STACEY Livingstone's not done yet.

At 34, she's the second-oldest on Collingwood's list, but the inaugural key back has been reinvigorated by the rising young players around her.

Livingstone works a taxing job away from football with a transport logistics company, leaving home at 4.30am and walking anywhere between 8-11km a day in work boots, before training in the evening.

"Personally, I think I'm holding up fine. I definitely don't feel like I'm 34, running around with the kids all the time. But no, mentally, physically fine, and ready to go again," Livingstone told womens.afl.

Stacey Livingstone in action in Collingwood's round two clash with Sydney at Victoria Park on September 4, 2022. Picture: Getty Images

"I've cut down a little bit this season on my working hours, but I think it's just a routine, and once you're into it and stick with it, your body seems to adapt.

"I kind of just turn up and do what I'm told, that's how easy I am. It takes a toll, I haven't really had much downtime to do much outside of football, but we're about to have a summer off, pretty much, and it's the first summer off in seven seasons or something, so it's going to be different. But it is what it is. We get paid to play, so you turn up."

Defensive teammates Jordy Allen (22 years old) and Lauren Butler (21) were named in the All-Australian squad earlier this week, having worked closely with Livingstone since they were drafted in 2018.

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"Those girls have developed a ton. Then we've got the likes of Lauren Brazzale, who's come from Carlton and played from the start, and we've got Sansonetti who's come from Richmond, so they've all got defensive minds and have slotted in really well," Livingstone said.

"The growth of the younger girls who have been here for a few years now, we all gel together and if you can keep a core group of defenders in any team, it makes things so much easier."

Stacey Livingstone kicks the ball during Collingwood's S6 round five clash with Brisbane. Picture: Getty Images

Collingwood will play Adelaide in a semi-final on Saturday afternoon, but it was nearly season-over last weekend when facing a Western Bulldogs side storming home in an elimination final.

Ruck Imogen Barnett was the hero, taking a game-saving mark in the final seconds inside defensive 50.

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"That was so stressful, god, we make things hard for ourselves. They kept peppering away, that's for sure, and kudos to them, they're actually a really good side. Definitely deserved to be in finals," Livingstone said.

"But I think we know – unless we're losing by a lot – how to keep control of the ball when we have to, and I think it's just about keeping a cool head. 'Barny''s a nurse, she knows how to keep a cool head, and she took that mark right at the end, and boy was I happy."

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The Crows have had the wood over the Pies in their past three matches, winning by just five points in round four.

"The thing we take away is we're not far behind them. We had two scoring shots in the last few minutes and missed both of them. We could have pipped them, and lucky for them we didn't," Livingstone said.

"In the last two weeks, we've upped our pressure going in forward 50, our tackling pressure, everything like that.

"If we can play the same way we have the last two weeks and tidy up a little bit of the goalkicking, there's no reason why we can't beat them, or anyone we are to face if we do win on the weekend."