Tony's Tales: Magpies win their 15th Premiership !

Well we certainly do it hard sometimes at Collingwood, but when we finally do win it all it certainly is the sweetest feeling!

So, after the shock of the St Kilda comeback last week and the numbness of the resulting draw, the Grand final replay was everything we had hoped for and more.

An emphatics 56 point victory over a tremendous St Kilda who were runners up in 2009 and drew with us last week. despite their class, they had nothing that troubled the Mighty Pies today.

It has been a 20 year wait since our last Premiership in 1990, including the losses of 2002 and 2003. This now brings home our 15th cup and puts us only one behind two of our bitter rivals who will go un-named (you know who you are, and we're coming for you!).

Those of you that remember the July blog this year of my amazing match day in the Collingwood coaches box will know I feel about as connected as one could living a long way from Melbourne. As Bruce would say, this one was "special".

We will savour this moment before re-loading for another tilt in 2011 -- GO PIES !!!