<P> Over the next two seasons, Collingwood would start the years with win - loss records of 8--3, but finished those seasons poorly and missed the finals. 2014 was the first season since 2005 where they did not make finals . In both 2016 and 2017, Collingwood missed the finals again, though extended the contract of senior men's coach Nathan Buckley an additional two years . </P> <P> In 2017, the club made significant on - field and administrative changes, creating a senior women's football team and senior women's netball team in the AFL Women's and National Netball League respectively, as well as revealing a new club logo for the first time in many years . </P> <P> In 2018 Collingwood made the finals for the first time since 2013, finishing in third place behind West Coast and Richmond . Losing the Second Qualifying Final to West Coast, they went on to beat GWS and the reigning premiers Richmond to reach the 2018 Grand Final, where they were defeated 79 - 74 by the West Coast Eagles . </P> <P> Throughout the club's history, Collingwood has worn a guernsey of black and white vertical stripes . The all white jumper, with the three black vertical stripes is the iconic strip that the club is most associated with . The current incarnation of the guernsey is mostly black, with white stripes on the front and lower half of the back, and white numbers . The main clash guernsey is the reverse of this: mostly white, with black stripes and black numbers, worn in away matches against clubs with a predominantly dark guernsey such as Fremantle Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club . A secondary clash guernsey was introduced in 2011 and is used only in matches against North Melbourne due to similarity between the two uniforms . The alternate uniform is black with only two white stripes on each side instead of three . </P>

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