"Collingwood storms into Grand Final after thrashing Geelong"
Jon Ralph - Herald Sun
"GEELONG'S era of greatness came to a shuddering halt, with Collingwood's dominant win over the Cats moving them within one victory of this year's premiership."
"Mick Malthouse plays down ex-Saint Luke Ball's early finish"
Bruce Matthews - Herald Sun
"A HAMSTRING injury could cruelly rob Collingwood midfielder Luke Ball of a shot at premiership glory on Saturday."
"Mark Thompson adamant Geelong far from taking nosedive"
Jon Ralph - Herald Sun
"He said Collingwood would be hard to beat for the flag but was happy that whichever side won the premiership a drought of at least 20 years would end."
"Collingwood pressure unprecedented"
Mark Robinson - Herald Sun
"All season Collingwood's defensive attitude was the cornerstone of its campaign and, from the outset on Friday night, it shredded Geelong's confidence and game plan."
"Flying start sets up Magpies in their preliminary final blockbuster against the Cats"
Patrick Carlyon - Herald Sun
"THE chant started some time in the second quarter, suddenly, unexpectedly, the sort of siren call that rises off the terraces of an English soccer stadium when the home team has gone so far ahead that the contest is over."
"Collingwood shakes off old curse as it storms into the Grand Final"
Patrick Carlyon - Herald Sun
"COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse this week declared that the Colliwobbles - the club's long curse for snatching defeat from victory in the games that matter - was irrelevant."
"Simply irresistible"
Michael Gleeson - The Age
"Collingwood next week enters its first grand final since the back-to-back losses of 2002-03, and has set up the potential for a poetic reprise of the thrilling 1966 grand final, the game that delivered St Kilda its sole premiership by a solitary point."
"Ablett or not, Geelong must change"
Martin Blake - Herald Sun
"But having watched his team smashed again by a Collingwood team playing ''a brand of footy that's come from nowhere'', he acknowledged the need for strategic change."
"Ball fit for big one: Pies"
Martin Boulton - The Age
"LUKE Ball will be fit and available to play in next week's grand final despite failing to play most of the second half in last night's crushing preliminary final win against Geelong."
"The key contests"
Jon Pierik - The Age
"Dane Swan v Gary Ablett"
"Magpies call full-time on Geelong's reign"
Courtney Walsh - The Australian
"COLLINGWOOD delivered a preliminary final performance as devastating as can be imagined to end Geelong's reign at the MCG."
