2006 Collingwood Football Club season

Shane Woewodin is delisted by Collingwood. Woewodin was a former Brownlow Medallist in 2000 whilst playing for Melbourne. He was not picked up by a club in the Pre-Season draft.
Collingwood attends a high-altitude training camp in Arizona, United States for two weeks.
Dale Thomas is picked up by Collingwood at No. 2 in the 2005 NAB Draft.

February

President Eddie McGuire has been appointed CEO of the Nine Network. He had to give up as host on several TV shows, but remained as president of the club, despite having to live in Sydney.
Sean Rusling injures his shoulder on the Community Camp in Northern Sydney. He is expected to miss around 2 months of action.
Collingwood wins first game of the NAB Cup against St Kilda in fine style, winning in extra time. Fraser Gehrig missed a shot on goal after the siren to draw the match, therefore, as a knockout competition winner was decided in extra time.

March

Captain Nathan Buckley plays his first game of the year during a NAB Challenge match played at Princes Park.
Rookie Harry O'Brien is promoted to the senior list for the injured Sean Rusling
Six players were inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. They were Charlie H. Pannam, Darren Millane, Harold Rumney, Des Healy, Billy Picken and Mick McGuane.

April

No. 2 draft pick Dale Thomas makes his debut against Adelaide at Telstra Dome. Collingwood lose by 34 points.
Collingwood win their first game of the year in Round 2 against Hawthorn.
Dale Thomas receives the Round 2 AFL Rising Star nomination.
Collingwood defeat Essendon in the annual ANZAC Day clash, in front of more than 92,000 fans in the return to the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Ben Johnson wins the ANZAC Day Medal for best on ground.
Chad Morrison was fined $20,000 by the club for drink driving, where the club's sponsorship with the TAC came under fire.

May

Heath Shaw receives the Round 5 AFL Rising Star nomination.
Collingwood sit first on the ladder after a Round 6 victory over Carlton.
The club is fined a massive $200,000 by the TAC after the Morrison incident
Collingwood beat Geelong by 102 points in Round 8 at the MCG.
Rhyce Shaw makes his comeback to the side after his season ending knee injury in 2005.

June

Scott Pendlebury makes his debut against the Brisbane Lions at the MCG.
Blake Caracella suffers a career-ending neck injury, sustained in a clash with Brisbane Lions player Tim Notting. Experts said he was lucky not to become a quadriplegic.
Collingwood beat reigning premiers Sydney at Telstra Stadium. It would be the first of a current 10-match winning streak against them.

July

Dual best and fairest Paul Licuria is 'rested' for the match against West Coast. Collingwood wins convincingly, avenging defeat in Round 7.
Goal-sneak Leon Davis fractures his left ankle.
Chris Tarrant and Ben Johnson involved in brawl outside a Port Melbourne hotel, leaving one man in injured.

August

Chris Tarrant and Ben Johnson are fined $5000 by the club for breaking team rules.
Blake Caracella announces his retirement, coming after his neck injury sustained in Round 10.
Sam Iles makes his debut against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium
Collingwood loses against Essendon in Round 19 – thus giving them the ignominy of being the only Victorian team to lose to the Bombers during the 2006 season. This loss would cost Collingwood a top four position at the end of the season. Collingwood had already won the earlier ANZAC Day match.
A bronze statue in the honour of Bob Rose is revealed outside the Lexus Centre.
Forward Alan Didak receives excess media attention, after he was kicked out of a club for a dispute with his girlfriend.
Alan Didak kicks the winning goal with seconds remaining against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
Alan Didak makes a controversial bump on former team-mate Heath Scotland. The tribunal throws the case out.
Chad Morrison retires.

September

Heath Shaw finishes third in the AFL Rising Star.
Collingwood finish 7th, after being defeated by the Western Bulldogs in the first elimination final.
Brodie Holland is suspended for 6 weeks after a hit on Brett Montgomery in the elimination final. Holland's appeal fails.
Alan Didak wins his first All-Australian selection.

October

Alan Didak wins the Copeland Trophy from James Clement and Ben Johnson, coming sooner than 24 hours after he was involved in an incident with a taxi driver.
Collingwood trades Chris Tarrant to Fremantle in exchange for Paul Medhurst and a first-round draft pick.
Collingwood delist Cameron Cloke, Jason Cloke, David Fanning, Brent Hall, Adam Iacobucci and Julian Rowe.

November

The club re-visits Arizona for another pre-season high-altitude camp.
Tristen Walker is delisted by the club, the seventh player chopped.

Playing List 2006

Nathan Buckley will be the 2006 captain, this being his 7th season as the skipper of the Pies. Collingwood had delisted several players last season, including Brownlow Medallist Shane Woewodin, and traded Richard Cole to Essendon. They had picked up several young players, including priority/first round draftees Dale Thomas and Scott Pendlebury in the 2005 NAB Draft. With the high amount of senior players departed in 2005, both Ben Davies and David Fanning got elevated to the Senior List.

Squad

Senior list

Name	No.	Height	Weight	Birth Date	Debut	Previous Clubs	2006 Games	Career Games	2006 Goals	Career Goals
Jack Anthony	31	191	85	19 January 1982	****	Diamond Creek, Northern U18	0	0	0	0
Nathan Buckley	5	186	91	26 July 1972	1993	Southern Dists (NT)/Port Adel (SANFL)/Bris	21	275	26	282
Scott Burns	17	181	85	23 December 1974	1995	Norwood (SA)	20	222	11	132
Blake Caracella	10	186	85	15 March 1977	1997	St Marys (VMFL)/Northern U18/Ess/Bris	6	187	0	218
James Clement	8	190	95	4 September 1976	1996	South Fremantle (WA)/Fremantle	23	217	2	49
Cameron Cloke	33	195	98	20 December 1984	2004	Park Orchards/Eastern U18	2	21	0	11
Jason Cloke	34	189	90	6 June 1982	2002	Park Orchards/Eastern U18	7	76	0	10
Travis Cloke	32	195	95	5 March 1987	2005	Park Orchards/Eastern U18	15	30	6	15
Ryan Cook	29	186	78	16 February 1988	****	Rosebud/Dandenong U18	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Davies	19	187	81	10 February 1986	2005	Williamstown/Western U18	5	12	1	1
Leon Davis	1	178	80	17 June 1981	2000	Perth (WA)	15	115	23	138
Alan Didak	4	182	84	15 February 1983	2001	Port Adelaide (SANFL)	23	102	41	146
Chris Egan	15	187	81	26 October 1986	2005	Rumbalara/Murray U18	11	24	14	21
David Fanning	30	204	97	20 July 1984	2005	Aberfeldie	1	14	0	4
Josh Fraser	25	202	99	5 January 1982	2000	Mansfield/Murray U18	23	136	16	120
Brent Hall	40	198	97	7 January 1986	2005	South Fremantle (WAFL)	0	1	0	0
Brodie Holland	6	180	80	3 January 1980	1998	Glenorchy/Tas U18/Fremantle	17	147	15	141
Adam Iacobucci	38	180	83	17 January 1986	2005	St Bernards/Calder U18	1	4	0	0
Sam Iles	37	183	76	19 June 1987	2006	Clarence/Tas U18/Tas VFL	4	4	0	0
Ben Johnson	26	183	82	5 April 1981	2000	St Marys (VMFL)/Preston U18	23	136	10	32
Paul Licuria	18	179	82	4 January 1978	1997	Keon Park/Northern U18/Sydney	21	181	14	69
Tarkyn Lockyer	24	178	79	30 October 1979	1999	East Fremantle (WA)	23	142	13	77
Ryan Lonie	3	190	87	4 March 1983	2001	Frankston Bobmers/Dandenong U18	22	118	12	61
Nick Maxwell	27	190	88	3 June 1983	2004	St Josephs (VCFL)/Geel U18/Nth Ballarat	17	47	2	8
Chad Morrison	7	184	83	29 March 1978	1996	Dandenong/Southern U18/West Coast	6	169	0	88
Shane O'Bree	11	180	83	15 March 1979	1998	Beaufort/North Ballarat U18/Brisbane	23	168	9	68
Scott Pendlebury	16	190	82	7 January 1988	2006	Sale/Gippsland U18	9	9	4	4
Simon Prestigiacomo	35	193	94	31 January 1978	1996	Research/Northern U18	19	179	0	3
Guy Richards	21	201	95	21 March 1983	2004	Coldstream/Eastern U18	9	23	0	3
Anthony Rocca	23	195	106	15 August 1977	1995	Reservoir-Lakeside/Northern U18/Sydney	23	207	55	341
Julian Rowe	9	187	80	25 May 1985	2004	Old Carey/Oakleigh U18	2	26	0	8
Sean Rusling	2	190	89	6 October 1986	2005	West Adelaide (SA)	5	11	6	9
Heath Shaw	39	181	80	27 November 1985	2005	Diamond Creek/Northern U18	22	28	9	10
Rhyce Shaw	22	180	84	16 October 1981	2000	Diamond Creek/Northern U18	9	60	3	12
Danny Stanley	28	186	90	18 February 1988	****	Ocean Grove/Geelong U18	0	0	0	0
Dane Swan	36	183	85	25 February 1984	2003	Westmeadows/Calder U18	21	51	19	24
Chris Tarrant	20	193	92	18 September 1980	1998	South Mildura/Bendigo U18	20	161	39	299
Dale Thomas	13	183	76	21 June 1987	2006	Drouin/Gippsland U18	16	16	10	10
Shane Wakelin	14	191	92	12 August 1974	1994	Port Adelaide (SANFL)/St Kilda	13	215	0	19
Tristen Walker	12	195	100	11 April 1984	2003	Claremont (WA)	0	28	0	8

Rookie List

Name	No.	Height	Weight	Birth Date	Debut	Previous Clubs	2006 Games	Career Games	Career Goals
Shannon Cox	44	190	90	7 March 1986	****	South Fremantle (WA)	0	0	0
Daniel Nicholls	45	176	67	2 March 1987	****	Rowville/Dandenong U18	0	0	0
Harry O'Brien	43	187	85	15 November 1986	2005	Claremont (WA)	9	13	1
Alan Toovey	41	189	79	23 March 1987	****	Claremont (WA)	0	0	0

Arrivals

Rookie elevation

2005 NAB Draft

NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft

Sam Iles

Departures

Traded

Richard Cole (to Essendon)

Delisted

2006 Fixtures

With the 2006 Commonwealth Games being hosted by Melbourne, Australia, The M.C.G. will be the main venue, dis-allowing games for AFL Football. Collingwood plays its first three games at the Telstra Dome, before being playing the traditional ANZAC Day clash against Essendon in what will be the return to the MCG, as the Games will have been concluded. This is fixtured, however, the venue may not be ready for hosting an AFL match in time.

Collingwood travels 4 times, twice to Adelaide, in a 3-week period late in the season. They also travel to Perth and Sydney during the season.

Pre-Season

NAB Cup

Match	Date	Local Time	Collingwood's Score	Opponent	Their Score	Home/Away	Venue	Result	Margin
7	26 February	4:40 p.m.	2.8.8 (74)	St Kilda	1.9.10 (73)	Home	Telstra Dome	W	1
QF	4 March	5:10 p.m.	2.10.6 (84)	Fremantle	0.15.10 (100)	Away	Subiaco	L	16

NAB Challenge

Date	Local Time	Opponent	Home/Away	Venue	Result
11 March	11:30 a.m.	Kangaroos	Home	Princes Park	W
18 March	TBA	Brisbane Lions	Away	Carrara	L

Home and Away

For results, see 2006 Australian Football League season

Round	Date	Local Time	Collingwood's Score	Opponent	Their Score	Won/Lost	Margin	Home/Away	Venue
1	3 April	7:10 p.m.	12.5 (77)	Adelaide	17.9 (111)	Lost	34	Home	Telstra Dome
2	9 April	2:10 p.m.	18.11 (119)	Hawthorn	12.12 (84)	Won	35	Away	Telstra Dome
3	17 April	2:10 p.m.	23.15 (153)	Kangaroos	11.10 (76)	Won	77	Away	Telstra Dome
4	25 April	2:40 p.m.	15.16 (106)	Essendon	12.17 (89)	Won	17	Home	M.C.G
5	30 April	2:10 p.m.	18.12 (120)	Port Adelaide	11.13 (79)	Won	41	Home	Telstra Dome
6	7 May	2:10 p.m.	21.12 (138)	Carlton	9.12 (66)	Won	72	Away	M.C.G
7	13 May	5:40 p.m.	15.8 (98)	West Coast Eagles	16.16 (112)	Lost	14	Away	Subiaco
8	20 May	7:10 p.m.	22.14 (146)	Geelong	6.8 (44)	Won	102	Home	M.C.G
9	26 May	7:40 p.m.	21.13 (139)	Western Bulldogs	16.9 (105)	Won	34	Home	M.C.G.
10	3 June	7:10 p.m.	16.13 (109)	Brisbane Lions	12.11 (83)	Won	26	Away	M.C.G.
11	12 June	2:10 p.m.	14.10 (94)	Melbourne	22.9 (141)	Lost	47	Away	M.C.G.
12	24 June	7:10 p.m.	14.11 (95)	Sydney	11.16 (82)	Won	13	Away	Telstra Stadium
13	2 July	2:10 p.m.	6.9 (45)	Richmond	13.14 (92)	Lost	47	Away	M.C.G.
14	9 July	2:10 p.m.	9.9 (63)	St Kilda	19.8 (122)	Lost	59	Away	Telstra Dome
15	16 July	2:10 p.m.	15.14 (104)	Fremantle	18.11 (119)	Lost	15	Home	M.C.G.
16	22 July	2:10 p.m.	19.13 (127)	West Coast Eagles	13.12 (90)	Won	37	Home	Telstra Dome
17	28 July	7:40 p.m.	16.17 (113)	Hawthorn	11.2 (68)	Won	45	Home	M.C.G.
18	5 August	7:40 p.m.	7.12 (54)	Adelaide	7.16 (58)	Lost	4	Away	AAMI Stadium
19	11 August	7:40 p.m.	9.7 (61)	Essendon	10.14 (74)	Lost	13	Away	M.C.G.
20	18 August	7:40 p.m.	12.17 (89)	Port Adelaide	12.25 (87)	Won	2	Away	AAMI Stadium
21	27 August	2:10 p.m.	24.12 (156)	Carlton	17.10 (112)	Won	44	Home	M.C.G.
22	3 September	2:10 p.m.	20.19 (139)	Kangaroos	10.11 (71)	Won	68	Home	M.C.G.

Finals

For results, see 2006 AFL finals series

Round	Date	Local Time	Collingwood's Score	Opponent	Their Score	Won/Lost	Margin	Home/Away	Venue
Elimination Final	10 September	2:30 p.m.	11.14 (80)	Western Bulldogs	18.13 (121)	Lost	41	Home	M.C.G

References

Collingwood Football Club

History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Copeland Trophy Leading Goalkickers Captain: Scott Pendlebury Coach: Nathan Buckley Nickname: Magpies

Home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–present) Etihad Stadium (2000–present) Victoria Park (1897–1999)

Premierships (15)	1902 1903 1910 1917 1919 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1936 1953 1958 1990 2010

Seasons (119)	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Awards	Copeland Trophy

Related articles	VFL team Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry Anzac Day clash Queen's Birthday clash Colliwobbles Eddie McGuire Joffa Corfe New York Magpies

2006 AFL season

Events	NAB Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series

Awards	AFLPA Awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Norm Smith Medal Rising Star

Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs

Player changes	Debuts Retirements Sackings/Delistings Trades

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