Sunday’s second and last AFL Round 12 match for the round is between Collingwood Magpies and Western Bulldogs with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The game is to start 4:40pm local time with home team Collingwood holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Collingwood Magpies and Western Bulldogs.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, Sunday 16 June, 4:40pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Collingwood Magpies | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.14 |
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Western Bulldogs
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6.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
Preview:
The last match of round 12 is between Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs, with the Magpies coming off a big win against Melbourne in the Queen’s Birthday clash. It will be very tough for the Western Bulldogs to make a dent here, despite some pretty good performances over the last few weeks against St Kilda and Port Adelaide before a bye last week. While Collingwood have also been far from their best this season, the momentum gathered last week should be enough to see them through this game.
Teams:
Collingwood Magpies:
B: Nathan Brown, Ben Reid, Heritier O’Brien
HB: Heath Shaw, Nick Maxwell, Marley Williams
C: Steele Sidebottom, Brent Macaffer, Luke Ball
HF: Jamie Elliott, Quinten Lynch, Dane Swan
F: Ben Kennedy, Travis Cloke, Josh Thomas
Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Jarryd Blair
Int (from): Kyle Martin, Tim Broomhead, Ben Sinclair, Alan Didak, Paul Seedsman, Sam Dwyer, Adam Oxley
In: S.Dwyer, T.Broomhead, J.Elliott
Out: nil
Western Bulldogs:
B: Brett Goodes, Jordan Roughead, Michael Talia
HB: Jason Johannisen, Dale Morris, Dylan Addison
C: Adam Cooney, Matthew Boyd, Jack Macrae
HF: Robert Murphy, Liam Jones, Ryan Griffen
F: Daniel Giansiracusa, Jake Stringer, Luke Dahlhaus
Foll: Will Minson, Tom Liberatore, Nick Lower
Int (from): Lukas Markovic, Liam Picken, Mitch Wallis, Koby Stevens, Clay Smith, Nathan Hrovat, Tom Campbell
In: M.Boyd, A.Cooney, L.Markovic, T.Campbell
Out: T.Williams (shoulder)
Buckley backs Magpies’ AFL brat pack
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has rubbished suggestions that the Magpies’ so-called Brat Pack are a divisive clique resisting cultural change at the AFL club.
The Magpies have this season employed consultants Leading Teams, the leadership experts that helped implement both Sydney’s famed Bloods culture and the cultural shift that led to Geelong’s current glory era.
Some commentators have suggested there are signs that Magpies veterans such as Dane Swan, Heath Shaw, Alan Didak and Ben Johnson, key members of Collingwood’s 2010 premiership side under Mick Malthouse, are resisting cultural change.
Instances such as Shaw’s non-selection for a recent match based partly on results of skinfold tests, Swan’s apparent reluctance to spend time out of the midfield and the long VFL stint Didak needed to break into the senior side have been cited as evidence of friction with the coach.
But Buckley said those players were as keen as any to do whatever’s needed to deliver club success.
“I don’t think there’s enough credit given to those players,” Buckley told reporters on Wednesday.
“They’ve been successful performers over a long period of time.
“They’re great footballers, they’re great team men. They want to be a part of a successful environment.
“I think the supposition that they’re on one road and the rest of the club is on another is just totally false.”
Buckley said Collingwood’s approach was not about trying to copy the Swans’ culture, which has been credited for helping Sydney play finals in nine of the past 10 seasons, including two flags.
But he acknowledged part of the motivation was to match the Swans.
“Sydney’s form over the last couple of weeks in particular has everyone sitting up in their seats saying `Geez, that’s where we need to get to,’” he said.
“So that’s what you’re working towards.”
Buckley said everything Collingwood did was geared towards winning more games and contending for premierships.
He said the leadership model they were developing was about empowering players to devise a set of clear, non-negotiable requirements that would help them further that aim.
That doesn’t mean players can’t enjoy life off-field.
“The perception that it creates and constructs robots, that you need 47 blokes who are exactly the same, that couldn’t be further from the truth,” he said.
Small forward Andrew Krakouer will return through the VFL this weekend, having not played at any level last round after taking time off to deal with family issues.
Ex-Hawthorn recruit Clinton Young, yet to play an AFL game with his new club because of injuries, will also make a VFL comeback.