Saturday 19th February, 2005

After trailing by 25pts midway into the last term, Collingwood have staged an admirable comeback to defeat Richmond by 7pts at the Telstra Dome in Round 1 of the 2005 Wizard Cup.

An Andy Williams 'super goal' saw the Pies get home, with Chris Tarrant, Richie Cole and James Clement all performing strongly.

The Pies will now meet West Coast in Darwin at Marrara Oval next Saturday evening, at 8.10pm.

COLLINGWOOD: 1.1.4, 1.5.10, 1.8.11, 3.12.16 (115)
RICHMOND: 1.3.4, 2.3.6, 4.6.6, 5.9.9 (108)

NINE POINT GOALS: Collingwood: Lonie, Rocca, Williams.
Richmond: Brown, Roach, Knobel, Tambling, Tuck.

SIX POINT GOALS: Collingwood: Tarrant 2, Rocca 2, Walker 2, Rowe, Cole, Burns, C Cloke, King, Fraser.
Richmond: Simmonds 2, Tambling, Deledio, Richardson, Rodan, Campbell, Newman, Krakouer.

BEST: Collingwood: Clement, Tarrant, L Davis, Lonie, Walker, Williams, Cole, Prestigiacomo.
Richmond: Newman, Hyde, Bowden, Tambling, Johnson.