The Magpies hit the track for the first time as a full squad under new coach Nathan Buckley. The playing group trained under cloudy skies, with recently appointed assistant coaches Rodney Eade, Robert Harvey, Ben Hart, Mitch Hahn and Dale Tapping getting their first look at Gosch's Paddock.
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Alan Didak is back for another year and is looking in great shape.
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Ben Sinclair, Andrew Krakouer, Daniel Farmer, VFL coach Tarkyn Lockyer, Sharrod Wellingham and Luke Ball head to the track.
The leaders, Scott Pendlebury, Nathan Buckley and Nick Maxwell, head out onto Gosch's Paddock.
New recruits Marley Williams and Peter Yagmoor find some common ground during the warm up.
Three Brownlow Medals, 10 Best and Fairests and 14 All-Australians between them. You'd think that any conversation between Nathan Buckley and Robert Harvey would be interesting.
The boys go through their paces on their first day at Gosch's Paddock for the month.
A couple of Western Australians, Alex Fasolo and Kirk Ugle, go through their paces.
Heath Shaw's eyes wander from the ball, but only for a second...
The scene at the nearby Olympic Park, which is set to become Collingwood's new training venue in the near future.
