Saturday 7th July

Collingwood v St Kilda, MCG, 2.10pm

Collingwood
B: Johnson Wakelin O'Brien
HB: H Shaw Goldsack Cox
C: Clarke Burns Licuria
HF: Thomas Cloke Davis
FOR: Didak Maxwell Lockyer
FOLL: Fraser O'Bree Rover: Swan
INTER: Iles Medhurst Pendlebury Reid
EMER: Bryan Davies Dick
IN: O'Brien Iles
OUT: Holland (Achilles) Richards

St Kilda
B: Blake Maguire Baker
HB: Gram S Fisher L Fisher
C: Fiora Hayes Montagna
HF: Harvey Riewoldt X Clarke
FOR: Milne Gehrig Voss
FOLL: Koschitzke Dal Santo Rover: Ball
INTER: Attard R Clarke Gilbert Rix
EMER: Birss Ferguson Thompson
IN: Koschitzke Maguire
OUT: Hudghton (hamstring) Thompson

LAST TIME R14 2006 StKilda 19.8 (122) d Coll 9.9 (63)  Telstra Dome
AT THIS GROUND Collingwood 9,  StKilda 7
IN THE 2000s Collingwood 5,  StKilda 4
COACHES Malthouse 0, Lyon 0
UMPIRES 1 Donlon, 11 McLaren, 18 Chamberlain
BETTING Collingwood  $1.80, St Kilda  $1.95
TV Channel 10, 3pm
RADIO TripleM, 3AW

Summary The Didak affair continues to hang over Collingwood, although of greater concern is the long injury list. With that in mind, there was still plenty to like about last week's narrow loss to Hawthorn. It's crucial the Magpies win the midfield battle because if the Saints are allowed to dictate terms there and move the ball quickly to their forward line, the patched-up Magpies defence will be under the pump. The Saints are likely to again be without tall Justin Koschitzke but have Fraser Gehrig and Nick Riewoldt waiting to inflict damage on the scoreboard.
Key The Magpies defenders lack nothing for pluck, but that may not be enough against Riewoldt, Gehrig and Co.