2nd Elimination Final - Collingwood v Werribee at North Port

[MagpieBat]

When and Where:
12:10pm this Saturday at the Port Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Broadcast:
TV - Channel 7 in Victoria from 12pm.

Radio - Streamed live on Collingwood Radio via collingwoodfc.com.au at this portal and through the Collingwood FC smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 12:00pm. Data usage and charges apply, including for Telstra customers.

Internet - LiveChat at collingwoodfc.com.au, full video replay available on Saturday evening/Sunday. Score updates in this thread and on Twitter at @VFLPies

Getting There:
- Drive to the corner of Williamstown Road and Ingles Street, Port Melbourne. Parking immediately outside and around the ground along Williamstown Road, Ingles Street, Woodruff Street and Bertie Street.

- Take the Route 109 tram (Port Melbourne - Box Hill) to North Port light rail station. Short walk up Raglan Street to the ground.

- Take the Route 235 bus (City - Fisherman's Bend via Williamstown Road) to the Ingles St / Williamstown Road stop right outside the ground.

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Admission:
- Adult: $15
- Concession/Pensioner: $10
- Children 12 & under: free

Team:
B: Toovey Frost Manteit
HB: Goodyear Scharenberg Seedsman
C: Armstrong Karnezis Young
HF: Blair Witts MacAffer
F: Close Still Blair
R: Cox Kennedy Dwyer
Int: Matheson Moloney Viola Gray Hellier Monkhorst J. Williams Greenhough Wallin R. Pendlebury Wallace Taylor Borthwick*

Last Time They Met:
Round 9, 2015 at Victoria Park
Collingwood 18.13.121, def
Werribee 12.7.79

Head to Head:
Played: 13
Collingwood: 6
Werribee: 7

How They Fared Last Week:
Collingwood 10.17.72, def
Port Melbourne 9.10.64

Werribee 8.13.61, def by
Footscray 9.11.65

Finals Eligibility:
- Because the Collingwood AFL and VFL teams are playing on the same weekend, the restrictions relating to the eligibility of AFL listed players to play for Collingwood in this VFL final do not apply.

Trivia:
- This will be the first time Collingwood and Werribee have clashed in a VFL final.

- This will be the fifth time Collingwood has made the finals in the combined nine years it has fielded a team in this hybridised VFL competition (2000 & 2008-2015), with finals appearances in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 and now 2015.

- Collingwood have not won a VFL final since the 2nd Semi Final of 2009.

- This will be Collingwood's third successive finals appearance under Dale Tapping's stewardship as coach.

Over to you...

[John Wren]

looking forward to commencing a rebalancing of ledger.

for those wanting to attend:

Getting There:
For supporters visiting North Port Oval there is plenty of parking in Munro, Ingles, Bertie, Woodruff and Fennell Streets. Melway Ref: 2E D11 & E12.

By public transport, supporters should take Route 109 Light Rail/Tram alighting at North Port Station.
Melway Ref: 2J F2.

[Dave The Man]

Fantastic. Great to get to both Games Easily and no Rush after the VFL Game

[jackcass]

Swan and Sinkers out of the seniors. You'd imagine Cloke and Tooves will take their places but PK, BK and Goodyear might all come under consideration.

Gault was at the ground Saturday, hopefully he'll be back to help fix some structural issues.

[John Wren]

no gault. done for the year i believe.

ox, seedo or youngy could come in for sinkers. tooves, of course, too.

pk or kenno for swanny.

[John Wren]

forecast of some sun, partly cloudy and 15 degs.

[Fire Up]

Fantastic. Great to get to both Games Easily and no Rush after the VFL Game

what you smoking boy? the afl play on sunday

[Fire Up]

Swan and Sinkers out of the seniors. You'd imagine Cloke and Tooves will take their places but PK, BK and Goodyear might all come under consideration.

Gault was at the ground Saturday, hopefully he'll be back to help fix some structural issues.

frost as well could go into seniors

[John Wren]

Fantastic. Great to get to both Games Easily and no Rush after the VFL Game

what you smoking boy? the afl play on sunday

clearly you have misinterpreted what dave is saying, you muppet. he won't need to rush on saturday given there is no game afterwards.

[MagpieBat]

OP updated with new broadcast info, namely confirmation of the fact that Collingwood Radio will indeed be calling this final (thank you Collingwood!) so interstate/international/can't-get-there-for-one-reason-or-another fans, don't fret, you'll be able to listen in...

[Jezza]

Looking forward to this one and hopefully we can pull off our first finals victory since 2009!

Fantastic that it's being televised for those who cannot attend in Victoria.

[MagpieBat]

OP updated again, this time with ticketing information...

[thompsoc]

I will be driving to Deniliquin at this time.
So I will be relying on updates from MB every time I stop the car.

[MagpieBat]

I will be driving to Deniliquin at this time.
So I will be relying on updates from MB every time I stop the car.

Shame. Safe travels, thompsoc. Get back in one piece. If we get through to the semi final, we could use all hands on deck in the grandstand as well.

I hope I can live up to your high standards. Mind you, do you have a smartphone you can stream the radio call from? Eats up a bit of data, I know, but it would save you stopping the car(?) every 5 or 10 minutes. Just sit it on the dashboard or the passenger seat and listen in as you go...

[thompsoc]

[quote="MagpieBat"][quote="thompsoc"]I will be driving to Deniliquin at this time.
So I will be relying on updates from MB every time I stop the car.[/quote]

Shame. Safe travels, thompsoc. Get back in one piece. If we get through to the semi final, we could use all hands on deck in the grandstand as well.

I hope I can live up to your high standards. Mind you, do you have a smartphone you can stream the radio call from? Eats up a bit of data, I know, but it would save you stopping the car(?) every 5 or 10 minutes. Just sit it on the dashboard or the passenger seat and listen in as you go...[/quote]
Thanks MB
I think there would a few posters who would like me not to come back in one piece.
As for the radio call I have listened before to the collingwood radio and they were good.
But I will have a car full of crazy kids so I won't be to able to hear.
And I will stopping the car every 10 or so minutes to sort out the "issues"
So it is the MB run down or nothing!