Adam Treloar has impressed in a scratch match for Collingwood as he works his way back from a minor calf injury.
The star Magpies midfielder suffered the injury on the first day back at training after ongoing issues across the last 12 months.
The Pies took on St Kilda at Gosch's Paddock, with Mason Cox and Lynden Dunn the other key Pies taking part.
Dunn is coming off a torn ACL in March of 2019, while Cox missed the season resumption with a minor knee injury.
The Saints ‘won’ the match 72-63, but results aren’t particularly relevant in scratch matches umpired by club officials for the sake of match fitness.
Collingwood provided updates on the match via Twitter, with Cox kicking a goal in the final term and no injuries reported.
Flynn Appleby and Josh Thomas both finished with multiple goals.
Q3) Treloar has had plenty of the footy. Positive return so far. pic.twitter.com/uBTA8Wlfbs
— Collingwood FC (@CollingwoodFC) June 20, 2020
Q4) Cox takes a strong contested mark to score his first of the day.
— Collingwood FC (@CollingwoodFC) June 20, 2020
Pies 9.3 (57)
St Kilda 8.4 (52) pic.twitter.com/56fg5pIrgX
St Kilda plans to release information on their performance in the match tomorrow.
Hey Nick, we’ll have a match report on the site tomorrow. Due to resources/access, live updates for this game weren’t possible on this occasion.
— St Kilda FC (@stkildafc) June 20, 2020
Clubs are now allowed to release photos and match vision from these scratch matches, after the AFL strangely told them they couldn’t in Round 2.