1st Elimination Final - Richmond vs Collingwood

[MagpieBat]

When and Where:
2:40pm this Saturday at the Port Melbourne Cricket Ground, aka the North Port Oval.

Broadcast:
Television - Channel 7 LIVE into Victoria from 2:30pm. Streamed LIVE through the Plus7 website (at this link) and Plus 7 Live smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 2:30pm. Replayed online at the Plus7 website (at this link) and through the Plus 7 Live app until Sunday October 1st.

For Australian viewers outside Victoria, you will need to change your location to "Victoria" if watching through the Plus7 app, or to a Victorian postcode (ie: 3000) if watching through the Plus7 website. If watching through the Plus7 website, the use of a private browser would also be an advantage.

Internet - Score updates in this thread, at the VFL website, via FlashScore and on Twitter at @VFLPies.

Team:
B: 31. J. Ramsay, 41. H. Schade, 67. M. Smith
HB: 44. L. Mackie, 35. S. McLarty, 63. M. Hore
C: 14. J. Aish, 53. J. Hellier, 26. J. Daicos
HF: 17. C. Brown, 23. L. Keeffe, 16. C. Mayne
F: 27. K. Kirby, 9. J. White, 11. J. Blair
R: 46. M. Cox, 36. B. Sier, 24. J. Thomas
Int: 57. A. Close, 60. J. Kelly, 55. R. Pendlebury, 69. J. Blair, 65. L. Howe, 56. S. Tahana, 47. G. Borthwick, 64. C. Lane
23P: 48. L. Tardrew

Eligible AFL Players:
Lachlan Keeffe
Christopher Mayne
Joshua Daicos
Kayle Kirby
Max Lynch
Jesse White
Liam Mackie
Sam McLarty
Callum Brown
Jackson Ramsay
James Aish
Mason Cox
Henry Schade
Jarryd Blair
Matthew Scharenberg
Ben Crocker
Brayden Sier
Josh Thomas
Rupert Wills
Mitchell McCarthy
Adam Oxley

Italics = Long Term Injured

Getting There: (PTV Journey Planner)
Car
- Located at 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, as per signage (parking around the Ingles Street wing entrance will be limited due to the TV broadcast vehicles/equipment).

Public transport
- 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.

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

Collingwood membership will not provide for entry.

Pre-sale tickets available from 10am Monday at this link. Entry is through the ticket gates on either Williamstown Road or Ingles Street. Pre-sale entry through Gate 1 (Williamstown Road), general admission through Gates 2 and 3 (Williamstown Road) and and Gate 4 (Ingles Street). Fans are advised to arrive at least an hour early. Gates open from midday. No EFTPOS available. No dogs permitted.

Where They Finished:
Richmond: 5th (11 wins, 7 losses, 142.41%)
Collingwood: 8th (8 wins, 10 losses, 96.83%)

Last Time They Met:
Round 14, 2017 at Punt Road Oval
Richmond 16.6.102, def by
Collingwood 14.20.104

Head to Head:
Played: 6
Richmond: 0
Collingwood: 6

How They Fared Last Week:
Richmond 17.17.119, def
Coburg 4.9.33

Collingwood 8.11.59, def by
Port Melbourne 9.11.65

The Form Lines:
Richmond - Essendon (Home, WON), Geelong (Away, Lost), Sandringham (Home, WON), Coburg (Home, WON)

Collingwood - Werribee (Away, WON), North Ballarat (Home, WON), Geelong (Home, Lost), Port Melbourne (Home, Lost)

The Stakes:
- The winner advances to the 1st Semi Final, to play the loser of Williamstown and Casey, at North Port Oval next Saturday or Sunday. The loser, as the name suggests, is eliminated.

Trivia:
- This will be Collingwood's fifth consecutive finals campaign and their first under Jared Rivers as coach.

- This will be the first time that Collingwood and Richmond have met in VFA/VFL finals series.

- Making the finals with an 8-10 ledger means that Collingwood have become the first team since Box Hill in 2011 in the 18 game season era to make the finals with a minority win record and the first ever in the same period to do so by way of superior percentage.

- As the head to head ledger says, Collingwood have never lost to Richmond in this competition as a subsidiary team. It's fair to say that the Magpies will be hoping to continue that unbroken record on Saturday afternoon...

Over to you...

#KickItToTheKirb
#BecauseHeIsAMatchWinner

[CoastPie]

Richmond 2pm Sat 2 Sep @ Fortburn Stadium (Port Melbourne)
2:40pm sorry

[The Average Tourist]

So it will be interesting who plays
Cox
Daicos
Brown
Kirby
Sharenberg
Aish

Wills
Crocker
White
Blair
If they all play we will have a very strong side

I expect it will be televised?

[MagpieBat]

It will be. 2:40pm start. Day yet to be announced...

[ronrat]

The Tigers can't afford to play silly buggers so We should be nearly good things. All the young blokes and Cox will play for the experience.

[The Average Tourist]

The Tigers can't afford to play silly buggers so We should be nearly good things. All the young blokes and Cox will play for the experience.

However I think Sharenberg might be "Rested" I thought he looked pretty tired yesterday

Given we have put 20+ games into him this year

Another few games would be great but he might have done enough

[MagpieBat]

CONFIRMED.

We will play Richmond at North Port Oval next Saturday afternoon (September 2nd) at 2:40pm.

Bring. It. On.

[MightyMagpie]

Hey MB, instead if twiddling your thumbs how about an MB version of a likely line-up for Saturday to whet the appetite?

[MagpieBat]

Not twiddling my thumbs. I'm having my dinner.

But, since you asked so nicely (a "pretty please" next time), here's what I came up with...

B: Jackson Ramsay, Sam McLarty, Matthew Smith
HB: Liam Mackie, Henry Schade, Matthew Scharenberg
C: Josh Daicos, Rupert Wills, James Aish
HF: Chris Mayne, Lachlan Keeffe, Ben Crocker
F: Kayle Kirby, Jesse White, Callum Brown
R: Mason Cox, Josh Thomas, Jarryd Blair
I: Max Lynch, Brayden Sier, Jack Hellier, Marty Hore, Kye Beveridge*

That's a hypothetical based on the list of the eligible, assuming they're all fit (except for Oxley and McCarthy). AFL boys are of course bolded...

[MightyMagpie]

Thanks MB! I wonder what Richmond are likely to look like and I guess with the week off finals for seniors they might consider playing more qualified seniors than would otherwise be the case. Is there a rule about dropping back from seniors when there is a bye?

On paper (and even recent form) we look pretty strong with Cox, Shaz, Daics, Brown, Aish, Thomas and Kirby slotting back in from the seniors.

[MagpieBat]

As per the last couple of years, the bbmods team have decided to move the coverage of our VFL finals campaign (however long it lasts) over here into General...

[qldmagpie67]

Cheers for that MB
Couple quick things
I think it's vital for there development that Brown Kirby Daicos Cox Schade Aish Ramsay Wills that the coaches put them under extreme pressure and let them know there expected to really dominate the finals series to advance there chances of senior footy in 2018
I think Daicos and Brown showed they are going to be good players when there bodies develop they have the skills and courage just lack size and timing
Cox should be full of confidence and be a handful
Good luck to the boys and MB if things look to be going pear shape during the game I expect you to take over the coaching reigns

[Culprit]

Not twiddling my thumbs. I'm having my dinner.

But, since you asked so nicely (a "pretty please" next time), here's what I came up with...

B: Jackson Ramsay, Sam McLarty, Matthew Smith
HB: Liam Mackie, Henry Schade, Matthew Scharenberg
C: Josh Daicos, Rupert Wills, James Aish
HF: Chris Mayne, Lachlan Keeffe, Ben Crocker
F: Kayle Kirby, Jesse White, Callum Brown
R: Mason Cox, Josh Thomas, Jarryd Blair
I: Max Lynch, Brayden Sier, Jack Hellier, Marty Hore, Kye Beveridge*

That's a hypothetical based on the list of the eligible, assuming they're all fit (except for Oxley and McCarthy). AFL boys are of course bolded...

How many VFL lads have played all year and now get shafted now finals have come along as we put the AFL lads in?

[MagpieBat]

A few.

I suspect a couple of the eligibles will be spelled in any event...

[MightyMagpie]

FWIW, I've just done this cursory VFL form analysis for the season (not sure if it includes the weekend just gone):

VFL Form

Games (Named in the bests):

Ramsay 10 (9)
Aish 9 (6)
Cox 9 (5)
Mayne 17 (5)
Borthwick-VFL 15 (5)
Kelly-VFL 10 (5)
Tardrew-VFL 17 (5)
Wills 7 (5)
Scharenberg 8 (5)
Hore-VFL 14 (5)
Kirby 16 (4) 42 goals
Hellier-VFL 12(4)
Jarryd Blair 8 (4)
Thomas 7 (4)
Broomhead 6 (4)
Keeffe 18 (3)
Lane-VFL 13 (3)
Brown 10 (3)
Josh Smith 5 (3)
Matthew Smith-VFL 11 (3)
White 14 (2)
Howe-VFL 5 (2)
Beveridge-VFL 8 (2)
Tahana-VFL 8 (2)
Daicos 14 (1)
De Goey 3 (1)
Lynch 17 (1)
Phillips 2 (1)
Jack Blair-VFL 4 (1)
McLarty 13 (1)
Close-VFL 5 (1)
Hinkley-VFL 7 (1)
Dunn 2 (1)
Chippendale-VFL 6 (1)
Crocker 7 (0)
Sier 10 (0)
La Fontaine-VFL 4 (0)
Reid 1 (0)
Collopy 2 (0)
Mackie 12 (0)
McCarthy 5 (0)
Gray-VFL 11 (0)
Oxley 2 (0)
Indovino-VFL 1 (0)
Mastromanno-VFL 1 (0)
Woodward 3 (0)
Paton-VFL 2 (0)
Wells 1 (0)
Schade 8 (0)
Wallace-VFL 1 (0)
Starcevich 1 (0)
Turner-VFL 1 (0)
Ryan Pendlebury-VFL 7 (0)
Langdon 3 (0)
Varcoe 1 (0)