Collingwood 2022 AFLW Draw
| Fixture |
Venue |
Time EDT |
TV |
| Round 1 |
| Sunday, January 9 |
| Carlton vs Collingwood |
Ikon Park |
4:10pm |
Seven, Fox |
| Round 2 |
| Saturday, January 15 |
| Collingwood vs St Kilda |
Victoria Park |
3:10pm |
Seven, Fox |
| Round 3 |
| Friday, January 21 |
| Geelong vs Collingwood |
GMHBA Stadium |
7:10pm |
Fox Footy |
| Round 4 |
| Sunday, January 30 |
| Collingwood vs Fremantle |
Victoria Park |
3:10pm |
Seven, Fox |
| Round 5 |
| Brisbane vs Collingwood |
Maroochydore |
5:10pm |
Fox Footy |
| Round 6 |
| Friday, February 11 |
| Collingwood vs West Coast |
Victoria Park |
5:10pm |
Fox Sports 3 |
| Round 7 |
| Friday, February 18 |
| Tas. Kangaroos vs Collingwood |
University Stadium |
7:10pm |
Fox Footy |
| Round 8 |
| Sunday, February 27 |
| Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs |
Victoria Park |
1:10pm |
Seven, Fox |
| Round 9 |
| March 4-6 (TBC) |
| Adelaide vs Collingwood |
Norwood Oval |
TBC |
TBC |
Collingwood 2022 AFLW Squad
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Land of the giants: Pies' forward line a scary proposition in
2022
OPPOSITION clubs are steeling themselves for a much taller Collingwood
forward line in 2022.
Collingwood News - Sarah Black
OPPOSITION clubs are steeling themselves for a much taller Collingwood forward
line in 2022. The Magpies primarily ran with Chloe Molloy (171cm) and Sophie
Alexander (178cm) as their primary targets last season, with draftees Abbi
Moloney and Amelia Velardo playing two games each.
But fresh off a heart-breaking four-point preliminary final loss to Brisbane,
Collingwood have brought in two tall forwards in the form of ex-Tiger Sabrina
Frederick (182cm) and VFLW leading goalkicker Imogen Barnett (176cm) to make an
intriguing selection mix.
"Our forward line gets talked about a lot, and I think that's just what happens
at AFLW level, because everyone's trying to find the best forward combination
and improve the scoring of the game," coach Steve Symonds told
womens.afl.
"We're no different from other teams, we're still looking for the best mixture
of what our forward line looks like and it's a work in progress.
"We found in finals, against the better teams, they were wary about Chloe, and
she sometimes found herself in two-on-one situations. She's not a tall girl, so
we thought by bringing a couple of tall targets in, it would take the load of
Chloe and allow her to be more creative – what she's best at.
"That might mean Chloe could play more in through the midfield at times than
what she's done in the past.
"We just thought it gives us a few more options, and it doesn't mean we won't do
what we did last year and play smaller up forward, but we now have options where
we can do it if it suits for our team."
It's a common refrain among football clubs, but consistency will be
Collingwood's biggest goal for the 2022 season, both across matches and within
games themselves.
The Pies shot out of the blocks in 2021, recording six straight wins, but
faltered against Brisbane and Adelaide, the eventual grand finalists.
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Imogen Barnett and Sabrina Frederick will be twin towers up forward
in 2022. [Photo: Collingwood FC]
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"We know that when we start to get things right, we're more than competitive
against some of the better teams in the competition. Possibly a few years ago,
the team's belief wasn't at that level," Symonds said.
"We still have moments within games – and even though we won a lot of games last
year, there were still moments within them where we didn't play to our full
potential, our level or stick to our processes. Consistency is probably our
biggest thing.
"The game is full of moments. Even that final against Brisbane, there was a
whole heap of little moments, the ball bouncing on the line and went the wrong
way, if it had gone the other way, the whole outcome of the season could have
been different.
"The whole game is full of them, so (we focus on) what do we do in those
moments, how do we react and how do we get over those situations and get things
on track if they haven't gone right."
At this stage, Collingwood has virtually a full squad to choose from for its
round one clash against Carlton. Young winger Joanna Lin has had an operation on
her shoulder, but is expected to play at some point this season.
"Whilst we've shown some good improvement over the last few years, the girls
were bitterly disappointed at the end of last season. It takes a lot of hard
work to give yourself a chance to play in the Grand Final, and to fall so short
at the end," Symonds said.
"I think all bar one person – and that was injury-affected – came back and broke
PBs, whether that was strength or running, so it's a good sign and they've
carried that mindset through the pre-season."
