The Magpies eventually lost by 60-points, with Steele Sidebottom the only multiple goal scorer with two.
Carlton 7.1 9.7 15.11 18.14 (122)
Collingwood 3.2 6.3 8.6 9.8 (62)
Goals - Collingwood: Sidebottom 2, Cloke, Fasolo, Beams, Goldsack, Dawes, Shaw, Thomas
Best - Collingwood: Sidebottom, Swan, Shaw
Nick Maxwell made a welcome return to the field after a two week layoff with an ankle injury.
Darren Jolly breaks through the banner for the 211th time in his career.
Andrew Carrazzo signalled his intentions of a footy-feast early in the night.
Dayne Beams was a bright spot in the first quarter, giving the side some badly needed spark in attack.
There weren't too many reasons for Chris Judd to get cranky, but the photographers managed to snap one.
Dane Swan tried his hardest to engineer a fightback in the second term.
And when Tyson Goldsack kicked the eighth goal of his career midway through the second term, the Magpies appeared to have a sniff.
But it wasn't to be. Things were compounded when Luke Ball limped off with a knee injury. Although he returned briefly, he was soon headed back down the race and into the rooms.
Heath Shaw brought the fans to their feet in the third quarter when he held this unlikely grab over Marc Murphy.
Ben Reid donned every footballer's most dreaded piece of apparel - the red vest. He was substituted out of the game with a leg injury at quarter time.
In the end, we just came up short.
No one ever enjoys a loss to Carlton.
But every black and white cloud has a silver lining. There's always next week. That's the thing about football.
