Prized recruit Jesse Hogan made a quiet debut for Fremantle as Collingwood overcame a sluggish start to post a 27-point win in Monday’s pre-season clash at Arena Joondalup. Hogan went goalless from just six disposals in his three quarters of action, but importantly he moved freely in a strong sign he is over the foot injury that ended his season last year. The 24-year-old former Demon roamed all the way to defence at one point in the opening term to take an intercept mark. Fremantle led 33-7 at quarter-time after making the most of a strong breeze, but Collingwood booted seven straight goals either side of halftime to open up a 22-point buffer. Watch the JLT Community Series live on FOX FOOTY. Jesse Hogan. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images However, there were more twists in the tail, with the Dockers fighting back to open up a six-point lead early in the final term, before Collingwood settled to secure the 17.9 (111) to 12.12 (84) win in front of 5245 fans. Star Magpies duo Scott Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom racked up 34 disposals apiece in a match that started in 37-degree heat, while Travis Varcoe booted three goals. Jaidyn Stephenson takes off. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images Get the ultimate AFL experience on your phone with the FOX FOOTY App. Download it NOW for FREE on iOS and Android! Dayne Beams tallied 25 disposals and a goal in his first match back in Collingwood colours, while Jamie Elliott, who missed all of last season with hamstring and ankle issues, was lively. Fremantle swingman Brennan Cox booted three goals in a promising display. Defender Griffin Logue limped off late. Former GWS big man Rory Lobb made a promising debut for Fremantle, mixing ruck and forward-line duties. Travis Varcoe celebrates a goal. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images Collingwood entered the match missing a host of best-22 players, including Jordan De Goey, Daniel Wells, Mason Cox, Tyson Goldsack, Jeremy Howe, Taylor Adams, Adam Treloar, and Will Hoskin-Elliott. The Dockers were without Nat Fyfe, Aaron Sandilands, Sean Darcy, Stephen Hill, Reece Conca, and Connor Blakely. Every game of every round of the 2019 AFL Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. Get it all on Foxtel. Follow the AFL pre-season competition, the JLT Community Series, in our live blog below. If you can’t see the blog, tap here!<doc-sep>Fremantle could face a nervous wait over up to four players after a string of injury concerns in the club’s 27-point pre-season loss to Collingwood in Joondalup today. Top-10 draft pick Griffin Logue had played an impressive game in defence before an awkward landing in a marking contest had him grabbing at his hamstring, before jogging off the field. The injury followed another hamstring problem for small forward Sam Switkowski, who did not return after quarter-time. WIN the ultimate WA footy fan experience! Register to play The Game tipping and fantasy before March 12 for your chance to win TWO PREMIUM RESERVED SEATS, including hospitality, at every AFL home and away game in Perth this season, with thanks to Thirsty Camel. Brennan Cox also came off with what appeared to be an issue with his left arm, but later returned to the field, while Nathan Wilson complained of a wrist problem. Only Switkowski’s injury is thought to be serious at this stage. The injuries took the shine off a contest which would have given both sides something to look forward to and plenty to improve leading into round one. Camera Icon Griffin Logue came from the field with a hamstring problem. Credit: Danella Bevis The Dockers had the best of the midfield battle and inside-50s for much of the contest, but struggled to convert them into a significant score. With scores level at the final break it was Collingwood who finished stronger to run out 17.9 (111) to 12.12 (84) winners. With Rory Lobb forced to do more rucking than anticipated in the absence of Aaron Sandilands and Sean Darcy, the forward mix of Jesse Hogan, Matt Taberner and Cox seemed clunky at times. Of the forwards it was Cox, who had been earmarked for a switch to defence, who looked most likely, and finished the game with three goals despite wilting in the blistering heat. Camera Icon Jesse Hogan did not have a huge impact. Credit: Getty Images Hogan got through unscathed but had limited impact. The usual suspects fired for the Magpies, with the returning Dayne Beams (25 disposals) joining Scott Pendlebury (34) and Steele Sidebottom (34) in finding plenty of the football. Bradley Hill led the Dockers’ ball winners with 29 touches, while Andrew Brayshaw impressed with 25 and six marks. Key defender Alex Pearce looked solid, and picked up a game-high 11 intercept marks. COLLINGWOOD 1.1 7.5 10.5 17.9 (111) FREMANTLE 5.3 6.5 9.11 12.12 (84) GOALS - FREMANTLE: Cox 3, Matera 2, Mundy, Banfield, Walters, Lobb, Ballantyne, B Hill, Langdon COLLINGWOOD: Varcoe 3, Mihocek, Elliott, Daicos, Stephenson 2, Beams, T Brown, Phillips, Sidebottom, Crocker, Wills BEST - FREMANTLE: Hill, Walters, Tucker, Brayshaw, Lobb, Pearce, Cox COLLINGWOOD: Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Grundy, Elliott, Stephenson, Beams INJURIES - FREMANTLE: Sam Switkowski (hamstring), Logue (hamstring), Wilson (wrist), Cox (arm). UMPIRES: Margetts, Rosebury, McInerney CROWD: 5245 at HBF Arena<doc-sep>Ruck ‘n’ roll Rory With veteran Aaron Sandilands (calf) and emerging big man Sean Darcy (hamstring) sidelined, Fremantle turned to boom recruit Rory Lobb to do the bulk of the ruck work. The 207cm former GWS Giant spent the majority of the afternoon rucking against All-Australian Magpie Brodie Grundy. While he lost the hit-outs 46-20, he had more of an impact around the ground with 20 disposals. Lobb, who prefers to play up forward and pinch-hit in the ruck, became the Giants’ main ruckman last year after the retirement of Shane Mumford and injury to Dawson Simpson. Second-year ruckman Scott Jones was used sparingly off the bench when Lobb needed a rest. The 26-year-old was one of four new faces running around for the Dockers, with fellow trade acquisitions Jesse Hogan (Melbourne) and Travis Colyer (Essendon) and mature-age draftee Brett Bewley (Williamstown) also out there. WIN the ultimate WA footy fan experience! Register to play The Game tipping and fantasy before March 12 for your chance to win TWO PREMIUM RESERVED SEATS, including hospitality, at every AFL home and away game in Perth this season, with thanks to Thirsty Camel. Cox stands tall up forward Brennan Cox isn’t going to give up his spot in the Fremantle side without a fight. The versatile tall showed he can still have an impact in a tall Dockers outfit featuring new recruits Jesse Hogan and Rory Lobb, forward Matt Taberner, backmen Alex Pearce, Joel Hamling and Griffin Logue and ruckman Scott Jones. The 20-year-old booted a team-high three majors in a promising display as he looks to add to his 26 AFL appearances in two seasons. Taberner had a quiet first half before getting his hands on the ball after the main break. Young guns put hands up Youngsters Andrew Brayshaw and Darcy Tucker showed they were capable of filling Fremantle’s midfield void. With two-time Doig medallist Lachie Neale traded to Brisbane and captain Nat Fyfe (elbow) Connor Blakely (hamstring) Stephen Hill (quad) and Reece Conca (knee infection) out injured, it was a largely inexperienced Dockers engine room taking on last year’s grand finalists. Billy’s back Jamie Elliott has played that little footy in the past few seasons that he almost feels like a new recruit for Collingwood. The clever goalsneak had his 2018 campaign ruined by a hamstring injury and didn’t feature at AFL level. He also didn’t play a game in 2016 thanks to a back injury. But the 26-year-old looks like he’s got a big year ahead of him after a promising display up forward. He played the majority of the match as a deep crumbing forward, finishing with three goals from 15 touches. Elliott was joined in the side by fellow hamstring victim Darcy Moore, who was solid in defence against a tall Fremantle forward-line.<doc-sep>1. Jamie Elliott is a massive “in” for the Magpies Plays tall and small and reads the ball off the boot extremely well. He was a constant threat to Fremantle in attack and a tough player to find the right match-up for. He didn’t play at all last year and will be a massive boost to Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley if he stays fit. 2. And the new Freo focal point is ... Brennan Cox The youngster kicked three first-half goals, often posting up as the deepest forward as the Dockers tried to use their three tall forwards to create a mismatch for at least one. Cox is only 20 and has already played some good football. WIN the ultimate WA footy fan experience! Register to play The Game tipping and fantasy before March 12 for your chance to win TWO PREMIUM RESERVED SEATS, including hospitality, at every AFL home and away game in Perth this season, with thanks to Thirsty Camel. 3. And what of Jesse Hogan? Still looks a little disconnected from his new teammates at this point. Positioned himself a little too far away at times. At other times wasn’t seen when he could have been used. The idea of using him further upfield early in the season might get a little traction until he settles into a new team. Fremantle were guilty of bombing away too much instead of kicking to their forwards’ advantage. Camera Icon Jesse Hogan had a mixed game. Credit: Getty Images 4. Rory Lobb Did enough as a ruckman to suggest he will be a more than handy pick-up yesterday. Lobb competes and gets the ball around the ground. It must be said that Brodie Grundy worked his way well on top in the hit-outs after quarter-time and the Pies got on top in clearances as a result. 5. How was Andrew Brayshaw’s comeback? Strong. Was vibrant with eight first-quarter touches as the Dockers enjoyed a five-goal opening term with the breeze and he continued to work hard as the Magpies got the better of the midfield duels after quarter-time. Arguably the best of the Dockers youngsters. 6. Dayne Beams As if we didn’t already know it, a massive in for the Collingwood midfield. The Pies were without Adam Treloar, Jordan De Goey and Taylor Adams yesterday, but still held a clear edge midfield, albeit against an equally undermanned Fremantle engine room. 7. Fremantle’s pleasant surprise Strong indications from young midfielder Darcy Tucker that he could be ready to take a step up. Had 16 touches and laid 10 tackles to three-quarter-time and was probably close to being the best of Fremantle’s midfielders. The Dockers will hope his fourth season mirrors Ed Langdon’s last year. 8. Did the three-tall-forward structure work? Not often enough yesterday. Too often Magpie defenders dropped in front of tall Fremantle forwards, too often the Pies swept the ball from defence and Matt Taberner, who got as many mismatches as any of the forwards, spilt too many marks he should have taken. There were crumbing goals to Bailey Banfield, Hayden Ballantyne and Michael Walters and Brandon Matera kicked two, but the formula needs work. 9. The youngsters Brayshaw and Tucker were good and Griffin Logue had good and bad moments. Not sure that the Dockers can afford the luxury of Adam Cerra at half-back when their ball use from midfield to their forwards is as poor as it has been for some time now. 10. Fremantle’s biggest issue It remains, as it has for some time now, how poor they are with the ball in their hands compared with the best AFL teams. The Pies eventually did them in yesterday, not through superior effort, but through cleaner hands in heavy traffic and vastly superior foot skills. All the gun forwards in the world won’t save them if they can’t kick the ball better than they do at the moment.<doc-sep>
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon was pleased with what he saw from trade acquisitions Jesse Hogan, Rory Lobb and Travis Colyer, despite yesterday’s 27-point JLT Community Series loss to Collingwood. Lobb was the pick of the trio in the 17.9 (111) to 12.12 (84) defeat at Arena Joondalup, with the 207cm Greater Western Sydney recruit battling hard in the ruck against All-Australian Brodie Grundy in the absence of injured big men Aaron Sandilands (calf) and Sean Darcy (back tightness). Boom recruit Hogan showed promising signs in his return from a navicular injury before he was put on ice early in the third term, while former Bomber Colyer got better as the game went on. WIN the ultimate WA footy fan experience! Register to play The Game tipping and fantasy before March 12 for your chance to win TWO PREMIUM RESERVED SEATS, including hospitality, at every AFL home and away game in Perth this season, with thanks to Thirsty Camel. “It was a very serious injury, the navicular,” Lyon said of Hogan. “He’s trained incredibly hard, he’s fitted in and he really wants to be part of a hard-working forward line, so he’s playing his part. “Colyer whacked away and got going late and I thought for Jesse to get through and take another step forward was exciting for us. “Lobb stood up today. I know everyone sees him as a key forward, but his ability to play ruck and get his hand to it was really impressive today, so that was exciting for us.” Lyon played down an injury concern for Griffin Logue, who appeared to clutch his left hamstring after landing awkwardly in a marking contest late in the game. The injury-prone defender, who didn’t play an AFL game in 2018 due to a foot injury, had his upper leg iced in the change rooms post-game, but Lyon said it was just cramp. “Sam Switkowski picked up a hamstring injury, to what extent we don’t know, but he’s got a history of those,” Lyon said. “The rest were just knocked thumbs and knocked knees.” Lyon praised second-year pair Andrew Brayshaw and Adam Cerra, while he also flagged more run-with roles for Darcy Tucker. Cerra was impressive across half-back, with Brayshaw and Tucker putting their hands up to fill Fremantle’s midfield void. With two-time Doig medallist Lachie Neale traded to Brisbane and captain Nat Fyfe (elbow), Connor Blakely (hamstring), Stephen Hill (quad) and Reece Conca (knee infection) missing, it was a largely inexperienced Dockers engine room taking on last year’s grand finalists. Fyfe, pictured, is a “very, very good” chance to return for Sunday’s derby against West Coast in Mandurah, with Darcy also set to play. While Bradley Hill (28 disposals and one goal) and Michael Walters (21 and one goal) were the home side’s best, Brayshaw (25) and Tucker (19 and 13 tackles) weren’t far behind against a star-studded Magpies midfield which included Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom and the returning Dayne Beams. Versatile tall Brennan Cox provided a target in attack for Fremantle and finished with three majors. Clever Collingwood goalsneak Jamie Elliott looks set for a big year after his entire 2018 season was ruined by hamstring problems. Elliott (two goals) was one of four multiple goal kickers for the visitors, with Travis Varcoe (three), Brody Mihocek (two) and last season’s Rising Star winner Jayden Stephenson (two) also lively. Fellow hamstring victim Darcy Moore was another welcome return for the Magpies, shoring up his team’s back line which was depleted last year. Beams was serviceable in his first appearance in black and white since 2014. The 2010 premiership star, who was traded back to Collingwood from Brisbane at season’s end, finished with 25 touches and a goal.