Collingwood have held off a brave Gold Coast to claim a thrilling five-point AFL win at a slippery Metricon Stadium to extend their winning streak to six games.
In a see-sawing contest, the Magpies just found the winning edge to claim a 9.13 (67) to 8.14 (62) victory and move to sixth on the ladder.
Josh Daicos and Jack Ginnivan kicked three goals each for the visitors, while Daicos' brother Nick was best on ground with a career-high 37 disposals, seven score involvements and 674 metres gained.
Izak Rankine starred for the Suns, with four goals, as Gold Coast slipped to a 7-8 record and their hopes of sneaking into the top eight starting to slip away.
Captain Touk Miller had 31 touches for the hosts, while Noah Anderson (30 disposals, one goal) was also excellent.
The win came at a cost for both clubs with Darcy Moore stretchered off in the final term after injuring his left knee in a marking contest, while Connor Budarick and Ben Ainsworth also suffered lower-leg injuries in a desperate last quarter.
Collingwood's triumph came despite an out-of-sorts return to the AFL by superstar Jordan de Goey, who could only manage 11 touches in his first game since returning from a period of personal leave after a controversial trip to Bali during the mid-season bye.
The Suns were quick out of the blocks, kicking the first three goals including one to debutant Hewago Oea.
The Papua New Guinea product, a late inclusion for the hosts at the expense of Chris Burgess, kicked a major with his first touch in the AFL, finishing truly on the run with the outside of his right foot to spark a big on-field celebration with his teammates.
The Magpies responded after the 20-year-old's moment, with young gun Ginnivan kicking two goals in quick time after Oliver Henry's opener to level the scores.
The visitors probably should have hit the front by quarter time but Taylor Adams and Henry were both guilty of missing gettable set shots.
Josh Daicos's first goal early in the second quarter put the Magpies in front for the first time before Ginnivan added his third to make it five unanswered for Collingwood.
Rankine ended that run with a brilliant snap from the pocket before Noah Anderson got on the end of some clever Mal Rosas work to get the Suns within two points.
Josh Daicos's second of the match in the final minute of the quarter ensured the Pies held a nine-point lead at the main break.
Both teams scrapped for over 17 minutes without a goal in the third term before another Suns' first-gamer, James Tsitas, set up Rankine for his second after Matt Rowell did well to smother a Scott Pendlebury kick.
Another behind by Levi Casboult, the Suns' fifth of the term, after the big forward had taken a screamer of a mark, ensured it was the hosts' ahead by just one point at the final turn.
A double to Rankine early in the final term, including a freakish effort off the ground, put the Suns further ahead.
Josh Daicos stepped up with his third after combining with his brother to cut the margin back to a goal with just over seven minutes to play.
Brody Mihocek, guilty of burning a gilt-edged opportunity in the second term, made no mistake after a good mark to again level the scores and then Will Hoskin-Elliott's first of the night put the visitors in a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
