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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 2 - Starting 6 backmen (pick 6)
Last post by Lods -
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I think the big difference between 2025 and 2026 is that we will have serious depth and fair dinkum competition for almost every spot in the 23.

I'm not sure there is anymore competition than there was last year.
There's a lot of new faces who are 'unknown' that is causing some grief.

Not sure it's causing any grief :D
And players like Hayward, Florent and Ainsworth are hardly unknowns.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 2 - Starting 6 backmen (pick 6)
Last post by kruddler -
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We're going to have a pretty good bench by the time this exercise is finished :D
There's a bit of talent missing out on starting spots.

I think the big difference between 2025 and 2026 is that we will have serious depth and fair dinkum competition for almost every spot in the 23.

I'm not sure there is anymore competition than there was last year.
There's a lot of new faces who are 'unknown' that is causing some grief.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Season 2026
Last post by Thryleon -
Absolute Garbage.  How can an organisation that hums along int he mens comp, get an assistance package?

Even North melbourne are more worthy because they are almost defunct in the mens comp and have somehow picked themselves off the canvas in AFLW (largely because the gap between haves, and have nots is not so large due to the money that comp generates). 

What a load of rubbish.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Season 2026
Last post by kruddler -
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Not the news I wanted to hear:

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The Collingwood Football Club has today received a list assistance package following approval from the AFL Commission.

The assistance package includes:

Two additional list spots for the 2026 AFLW season and one additional list spot for the 2027 AFLW season, to be funded by the Club.
Collingwood CEO Craig Kelly welcomed the assistance and thanked the AFL Commission for its consideration of the Club’s submission.

“As a Club, we have worked closely with the AFL to develop an assistance package to progress our AFLW program and we appreciate the AFL’s engagement and support throughout this process,” Kelly said.

“Across our organisation, we have – and will continue to – invest significantly in our AFLW football program. With full-time coaches, high-performance and development staff in place, we remain absolutely committed to driving a winning culture and fostering growth and development to get better.”

A foundation club that ran its AFLW program into the ground through inept management gets a leg up  ::)

Gold Coast and GWS got assistance packages too but I think that's more acceptable.

f*** off.

Where was our assistance when they poached Bri Davey?
Or when we lost Prespakis and Gee
.....and Hoskings x2
.....and Egan, Walker, Stevens, Jones.....i could go on for a while.
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Ladies Lounge / AFLW Season 2026
Last post by DJC -
Not the news I wanted to hear:

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The Collingwood Football Club has today received a list assistance package following approval from the AFL Commission.

The assistance package includes:

Two additional list spots for the 2026 AFLW season and one additional list spot for the 2027 AFLW season, to be funded by the Club.
Collingwood CEO Craig Kelly welcomed the assistance and thanked the AFL Commission for its consideration of the Club’s submission.

“As a Club, we have worked closely with the AFL to develop an assistance package to progress our AFLW program and we appreciate the AFL’s engagement and support throughout this process,” Kelly said.

“Across our organisation, we have – and will continue to – invest significantly in our AFLW football program. With full-time coaches, high-performance and development staff in place, we remain absolutely committed to driving a winning culture and fostering growth and development to get better.”

A foundation club that ran its AFLW program into the ground through inept management gets a leg up  ::)

Gold Coast and GWS got assistance packages too but I think that's more acceptable.