The Saints gave it everything against the ladder leaders, but when push came to shove, they found out the same thing that every other club has come to understand.
These Magpies are the business.
In a contest with plenty of feeling, fuelled largely by the tagging job of Marcus Windhager on Nick Daicos, the Saints loomed as a threat as they kicked the first two goals of the last quarter.
But good sides respond.
Good sides take the hit and throw a few back in their own right.
And Collingwood landed some heavy blows over the last 15 minutes to see them home.
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