A rejuvenated Collingwood have beaten the Western Bulldogs by 25 points to take a massive step towards locking in an AFLW finals spot, but will sweat on a potential ACL injury to gun midfielder Brittany Bonnici.
The Magpies' 10.6 (66) to 6.5 (41) victory at Victoria Park was their highest-ever AFLW score and sent them six points clear of both the seventh-placed Bulldogs and eighth-placed Gold Coast.
But the win was soured early when Bonnici had to be helped off the field in the first quarter after awkwardly landing from an aerial contest.
The 2021 All-Australian was consoled by sidelined captain Brianna Davey, who suffered a ruptured ACL earlier in the season.
She was later on crutches with her left knee iced.
"At the moment our hearts go to her and we'll see what happens there," coach Steve Symonds told the Seven Network at quarter-time.
"Hopefully, fingers crossed it's not as bad as what we think."
Meanwhile forward Aliesha Newman failed a concussion test after coming off second-best in a second-quarter collision with the Bulldogs' Ellyse Gamble.
Jaimee Lambert dominated, booting three goals and racking up 22 disposals and six tackles and was well-supported by Ruby Schleicher (23 disposals), Mikala Cann and Sarah Rowe.
Co-captain Steph Chiocci looked slick in her return from an achilles injury, while the recalled Sabrina Frederick booted 2.3 in her best game in black and white.
Bulldogs midfield gun Kirsty Lamb (21 disposals) booted the game's first goal and was influential around contests, along with Bulldogs skipper Ellie Blackburn (19 disposals, two goals).
The game was a see-sawing affair until the hard-running Magpies got on top in the second quarter, with three unanswered goals delivering a 17-point half-time lead.
Despite being down two players on the bench from half-time, Collingwood burst out of the main break with Lambert nabbing three goals on the bounce to put the Magpies in an unassailable position.
The Bulldogs bravely fought out the contest in their seventh game in 30 days but were unable to mount an unlikely comeback.
