faultless. The Pies finished with 16 goals and four behinds, and didn't kick a minor score after the 13 minute mark of the second quarter. Their last nine scoring shots were all majors, putting the Blues to the sword with clinical ease.

Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies thanks fans during the 2018 AFL round 03 match between the Carlton Blues and the Collingwood Magpies. Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images

Alex Pearce: If a week is a long time in footy, then two years must be a lifetime. That's basically how long rising Fremantle defender Alex Pearce spent out of the game after two awful leg breaks ruined his 2016-17 seasons. Labelled a future captain by coach Ross Lyon ahead of this year, the athletic 200cm big man has repaid the faithin spades, with his shutdown job on Gold Coast spearhead Tom Lynch paving the way for the Dockers to eclipse the Suns on the way to their second win in three matches. Lynch loomed as the Suns' trump card after his career-best eight majors against Carlton in Round 2 but was held to just one goal by Pearce, who also provided plenty of drive out of the Fremantle backline. It continues a stellar start to the year for the 22-year-old Tasmanian, who has had only two goals kicked on him this season by star forwards Charlie Dixon (one), Joe Daniher (none) and Lynch (one).

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St Kilda's second half: Gee, the Saints look ordinary. After last week's shambolic Good Friday effort against North Melbourne, you would have expected Alan Richardson's