Round 8 - Footscray vs Collingwood at Whitten Oval

[MagpieBat]

When and Where:
11:00am this Saturday at The Kennel.

Broadcast:
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Team:
B: 9. S. Murray, 41. B. Mihocek, 43. A. Oxley
HB: 28. N. Murphy, 51. M. Hore, 60. N. Sing
C: 11. J. Blair, 53. J. Hellier, 61. S. Hetherington
HF: 17. C. Brown, 49. M. Chippendale, 54. A. Gallucci
F: 47. G. Borthwick, 39. B. Crocker, 36. B. Sier
R: 23. S. McLarty, 33. R. Wills, 63. C. Wellings
Int: 58. K. Beveridge, 69. J. Blair, 57. A. Close, 65. L. Howe, 52. E. Le Grice, 66. D. Stanford, 56. S. Tahana, 48. L. Tardrew
23P: 62. J. Roughsedge

Getting There:
Car
- Located on the western side of the intersection of Barkly Street and Gordon Street, Footscray. Entrance via Hocking Street from Barkly Street (northern end) and from Cross Street (southern end). Limited parking available at the ground outside the Western Bulldogs administration facilities. Parking also available at the nearby West Footscray railway station.

Public Transport
- Take the Sunbury railway line Metro service to West Footscray station. The ground is a short walk across the station footbridge.

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Admission:
Adult: $10
Concession/Pensioner: $5
12 Years & Under: Free!

Where They Sit:
Footscray: 9th (3 wins, 3 losses, 1 bye, 103.54%)
Collingwood: 2nd (5 wins, 1 loss, 1 bye, 155.58%)

Last Time They Met:
Round 11, 2017 at Victoria Park
Collingwood 13.7.85, def
Footscray 12.8.80

Head to Head:
Played: 6
Footscray: 4
Collingwood: 2

How They Fared Last Week:
Werribee 11.10.76, def by
Footscray 13.6.84

Coburg 7.5.47, def by
Collingwood 10.12.72


Trivia:
- Collingwood are yet to win at Whitten Oval in this competition. In their two attempts at conquering The Kennel, the Magpies have come up short, by 32 points in 2016 and 68 points in 2015. Footscray are unbeaten at home in 2018.

Note:
- The Collingwood VFLW team will be playing the Western Bulldogs VFLW team in their Round 4 VFLW clash at Whitten Oval in a game that will serve as an encore act to this match (or perhaps this match will serve as a curtain-raiser to theirs, depending on your perspective). First bounce for the women is set down for 2:00pm.

Over to you...

[MagpieBat]

The sheet for the ressies...

Collingwood

B: 9. S. Murray, 41. B. Mihocek, 43. A. Oxley

HB: 28. N. Murphy, 51. M. Hore, 60. N. Sing

C: 11. J. Blair, 53. J. Hellier, 61. S. Hetherington

HF: 17. C. Brown, 49. M. Chippendale, 54. A. Gallucci

F: 47. G. Borthwick, 39. B. Crocker, 36. B. Sier

R: 23. S. McLarty, 33. R. Wills, 63. C. Wellings

Int: 58. K. Beveridge, 69. J. Blair, 57. A. Close, 65. L. Howe, 52. E. Le Grice, 66. D. Stanford, 56. S. Tahana, 48. L. Tardrew

23P: 62. J. Roughsedge



In: S. Murray, E. Le Grice, S. Tahana, N. Sing, D. Stanford, J. Blair, K. Beveridge, J. Blair, A. Close

Out: M. Smith, J. Daicos, L. Greenwood, J. Madgen, T. Brown

[perthmagpie]

So we have at least 12 players missing this week. Wow.

[MagpieBat]

Yep, half a team again. Again...

[MightyMagpie]

Tyler Brown injured or rested/managed?

[Pies4shaw]

[MagpieBat]

Tyler Brown injured or rested/managed?

Managed is what I have heard...

[MagpieBat]

Our opponent's team...

Footscray

B: 25. M. Adams, 18. F. Roberts, 38. D. Morris

HB: 24. S. Biggs, 2. L. Young, 54. R. William

C: 56. W. Hayes, 50. J. Prudden, 22. M. Honeychurch

HF: 30. F. Greene, 5. J. Dunkley, 19. L. Webb

F: 66. A. Monfries, 40. N. Mullenger-Mchugh, 28. C. Porter

R: 15. T. Campbell, 46. L. Jong, 3. M. Wallis

Int: 51. L. Dalgleish, 55. A. Greenwood, 65. N. Hamad, 71. A. Panayi, 53. L. Sullivan, 68. D. Symeopoulos, 60. A. Tashevski-Beckwith, 67. J. Wallis

23P: 59. J. Shea



In: L. Webb, M. Honeychurch, A. Panayi, A. Greenwood, N. Hamad, J. Prudden, J. Dunkley, M. Wallis, L. Sullivan

Out: J. Schache, R. Smith, R. McComb, L. Nash, T. English

[MagpieBat]

Footscray have won the toss, which means we're kicking to the Northern end, which is left of screen in your mind's eye....

[MagpieBat]

Okay, here we go at Whitten Oval.

Massive game, start of a big three week run to the bye. Let's go!

[MagpieBat]

Adams misses a set-shot.

0-1

[MagpieBat]

Very scrappy skills out there. Under 9s stuff....

[MagpieBat]

Rushed to us..

1 all

[MagpieBat]

Turnover city from both teams

[MagpieBat]

Mihocek misses

2-1