Collingwood Magpies v Brisbane Lions (Saturday Afternoon) Collingwood and Brisbane will meet in the AFL Grand Final at the MCG on Saturday afternoon. They finished one, two on the AFL ladder at seasons end so it comes as no surprise to see both teams progress through to the last Saturday in September. They met twice during the year.  And

Collingwood Magpies v Greater Western Sydney Giants  (Friday Night) When Collingwood made it through to the preliminary final on the back of beating Melbourne two weeks ago they looked to have one hand on the premiership cup.  They were on the easier side of the draw or so we thought.  Enter the Giants.  They just continue to get better. 

Port Adelaide Power v Greater Western Sydney Giants (Saturday Night) Port weren’t as bad as the scoreboard suggests last week.  They had periods where they were on top of the Lions.  Inaccuracy in front of goals hurt them before the Lions kicked away late.  They are a different beast back at home although are under pressure not to exit

Collingwood Magpies v Melbourne Demons (Thursday Night) Wet weather could play a key role in the first of the qualifying finals between Melbourne and Collingwood at the MCG on Thursday night.  At the time of writing (Tuesday evening) 1 to 4mm is forecast. Despite Collingwood finishing at the top of the home and away ladder, their finish to the

The last round before finals and to my eye there appears four good things. Collingwood v Essendon – Collingwood are set to get a few players back and will be keen to head into finals with a win against old enemy Essendon who have simply run out of steam.  They were deplorable against the Giants last week. North Melbourne