Collingwood coach Craig McRae has not spoken to Sydney coach John Longmire since their public spat, but he has maintained that he has “enormous respect” for his counterpart. McRae stated that he did not want to retract his assertions that important umpiring calls in the final moments of the Magpies’ defeat to the Swans had been influenced by the SCG crowd, but he acknowledged that his reaction had been “a bit selfish.” Longmire called McRae’s remarks “an extraordinary admission from a coach of a team that has the biggest home ground advantage in the AFL.” Although he had not spoken privately with the Swans coach, McRae stated there was no ill will between the two.Following the sad loss to the Sydney Swans, Collingwood coach Craig McRae admitted he was too emotional to face his team right away.Sydney made history by defeating Collingwood by one point in the preliminary final at the SCG, advancing to the AFL grand final: Lions veteran takes aim at coach in ‘sad’ farewell act Zach Merrett’s remarks damage James Hird’s coaching prospectsIn the final moments, the Swans broke through a Collingwood lead to win 14.11 (95) to 14.10 (94) in front of a boisterous 45,608 spectators.The Magpies players were stoic in the face of defeat, standing instead of collapsing to the ground.After collapsing, a lot of the young guys were upset.
Though we are obviously unhappy to lose, it was more about pride since I knew I couldn’t look them in the eye without becoming upset.In our sport, it’s a fact that you never truly stop. We resume on the eighteenth. However, a lot of work has been done and the groundwork for our goals has been laid.
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