The Giants gave the Magpies something to think about at the start of both the first and second quarters but Collingwood rounded out the night with an accomplished nine-goal final term to run out 120-point victors.
Dane Swan was sublime with 38 possessions and five goals and Travis Cloke kicked an equal career-high six goals.
Greater Western Sydney 3.4 5.4 6.11 7.12 (54)
Collingwood 7.5 13.11 17.14 26.18 (174)
Goals - Cloke 6, Swan 5, Beams 2, Elliott 2, Goldsack 2, Dawes 2, Sinclair, Blair, Mooney, Maxwell, Shaw, Fasolo, Tarrant
Best - Swan, Cloke, Beams, Pendlebury, Shaw, Elliott, Reid
Heath Shaw had his hands full in the first quarter as the Giants started with the first two goals of the evening.
Tyson Goldsack uses a bit of finesse to keep the ball alive.
Cameron Wood uses every one of his 204cm as he takes on Jonathan Giles at a boundary throw in.
Two former Demons, Tom Scully and Simon Buckley, get some air at Skoda Stadium. The pair passed in and out of the Junction Oval like ships in the night. Buckley was a Demon from 2006-2009, while Scully spent 2010-2011 in the red and blue. Both were involved in the 2009 National Draft but have traveled vastly different paths in their careers.
A night in the shoes of Dane Swan
Laying tackles.
Breaking tackles.
And kicking a career-high five goals.
Side by Side with Taz and Trav.
Tom Young takes a cagy approach to avoiding being pinged for holding the ball.
Cloke in full flight.
Between them, these hands have taken 2204 marks for Collingwood in 355 games.
Nick Maxwell thanks Collingwood's loyal New South Wales supporters.
Many will tell you that winning isn't everything, it's the only thing...
...just ask these three. Hot Pies!
