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Pies head back to AZ

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North America The Collingwood Football Club is set to embark on another high altitude training camp in Arizona, USA. The majority of the playing group and coaching staff will fly out from Melbourne on Monday 23 November, and will utilise the world-class training facilities at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff for two weeks.

The group will depart Melbourne airport at Tullamarine on midday flight, and will return to Melbourne on Wednesday 9 December. http://Collingwoodfc.com.au will provide daily video updates from Flagstaff.

The club has previously held training camps in Flagstaff, Arizona in 2005, 2006 and 2008. New American recruit Seamus McNamara will not make the trip, remaining in training in Australia.