O'Brien, Reid and Krakouer are part of a group of players sitting out of this weekend's NAB Cup matches, a list that also features premiership stars Ben Johnson (hamstring) and Alan Didak (adductor). Irishman Marty Clarke and 19-year-old recruit Jamie...

O'Brien put his hand through a window, leaving him with stitches in his little finger. Coach Nathan Buckley said O'Brien would miss only Saturday night's round-one games against Greater Western Sydney and the Western Bulldogs at Blacktown. Alan Didak...

Buckley has no intention of starting off on a losing note. "We want to win every game we play and we want to play the brand of football that we think is going to win footy matches," he told. But the Collingwood champion will take an injury-depleted team...

Geoff Walsh were adamant yesterday that the playing list concerns were not as bad as the ''doomsayers'' made out. O'Brien, Reid and Krakouer are part of a group of players sitting out of this weekend's NAB Cup matches, a list that also features...

The news comes just three days after premiership team-mate Alan Didak was ruled out for a month after tearing his adductor muscle. Johnson sustained the injury during training at Gosch's Paddock on Wednesday and now looks set to miss a decent chunk of...

Johnson has become the second Magpies veteran in four days to have their pre-season interrupted by injury. Johnson strained a hamstring at training today and, after having scans, is expected to be sidelined for three or four weeks. Collingwood's latest...