Updates from the MCG with a place in grand final at stakeStart time in Melbourne is 7.50pm AESTAny thoughts? Email or tweet @craigunderscore
Another near-capacity crowd is expected at the MCG tonight for the Preliminary Final between Collingwood and the GWS Giants, all save a few thousand likely to be in black and white. Despite the Giants’ insistence that they can win anywhere at any time, it will be the one of the more hostile environments a visiting team has ever faced.
Both teams will be looking to use their speed and overlap run, so expect this game to open at a ferocious pace. If it does, it will be in contrast to the last time these two teams met in a final. That was almost four years to the day, a game that started not with a bang, but a whimper, before a manic and memorable second half that saw the Giants get home in an upset and into a Grand Final.
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