Injured Collingwood stars Darren Jolly and Luke Ball emerged unscathed from VFL hitout Magpie Luke Ball, pictured at training during the week, emerged unscathed from his VFL hitout. COLLINGWOOD'S Luke Ball shone in his first competitive hitout in over 12 months as the VFL Pies trounced Bendigo by 116 points. Ball, 28, gathered plenty of the ball and showed his veteran class at Queen Elizabeth Oval. The 2010 premiership midfielder ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in Round 3 last season and had further setbacks earlier this year with hamstring soreness. Collingwood VFL general manager Luke Gatti said Ball pulled up well after playing around 70 per cent game time. Ruckman Darren Jolly, who was ruled out of Thursday's ANZAC Day clash with Essendon as he recovered from a rib injury, also got through unscathed and was one of the Pies' best. Jolly, who spent time both in the ruck and up forward, booted three goals and played 80 per cent of the match.