The Magpies have not strung together consecutive victories since the opening two rounds and understand the importance of getting the season back on track as they sit in 11th position on the ladder – their lowest position at this stage of the season since 2005.
Match Details
Brisbane v Collingwood
Round 10
Friday 31 May 2013
The Gabba
Start time
Local: 7.40pm
EST: 7.40pm
Head-to-Head (since 1987)
Collingwood: 21
Brisbane: 18
Drawn: 0
Past Five
Round 7 2012
Collingwood 17.14 (116)
Brisbane 8.10 (58)
Goals – Collingwood: Goldsack 3, Cloke 2, Sinclair 2, Sidebottom 2, Swan 2, Cloke 2, Wood 2, Didak, Shaw, Keeffe, Wellingham
Brisbane: Brown 2, Karnezis 2, Black, Polec, Merrett, Rich
Disposals – Collingwood: Sidebottom 35, Swan 34, Pendlebury 33, Beams 20, Shaw 28, O’Brien 28
Brisbane: Redden 28, Rockliff 22, Hawksley 21, Black 20, Rich 20
Brownlow: 3. S.Sidebottom (Coll), 2. D.Swan (Coll), 1. S.Pendlebury (Coll)
At the Gabba
Round 22 2011
Collingwood 14.18 (102)
Brisbane 13.6 (84)
Goals – Collingwood: Cloke 5, Fasolo 2, Young 2, Swan 2, Beams, L.Brown, Sinclair
Brisbane: McGrath 3, Cornelius 2, Staker 2, Rockliff 2, Banfield, McKeever, Sheldon, Power
Disposals – Collingwood: Swan 33, Beams 30, Ball 30, Didak 30, Pendlebury 30
Brisbane: Rockliff 30, Redden 29, Black 26, Power 25, Leuenberger 24
Brownlow: 3. D.Swan (Coll), 2. T.Cloke (Coll), 1. T.Rockliff (Bris)
At the MCG
Round 10 2010
Collingwood 11.14 (80)
Brisbane 13.10 (88)
Goals – Collingwood: Dawes 2, Didak 2, Sidebottom 2, Jolly, Anthony, O’Brien, Pendlebury, D.Thomas
Brisbane: Brown 4, Fevola 4, Rich 2, Banfield 2, Power
Disposals – Collingwood: D.Thomas 34, Pendlebury 33, Swan 29, Ball 27, Didak 25
Brisbane: Power 35, Rockliff 30, Johnstone 29, Staker 29, Rich 28
Brownlow: 3. L.Power (Bris), 2. D.Thomas (Coll), 1. B.Staker (Bris)
At the Gabba
Round 18 2009
Collingwood 12.23 (95)
Brisbane 8.7 (55)
Goals – Collingwood: Thomas 3, Beams 2, Davis 2, Didak, Anthony, Medhurst, O’Bree, Pendlebury
Brisbane: Brown 5, Sherman, Rischitelli, Merrett
Disposals – Collingwood: Pendlebury 36, Swan 36, Didak 29, Davis 24, O’Bree 20, Lockyer 20
Brisbane: McGrath 29, Black 27, Macdonald 26, Sherman 24, Power 23
Brownlow: 3. S.Pendlebury (Coll), 2. L.Davis (Coll), 1. J.Brown (Bris)
At the MCG.
Round 4 2009
Collingwood 13.12 (90)
Brisbane 10.13 (73)
Goals – Collingwood: Medhurst 4, Davis 3, Lockyer 2, Cloke, Anthony, Swan, Thomas
Brisbane: Brown 2, Dalziell 2, Selwood 2, Adcock, Rischitelli, Clark, Notting
Disposals – Collingwood: Pendlebury 35, Lockyer 29, Barham 28, Cox 27, Clarke 26
Brisbane: Dalziell 28, Power 28, Adcock 25, Black 25, Rischitelli 20, Brennan 20
Brownlow: 3. S.Pendlebury (Coll), 2. B.Dalziell (Bris), 1. P.Medhurst (Coll)
At the Gabba.
Stats and figures
- Collingwood and Brisbane’s most famous stouches came in the 2002 and 2003 seasons when the two clubs met on six occasions. Collingwood came out victorious on two occasions and the Lions on four. Unfortunately, it was the Lions who won the games that truly mattered. They entered the 2002 Grand Final raging favourites but were nearly pipped by a gutsy Collingwood side that most thought would not come within a bull’s roar of Leigh Matthews’ team of superstars. Twelve months later the Lions were there again when it counted, but this time by an unceremonious 50-points. It was a loss that Collingwood did not recover from for some time.
- Remember Jaxson Barham? The son of ex-Magpie hero Ricky made an eye-catching debut against the Lions at the Gabba in round four, 2009. The No. 43 collected 28 possessions and laid nine tackles in his first game of senior football. Unfortunately, his direct opponent Luke Power also won 28. Although Barham received a NAB Rising Star nomination for his performance, he could only manage another six senior games before being delisted at the end of 2010.
- A long-forgotten game between the two sides was staged on a Saturday night at the Gabba midway through 1997. Collingwood entered the match desperate to snap its four-game losing streak but inexplicably failed to trouble the scorers in the opening quarter. In the meantime, Brisbane had piled on 5.8 (38) to open up what was essentially a match winning lead. The Pies bit back hard in the final quarter, kicking 6.3 to 2.8, and almost had the chance to steal the game when Mark Richardson marked at the top of the goal square as the game approached its final minutes. Richardson’s decision to play on had dire consequences – his kick was smothered off the boot and the Lions regained possession and had time up its sleeve to take the ball down the other end for Jarrod Molloy (6.4) to seal the deal.
- The Brisbane Lions hold a memorable role in Collingwood history. They were the victors in the final home and away game played at Victoria Park back in round 22, 1999. The match in itself was hardly memorable – Brisbane bolted out of the gates to lead by 33-points at the first change and was never threatened en route to a 42-point win. Skipper Nathan Buckley was typically manful with 28 possessions while Anthony Rocca tried to hold the forward line together with 3.2 from seven marks on a cold and dark August afternoon. Scott Crow was the final man to score a goal for Collingwood on the hallowed turf. He was gazumped by Lions young gun Luke Power who kicked the final ever goal at the ground shortly before the final siren.
- Not much went right for Collingwood in the late 1990s. Not even when they had the ball in hand, as it turned out. Poor Nathan Buckley and Scott Burns were involved in a comical passage of play early in Collingwood’s meeting with Brisbane at the Gabba in round 14, 1998. Buckley had won the ball at a centre bounce in the opening quarter and was preparing to pump Collingwood deep inside 50 with one of his trademark drop pumps. But instead of putting the Magpies into a dangerous position, KO’d Burns who was standing only metres in front of him. The ball collected Burns flush in the back of the head and knocked his lights out. Brisbane knocked Collingwood’s lights out with an 11-goal second half that saw the Magpies marooned in 13th position on the ladder.
A foot in both camps
Several players have spent time in black and white and maroon and gold since the Bears became the Lions in 1997, such as Blake Carcella, Mal Michael, Jarrod Molloy, Anthony Corrie, Shane O’Bree, Ben Hudson and Cameron Wood. Craig McRae, Shane Woewodin and Adrian Fletcher have all been an assistant coach (or in Woewodin’s case, a player and coach) at both clubs. Other interesting points of note include the fact that former Lion Nathan Chapman lived with Nathan Buckley during his one year with the Bears in 1993, Marcus Picken (the son of Magpie legend Billy) played 25 games for Brisbane between 1998 and 2001, and Marcus Allan (the son of former Collingwood player and administrator Graeme) played five games off the rookie list for the Lions in 2006-2007. Dayne Beams’ younger brother Claye is a current member of Brisbane’s best team, but is unfortunately out for the remainder of the season due to a knee injury.
Injury List
Collingwood
Heath Shaw (back) – test
Lachlan Keeffe (bruised kidney) – 1 week
Tyson Goldsack (hip) – 1-2 weeks
Michael Hartley (shoulder) – 2 weeks
Clinton Young (hamstring) – 2-4 weeks
Jackson Ramsay (wrist) – 4 weeks
Jack Frost (knee) – 4-6 weeks
Dayne Beams (quad) – 5-6 weeks
Alex Fasolo (foot) – indefinite
Dale Thomas (ankle) – indefinite
Alan Toovey (knee) – season
Brisbane
Patrick Weardon (face) – 1 week
Mitch Golby (foot) – 2 weeks
Tom Rockliff (quad) – 2 weeks
Matt Maguire (shin) – 2-3 weeks
Jared Polec (ankle) – 3 weeks
Matthew Leuenberger (thumb) – 3-4 weeks
Daniel Rich (shoulder) – 3-4 weeks
Stefan Martin (ankle) – 3-4 weeks
Claye Beams (knee) – season
Stephen Wrigley (knee) – season
Next Five Weeks
Collingwood
Round 11 – Melbourne at the MCG
Round 12 – Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium
Round 13 – Bye
Round 14 – Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium
Round 15 – Carlton at the MCG
Brisbane
Round 11 – BYE
Round 12 – Fremantle at Patersons Stadium
Round 13 – Geelong at the Gabba
Round 14 – Hawthorn at Aurora Stadium
Round 15 – Gold Coast at the Gabba
