Andrew Krakeour, Darren Jolly and Alan Didak were Collingwood's best players as the Pies scored a big win over the Bendigo Gold at the QEO earlier tonight.
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The Gold challenged the Magpies early, but the visitors had too much class in a 116-point victory.
Final scores: Bendigo 9.6 (60) defeated by Collingwood 25.26 (176).
Luke Ball made a welcome return to footy for the first time in more than a year for Collingwood and appeared to get through the match unscathed.
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley would have been impressed with his four key stars playing in the VFL last night, as he watched on from the grandstand as part of a massive crowd.
Bendigo led the match for most of the first quarter after the opening two goals by Che Walls.
But the Pies were too good and always looked like breaking the game open after quarter time.
Bendigo trailed by 25 points at quarter time after a late flurry by the Pies, who piled on eight goals to one in the second term.
Collingwood outscored the Gold 10 goals to four after half-time.
Tom Hams was superb from half-back, with his foot skills a highlight in his second best-on-ground performance for Bendigo in a row.
Young ex-Pioneers Che Walls and Billy McInnes showed plenty of promise in attack for the Gold.
Full story in tomorrow's Bendigo Advertiser.
