Selection
@CollingwoodFC has added three senior players to its 25-man squad to take on @Essendon_FC at the @MCG on Sunday.
Coach @ncb_cfc and his match committee has recalled @paulseed40, Luke Ball and Quinten Lynch who have overcome their respective injuries.
It appears that teenager @brodiegrundy will shoulder much of the ruck burden against @patrick_ryder and @_tommybell_ with Darren Jolly and Ben Hudson to return from injury in the VFL.
It remains to be seen whether or not @j_witts15 will assist him, with the big man named on an extended interchange bench.
@CollingwoodFC v @Essendon_FC
@CollingwoodFC
B: @njbrown16, @maxy_5, @LKeeffe_23
HB: @harry_o, @heathshaw39, @M_williams46
C: Steele Sidebottom, Luke Ball, Sam Dwyer
HF: @elliott_jw, Quinten Lynch, Jarryd Blair
F: @beama17, @travis32cloke, @TLGold6
Foll: @brodiegrundy, @SP_10, @swandane
Int: Brent Macaffer, @j_witts15, Ben Reid, Josh Thomas, @benkennedy35, Ben Sinclair, @paulseed40
IN: Luke Ball, Quinten Lynch, @paulseed40
OUT:
@Essendon_FC
B: Dustin Fletcher, @hooksy26, Mark Baguley
HB: @Naetum15, @patrick_ryder, @M_Hibberd1
C: @DavidZaharakis, @JobeWatson, @DysonHeppell
HF: @BrendonGoddard, @Sj_gumble, @cdellolio_
F: @jcarlisle22, @kylehardingham, Nick Kommer
Foll: @_tommybell_, Brent Stanton, Heath Hocking
Int: @NickOBrien5, @taytepears, @JakeMelksham_17, Travis Colyer, Leroy Jetta, @BenHowlett40, David Myer
IN: @NickOBrien5, @Sj_gumble, Dustin Fletcher, @JobeWatson, @kylehardingham
OUT: @joedaniher06, Michael Hurley
@VFLnews
Ruckman Darren Jolly is set to return from a knee injury when @CollingwoodFC takes on @WilliamstownFC at Victoria Park on Saturday.
Jolly will line up in the ruck alongside fellow veteran Ben Hudson.
Others who will tackle the Seagulls include @dids_04, @andrewkrakouer7 and Marty Clarke.
@jfrosttt will make his return from a knee injury having injured it against @WilliamstownFC back in round five.
Match Preview
David Natoli, who writes collingwoodfc.com.au’s Ultimate Preview, has highlighted Sidebottom, @LKeeffe_23 and @M_williams46 as keys to a Magpie triumph on Sunday.
He had high praise for @_tommybell_, @JakeMelksham17 and @DysonHeppell, the latter of which David says “has proved over the last few weeks that he knows how to work through a tag and win his own football.”
David has tipped @CollingwoodFC to win by two points, saying that he is expecting a serious spike in the side’s intensity this week but is concerned about the influence the in form @_tommybell_ and @patrick_ryder may have in the ruck.
@maxy_5 faces the press
Captain @maxy_5 says that any particular edge to Sunday’s blockbuster against @Essendon_FC will be derived from the desperate stakes for both clubs.
“We have to keep winning. We haven’t mae finals yet. We haven’t qualified,” said @maxy_5.
@maxy_5 also praised the roles played by youngsters @LKeeffe_23 and @M_williams46 in the back six in recent weeks.
Browns to notch a milestone
Premiership defender @njbrown16 and his twin brother @mitchbrownie, of the @WestCoastEagles, will become the 12th set of twins in the game's history to reach a combined 150 games (provided one of the twins is selected to play this week).
@njbrown16 has played 84 senior games since debuting in round one, 2008, while @mitchbrownie has notched 65 for @WestCoastEagles since beginning in the first round of the previous season.
#theclub
On this week’s episode of #theclub, the @MagpieArmy followed @CollingwoodFC’s interim Director of Football Rodney Eade in his first week in his new role since the departure of Geoff Walsh.
Eade took us through the team's final training session before Saturday's win over @GWS_Giants and discussed the return of @harry_o and the debut of @brodiegrundy.
On game day, Eade was mic'd up at quarter time as he spoke to coach @ncb_cfc and Jarryd Blair.
Vice-captain @SP_10 also caught up with @brodiegrundy after Monday's recovery session to find out what makes this budding star tick.
Round 23 fixture confirmed
On Tuesday, the @AFL announced that @CollingwoodFC will play its final match of the home and away season against @NorthKangaroos on Sunday 1 September at the @MCG. The match will begin at 3.20pm AEST.
@CollingwoodFC has not played on a Sunday in the final round of the home and away season since round 22, 2006.
@M_williams46 becomes a Rising Star
No fuss back pocket @M_williams46 became the first @CollingwoodFC player to receive an @AFL Rising Star nomination for 2013.
He has done a wonderful job in the back pocket in the absence of Ben Johnson and @toova and thoroughly deserves his nomination.
"Marley’s application to his craft over the last two to three months in particular has been excellent," coach @ncb_cfc said.
"The work that he is done with the development coaches and with Ben Hart has set him up to succeed and we have seen the fruition of that on the field.”
