9 February

2021

5 years ago

Eddie McGuire stood down as Collingwood president, days after the leaked Do Better report found racism at the club had caused profound and enduring harm.

People

From the archive

1996
30 years ago
The one-off AFL Lightning Premiership began at Waverley Park, with 17-minute halves and experimental rules such as three points for a ball hitting the post.
A free kick replaced the boundary throw-in, and the siren would not sound until a tied game had another score.
Rules
2008
Adelaide beat Collingwood 4.15.10 (136) to 0.7.13 (55) in the opening game of the 2008 NAB Cup, played at the Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club in the United Arab Emirates.
The AFL staged the pre-season opener there as an attempt to grow Australian football internationally.
Overseas

Matches

2020
West Coast Eagles's first AFLW match
Collingwood5 goals 8 behinds, 38 pointsdef.West Coast Eagles1 goal 5 behinds, 11 points
AFLW · Round 1 · Victoria Park · crowd 6,100
2020
St Kilda's first AFLW match
Western Bulldogs6 goals 3 behinds, 39 pointsdef.St Kilda2 goals 2 behinds, 14 points
AFLW · Round 1 · RSEA Park · crowd 8,000

Debuts

2020
Mim Strom
Fremantle v Geelong Cats, first of 82 AFLW games so far
2020
Mikayla Bowen
West Coast Eagles v Collingwood, first of 81 AFLW games so far
2020
Niamh Kelly
West Coast Eagles v Collingwood, first of 79 AFLW games so far
2020
Caitlin Greiser
St Kilda v Western Bulldogs, first of 75 AFLW games so far
2019
Aisling McCarthy
Western Bulldogs v Geelong Cats, first of 74 AFLW games so far
2020
Hannah Priest
St Kilda v Western Bulldogs, first of 74 AFLW games so far
2020
Amy McDonald
Geelong Cats v Fremantle, first of 73 AFLW games so far
2020
Tarni White
St Kilda v Western Bulldogs, first of 71 AFLW games so far
2020
Gabrielle Newton
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda, first of 70 AFLW games so far
2020
Elisabeth Georgostathis
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda, first of 69 AFLW games so far

Born on this day

2006
Ty Gallop, still playing
Brisbane, 27 games (2025-2026)
2001
Caleb Serong, still playing
Fremantle, 151 games (2020-2026)
1995
Luke McDonald, still playing
North Melbourne, 236 games (2014-2026)
1993
Rory Lobb, still playing
Western Bulldogs, 221 games (2014-2026)
1989
Dayne Zorko, still playing
Brisbane, 321 games (2012-2026)
1976
Shaun McManus
Fremantle, 228 games (1995-2008)
1968
Barry Stoneham
Geelong, 241 games (1986-2000)
1962
Kevin Walsh
Essendon, 162 games (1981-1991)
1960
Wayne Harmes
Carlton, 169 games (1977-1988)
1949
Bob Heard
Collingwood, 160 games (1970-1979)