After all, they're playing just about everywhere else. NEXT month Carlton are holding a reunion for members of their 1968 premiership-winning side. It is fascinating to see how many of the Carlton players from that year have gone on to make an even larger impact on the game. North, though, while they might welcome the extra members, are still playing it cool. The original merger between the two clubs fell over in 1996 when Brisbane's white boot brigade came stomping into town.
Eagles pull out all stops to catch bus.
THE Eagles' coach of both varieties got the expected reception at Victoria Park on Saturday. Mick Malthouse was spoken to, ahem, vigorously by those who view everything in monochrome every time he made his way to the coach's box accompanied by two security guards and three police officers. And the team bus was the centre of all manner of pleasantries as it made its way through the streets of Collingwood. The bus came to a halt for traffic lights outside the local TAB and out came the punters to thrust fists, complete but for an erect middle finger, at the players. Generally, though, the capacity crowd at Victoria Park was in a tidy mood on Saturday, but if the rucks had been contested as fiercely as the battle to get a place in the toilets at halftime, Collingwood might have won.