Collingwood Football Club
Australian Rules Football Team
Alan Didak...Series against Ireland. Didak was drafted by the Collingwood Football Club in the 2000 AFL Draft, and in 2001 he made his AFL debut against the Kangaroos at the Telstra Dome in Round 7; scoring 10 touches and 1 goal. He played five games in... In this article: Alan Didak, Collingwood Football Club, Hells Angels, 2007 Melbourne CBD Shootings, Australian rules footballer, Anzac Day, 2000 AFL Draft, Surgery, and Australian Football League |
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BBC News | October 29, 2009
O'Reilly signs two-year AFL deal
...interest from AFL clubs for more than a year. O'Reilly's switch to AFL comes after his fellow countyman Martin Clarke's decision to return to Ireland after a three-year stint with Collingwood. Other players, including Armagh lad Kevin Dyas,...
In this article: Australia, Down Under, Kevin Dyas, Martin Clarke, Collingwood, Ireland, and Armagh
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | October 28, 2009
World team to compete at under-16 level
...players, including Brownlow Medallist Jim Stynes and ex-Sydney premiership player Tadhg Kennelly. Several current AFL players, including Collingwood's Harry O'Brien (Brazil) and Port Adelaide's David Rodan (Fiji) were born outside Australia.
In this article: David Matthews, Tadhg Kennelly, David Rodan, Harry O'Brien, Collingwood, Port Adelaide, Queensland, Northern Territory, NSW, and Tasmania
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Independent.ie | October 23, 2009
grass not always
...this country. Collingwood, Sydney, Brisbane and Carlton operate successful scouting networks here too that have drawn Martin Clarke, Brendan Murphy, Chrissy McKaigue and the O hAilpins from these shores in the past few years. But Nixon has...
In this article: GAA, Martin Clarke, Kerry, Tadhg Kennelly, Australia, and Brendan Murphy
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Wikipedia | September 29, 2009
Kevin Dyas
...the 2008 season. A recurrence of the hamstring injury in the 2009 pre-season ruled Dyas out of selection contention for the first five rounds. In 2009 Dyas decided to leave Collingwood, due to injuries add his desire to return to Ireland.
In this article: Kevin Dyas, Collingwood, Armagh, Australian Football League, and Ireland
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AFL Irish experiment will continue: Roos
...in the wake of this year's reality check. Sydney have not given up all hope that Tadhg Kennelly will return, while Collingwood duo Marty Clarke and rookie Kevin Dyas have decided to return home. Swans coach Paul Roos has just returned from...
In this article: Paul Roos, Ireland, Kevin Dyas, Marty Clarke, Tadhg Kennelly, Collingwood, and Sydney
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Sydney Morning Herald - Top Headlines | July 31, 2008
Dash for cash - Sport - smh.com.au
...an American NFL team every decade or so. Despite this, Collingwood and Adelaide played a pre-season match in Dubai, after the Magpies spent a couple of weeks at a training camp in South Africa. The AFL is determined to have teams in rugby...
In this article: Sonny Bill Williams, NRL, Sydney Kings, Bulldogs, International Cricket Council, Toulon, Mark Gasnier, and Formula One
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Irish experiment
...and training athletic and talented rookies. Collingwood , Carlton and Brisbane in particular began to show an interest and hold scouting sessions and tryouts for Irish players. Carlton followed and its experiments with members of...
In this article: Jim Stynes, Melbourne Football Club, Sydney Swans, Australian rules football, Tadhg Kennelly, Sean Wight, Ireland, Hawthorn, Brisbane, and Brownlow Medal
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Viggo Mortensen
...match. He is also a fan of the New York Mets, and recently appeared in an interview promoting 2009 film "The Road" wearing apparel indicating his support of the Australian Football League's Collingwood Magpies football club.. He has...
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Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League.
The players wear black and white striped guernseys, similar to the colours of a magpie; thus their emblem, the magpie, and their motto "Floreat Pica" ("Flourish Magpies", or "May the Magpies prosper!").
The club traditionally represented the working class inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, Victoria; however, it has now moved its training and administration base to Gosch's Paddock and the Lexus Centre at Olympic Park in Melbourne. They moved their home games from their traditional suburban home ground, Victoria Park, to the much larger Melbourne Cricket Ground from 2000.
Traditional Melbourne suburban rivalries Essendon, Richmond and Carlton remain fierce. Collingwood has gained interstate rivals, particularly in Port Adelaide and Brisbane, but has retained the reputation in the national competition as the "team everybody loves to hate".
Collingwood have consistently attracted much higher than average crowds to their games than other Victorian clubs in the league. In 1970, 121,696 spectators watched Collingwood and Carlton contest the Grand Final, the record attendance for a football game of any code in Australia. Collingwood currently boasts 44,462 members and the second largest membership base of the 10 Victorian clubs. As a result, several of the league's annual blockbuster matches, including the Anzac Day clash and the Queen's Birthday Clash feature Collingwood. Due to the club's crowd pulling power on several occasions, The AFL has been accused of favouring Collingwood when scheduling the fixture to maximise the league's attendance figures.
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