AFL 2018 Pre-Season Game 1 Squad Named

AFL 2018 Pre Season Game 1 Collingwood v GWS Time & Place: Thursday, March 1, 7:10pm EDT Manuka Oval, Canberra TV: Fox Footy 7:00pm EDT Weather: Min 12 Max 29 Chance of rain 5% < 1mm Wind: NE 14kph

B: Lynden Dunn, Brody Mihocek, Flynn Appleby

HB: Jack Crisp, Adam Oxley, Tom Langdon

C: Josh Smith, Taylor Adams, James Aish

HF: Travis Varcoe, Chris Mayne, Tim Broomhead

F: Callum Brown, Mason Cox, Brayden Maynard

Foll: Brodie Grundy, Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom

Int (from): Jarryd Blair, Ben Crocker, Josh Daicos, Tyson Goldsack, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Sam McLarty, Sam Murray, Tom Phillips, Ben Reid, Matthew Scharenberg, Jaidyn Stephenson, Josh Thomas

NEW: Flynn Appleby (19, Greater Western Victoria U18), Brody Mihocek (25, Port Melbourne), Sam Murray (20, Sydney), Jaidyn Stephenson (19, Eastern U18)

Collingwood News Collingwood’s first AFL team sheet for the year includes a mix of existing stars and exciting young recruits. Captain Scott Pendlebury will travel to Canberra to face the GWS Giants on Thursday, but is joined by first-timers Jaidyn Stephenson, Sam Murray, Brody Mihocek and Flynn Appleby. Pendlebury’s inclusion marks his first game in Black and White since a finger injury prematurely ended his 2017 season in round 17. The skipper is fully fit, and was impressive in Collingwood’s intra-club clash last Thursday evening. For 12 Magpies included in the travelling party, a clash with the Giants will be the second experience facing serious opposition after taking part in AFLX a fortnight ago in Adelaide. Brayden Maynard and Steele Sidebottom led the Magpies to a win over West Coast and loss to Adelaide in the 20-minute format, and are both expected to take on the Giants in a moretraditional sense at UNSW Canberra Oval. The recent round robin also introduced the AFL world to 2017 No.6 draft pick Stephenson. Aflashy forward / midfielder, the 19-year-old will have another chance to impress as he strives for early season selection. Collingwood’s previous owner of the No. 35 guernsey – Sam McLarty has been named, alongside rookie defenders Appleby and Mihocek. As expected in pre-season games, there are a number of notable absentees. Adam Treloar will sit out the clash against his former side, while Jeremy Howe, Jamie Elliott, Alex Fasolo and Darcy Moore edge closer to a return to action. The Magpies will have an eight-day break between Thursday’s clash with the Giants and a JLT Week Three game against the Western Bulldogs in Moe.