An “on the up” St Kilda outfit has consigned Collingwood to the dreaded 0-3 start to the season it was desperately trying to avoid, with an AFL icon declaring the Magpies “weren’t prepared” to physically commit.
The Pies attempted a late comeback after trailing by 20 points at the final change, but it was too little too late for the reeling reigning premiers.
A miraculous and slightly controversial Jack Higgins major from the boundary line put the final St Kilda nail in the coffin of a 15-point victory at the MCG on Thursday.
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Collingwood’s premiership candidacy — after an eyebrow-raising pair of losses to start the year — is now well and truly in question.
The last team to start 0-3 and win the premiership was North Melbourne in 1975, while the last t...
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