The last time the Sydney Swans defeated Collingwood, the Magpies had two Clokes on the field, Nathan Buckley was captain and Michael O’Loughlin and Barry Hall were Sydney’s star forwards.

Sydney’s most recent win over the Pies was in Round 13, 2005, when the Swans came away with a thrilling one-point victory in front of more than 44,000 at the then Telstra Stadium (now ANZ Stadium).

While the Pies tall forwards including Chris Tarrant and Cameron and Travis Cloke failed to fire, Sydney’s forwards in Barry Hall, Michael O’Loughlin, Nick Davis and Adam Goodes all pitched in with two goals apiece.

Collingwood led by eight points at quarter-time, before the Swans outscored the Pies with three goals to one in the second term to hold a four-point lead at the long break.

The Swans kept the visitors to just six goals before the final change, and led by as much as 22 points in the final term following a goal to Hall early in the last quarter.

With the Pies tall forwards not on song, Collingwood turned to midfielders Scott Burns and Shane Woewodin, who set them alight in the final term.

Woewodin began their comeback with a goal at the three-minute mark of the last quarter to cut the margin to 16 points, before a Ryan Lonie pass set up Collingwood for two in a row.

Burns then goaled from a free kick, before Buckley, who was the Pies best on the day, goaled from a centre clearance to reduce the margin to four points.

In the heat of the match, inaccuracy cost the Pies with Alan Didak and Shane Wakelin both missing opportunities to put Collingwood ahead.

The Swans then scored a much-needed steadier through Goodes, who made the most of a Dane Swan fumble in the Sydney goal square.

Goodes’ goal was enough for the Swans to hold on as Paul Williams starred for Sydney with 25 possessions against his former club.

Following the match, there was controversy from both teams, with Swans coach Paul Roos querying the free kick count of the match (19-30 in the Magpies favour), and Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse questioning the accuracy of the time keepers at the conclusion of the match.

Speaking after the match, Swans coach Paul Roos said there was an element of luck to the Swans’ win.

“When you win by a point I guess probably in the end it is where the ball is and what happens in the last couple of minutes,” Roos said.