- Collingwood Football Club season 2006
This article covers the 2006 season of the
Collingwood Magpies AFL team.= News =Pre-Season
*Shane Woewodin is delisted by Collingwood. Woewodin was a formerBrownlow Medal list. He was not picked up by a club in the Pre-Season draft.
*Collingwood attends a high-altitude training camp inArizona, United States for two weeks.
*Dale Thomas is picked up by Collingwood at no.2 in the 2005 NAB Draft.February
*PresidentEddie McGuire has been appointed CEO of Channel Nine. He will have to give up as host on several TV shows, but has said he will remain 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
*CaptainNathan Buckley plays his first game of the year during a NAB Challenge match played at Princes Park.
*RookieHarry O'Brien is promoted to the senior list for the injuredSean Rusling
*Six players were inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. They wereCharlie H. Pannam ,Darren Millane ,Harold Rumney ,Des Healy ,Bill Picken andMick McGuane .April
*No.2 draft pickDale Thomas makes his debut against Adelaide at theTelstra Dome
*Collingwood win their first game of the year in Round 2 against Hawthorn
*Dale Thomas receives the Rnd 2AFL Rising Star nomination.
*Collingwood defeat Essendon in the annualANZAC Day clash, in front of more than 92,000 fans in the return to theMCG
*Ben Johnson wins theANZAC Day Medal for best on ground
*Chad Morrison was fined $20,000 by the club for drink driving, where the club's sponsorship with theTAC came under fire.May
*Heath Shaw receives the Rnd 5AFL Rising Star nomination.
*Collingwood sit 1st on the ladder after Rnd 6
*The club is fined a massive $200,000 by theTAC after the Morrison incident
*Collingwood beat Geelong by 102 points in Rnd 8 at theMCG
*Rhyce Shaw makes his comeback to the side after his season ending knee injury in 2005June
*Scott Pendlebury makes his debut against theBrisbane Lions at theMCG
*Blake Caracella suffers a career-ending neck injury, sustained in a clash withBrisbane Lions playerTim Notting . Experts said he was lucky not to become a quadriplegic.
*Collingwood beat reigning premiers Sydney atTelstra Stadium .July
*Dual best and fairestPaul Licuria 'rested' forWest Coast Eagles match.
*Goal-sneakLeon Davis fractures left ankle
*Chris Tarrant andBen Johnson involved in brawl outside a Port Melbourne hotel, leaving one man in injured.August
*Chris Tarrant andBen Johnson are fined $5000 by the club for breaking team rules.
*Blake Caracella announces his retirement, coming after his neck injury sustained in Rnd 10
*Sam Iles makes his debut against Adelaide atAAMI Stadium
*A bronze statue in the honour ofBob Rose is revealed outside theLexus Centre
*ForwardAlan Didak receives excess media attention, after he was kicked out of a club for a dispute with his girlfriend.
*Alan Didak kicks winning goal with seconds remaining against Port Adelaide atAAMI Stadium
*Alan Didak makes a controversial bump on former team-mateHeath Scotland . The tribunal throws the case out.
*Chad Morrison retiresSeptember
*Heath Shaw finished third in theAFL Rising Star .
*Collingwood finish 7th, after being defeated by theWestern Bulldogs in the first elimination final.
*Brodie Holland suspended for 6 weeks after a hit onBrett Montgomery in the elimination final. Holland's appeal had failed.
*Alan Didak wins his firstAll-Australian selection.October
*Alan Didak wins theCopeland Trophy fromJames Clement andBen Johnson , coming 24 hours after he was involved in an incident with a taxi driver.
*Collingwood tradesChris Tarrant to Fremantle in exchange forPaul Medhurst and a first-round draft pick.
*Collingwood delistCameron Cloke ,Jason Cloke ,David Fanning ,Brent Hall ,Adam Iacobucci andJulian Rowe .November
*The club re-visitsArizona for another pre-season high-altitude camp.
*Tristen Walker is delisted by the club, the seventh player chopped.References
= 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, includingBrownlow Medal listShane Woewodin , and tradedRichard Cole to Essendon. They had picked up several young players, including priority/first round draftees Dale Thomas andScott 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.Senior list
NAB Challenge
Home and Away
:"For results, see
2006 Australian Football League season "
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