"Magpies destroy inept Blues"
Rohan Connolly - The Age
"Collingwood has been in top form for some time, but the Magpies seem intent on raising the bar with each passing week, and their standards when this game was still a contest were sky high, from the moment Leon Davis, in his 200th game, snaffled a one-handed mark to post the Pies' first goal of the afternoon."
"With Blues destroyed, Mick takes aim at AFL"
Jon Pierik and Martin Boulton - The Age
"COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse has launched a broadside against the AFL's moves to cap interchange rotations, likening it to America's fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."
"Neon Leon has plenty more light to shine"
Dan Silkstone - The Age
"THEY call this bit ''the colour piece,'' at Collingwood that means black and white. For much of the Magpies' existence - famously - more of the white than the black."
"Relaxed Thompson gearing for Pies clash"
Sam Edmund - Sunday Herald Sun
"Geelong coach Mark Thompson las night praised his side's demolition of Sydney, but couldn't resist turning his attention towards next week's epic showdown against Collingwood."
"Half-ton Tony"
Scott Palmer - Sunday Herald Sun
Collingwood's long wait for another AFL premiership was evident this week when its flag-winning captain from 1990, the now silver-streaked Tony Shaw, celebrated his 50th birthday at an Eltham restaurant."
"Pies put bite on sorry Carlton"
Jackie Epstein - Sunday Herald Sun
"HARRY O'Brien describes the premiership as like eating an elephant."
"Collingwood beat Carlton by 48 points at the MCG"
Glenn McFarlane - Sunday Herald Sun
"CARLTON and Collingwood spent most of the week telling us the game's most bitter rivalry counted for little in modern football."
"Magpies' global ambitions"
Glenn McFarlane - Sunday Herald Sun
"COLLINGWOOD has unveiled bold plans to have 100,000 members within the next five years after yesterday becoming the first club this season to attract one million spectators."
"Pine warmers"
Glenn McFarlane and Jay Clark - Sunday Herald Sun
"Collingwood insists capping interchange numbers could dangerously increase the level of player fatigue and enhance the risk of collision injuries."
"Magpies wipe away the Blues at the MCG"
AAP - The Australian
"COLLINGWOOD has continued to stamp itself the AFL's form team with a 48-point thumping of Carlton at the MCG."
