Collingwood coach Craig McRae has labelled livewire forward Jack Ginnivan a “big-game player” who will give the Magpies an important “spark” in attack, declaring at least 10 goals will be needed to win Saturday’s AFL grand final.
Ginnivan, an Anzac Day medallist in 2022 on the back of a five-goal effort in front of 85,000 people, was picked ahead of Pat Lipinski in one of two changes to Collingwood’s starting 22 for the showdown with the Brisbane Lions.
“I wouldn’t have thought so – each game presents something different, but this opposition are clearly potent in attack and we’re going to have to defend the ground well as well,” McRae said after Friday’s grand final parade. “We want to give it a little bit more potency up forward obviously with Dan out, kicking a couple of goals each week, we think Jack can play that role for us.”
“I thought it was really important that we get that sort of stuff out of the way. Once we made a decision at match committee that was the guy, we backed the guy in,” McRae said.
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