Collingwoodfc.com.au takes a look at the key facts and figures to arise from Friday night’s 38-point win over Richmond at the MCG.

Points of note
- Brent Macaffer was the talk of the town in the hours after the match. The 26-year-old put the clamps on Richmond playmaker Trent Cotchin, restricting him to just 13 disposals. It is Cotchin’s lowest match tally since round 16, 2010, and he has returned less than 13 touches on just five occasions in his 111 games. Macaffer himself had only nine disposals, but his game-high 11 tackles illustrate how committed he was to his role.

- The win is Collingwood’s seventh in a row against the Tigers. You have to go back to round 19, 2007, to locate Richmond’s most recent home and away victory against the Black and White. It’s a long time ago, as evidenced by the fact that just six players in the Collingwood line-up on Friday night were a member of the outfit that fell short by 20 points on 10 August 2007. For the record, those players are Nick Maxwell, Heritier Lumumba, Travis Cloke, Alan Toovey, Dane Swan and Tyson Goldsack.

- Richmond’s 3.10 at three quarter time was its lowest score against the Magpies at that stage of a game since 1989. The Tiges, with Kevin Bartlett at the helm, had just 2.12 on the board at three quarter time and went down by 46 points in a low scoring scrap at Victoria Park at the tail end of the season. For the record, Gavin Brown was named best afield for his 36 disposals in one of his Copeland Trophy winning years.

- The first quarter was easily Collingwood’s best for the season so far. In kicking 4.3, the Magpies very nearly topped their cumulative total across the first three opening terms of 2014 (3.10). You don’t have to look back too far for better efforts, though. Collingwood started last season’s round 23 stoush with North Melbourne with five goals and four behinds and kicked eight goals three just nine days earlier against the Eagles.

- Big Jesse White is starting to develop a strong recent record against Richmond. His three goals and seven marks on a night not suited to key forwards came on top of his four goals and three Brownlow votes while playing for Sydney last season.


Vote for your top three players in Collingwood's 38-point win to help decide the winner of the Magpie Army Player of the Year Award.


Player K H D M HO FF FA T G B
17. Dayne Beams2010305010431
36. Dane Swan1710273000321
10. Scott Pendlebury1212242121631
22. Steele Sidebottom166223000510
12. Luke Ball139224123810
14. Clinton Young147214000401
1. Alex Fasolo119204012301
8. Heritier Lumumba135189000601
15. Jarrod Witts7101741000000
19. Jamie Elliott124166012220
6. Tyson Goldsack610163001401
18. Jesse White141157011432
41. Tom Langdon94135002200
34. Alan Toovey76133010600
11. Jarryd Blair56112001510
32. Travis Cloke6393002102
3. Brent Macaffer45930131100
23. Lachlan Keeffe4482000000
24. Josh Thomas2680000100
5. Nick Maxwell4481030500
45. Jack Frost1450001000
4. Brodie Grundy13402412001

Key
K: Kicks, H: Handballs, D: Disposals, M: Marks, HO: Hitouts, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, T: Tackles, G: Goals, B: Behinds.