Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell is confident that none of the spite generated by the club's most recent encounter with Richmond will be carried into Saturday's match at the MCG.
It was after the game in Round 20 last season - which Collingwood won by 93 points - that Maxwell accused the Tigers of failing to put their heads over the ball and trying to bait the Pies ahead of the finals.
Richmond tagger Jake King provided the spark when he felled Alan Didak off the ball with a whack to the guts in the second quarter, prompting a melee that held up play for several minutes.
Speaking to the media ahead of Friday morning's training session at Gosch's Paddock, Maxwell said he's confident now that both teams have moved on.
"We were just frustrated at that stage that a lot of our guys were put in a situation where they could have been suspended before the finals," Maxwell said.
"Obviously now it's a lot earlier in the season and Richmond are a completely different team, they've got a lot of different players out there."
"They've won five out of their last six so it's going to be a tough game."
"We understand exactly where they are at and we know that we're going to have to be switched on."
"We just want the four points, we just want to win, keep our form up and play well."
"I'm not expecting anything different."
Maxwell said he expects Didak to stay focused should King get up to his old tricks once again on Saturday.
"'Dids' gets tagged every week and everyone tries to get under his skin," said Maxwell.
"He's shown this year how professional he's become and ... when someone's really getting under your skin and tagging you hard, he's just shown that he can still be a very good player."
Maxwell said he was pleased to be returning to action for the first time since he tore a calf muscle against Melbourne in Round 12 and apologised for stringing the public along about the extent of his injury.
"I felt bad about lying to the media for a few weeks saying that I would miss one or two but, to be honest, you just never know," he said.
"I've missed four games and obviously the break was in there as well, which helped me, saving me from missing another one, but you just never know, you've got to take it slow."
Maxwell said he expects Heath Shaw to miss just the one match with a back injury, and forecast that Simon Prestigiacomo would get first crack on Saturday at Coleman medal favourite, Jack Riewoldt.
"Presti always plays on the best players and Jack's shown this year that he's one of the best players," Maxwell said.
"We've put a bit of time into him because he is so good, he can do everything, he can take contested marks, he gets on the lead, so he's going to be a tough match-up for Presti."
"But I also expect that Ben Reid will help him out as well."