| 2019 AFL Round 12 COLLINGWOOD v MELBOURNE Time & Place: Monday June 10, 3:20pm MCG TV: 7mate / Fox Footy 3:00pm Weather: Min 12 Max 18 Chance of rain: 70% 1-5mm Wind: NNW 21kph Betting: Collingwood $1.38 Melbourne $3.00 |
HB: Jack Crisp, Darcy Moore, Jeremy Howe
C: Tom Phillips, Scott Pendlebury, Chris Mayne
HF: Josh Thomas, Brody Mihocek, Will Hoskin-Elliott
F: Jaidyn Stephenson, Jordan De Goey, Callum L. Brown
Foll: Brodie Grundy, Steele Sidebottom, Adam Treloar
I/C: Brayden Sier, Mason Cox, James Aish, Travis Varcoe, Ben Reid, Isaac Quaynor, Josh Daicos, Ben Crocker (Four to be omitted)
In: Brayden Sier, Mason Cox, Isaac Quaynor, Josh Daicos, Ben Crocker
Out: Dayne Beams (Injured)
New: Isaac Quaynor
Milestone: Jordan Roughead - Playing 150th game
Sier’s form has progressed in recent weeks in Collingwood’s VFL side, collecting 34 disposals and a goal against Port Melbourne on Sunday. The 21-year-old was a revelation for the Magpies in the back half of last season. With Dayne Beams injured, coach Nathan Buckley is backing everyone in the team to cover the loss of the star midfielder. "We think we've got a strong philosophy of role play and blokes coming in and playing their role," Buckley said. "At various times the synergy and the connection of the team is better or worse and that's probably what form is and if we're in good form then the rising tide carries all boats – we go a bit better." Cox has overcome an ankle issue that has seen the 211cm forward sidelined for five weeks. Alongside Sier and Cox on the extended bench are James Aish, Travis Varcoe, Ben Reid, Isaac Quaynor, Josh Daicos and Ben Crocker. Taylor Adams (groin), Dayne Beams (hip) and Jamie Elliott (hamstring) were unavailable for selection. |
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What it means for Collingwood: A win would complete a successful first half of the season before the third-placed Pies enjoy a well-earned rest, but a second successive upset loss at the MCG would raise some doubts. What it means for Melbourne: Simon Goodwin's team needs to recapture some semblance of the uncompromising brand they created last year, and only that will do against a rebounding Collingwood. Victory could kickstart the 16th-placed Demons on a long road to recovery. The stat: The Demons have been hot favourites in their past two clashes against the Pies but have failed miserably on both occasions – by 16 points in the last round of 2017, thus missing the finals, and by 42 points in last year's Queen's Birthday clash. The match-up: Brodie Grundy v Max Gawn In the eyes of many, Magpie big man Grundy (ranked No.3 in the Official AFL Player Ratings) has taken over from Demon counterpart Gawn (No.1) as the AFL's premier ruckman, so here's the perfect opportunity to settle it – at least for now. It's a big week for: Sam Weideman It'll also be a long week for the young key forward after he fluffed a chance to be the hero in his AFL return against Adelaide in Darwin, missing an otherwise regulation set shot in the dying seconds. He'll be keen to atone in his first Queen's Birthday game against the club his father and grandfather represented. Big call: Demon accumulator Clayton Oliver to break the handball record of 35 held by Crow Matt Crouch. Prediction: Magpies by 23 points |
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