Collingwood Magpies: 2019 fixtures, preview, list changes, every player and odds

Mick Stirling

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It’s still hard to know exactly where Collingwood stands and what we can take away from a season that saw them rise from 13th in 2017 to being a questionable free kick away from a flag.

A team that had gone backwards in each of Nathan Buckley’s six seasons in charge suddenly reversed the trend in the most major of manners on the back of a laid-back attitude that mirrored Damien Hardwick and Richmond a year earlier. 

Will the Magpies continue to follow the Tigers’ trend and stay at the top of the competition? After all, the heroics of 2018 were managed with an injury list the length of Chile, so things can only get better, right? 

But then again, the Pies have got the second-oldest list in the league so maybe the premiership window is closing and 2018 was just a dead-cat bounce with a return to the lower reaches awaiting.

One thing we can be sure of is that, with Collingwood, it will always be enthralling to watch what unfolds.

Collingwood Magpies 2018 Grand Final

List changes

In

Dayne Beams (Brisbane), Jordan Roughead (Western Bulldogs), Isaac Quaynor (Oakleigh Chargers), Will Kelly (Oakleigh Chargers), Atu Bosenavulagi (Oakleigh Chargers)

Rookies

Tim Broomhead (Collingwood), Sam Murray (Collingwood)

Out

Alex Fasolo, Jarryd Blair, Sam McLarty, Adam Oxley, Josh Smith, Kayle Kirby

Best Brownlow chances

Steele Sidebottom $15, Dayne Beams $18, Adam Treloar $34, Brodie Grundy $41, Jordan De Goey $51, Scott Pendlebury $51

Collingwood has six players rated a 51-to-one shot or better – more than any other team – which will make Pies fans feel good, but also suggests they should be avoided by the average punter with too many players sharing the votes.

#steele sidebottom

However, at the end of this year’s count the Magpies had a total of 96 votes to rank as the number-one club, well ahead of minor premiers Richmond (78) and eventual flag winners West Coast (81), so maybe the black and white stripes are a bit more eye-catching than you might think.

Sidebottom was the bolter in 2018, finishing second to Tom Mitchell after an outstanding season, while Grundy got a share of 10th and Pendlebury was just two votes further behind on 15.

Players to watch

Jordan De Goey, Dayne Beams, Mason Cox

For the second year in a row Jordan De Goey started his season with off-field controversy, but the club showed its faith in the talented youngster and he returned the favour in spades. However, most of De Goey’s 2018 work was done in the forward line and if he wants to reach his true potential it’s going to require a lot more midfield minutes. Whether he'll make round one remains to be seen after he picked up an injury at training in mid-February.

The Pies spent plenty getting Dayne Beams back to the club in a move very much aimed at finding the extra 1% that can deliver a premiership. If the 2012 Copeland medallist can play at his best it will be near impossible for opponents to control the centre of the ground, but he’s only averaged 14 games a season over the past six years and isn’t getting any younger.

The preliminary final win against Richmond will forever be remembered as Mason Cox’s coming of age, but in reality the giant American is 28 years old before round one, has played a total of 44 games and averaged just one goal a match in a 2018 spent almost entirely in the forward line. Cox averaged less than five effective disposals a game through the finals and, 10 dominant minutes against the Tigers aside, appeared to be well worked out by opposition defences. 

A last chance to watch?

Tyson Goldsack, Daniel Wells

A season that looked over before it began almost turned into a fairytale for the ages for Tyson Goldsack, as the veteran defender forced his way back into the side for the finals after a knee reconstruction in the pre-season. The 31-year-old signed for one more season, but with Matt Scharenberg, Lynden Dunn and Darcy Moore all back to fight for the key defensive posts it won’t be easy for Goldy to get a game, let alone be a prominent part of the Pies’ 2019 campaign.

#tyson goldsack

Things will be just as difficult for Daniel Wells as he attempts to get on the ground and amongst a midfield that has been bolstered by Beams’ recruitment and De Goey and Jaidyn Stephenson’s development. The former Kangaroo turns 34 in February, has played just 45 games in the past five years and comes out of contract at the end of 2019. If injuries strike again he may be forced to walk away early.

Collingwood Magpies’ 2019 list

Number Name Games Date of birth Height, weight Position
13 Adams, Taylor  120  20 Sep 1993  181cm 83kg Midfield
14 Aish, James  68  8 Nov 1995  183cm 80kg Midfield
31 Appleby, Flynn (R)  21 Jan 1999  187cm 82kg Defender
11 Beams, Dayne  168  12 Feb 1990  187cm 88kg Midfield
40 Bosenavulagi, Atu    180cm 81kg Forward
29 Broomhead, Timothy (R)  36  22 Mar 1994  185cm 82kg Midfield
17 Brown, Callum  13  27 Apr 1998  178cm 77kg Midfield
34 Brown, Tyler  9 Dec 1999  188cm 73kg Forward
46 Cox, Mason  44  14 Mar 1991  211cm 108kg Forward
25 Crisp, Jack  110  2 Oct 1993  190cm 91kg Defender
39 Crocker, Ben  23  19 Feb 1997  188cm 83kg Forward
26 Daicos, Josh  12  26 Nov 1998  178cm 77kg  Midfield
2 De Goey, Jordan  71  15 Mar 1996  191cm 91kg Midfield
15 Dunn, Lynden  196  14 May 1987  192cm 102kg Defender
5 Elliott, Jamie  89  21 Aug 1992  178cm 81kg Forward
6 Goldsack, Tyson  165  22 May 1987  193cm 93kg Defender
19 Greenwood, Levi  135  19 Feb 1989  181cm 87kg Midfield
4 Grundy, Brodie  108  15 Apr 1994  203cm 102kg Ruck
32 Hoskin-Elliott, Will  100  2 Sep 1993  186cm 81kg Forward
38 Howe, Jeremy  162  29 Jun 1990  190cm 88kg Defender
47 Keane, Mark 0   194cm  
27  Kelly, Will    196cm 87kg Defender
8 Langdon, Tom  80  9 Jun 1994  190cm 83kg Defender
45 Lynch, Max (R)  12 Sep 1998  200cm 97kg Ruck
44 Madgen, Jack (R)  25 Apr 1993  192cm 92kg Defender
37 Maynard, Brayden  73  20 Sep 1996  189cm 90kg Defender
16 Mayne, Christopher  196 2 Nov 1988  188cm 84kg Forward
41 Mihocek, Brody (R)  16  4 Feb 1993  192cm 94kg Forward
30 Moore, Darcy  54  25 Jan 1996  203cm 102kg Forward
28 Murphy, Nathan  15 Dec 1999  190cm 79kg Defender
9 Murray, Samuel (R)  13  2 Sep 1997  187cm 86kg Defender
10 Pendlebury, Scott  277  7 Jan 1988  191cm 91kg Midfield
21 Phillips, Tom  50  7 May 1996  187cm 79kg Midfield
35 Quaynor, Isaac    180cm 83kg Defender
20 Reid, Ben  142  29 Apr 1989  196cm 98kg Forward
23 Roughead, Jordan  138  3 Nov 1990  200cm 100kg Ruck
12 Scharenberg, Matthew  31  18 Sep 1995  191cm 90kg Defender
22 Sidebottom, Steele  211  2 Jan 1991  184cm 86kg Midfield
36 Sier, Brayden  12  12 Dec 1997  191cm 88kg Midfield
1 Stephenson, Jaidyn  26  15 Jan 1999  188cm 77kg Forward
24 Thomas, Josh  67  1 Oct 1991  178cm 79kg Forward
43 Tohill, Anton 0   198cm  
7 Treloar, Adam  139  9 Mar 1993  182cm 86kg Midfield
18 Varcoe, Travis  205  10 Apr 1988  180cm 83kg Forward
3 Wells, Daniel 257  3 Feb 1985  181cm 84kg Midfield
33 Wills, Rupert  20 May 1993  192cm 89kg Midfield

 


 

Collingwood Magpies’ 2019 Fixture 

Round Date Opponent Venue
1 Friday 22 March 7:50pm  Geelong MCG
2 Thursday 28 March 7:20pm  Richmond MCG
3 Saturday 6 April 7:25pm  West Coast MCG
4 Friday 12 April 7:50pm  Western Bulldogs MCG
5 Thursday 18 April 7:35pm Brisbane Gabba
6 Thursday 25 April 3:20pm Essendon MCG
7 Friday 3 May 7:50pm  Port Adelaide Marvel Stadium
8 Saturday 11 May 1:45pm Carlton MCG
9 Saturday 18 May 1:45pm  St Kilda MCG
10 Friday 24 May 7:50pm Sydney SCG
11 Saturday 1 June 1:45pm Fremantle MCG
12 Monday 10 June 3:20pm Melbourne MCG
13 BYE    
14 Sunday 23 June 3:20pm  Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium
15 Saturday 29 June 7:25pm  North Melbourne Marvel Stadium
16 Friday 5 July 7:50pm Hawthorn MCG
17 Friday 12 July 6:10pm  West Coast  Optus Stadium
18 Saturday 20 July 4:35pm  GWS Giants  Showground Stadium
19 Friday 26 July 7:50pm Richmond MCG
20 Sunday 4 August 1:10pm  Gold Coast MCG
21 Saturday 10 August 1:45pm Melbourne MCG
22 Saturday 17 August 4:05pm  Adelaide  Adelaide Oval
23 TBC Essendon MCG

Games played on

Thursday: 3
Friday: 7
Saturday: 8
Sunday: 3
Monday: 1

Teams played twice

Richmond, West Coast, Melbourne, Essendon, Western Bulldogs

#Anzac day AFL

2019 Preview and premiership odds

Not surprisingly Collingwood goes into 2019 as equal second-favourite for the flag, paying $7.00.

As big a bonus as Beams is, the Pies would have been a lot happier to have landed Tom Lynch from Gold Coast, with the key forward needs far from satisfied. 

Nonetheless, it’s hard to see a midfield of Beams, Sidebottom, Pendlebury, Treloar, Adams and De Goey being beaten too often, so whoever’s in front of goals will be getting plenty of opportunities.

The Pies list isn’t as young as it may sometimes seem, but it’s also not about to tip over the edge of irrelevance, so there’s no good reason why they can’t be right back at the pointy end of the season again.

Unless whatever it was that saw them slide backwards in every other year of Buckley’s reign somehow comes back to haunt them.

Mick Stirling