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Collingwood Magpies vs Carlton Blues: AFL live scores, blog, highlights

24th June, 2018
When: 3:20pm AEST
Where: Sydney Cricket Ground
TV: Channel 7
Betting: Sydney $1.56, West Coast $2.50

Collingwood Magpies
B Brayden Maynard, Lynden Dunn, Jack Crisp
HB Jeremy Howe, Matthew Scharenberg, Tom Langdon
C Steele Sidebottom, Scott Pendlebury, Tom Phillips
HF Jordan De Goey, Brody Mihocek, Will Hoskin-Elliott
F Josh Thomas, Mason Cox, Jaidyn Stephenson
FOL Brodie Grundy, Taylor Adams, Adam Treloar
I/C Flynn Appleby, Josh Daicos, Levi Greenwood, Chris Mayne

Carlton Blues
B Lachie Plowman, Liam Jones, Kade Simpson
HB Aaron Mullett, Jacob Weitering, Sam Rowe
C Lochie O'Brien, Patrick Cripps, Ed Curnow
HF Jed Lamb, Charlie Curnow, Zac Fisher
F Jack Silvagni, Matthew Wright, Sam Petrevski-Seton
FOL Matthew Kreuzer, Dale Thomas, Paddy Dow
I/C Jarrod Garlett, Levi Casboult, Cameron Polson, Matthew Kennedy
Collingwood is up and about in 2018, with the likes of Jordan de Goey proving critical to the Pies' structure. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)
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24th June, 2018
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Sunday’s only game takes us to the ‘G, as traditional rivals Collingwood and Carlton do battle. Join The Roar for live commentary and scores from 3:20pm AEST.

Well, this looks to be the most one-sided contest of the weekend. It’s probably just as well it’s exclusively being aired on pay-TV.

My negativity aside, there’s plenty of interesting sub-plots to be looking at as this one progresses: first and foremost, how Carlton reacts to last week’s deplorable effort against Freo.

Collingwood hasn’t played in two weeks, but they’ll be happy for the refresh. Their last victory: a dominant win over the similarly-placed Melbourne side, but that win aside they’ve won eight of their past ten. This looks to be an all-important percentage booster for the finals smokies.

The Blues? They’ve won one game this season, and their last outing was perhaps their worst.

They’ll be wanting to put that to the back of their mind, though, because they cannot afford to get complacent against the Pies.

If Freo (a team not at all known for offensive prowess) can do what they did against the Blues, imagine what Collingwood can do.

In some good news for the Blues, Charlie Curnow resigned with the club late in the week, and that man may become important in the forward line up against an in-form Collingwood defence.

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Expect Collingwood’s midfield to overshadow the Blues’ group, though, whilst their prolific forwards might be to much to handle for the Blues fragile defensive unit.

A few changes for both sides today. Unfortunately for the Pies, they’ve lost Daniel Wells to injury, and they’ve decided to include Flynn Appleby in this afternoon’s squad.

Carlton’s made a few more. Sam Kerridge and youngster Pat Kerr are injured, while Nick Graham and Darcy Lang have been omitted.

Aaron Mullett, Jarrod Garlett, Cameron Polson and Matthew Kennedy have all rejoined the squad.

Prediction
Oh, Carlton have next to no chance here. They might put in a much more competitive effort than last week, but Collingwood are far too strong and are in vasty better form. They’ll win by plenty.

Collingwood by 56 points

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