Collingwood Magpies vs Western Bulldogs: JLT Community Series AFL live scores, blog

Roar Guru

10th March, 2018

When: 1:05pm AEDT
Where:
TV: Fox Footy
Betting: Collingwood Magpies $2:40, Western Bulldogs $1.57

Collingwood Magpies
B: L.Dunn 15, D.Moore 30, T.Langdon 8
HB: T.Adams 13, J.Howe 38, J.Crisp 25
C: W.Hoskin-Elliott 32, S.Pendlebury 10, S.Sidebottom 22
HF: J.Smith 40, B.Reid 20, C.Brown 17
F: T.Phillips 21, T.Goldsack 6, M.Cox 46
Foll: B.Grundy 4, A.Treloar 7, J.Thomas 24
I/C: S.Murray 9, J.Blair 11, T.Varcoe 18, J.Daicos 26, J.Stephenson 35, B. Maynard 37, B.Crocker 39, B.Mihocek 41

Western Bulldogs
B: E.Wood 10, Z.Cordy 12, A.Naughtion 33
HB: J.Johannisen 39, M.Adams 25, H.Crozier 9
C: L.Hunter 7, L,Dahlhaus 6, B.Dale 31
HF: T.Liberatore 21, S.Biggs 24, M.Suckling 1
F: M.Bontempelli 4, J.Trengove 8, J.Dunkley 5
Foll: J.Roughead 23, T,McLean 16, J.Macrae 11
I/C: J.Schache 13, L.Webb 19, M.Honeychurch 22, T.Dickson 29, B.Williams 34, C.Daniel 35, T.English 44, L.Jong 46

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Josh Schache of the Bulldogs celebrates his first goal with the Bulldogs during the AFL 2018 JLT Community Series match between the Western Bulldogs and the Hawthorn Hawks at Mars Stadium on March 3, 2018 in Ballarat, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Liam Salter

Roar Guru

10th March, 2018

Match result:

Collingwood have put inaccuracy woes, and a substantial deficit, behind them and defeated the Western Bulldogs by 33 points in an exciting match at Moe, complete with the traditional Saturday afternoon footy experience.

» Click here to read the full match report

Final score
Collingwood Magpies 17.16 (113)
Western Bulldogs 12.8 (80)

Match preview:

Saturday’s first game takes us to regional Victoria, as Collingwood host the Western Bulldogs in Moe. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting from 1:05pm AEDT.

Like all teams this weekend, this is the final pre-season match for both Collingwood and the Bulldogs. Their results in JLT1 for these teams couldn’t be more starkly different: a largely insipid Pies squad being handily defeated by GWS, and an inspired Western Bulldogs side prevailing in a very entertaining match against Hawthorn.

The challenge in this game for both Luke Beveridge and Nathan Buckley is the prove something. The former has to prove his side’s win against the Hawks wasn’t just a brief Monday morning shot of coffee (metaphorically, of course) after a disastrous premiership hangover. And the latter to prove his beleaguered team can win a game of football, full stop.

Conveniently for Buckey, Collingwood’s named a strong side for today’s matched. Whilst last week’s side was missing a fair few of their best players, Adam Treloar, Darcy Moore, Jeremy Moore, Sam Murray, Ben Crocker and Jarryd Blair all return to the side this week.

Draftee Flynn Appelby, Tim Broomhead, Chris Mayne and Adam Oxley all head out of the side. Daniel Wells and forward livewire Jamie Elliott are still missing, though.

The Bulldogs, too, have named a strong side. Liam Picken’s the only exclusion at this point, owing to his injury last weekend, but Tim English, Lukas Webb and Tory Dickson all return.

Prediction
Deep down inside of me, there’s an urge to tip Collingwood. For no disenable reason, just for a gut feel type thing. But, nah, despite Collingwood’s strong named side, I’m not that insane. The Bulldogs to win, and probably comfortably.

Western Bulldogs by 27 points

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