AFLW 2020 Round 4: Melbourne 46 Collingwood 26

AFLW 2020 Round 5 COLLINGWOOD v FOOTSCRAY Time & Place: Sunday March 8, 1:10pm EDT Morwell TV: Live Stream 1:10pm Fox Footy 1:00pm Weather: Min 8 Max 20 Chance of rain 50%: <1mm Wind: E 18kph Betting: Collingwood TBC Footscray TBC

MELBOURNE        2.1.13   4.2.26   6.3.39   7.4.46
COLLINGWOOD     0.1.1   2.1.13   3.1.19   4.2.26

GOALS - Collingwood: Rowe 2, Layton, Lambert, Rowe

BEST - Collingwood: Lambert, Davey, Bonnici, Rowe, Layton

INJURIES - Collingwood: Schleicher (wrist), Brazill (knee)

REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil

OFFICIAL CROWD - 21,528 at Docklands

What The Pies Coach Said "We looked a little bit tired, to be honest. The short turnaround, whether we handled that well or not, I'm not too sure. We'll review that aspect as to how we recovered and how we trained. We just made too many mistakes. We're trying to play a certain style and, at times, we're okay with it, but when we backed off with our pressure we got exposed." – Collingwood coach Steve Symonds

Media Clippings The Age Melbourne showed they are fast finding form while Collingwood may have lost duel sports star Ash Brazill to serious injury. The Demons scored an impressive 20-point AFLW win over the Magpies at Marvel Stadium on Friday night with 21,528 supporters watching on with many taking the chance to take in some women's footy before the AFL state of origin game. Brazill plays for Collingwood and the Australian Diamonds in netball while she's also become a key player for the Magpies in AFLW where she's a running key defender and one of their most consistent performers. She was planning to play in Friday night's game then travel to Sydney to play for the Diamonds in their bushfire charity match against an All-Stars side on Sunday in what will be long-time Australian coach Lisa Alexander's last game in charge. But late in the third quarter of Friday night's AFLW clash with Melbourne, Brazill planted her left leg and went down in a heap before being taken from the field. The Women’s Game The Pies’ performance was great, but they just weren’t able to convert it onto the scoreboard. They had a clean transition out of their defensive half and a great midfield performance that unfortunately wasn’t reflected by the score. It didn’t help that the Pies’ cross-coding star Ash Brazill went down with a serious knee injury late in the 3rd quarter. Collingwood News MELBOURNE has defeated Collingwood by 20 points, a result compounded by a suspected torn ACL to All-Australian Magpies defender Ash Brazill. The Demons, coming off a shock loss to St Kilda, comfortably controlled all assets of the game, leading from the first siren to the last in the 7.4 (46) to 4.2 (26) win at Marvel Stadium. Brazill injured her knee in the dying minutes of the third term when attempting to change direction and was stretchered from the field. Ruby Schleicher was also restricted to the bench with her arm in a sling after suffering a knock to her wrist. Collingwood was unable to confirm the severity of Brazill's injury, with the Pie set to receive scans over the weekend. The match itself – crucial in regards to the future of Conference B given both teams were 2-1 coming into the game – was a fairly free-flowing affair, with the Dees' superior forward power and disciplined defence proving to be too much for the young Pies.