Paul Roos has spoken out about the emergency rule - again. Photo: Simon Alekna IT WOULD be simplistic to say that Paul Roos still holds a grudge against Andrew Demetriou and that all his football opinions are shaded against the AFL as a result. Although

Collingwood selected Dale Thomas and Scott Pendlebury in the top five of the 2005 draft after receiving a priority pick for finishing second-last. The Pies were back in the finals the next season. Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld) THE AFL has scrapped contro

Jarrod Witts has been named to play his first game for Collingwood this weekend. Source: Herald Sun ISRAEL Folau will play his first official AFL game this weekend after the rugby league convert was named in the GWS squad to take on Collingwood and the W

Nathan Buckley's Collingwood will not take GWS lightly in the NAB Cup. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley will show no mercy to Greater Western Sydney when the teams face each other on Saturday night in the NAB Cup.

Harry O'Brien joined the Magpies at Gosch's Paddock yesterday nursing a bandaged right hand after a run-in with a pane of glass. Photo: Vince Caligiuri EXPLOSIVE defender Harry O'Brien is the latest player to join a disturbing Collingwood injury list as

Essendon's Michael Hibberd and Jobe Watson try to prevent Collingwood's Scott Pendlebury taking control of the ball during the NAB cup final last year. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo With the pre-season competition starting on Friday, our football team tells

AAP Geelong's triple-premiership hero Cameron Ling wants to see star players achieve something with their original clubs before seeking big money elsewhere. Ling captained the Cats to the 2011 AFL flag despite the loss of Brownlow Medallist midfielder Ga

Bryce Gibbs is out of contract at the end of the season. Source: Herald Sun CARLTON is confident budding stars Bryce Gibbs and Matthew Kreuzer will reject potential million-dollar offers and re-sign with the Blues. Kreuzer and Gibbs will be out of contra

Marty Clarke is ready to pick up his AFL career where he left off at the end of 2009. Source: Herald Sun WHICH Collingwood players should you pick in your SuperCoach team this year and who should you avoid? Collingwood fans might prefer to forget the las

Collingwood gun Scott Pendlebury - a top-priced Supercoach star. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun Young gun: Greater Western Sydney midfielder Stephen Coniglio. Picture: Michael Willson Source: Herald Sun SINCE the dawn of SuperCoach, the m

WINNERS ARE GRINNERS: West Coast midfielder Luke Shuey celebrates his team's one-point win over Fremantle. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: PerthNow DON'T tell Luke Shuey 2011 was his breakout year. The 21-year-old West Coast midfielder doesn't want to he

Scott Pendlebury is out of contract at the end of the season. Picture: Michael Dodge Source: Herald Sun COLLINGWOOD is confident its culture of excellence and football resources will be enough to convince a raft of key players to stay beyond 2012. The Ma

Please install the latest Flash player [To view Flash please enable JavaScript and Flash.] Collingwood's Nathan Buckley and Heath Shaw on the 2012 leadership group and a nasty injury at training for rookie ruckman Jonathon Ceglar The new Collingwood lead

Scott Pendlebury at training and on a mission to overtake teammate Dane Swan as the No.1 player at Collingwood. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley is confident Scott Pendlebury will stay at the club, shooting down s

Gary Ablett is among 50 former IMG clients expected to stay loyal to player agent Liam Pickering. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images FOOTY'S biggest stars are at the centre of a legal stoush between sports management giant IMG and its former lead

HAVING banished the memory of last year's grand final, Luke Ball said yesterday that the Magpies are "almost starting from scratch" and has called on the team's less heralded names to help it reclaim the throne. Dane Swan, Scott Pendlebury, Dale Thomas a

Crucial ingredients: Coach Nathan Buckley is relying on leadership from players such as Luke Ball and Sharrod Wellingham. Photo: Paul Rovere HAVING banished the memory of last year's grand final, Luke Ball said yesterday that the Magpies are "almost star

Kevin Sheedy at work with the GWS Giants in Greystanes. Photo: Nick Moir NOT content with taunting Collingwood president Eddie McGuire over Greater Western Sydney's bid to lure Scott Pendlebury, coach Kevin Sheedy has turned his attention to Swans chairm

COLLINGWOOD midfielder Scott Pendlebury said he and his teammates were on track to be as fit, if not fitter, than in either of their past two grand final seasons, if the level of pre-season training was any indication. Pendlebury, 23, said the recently c