 Panorama of the 2011 Queen's Birthday match | |
| Other names | Queen's Birthday match (2001–2022) |
|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Teams | Melbourne Collingwood |
| First meeting | 11 June 2001 |
| Latest meeting | 10 June 2024 |
| Next meeting | TBA |
| Broadcasters | Seven Network (2001, 2012–present) Network Ten (2002–2011) |
| Stadiums | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Statistics | |
| Most player appearances | Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) 14 matches |
| All-time series (Australian Football League only) | Collingwood (14 Wins) Draw(s) 1 Melbourne (7 Wins) |
| Largest victory | Collingwood: 88 points 13 June 2011 |
| Longest win streak | Collingwood: 5 2011–2015 |
| Current win streak | Collingwood: 1 2024–present |
The King's Birthday match is an annual Australian rules football match between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on the King's Birthday public holiday in Victoria (the second Monday in June).
Since 2015, the match has been preceded by the Big Freeze, a charitable event raising funds into research for motor neuron disease (MND). The event sees celebrities slide into a pool of ice water as a curtain-raiser to the match.