Round Nine
Adelaide v Collingwood
Thursday, May 15 at 7.20pm (SA time) Adelaide Oval
Broadcast details
Live on Channel Seven and Fox Footy
Head to head
Adelaide – 11
Collingwood – 25
Milestones
Brent Reilly – 200 AFL games
Latest news
Backs bolstered
Collingwood could regain a number of players from injury for this Thursday night’s clash with Adelaide, including former captain Nick Maxwell.
Out of action (estimates only)
Sam Dwyer (knee) – test
Alex Fasolo (foot) – test
Alan Toovey (hamstring) – test
Nick Maxwell (back) – test
Paul Seedsman (foot) – test
Ben Sinclair (hamstring) – test
Clinton Young (leg) - test
Nathan Freeman (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks
Corey Gault (collarbone) – 8-10 weeks
Quinten Lynch (leg) – 5-6 weeks
Adam Oxley (ankle) – 1 week
Ben Reid (calf) – 2 weeks
Matthew Scharenberg (feet) – indefinite
Collingwood’s last five
2014 Round Seven, Carlton 10.10 (70) d by Collingwood 14.20 (104), MCG
2014 Round Six, Collingwood 12.11 (83) d Essendon 8.12 (60), MCG
2014 Round Five, Collingwood 13.15 (93) d North Melbourne 8.10 (58), MCG
2014 Round Four, Richmond 10.12 (72) d by Collingwood 16.14 (110), MCG
2014 Round Three, Collingwood 11.10 (76) d by Geelong 12.15 (87), MCG
Recent form against Adelaide?
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
2010 Round 21, Collingwood 6.18 (54) d Adelaide 7.9 (51), MCG
2009 Semi Final, Collingwood 12.11 (83) d Adelaide 11.12 (78), MCG
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting?
3. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
2. Dane Swan (Collingwood)
1. Tom Lynch (Adelaide)
Most recent team
B: Langdon, J. Frost, Williams
HB: Blair, Keeffe, Lumumba
C: Sidebottom, Macaffer, Swan
HF: Dwyer, White, Elliott
F: Witts, Cloke, Goldsack
Foll: Grundy, D. Beams, Pendlebury
Interchange: Ball, Adams, J. Thomas, B. Kennedy
News bites
Preview: Adelaide v Collingwood – AFL.com.au
Thursday night’s clash with the Pies is a match the Crows cannot afford to lose according to the team at AFL Media.
Pies blitz Blues for fourth consecutive victory – AFL.com.au
Collingwood dispatched traditional rival Carlton with a 34-point victory at the MCG to notch the Pies’ fourth consecutive win.
