Melbourne vs Collingwood: AFL live scores, blog

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10th June, 2013

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Teams

Melbourne

B: Lynden Dunn, Cameron Pedersen, Dean Terlich
HB: Colin Garland, Tom McDonald, Sam Blease
C: Jack Trengove, Colin Sylvia, Michael Evans
HF: Jeremy Howe, Jack Fitzpatrick, Jack Watts
F: David Rodan, Chris Dawes, Aaron Davey
Foll: Mark Jamar, Matt Jones, Nathan Jones
Int (from): James Sellar, Dean Kent, Rohan Bail, Max Gawn, Luke Tapscott, Jimmy Toumpas, Jordie McKenzie

Collingwood

B: Nathan Brown, Ben Reid, Heritier O'Brien
HB: Heath Shaw, Nick Maxwell, Marley Williams
C: Steele Sidebottom, Brent Macaffer, Luke Ball
HF: Jamie Elliott, Quinten Lynch, Dane Swan
F: Ben Kennedy, Travis Cloke, Alan Didak
Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Jarryd Blair
Int (from): Martin Clarke, Jackson Paine, Kyle Martin, Ben Sinclair, Paul Seedsman, Josh Thomas, Adam Oxley

First Bounce: 3.20pm AEST
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Last Time: Collingwood 19.15 (129) def Melbourne 13.9 (87)
History: Melbourne 79 Collingwood 142 drawn 5
Betting: $21 Melbourne, $1.002 Collingwood
TV: Channel Seven (LIVE), Fox Footy (LIVE)

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Simon McInerney

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10th June, 2013

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Demons supporters and footy neutrals alike will be hoping for a decent contest when the Melbourne take on Collingwood in the traditional Queen’s Birthday clash at the MCG. We’ll have live updates from 3.20pm AEST.

The annual Queen’s Birthday clash, Melbourne’s biggest fixture of the year, has been contested since 2001.

The Magpies have emerged victorious on seven occasions and Melbourne four times, and there was also a 76-all draw in 2010, the year of Collingwood’s most recent premiership.

When the Dees lost by 95 points to Hawthron last weekend, coach Mark Neeld looked like a dead man walking – a club board meeting early last week was apparently set to put prematurely end his tenure.

To the surprise of many, the club hierarchy decided to hold fire – allowing Neeld to stay on and face his former club this weekend.

Interestingly, Nathan Buckley has spoken out in defence of Neeld over the weekend, labelling the media speculation surrounding his potential departure a “disgrace”.

With just one win on the board, the Demons are stationed in 17th and lose James Frawley (hamstring), Joel Macdonald (foot), Rohan Bail and James Strauss.

In comes the experienced Colin Sylvia, as well as Tom McDonald, Sam Blease and Jimmy Toumpas.

The Pies started this round in 8th after an up-and-down start to the year. Their form line tells a story in itself: WLWLWLWLWW.

Adam Oxley becomes their seventh debutant of the season, replacing Jamie Elliot (hamstring tightness).

Forward spearhead Travis Cloke and Ben Sinclair return, with Andrew Krakouer and Martin Clarke making way.

Please join us on The Roar from 3.20pm AEST this afternoon for live updates and chat as the action unfolds.

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