The stars came out to shine as Collingwood ran through its final preparations ahead of its meeting with Fremantle at the MCG on Saturday afternoon.

Big names such as Scott Pendlebury, Alan Didak, Ben Johnson and Luke Ball continued their returns from injury in front of several diehard Magpie fans.

Collingwoodfc.com.au has published a photo gallery from this morning's session that is again courtesy of photographer and Collingwood member Steve Hamilton.



Chris Dawes hooks a kick around the corner as assistant coach Matthew Lappin watches on.



Alan Didak and that trademark cheeky grin.



Dale Thomas, deep in thought.



Tom Young sneaks forward; Simon Buckley is hammered into by Lappin.



Scott Pendlebury and Luke Ball run laps of Gosch's Paddock.



Luke Ball stretches out his left leg.



Ben Johnson, Andrew Krakouer and Brent Macaffer run laps of Gosch's Paddock.



Caolan Mooney shots off his textbook kicking action after only 13 games of senior football.



Dale Thomas takes off...



...but can't stop Nathan Brown in time.



Heath Shaw has everything under control.



The coach does what he's always done.



Travis Cloke and Marty Clarke find Marley Williams and Jamie Elliott's competitive nature humorous.



Travis Cloke flies over High Performance Manager David Stiff.



Dale Thomas goes for the chest mark instead of the overhead grab.



Tyson Goldsack looks ready to roll against the Dockers.



We finish with Jackson Paine and Caolan Mooney - two faces of a future that's arriving now.