COLLINGWOOD Â Â 3.5Â Â Â 7.9Â Â Â 11.13 Â Â Â 15.15 Â (105)
FREMANTLE Â Â Â Â Â 2.1Â Â Â 5.5 Â Â Â 10.6 Â Â Â 12.13 Â (85)
GOALS - Collingwood: Elliott 3, Moore 2, De Goey 2, Hoskin-Elliot 2, Treloar, Pendlebury, Crocker, Greenwood, Phillips, Howe. Fremantle: Grey 2, Langdon 2, Taberner, Kersten, Fyfe, McCarthy, Crozier, B Hill, Mundy, Neale.
BEST - Fremantle: Blakely, Walters, Fyfe, Johnson, Weller, Neale. Collingwood: Treloar, Adams, Sidebottom, Pendlebury, Smith, Howe.
UMPIRES Margetts, Dalgleish, Ryan, Mollison.
CROWD 34,259 at Domain Stadium
A third consecutive win for Collingwood sees the Pies and Nathan Buckley just hanging on. They overcame injury and poor use of the ball in attack early to record a 20-point win over Fremantle at Domain Stadium on Sunday.
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Collingwood soldier on
The Magpies recorded their third consecutive victory with a gritty win over Fremantle.
After wins against Brisbane and Hawthorn in the past two weeks, they now move to 10th on the AFL ladder and just one game from the top eight.
With Daniel Wells and Jamie Elliott sitting injured on the bench in the final quarter, the Pies were able to absorb the pressure from the home side late in the game to hold on for the win.
Wasted opportunities from Brad Hill, Brady Grey, Hayden Crozier and Lachie Neale helped.
Hill's miss with 12 minutes to go hurt. He ran into an open goal when the Dockers trailed by six points and opted to roll it along the ground. He missed.
Despite being down to 20 men in the final term, plus with Levi Greenwood (leg) and Tyson Goldsack (shoulder) clearly hurt, the Pies managed 4.2 to 2.7 for the quarter.
There will be a nervous wait on the extent of Wells and Elliott's injuries though.
Wells missed most of the second half with a calf injury and Elliott was carried off the ground with what appeared an ankle injury at the start of the final term.
It's could be a telling blow for Wells, who missed the first three games of the season, his first since switching from North Melbourne, with a similar injury. Lower leg issues have hampered the 32-year-old since 2014. Rotations were all his injury cost the Pies on Sunday though, as he'd had just six touches before he was forced from the field.
The loss of Elliott appeared at the time to be a massive blow though.
As the Pies once again struggled in front of goals, the small forward was steady in attack and kicked three goals in the third term.
Fremantle will once again look at its first quarters in the game review during the weekend.
The Dockers trailed at quarter time for the seventh time this season. They have kicked 22.22 in opening terms this season and given away 42.39.
The statisticians' sheets would have had Ross Lyon fuming at the break. Collingwood had 40 more possessions, 13 more contested possessions, eight more clearances and 11 more inside 50.
It was a disappointing way to respond to last week's 100-point loss to Adelaide.
But they trailed by only 10 points.
The Pies have also had their own issues early in games this season and have almost kicked themselves out of this season.
They are just unable to make the most of their chances when they go forward. There isn't a lot of confidence that they'll score when then do go into attack.
Collingwood had 29 entries into their attack to half-time against the Dockers, compared to Fremantle's 15.
But with 7.9 on the board, they still led by just 16 points.
They have had issues with converting all season and the jitters have come about early in games.
They have kicked a total of 65.84 in opening halves this season and 136.153 for the season.
Elliot looked to be the exception in the third term when he kicked 3.1 for the quarter to give the Pies a 13-point lead at the last break.
The loss of Aaron Sandilands before the game was always going to create a tough hole for Fremantle to fill. Sandilands missed the loss to the Crows last weekend due to hamstring tightness and speculation was about all week that he wouldn't get up for the clash against the Pies either.
That doesn't spell good news for the Dockers – this year, or as the big man moves closer to retirement.
Fremantle had lost the previous seven games they had played without the giant ruckman. Make that eight now.
He missed 17 games in the Dockers disastrous 2016 season and Fremantle managed only three victories in his absence.
And the Pies Brodie Grundy and Darcy Moore made the most of their advantage. Collingwood won the hit-outs 42-28. The clearances evened out to 40-37 in favour of the Pies, but that advantage was 53-16 at half-time.
Nat Fyfe and Lachie Neale helped bridge that gap in the second half.
Taylor Adams did most of the damage at stoppages for the Pies with nine clearances for the game while the fitness of Adam Treloar (35 touches) was arguably the difference in the end.
Scott Pendlebury was also causing the Dockers issues, but had 1.2 on the board at half-time instead of the three goals he should have had.