Collingwood Magpies vs Gold Coast Suns: AFL match result, highlights

Match result:

The Collingwood Magpies have shaken off a spell of bad form to record a dominant 69-point win over Gold Coast on Sunday.

Collingwood were superbly led by Adam Treloar, who finished with 35 touches and a goal. Jack Crisp and Steele Sidebottom were both also great, while Will Hoskin-Elliott bounded back into form with a four-goal effort up forward. Brodie Grundy, as one expects, was also excellent in the ruck.

Touk Miller led the Suns’ disposal count, while Anthony Miles and Brayden Fiorini were also impressive. I enjoyed the games of Ben King and Alex Sexton, who both booted three majors.

Final score
Collingwood Magpies 18.12.120
Gold Coast Suns 8.3.51

Match preview:

Sunday’s early game is being played at the MCG, as an injury-hit Collingwood host Gold Coast Suns. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 1:10pm (AEST).

A Sunday afternoon, late-season clash between Collingwood and the Gold Coast Suns never was forecast to be a game holding a lot of intrigue. In fact, even last month, this clash did not seem remarkable in many ways.

And yet, here we are – and it’s suddenly a clash that means a lot more than it should. Collingwood, facing falling out of the top four amid an injury crisis and some serious lack of form, needing to avoid dropping a game they should win. The Suns, too, needing a win – any win – to avoid closing out the season on seventeen straight losses.

The Pies last outing was at this ground, a brutally disappointing loss against the resurgent Tigers the result. The Suns, for their part, were super admirable – the best they’ve performed in yonks, really – in a close-run defeat against Essendon last Sunday.

These two sides haven’t played each other since the middle of last year, which resulted in a strong Collingwood win.

Every game they’ve played since 2015, actually, has resulted in a strong Collingwood win – perhaps contributing to the Suns’ status as warm underdogs.

Collingwood have made three changes for this clash. One is out of choice – Ben Crocker is omitted – while a duo has been forced out, Jordan De Goey and Isaac Quaynor. Levi Greenwood, Rupert Wills and, importantly, Taylor Adams all return to the outfit.

Gold Coast has opted to make four changes. Jack Hombsch is injured, whilst Jacob Heron, Jesse Joyce and Corey Ellis have all been omitted. Charlie Ballard, Jack Martin, Ben Ainsworth and Jack Bowes are all back in the side.

Prediction
Surely Collingwood ain’t going to drop this one. This is certainly a danger game, particularly with Collingwood’s injury crisis, but at the ‘G, I’ll back the Pies to win.

Collingwood by 29 points


When: 1:10pm (AEST)

Where: MCG, Melbourne
TV:  Fox Footy

Betting: Collingwood $1.13, Gold Coast Suns $6.00

Collingwood Magpies
B Brayden Maynard, Jordan Roughead, Jeremy Howe
HB Jack Crisp, Matthew Scharenberg, Levi Greenwood
C Tom Phillips, Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom
HF Callum L. Brown, Mason Cox, Will Hoskin-Elliott
F Jamie Elliott, Brody Mihocek, Travis Varcoe
FOL Brodie Grundy, Adam Treloar, Taylor Adams
I/C Josh Daicos, Chris Mayne, Josh Thomas, Rupert Wills

Gold Coast Suns
B Jack Lukosius, Charlie Ballard, Jarrod Harbrow
HB Jack Martin, Chris Burgess, Lachie Weller
C Pearce Hanley, Anthony Miles, Brayden Fiorini
HF Alex Sexton, Peter Wright, Touk Miller
F Sean Lemmens, Sam Day, Ben King
FOL Jarrod Witts, David Swallow, Darcy MacPherson
I/C Ben Ainsworth, Jack Bowes, Jacob Dawson, Michael Rischitelli