Shane Woewodin is delisted by Collingwood. Woewodin was a former Brownlow Medallist in 2000 whilst playing for Melbourne. He was not picked up by a club in the Pre-Season draft.
Collingwood attends a high-altitude training camp in Arizona, United States for two weeks.
President Eddie McGuire has been appointed CEO of the Nine Network. He had to give up as host on several TV shows, but remained as president of the club, despite having to live in Sydney.
Sean Rusling injures his shoulder on the Community Camp in Northern Sydney. He is expected to miss around 2 months of action.
Collingwood wins first game of the NAB Cup against St Kilda in fine style, winning in extra time. Fraser Gehrig missed a shot on goal after the siren to draw the match, therefore, as a knockout competition winner was decided in extra time.
March
Captain Nathan Buckley plays his first game of the year during a NAB Challenge match played at Princes Park.
Blake Caracella suffers a career-ending neck injury, sustained in a clash with Brisbane Lions player Tim Notting. Experts said he was lucky not to become a quadriplegic.
Collingwood beat reigning premiers Sydney at Telstra Stadium. It would be the first of a current 10-match winning streak against them.
July
Dual best and fairest Paul Licuria is 'rested' for the match against West Coast. Collingwood wins convincingly, avenging defeat in Round 7.
Collingwood loses against bottom-placed Essendon in Round 19 – thus giving them the ignominy of being the only Victorian team to lose to the Bombers during the 2006 season. This loss would cost Collingwood a top four position at the end of the season. Collingwood had already won the earlier ANZAC Day match.
With the 2006 Commonwealth Games being hosted by Melbourne, Australia, The M.C.G. will be the main venue, dis-allowing games for AFL Football. Collingwood plays its first three games at the Telstra Dome, before being playing the traditional Anzac Day clash against Essendon in what will be the return to the MCG, as the Games will have been concluded. This is fixtured, however, the venue may not be ready for hosting an AFL match in time.
Collingwood travels 4 times, twice to Adelaide, in a 3-week period late in the season. They also travel to Perth and Sydney during the season.
