Sick Pies skipper not in doubt for finals

Collingwood skipper Scott Pendlebury has been laid low with a virus but will be fit to lead the team in their qualifying final against West Coast.

Collingwood have allayed fears skipper Scott Pendlebury is suffering from viral meningitis.

In an Instagam post on Thursday, Pendlebury's wife Alex reported the Pies' captain had been suffering from the debilitating condition on the eve of the finals.

However, a Collingwood spokesperson cleared up the matter on Friday, club doctors diagnosing him with a mild viral illness that wouldn't have kept him from taking the field at the weekend had the Pies been playing.