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In a closely contested match, Collingwood (12.18.90) defeated Brisbane (13.8.86) by 4 points to win the 2023 AFL Premiership, equalling the league-record of 16 VFL/AFL premierships for the club. [45] The 2024 season would prove to be a disappointment for the reigning premiers.
The 2024 Collingwood Football Club season was the club's 128th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the Victorian Football League and women's teams in the AFL Women's and VFL Women's competitions.
The 2023 AFL season was the 127th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 16 March to 30 September, comprising a 23-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
As their respective premiership cup ambassadors, Collingwood chose Peter Moore, the 1979 Brownlow Medalist with the club, while Brisbane chose Leigh Matthews, who coached the club to its three-peat from 2001 to 2003. Collingwood's win meant that Moore presented the trophy to his son Darcy, who was Collingwood's captain, in the post-match ...
The 2023 Collingwood Football Club season is the club's 127th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the Victorian Football League and women's teams in the AFL Women's and VFL Women's competitions.
Even though this victory brought Collingwood a premiership, it was not promoted as a "Grand Final" but as a Match for the Premiership. [8] In 1897, Collingwood and fellow VFA clubs Fitzroy, Melbourne, St Kilda, Carlton, Essendon, South Melbourne, and Geelong split from the VFA and formed the VFL (Victorian Football League). [9]
The match, attended by 97,956 spectators, was won by Collingwood by 18 points, marking that club's 13th premiership victory, and the game has been dubbed The Miracle of '58. [1] [2] It was Melbourne's fifth successive grand final appearance.
The rivalry is regarded by some as one of the most historic and significant in Australian sport. [1] [2] [3]To date, Carlton and Collingwood have played each other 266 times in the VFL/AFL, with the ledger currently in Collingwood's favour (133 wins to Carlton's 129) and 4 draws. [4]