Pies hammer Blues at the MCG

Travis Cloke ... there are few sweeter feelings than a triumph over your bitter rivals. Source: JOE CASTRO / AAP

Carlton's AFL finals hopes appear doomed after the injury-hit Blues suffered a 41-point loss to arch rivals Collingwood in their round-15 clash on Friday night.

Inspired by Scott Pendlebury and Dane Swan who gathered 33 and 41 possessions respectively, Collingwood came from 28 points down late in the first term to win 17.16 (118) to 12.5 (77) in front of a crowd of 78,224 fans at the MCG.

The Magpies improved their win-loss record to 9-5, while the Blues (6-8) remain on 24 premiership points, three games outside the eight.

		P	W	D	L	%	Pts
1	Hawthorn	13	12	0	1	144.98	48
2	Geelong	13	11	0	2	128.85	44
3	Essendon	13	10	0	3	129.51	40
4	Sydney	13	9	1	3	131.15	38
5	Fremantle	13	9	1	3	124.55	38
6	Richmond	13	9	0	4	124.39	36
7	Collingwood	14	9	0	5	107.84	36
8	Port Adelaide	13	8	0	5	118.17	32
9	West Coast	13	6	0	7	110.02	24
10	Carlton	14	6	0	8	109.19	24
11	Adelaide	13	6	0	7	105.72	24
12	North Melbourne	13	5	0	8	114.25	20
13	Gold Coast	13	5	0	8	90.94	20
14	Brisbane	13	4	0	9	74.34	16
15	St Kilda	13	3	0	10	85.61	12
16	Bulldogs	13	3	0	10	75.19	12
17	Melbourne	13	2	0	11	54.01	8
18	Greater Western Sydney	13	0	0	13	50.16	0

Big men Travis Cloke and Ben Reid dominated up forward for Collingwood, kicking five and four goals respectively.

The Blues kicked only five goals after quarter-time in their heaviest loss of the season.

Carlton suffered a blow when key forward Jarrad Waite limped off with a possible knee or ankle injury at the 17-minute mark of the game, replaced by substitute player Dennis Armfield.

Forward Eddie Betts was also injured during the match.

The Blues were in tremendous form early and produced a seven-goal first quarter to lead by 28 points at the 27-minute mark of the first term.

But as Carlton began to struggle to find a tall target up forward, Collingwood slammed on three goals late in the first term and six to Carlton's one in the second quarter to hold a 24-point advantage at halftime.

The Magpies increased their lead to 47 points after booting four goals to Carlton's one in the third term and the Blues kicked three goals to Collingwood's two in the final term.

Collingwood rested premiership defender Harry O'Brien because of an ankle injury and the former All-Australian has been given several days of personal leave. However media reports have also suggested a rift between O'Brien and coach Nathan Buckley following an argument at training earlier this week.

The Magpies host Adelaide at the MCG on July 12 and Carlton play St Kilda the following night at Etihad Stadium.

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