Round Two
Collingwood v Adelaide
Saturday April 11, Etihad Stadium, 4.05pm (SA time)
Broadcast details
Live on Fox Footy and Channel 7
Head to head
Adelaide – 13
Collingwood – 25
Milestones
Josh Jenkins – 50 AFL games
Latest news
In the mix
With two first-choice midfielders sidelined by injury, Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley will be forced to shuffle the magnets ahead of Saturday’s clash with the Crows.
Out of action (estimates only)
Levi Greenwood (fractured ankle) – 10-12 weeks
Brent Macaffer (knee) – 6-8 weeks
Ben Reid (soft-tissue injuries) – test
Matt Scharenberg (knee) 4-6 weeks
Steele Sidebottom (broken thumb) – 6-8 weeks
Jarrod Witts (general soreness) – test
Clinton Young (hamstring) – 3-5 weeks
Collingwood’s last five
2015 Round One, Brisbane 11.8 (74) d by Collingwood 12.14 (86), Gabba
2014 Round 23, Collingwood 8.8 (56) d by Hawthorn 18.13 (121), MCG
2014 Round 22, GWS Giants 9.13 (67) d by Collingwood 11.9 (75), Spotless Stadium
2014 Round 21, Collingwood 8.8 (56) d by Brisbane 18.15 (123), MCG
2014 Round 20, West Coast 19.12 (126) d Collingwood 10.6 (66), Patersons Stadium
Recent form against Adelaide
2014 Round 18, Collingwood 12.10 (82) d by Adelaide 14.14 (98), MCG
2014 Round Nine, Adelaide 10.16 (76) d Collingwood 7.13 (55), Adelaide Oval
2013 Round 16, Collingwood 17.9 (111) d Adelaide 12.12 (84), MCG
2012 Round Nine, Adelaide 6.13 (49) d by Collingwood 10.15 (75), AAMI Stadium
2011 Round Nine, Collingwood 20.15 (135) d Adelaide 14.8 (92), Etihad Stadium
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting
3 – Patrick Dangerfield (Adel)
2 – Dayne Beams (Coll)
1 – Brodie Smith (Adel)
Most recent team
B: Toovey, N. Brown, Sinclair
HB: Langdon, Frost, Oxley
C: Varcoe, Sidebottom, Ramsay
HF: Swan, White, Goldsack
F: Elliott, Cloke, Fasolo
Foll: Grundy, Adams, Pendlebury
Interchange: Blair, J. Crisp, Williams, de Goey
News bites
Sidebottom sidelined
Magpies midfielder Steele Sidebottom has been ruled out of this weekend’s Round Two clash with Adelaide and could be sidelined for up to eight weeks with a broken thumb.
AFL Preview
The team at AFL Media believe Adelaide’s forward firepower will be too strong for Collingwood to combat.
Last time we met: Collingwood R18, 2014
Taylor Walker was Adelaide’s match-winner in a thrilling contest in Melbourne the last time we met the Magpies.
