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Collingwood AFLW coach Sam Wright to leave after season
Sam Wright will leave Collingwood’s AFLW coaching job after the team’s final match of the season.
The Magpies have managed one win in 11 games and are at the bottom of the ladder alongside Essendon and St Kilda.
Captain Ruby Schleicher has also announced she will leave, and other players may depart.
Players and staff are reportedly frustrated with the club’s list management, development coaching and medical treatment.
Collingwood has not reached the AFLW finals since 2022 and has finished outside the top 10 in each season since.
The Magpies face Essendon on Sunday, in the final round, and the match will also be Essendon coach Natalie Wood’s last.
Sam Wright will leave as Collingwood’s AFLW coach after the team’s final-round match against Essendon.
His departure will end a three-season stint in the role.
Collingwood has won one of its 11 games this season and is at the bottom of the ladder alongside Essendon and St Kilda.
Captain Ruby Schleicher announced last week that she would leave the club to return to Western Australia.
Players and staff are reportedly frustrated with list management, development coaching and medical treatment.
- Who
- Sam Wright, Collingwood’s AFLW coach, is leaving the club.
- What
- He will leave his position after Collingwood’s final-round match against Essendon.
- When
- At the end of the season, after the match on Sunday.
- Where
- The final-round match is at Windy Hill. Collingwood is the club Wright is leaving.
- Why
- Wright said the decision was right for his family and the football program.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Collingwood last reached the AFLW finals, finishing the regular season sixth and reaching the semifinals.
Captain Ruby Schleicher announced she would leave Collingwood to return to Western Australia.
Collingwood announced that Sam Wright would leave at the end of the season.
Collingwood is scheduled to play Essendon in the final round, after which Wright will leave his position.
- Coach
- Sam Wright
- Stint
- Three seasons
- Season record
- One win from 11 games
- Final-round opponent
- Essendon
- Final-round venue
- Windy Hill
- Captain leaving
- Ruby Schleicher, heading home to Western Australia
What people are saying
I leave knowing Collingwood is committed to driving its AFLW program forward
It has been a privilege to serve the AFLW program at Collingwood.
While these decisions are never easy, I know it is the right one for my family and the football program as we move forward.