games in Victoria and their five on the road are well spaced out across the season.
Collingwood will also feature in the season opener for the first time since 2004 when it takes on the 2013 runners up, Fremantle, at Etihad Stadium under lights on Friday 14 March, and will be involved in the AFL's Thursday and Sunday night experiments later in the season.

AFL Analysis

CLUBS PIES PLAY TWICE: Adelaide Crows, West Coast Eagles, Essendon, Carlton, Hawthorn
PROS: Fourteen games at the MCG and only one of this year's top four twice in Hawthorn and its only game against Fremantle is in Victoria.
CONS: A tough start to the season with five of this year's top eight teams plus Essendon and North Melbourne (the best teams out of the eight) in the first seven games.
HIGHLIGHTS: Friday night season opener against last year's Grand Finalists will be a hot encounter at Etihad Stadium and the Sunday night blockbuster against Carlton in late June will be a television event. And, of course, Anzac Day against Essendon on a Friday afternoon.
TOUGHEST RUN: Collingwood's first seven rounds will define its season. If the Pies are ahead of the ledger after seven rounds they should make finals.
TRAVEL: Five games outside Victoria with the game against the Sydney Swans now in round two rather than its traditional mid-season slot.
GAMES AGAINST 2013 TOP 6: Eight. Plays Hawthorn and Carlton twice, the Sydney Swans away and Fremantle and Port Adelaide in Victoria. Geelong looms in round three.
GAMES AGAINST 2013 BOTTOM 6: Seven. West Coast twice and the Suns, St Kilda, Greater Western Sydney, the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne once. The Pies' first game against a bottom-six team from 2013 is against the Eagles in round 10.
WHAT PERT SAYS: "The fixture is good from an on-field perspective but in many ways not ideal commercially, with a number of our home games not scheduled in prime time. As a club we are comfortable with that as we work with the AFL on our role to be spreading the commercial benefits of the fixture as part of the equalisation strategy." – chief executive Gary Pert
WHAT AFL SAYS: A very tough start to the season but otherwise reasonable, meeting both Fremantle and Port Adelaide just once, and in Victoria. As usual, commercially sound although twilight games dominate the end of the season.

Pendlebury Wins Second Copeland

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Collingwood midfielder Scott Pendlebury has capped off an outstanding 2013 season by claiming his second E.W. Copeland Trophy at Crown’s Palladium Ballroom this evening.
The 26-year old, who also received the Darren Millane Memorial Trophy as Best Clubman, polled 192 votes to clinch the Magpies best and fairest award ahead of fellow on-baller and three-time winner Dane Swan, with utility Steele Sidebottom running third.
Pendlebury’s triumph represented due reward for an outstanding campaign, one which saw the Collingwood vice-captain earn a fourth consecutive All-Australian jumper and win a number of major awards.
A paragon of consistency, Pendlebury was one of only three Magpies to feature in all 23 matches this season, averaging 29.9 touches per game, a career high, while ranking second in the AFL for total disposals (688), sixth in clearances (131) and ninth among contested possessions winners (290).
Pendlebury also proved productive on the scoring front, kicking 18 goals and recording 19 assists to emphasise his all round influence as he helped inspire Collingwood to its eighth successive finals series.
During a season where he registered his 150th appearance at AFL level, Pendlebury produced a host of stellar displays, none more masterful than against Adelaide in round 16 when he accumulated 42 possessions and produced eight clearances, eight inside 50s and 16 contested disposals in a 27-point triumph.
Recipient of the R.T. Rush Trophy as runner-up, Swan meanwhile maintained his extraordinary consistency on Copeland night with his sixth placing in a row, testament to a star that has shone brightly throughout the most successful era in Collingwood’s modern history.
Leading the AFL in total disposals (717), Swan proved as damaging as ever in 2013, ranking fourth overall in inside 50s (119), booting 21 goals, winning his fifth All-Australian selection and finishing two votes shy of a second Brownlow Medal, while also being voted the Magpie Army Player of the Year.
It was a season-long display to suggest that Swan will remain a force in years to come. The three-time Copeland winner finished the campaign with a flourish to the extent that his performance against Port Adelaide in September saw him recognised as the Bob Rose Award winner for Best Finals Player.
Third placed Sidebottom was acknowledged for his continued rise with the J.J. Joyce Trophy in the wake of a season which showcased his remarkable versatility.
Fielded across half forward, midfield and half back over the course of the year, Sidebottom’s adaptability was evident in his numbers; he ranked in the club’s top five for total disposals (555), contested possessions (178), marks (120) and goals (19).
After navigating three injury-afflicted years to finally make his AFL debut, another chapter was scripted in midfielder Josh Thomas’ outstanding tale of perseverance as he claimed the Harry Collier Trophy as Best First Year player.
Playing 19 games, Thomas’s qualities became more apparent as the season moved into and out of winter, a fact highlighted by a 35 disposal performance against West Coast in round 22. Thomas averaged 19.1 touches per match while ranking fourth at Collingwood in clearances (61), fifth in contested possessions (151) and sixth in inside 50s (62).
Finally, All-Australian forward Travis Cloke won his third Gordon Coventry Trophy after booting 68 goals in 22 matches, Jarryd Blair claimed the Gavin Brown Award for leading desire indicators and rookie Kyle Martin was named the Joseph Wren Trophy winner as the VFL Best and Fairest Player.

Best and Fairest Top 10
1. Scott Pendlebury 192 votes (E.W. Copeland Trophy)
2. Dane Swan 155 (R.T. Rush Trophy)
3. Steele Sidebottom 133 (J.J. Joyce Trophy)
4. Travis Cloke 108 (J.F. McHale Trophy)
5. Harry O’Brien 101 (Jack Regan Trophy)
6. Brent Macaffer 76
7. Marley Williams 70
8. Heath Shaw 69
9. Nathan Brown 61
10. Jamie Elliott 59

Other Awards
Joseph Wren Trophy – VFL Best and Fairest Player – Kyle Martin
Darren Millane Memorial Trophy – Best Clubman – Scott Pendlebury
Harry Collier Trophy – Best First Year Player – Josh Thomas
Gordon Coventry Trophy – Goal Kicking Award – Travis Cloke
Gavin Brown Award – Leading Desire Indicators – Jarryd Blair
Bob Rose Award – Best Finals Player – Dane Swan
Magpie Army Player of the Year – Dane Swan