1. Where there's a Will there's a goal – or six
Magpies forward Will Hoskin-Elliott continued his unbroken streak of at least one goal a game in 2018 when he converted from just outside 50m late in the first term. Hoskin-Elliott and Melbourne spearhead Jesse Hogan are the only players in the competition yet to be held goalless in every game this season, while the former Giant has now kicked a goal in 14 straight games – a streak that began in round 21 last season. Before Sunday's game, Hoskin-Elliott's biggest tally for the season had been three majors against Carlton in round three, but he played a star turn rather than a cameo against the Dockers, finishing with an equal career-high haul of six. With 23 goals after 11 rounds, the forward is on track to shatter his previous season best of 26 majors, in 2014. He has not missed a game for Collingwood since crossing from Greater Western Sydney ahead of 2017 and is becoming an increasingly important member of its attack. 

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2. Mihocek soars in long-awaited debut 
Brody Mihocek endured a long wait before making his debut, but the 25-year-old made the most of his first AFL opportunity against Fremantle on Sunday. Overlooked in five consecutive drafts before Collingwood took him in last year's rookie draft, Mihocek earned a shot as a mature-age recruit after starring as a key defender in Port Melbourne's 2017 VFL premiership season. Mihocek came into the Magpies' team as a replacement for injured forward Ben Reid and, after a quiet first term, looked right at home in attack. In the second quarter, he goaled from close range with a clever snap and set up Collingwood's next goal with a pin-point long kick to an unattended Will Hoskin-Elliott at the 19-minute mark. The debutant deservedly received a warm round of applause from the Magpies faithful when he ran to the bench soon after. But he was not done yet. He kicked the opening two goals of the final term and one in the dying minutes to finish with four on debut, while he also took some strong marks. It was enough to suggest his long wait will prove worth it – for both him and the Magpies.

3. Dismal day for the Dockers 
Fremantle started the game brightly enough. It kicked the opening goal through Darcy Tucker after little more than a minute's play, and debutant Stefan Giro extended its lead soon after when he hit the post with the first kick of his AFL career. But things went downhill from there for Ross Lyon and his men. By three-quarter time, they had added just four more goals, before saving some face with seven goals in the final quarter when the heat had gone out of the game. Ross Lyon will no doubt be concerned with the fact his team allowed Collingwood to pile on its highest score of the year, 138 points, and were comprehensively beaten in contested possessions (128-153), inside 50s (35-62) and, in the absence of injured star Aaron Sandilands, the hit-outs (25-62). To rub salt into the Dockers' wounds, captain Nat Fyfe is likely to face match review scrutiny after a clash with Collingwood defender Levi Greenwood in the third term, while key defender Alex Pearce suffered a right ankle injury early in that quarter and did not return to the field.

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4. New-look Dockers
After making six changes at the selection table, Fremantle lost 1091 games of experience for Sunday's clash, the eighth biggest drop from one round to the next in League history. Veterans Michael Johnson, Hayden Ballantyne, Danyle Pearce (all omitted), Aaron Sandilands and Stephen Hill (both injured) all came out of the Dockers' team, along with former Sun Brandon Matera (omitted). Their replacements had a collective 139 games experience between them, with Tommy Sheridan (70) and former Cat Shane Kersten (58) the only two to have played 10 or more games. Michael Apeness, pick No.17 in 2013's NAB AFL Draft, had been restricted to just seven games before Sunday through a string of injuries, while rookie Taylin Duman had played four games and Stefan Giro and Scott Jones were making their debuts.

5. Pies pile on highest score in two years
Collingwood's final score, 21.12 (138), was its highest since round eight, 2016 – when it scored 143 points against Brisbane at the Gabba – and also the first time in that stretch it had kicked 20 or more goals. The Magpies did so without their best two key forwards, the injured Ben Reid and Darcy Moore, and with the in-form Jordan De Goey contributing just one goal. Coach Nathan Buckley was understandably buoyed after the game that Will Hoskin-Elliott (a career-high six goals) and 25-year-old debutant Brody Mihocek (four) had been able to stand up in their absence. Buckley also said the Pies' decision to play six forwards in front of the ball more often in 2018 had been a factor in their potent forward line. Nonetheless, the Pies coach was not happy with the final quarter of Sunday's game when both teams kicked seven goals apiece. "It was a shootout really the whole of the last quarter, which is not the way that we want to play the game," Buckley said.