![\"Jordan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781976018_498_0f16f88efe78aca501784aadfc11990fb859bde7.jpeg\")
Jordan De Goey was instrumental for Collingwood.AFL Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\nSaturday night\u2019s runaway 27-point victory over Port Adelaide provides a pleasant distraction from the reality of Collingwood\u2019s ageing list situation.<\/p>\n
It won\u2019t stop Jordan De Goey issuing a cheeky SOS for would-be Magpie recruits such as Lachie Neale (like he did on the radio this week), or one of his Power opponents, in-demand free agent Zak Butters.<\/p>\n
If not for De Goey and Nick Daicos\u2019 second-quarter intervention, this might have been a drastically different night for a Collingwood side that looks unlikely to challenge even for the new wildcard finals round.<\/p>\n
Jordan De Goey was instrumental for Collingwood.AFL Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Neither team kicked a goal in the final quarter of a forgettable game that attracted only 40,860 fans, who were treated to masterclass performances from two of the Magpies\u2019 biggest stars.<\/p>\n
De Goey kicked three goals from 26 disposals, while Daicos racked up 41 touches, nine clearances and 10 score involvements.<\/p>\n
They were equally brilliant, and Collingwood needed them badly, particularly in the opening half.<\/p>\n
Missing Jamie Elliott, captain Darcy Moore, defender Brayden Maynard and ageless record-breaker Scott Pendlebury \u2013 and having lost three of their past four matches by eight points or fewer, to Melbourne, the Western Bulldogs and Sydney \u2013 the Pies were 19 points down in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
In reality, it should have been worse, but Port frittered away a series of goal-scoring opportunities.
More alarmingly, Craig McRae\u2019s men conceded five consecutive goals after Tim Membrey and Lachie Schultz kicked the first two of the game.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But everything changed for the better in an eight-minute purple patch where De Goey bobbed up for two goals \u2013 the second a classy left-foot finish \u2013 before Daicos flushed a midair strike that would not have been out of place at the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
The Power, who looked so good for much of the first half, managed just one more goal for the match as they limped to the finish line with a miserable 6.15 (51) scoreline to Collingwood\u2019s 11.12 (78).<\/p>\n
Making matters worse, Port lost Jack Lukosius (calf) early in the second half in his first senior game in two months before Esava Ratugolea (knee) and Todd Marshall went down in the same aerial contest. While Marshall ended up playing the game out, Ewan Mackinlay (medial strain) was also injured.<\/p>\n
Ratugolea, who snared six intercept marks to half-time, was down for a significant period, and was stretchered off.<\/p>\n
The Magpies still finished with fewer inside 50s and contested possessions, and split the clearances, as their stars, including veteran defender Jeremy Howe, who added another big mark to his collection, carried them across the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday night\u2019s runaway 27-point victory over Port Adelaide provides a pleasant distraction from the reality of Collingwood\u2019s ageing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-749587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}