It’s one of the biggest and fiercest rivalries in the league, and one highlight (or lowlight at times) has been the number of players who switched jumpers between Richmond and Collingwood. Rodney Boyd shares his teams based around this.
Round 1 – Haiku Bob: outgoing sky
March 22, 2023 by 5 Comments
Haiku Bob is back for the new footy season! He can’t get the word ‘Daicos’ out of his sentences.
Almanac AFL Predictions: Why Carlton are certs in 2023
February 15, 2023 by 3 Comments
George Grossek searches the history books and come up with a reason his Bluebaggers will win the 2023 flag.
Almanac Footy: Tony Francis – Never Take a Backward Step
January 2, 2023 by 28 Comments
A standout rover who started (and starred) at Norwood before he won a flag and B&F at the biggest club in the land, Tony Francis is the latest subject of Rulebook’s gaze.
Almanac Preliminary Final – Sydney v Collingwood: Exhausted
September 19, 2022 by 11 Comments
Andrew Fithall was one of the faithful who made the prelim pilgrimage to watch the Pies take on the Swans at the SCG. An event of highs, lows and in-betweens…what a season for Collingwood.
Finals Week 3 Preview – It’s the people’s round
September 16, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Sal sorts out his tips for Week 3 of the AFL finals series and checks out the chances on the track in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Finals Week 1 – Geelong v Collingwood: A Review
September 5, 2022 by 11 Comments
Who would have thought the review would be just as good as the preview? Dips takes us through one of the all time classic finals between Geelong and Collingwood from his perspective in and around the MCG.
Finals Week 1 – Cats v Pies: A Preview
August 29, 2022 by 14 Comments
Dips shares possibly the only preview you’ll need before the Qualifying Final.
Round 23 – Carlton v Collingwood: Mindfulness
August 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Jackson Mansell is in raptures after his Pies beat the old dark navy enemy by the slimmest of margins in front of almost 90,000. A qualifying final is the reward and the vanquised drop out of the eight for the first (and worst) time in 2022. [As for the author’s queries about great redemption seasons, I recommend he check out his own side’s 1976-1977 – Ed]
One-on-one’s not dead
August 8, 2022 by 1 Comment
Old Dog was reminded of his childhood spent witnessing great gladiatorial contests between players like Jess and Glendinning when Langdon and Sidebottom faced up on Friday night.
Round 20 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide (Floreat Pica Society)
August 1, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The Floreat Pica Society match report returns to the hands of Ziggy and Garry this week after the Pies won a tenth straight game and locked in a finals berth to boot.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 20 Review, Round 21 Preview
August 1, 2022 by Leave a Comment
So it’s finals for the Pies in 2022! Cam Hooke reviews the – again stressful – win over Port and a looming top four clash of the titans with the reigning premiers.
Round 19 – Collingwood v Essendon: Footyism
July 25, 2022 by 1 Comment
Jackson Mansell is in raptures after the spiritual experience of watching Collingwood seemingly rise from the dead against Essendon.
You couldn’t script this…
July 25, 2022 by 2 Comments
Michael Pardy muses on the building pressure around 2022’s great escape artists Collingwood and predicts a (perhaps fitting?) finale…
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 18 review, Round 19 preview
July 18, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Those final two minutes continue to be no good, but Cam Hooke’s Pies got it done again, this time over the Crows. Check out his review of the game and preview of the big clash with rampaging rivals Essendon.
Round 18 – Adelaide v Collingwood: They’ve won me over (Floreat Pica Society)
July 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment
It’s eight-in-a-row for Collingwood, as Damian Balassone reports for the Floreat Pica Society. This team, led on Saturday by Nick Daicos and skipper Scott Pendlebury (‘glorious in his 350th’), has won him over.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – Round 17 Review, Round 18 Preview
July 11, 2022 by 1 Comment
Cam Hooke thinks the wild come-from-behind win for Collingwood says plenty about both his side and North Melbourne. He reviews the game and projects the coming clash with Adelaide as the Pies have one eye on September.
Round 12 – Hawthorn v Collingwood: Floreat Pica Society Report
June 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment
A cold and wet old day in Melbourne, but that didn’t faze Collingwood (winning makes you forget the cold) or Paul McKay (being in Thailand also helps with the cold…) as he wrote his piece for the Floreat Pica Society.
Round 9 – Collingwood v Western Bulldogs: Theory v Practice (Floreat Pica Society)
May 16, 2022 by 1 Comment
After watching the Pies have a ‘shocker’ against the Bulldogs, Shane Cashman has some theories about why Collingwood are where they are and what could click to make the future brighter for the Floreat Pica Society.
Round 7 – Collingwood v Gold Coast: Corridor (Floreat Pica Society)
May 2, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Steve Fahey is comprehensive as always in his FPS duties for the Pies’ solid win over the Suns at the MCG.
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