The Collingwood Magpies are a Victorian-based Aussie Rules football team that compete in the AFL. The club has enjoyed many successful and consistent seasons, including their 2008 season.
The 2008 Collingwood Magpies team, captained by Scott Burns, managed to finish fifth on the ladder at the end of the season, knocked out of the competition in the Semi Finals round when they lost to the St Kilda Saints.
In 2008, Dane Swan won the ‘Copeland Trophy’ for the club best and fairest player from the Magpies team for the season. Swan was one of 37 players enlisted in the Collingwood club for the year, the full 2008 Collingwood Magpies team listed below.
Each season the club makes a number of changes to their team line-up, so before having a punt on the Maggies this year through SportsBet check out the 2010 Collingwood Magpies Team, then you are ready to Bet on the AFL!
| Number | Player | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon Davis | Midfield, Forward |
| 2 | Sean Rusling | Forward |
| 3 | Ryan Lonie | Midfield |
| 4 | Alan Didak | Midfield, Forward |
| 5 | Nick Maxwell | Defender |
| 6 | Brodie Holland | Midfield |
| 7 | Paul Medhurst | Forward |
| 8 | Harry O’Brien | Defender |
| 9 | John Anthony | Forward |
| 10 | Scott Pendlebury | Midfield |
| 11 | Shane O’Bree | Midfiled |
| 12 | Shannon Cox | Defender |
| 13 | Dale Thomas | Forward |
| 14 | Shane Wakelin | Defender |
| 15 | Chris Egan | Forward |
| 16 | Nathan Brown | Defender |
| 17 | Scott Burns (c) | Midfield |
| 18 | Martin Clarke | Ruck |
| 19 | Cameron Wood | Ruck |
| 20 | Ben Reid | Forward |
| 21 | Sharrod Wellingham | Midfield |
| 22 | Rhyce Shaw | Defender |
| 23 | Anthony Rocca | Forward |
| 24 | Tarkyn Lockyer | Forward |
| 25 | Josh Fraser | Ruck |
| 26 | Ben Johnson | Midfield |
| 27 | John McCarthy | Midfield |
| 28 | Danny Stanley | Midfield |
| 29 | Ryan Cook | Midfield |
| 31 | Chris Dawes | Forward |
| 32 | Travis Cloke | Forward |
| 34 | Alan Toovey | Defender |
| 35 | Simon Prestigiacomo | Defender |
| 36 | Dane Swan | Midfield |
| 38 | Tyson Goldsack | Defender |
| 39 | Heath Shaw | Defender |
| 40 | Chris Bryan | Ruck |
| COACH: | Mick Malthouse | |
