Collingwood Senior Coach Craig McRae was thrilled with his team's performance, labelling it mature, and close to its best display this year.

"I think the game up in Brisbane was really, really strong. It probably had similarities with tonight in the way we pressured and defended the ground, I think we kept Brisbane to a similar scoreline," McRae said.

"I really loved our maturity tonight, particularly in the last quarter when you think the opposition are going to take a lot of risks and try a few different things – just to be able to control the tempo of the game when we needed to, or whatever it looked like. It was a really great performance from us.

"It shows our ability to defend the ground against a really good team. They've had our measure, the last couple of times, in all different areas. Ball movement was one where we haven't been able to defend this team, and tonight, we showed we've got a bit of growth in us."

McRae confirmed a concussion diagnosis for winger Pat Lipinski, while small forward Lachie Schultz finished the game with an ice pack on his hamstring.

"He's got a minor hamstring, which is the second time around. Not major, minor, but still, we've got 10 days into Melbourne, then a bye. I think we'll be a bit cautious with Lachie. He's had a bit of time out now, and he's an important player and part of what we're doing, so we'll make sure we get that right," he said.

"Dan McStay might be touch and go, he's close. Young Will Hayes is playing in the VFL tomorrow, he played last week. Oleg Markov, these guys will come into contention. There's a little bit of depth there with guys who've had a little taste, and I'm sure they're hungry for another opportunity."