Collingwood have gone down to Fremantle by six points in a wild and wet Gather Round arm-wrestle at Adelaide Oval.

Two weeks after Jobe Shanahan took a game saving mark on the same patch of Adelaide Oval, Fremantle key forward Josh Treacy ran back in the opposite direction to courageously win the game on Friday night.

The ball looked set for a signature Jamie Elliott grab, but Treacy got there first, intercepting in the dying seconds to help seal a six-point win over Collingwood in pouring rain.

Billy Frampton had nullified him for most of the night, holding the Coleman Medal contender scoreless, but the star forward produced the game defining moment at the death.

This game was always going to be close.

The past three meetings between these two sides have been decided by a combined total of 15 points – plus five of the Dockers’ past six games have been decided by under 10 points – and it delivered a tight, dour affair that ended in a 7.3 (45) to 5.9 (39) victory for the Dockers.

Collingwood led for most of the night and should have banked four premiership points, but Dan McStay, Lachie Schultz and Nick Daicos all missed shots early in the last quarter to extend the margin.

And then Fremantle made them pay. First when Jye Amiss calmly slotted a long-range set shot from 50m into swirling breeze and rain to reduce the margin to a point.

Then Matt Johnson made Billy Frampton pay for a costly turnover into the corridor with five minutes to play, putting the Dockers five points in front as rain swept across Adelaide Oval.

Collingwood came again, but Alex Pearce was heroic late, just like he was against Adelaide at this ground a week earlier. Most of the last minute was played in the Magpies’ forward 50 before Fremantle finally got the ball out and ran away with it and the game to move to second on the ladder at 4-1.

Eight days after being the centre of late drama at the Gabba, Nick Daicos returned to centre stage on Friday night and showed why Collingwood is a different proposition with him out there.

The 22-year-old was almost difference at Adelaide Oval.

While almost everyone else struggled in the wet, Daicos danced through traffic all night, finishing with a game-high 31 disposals and 638 metres gained.

Both sides lost key players midway through the second quarter when Jordan De Goey and Sean Darcy both exited the game due to concussion. Collingwood will be without the midfielder for next Thursday night’s game against Carlton, while Darcy will miss the Western Derby.

Been here before
Angus Anderson looked comfortable out there from the moment he entered the game six minutes into the first quarter. The last time the 22-year-old played here he won the Jack Oatey Medal for best on ground in the SANFL Grand Final last September. Just over six months later and the 190cm midfielder got his hands on the ball early.

Concussion blow for JDG
Jordan De Goey also departed the game midway through the second quarter after hitting his head on the ground. The Magpies ruled him out of the game quickly due to concussion, ruling him out of next Thursday night’s clash against Carlton at the MCG.

Score
COLLINGWOOD        1.2    3.5    5.6    5.9 (39)
FREMANTLE              1.1    2.2    5.2    7.3 (45)

Goals
Collingwood: Membrey, Long, McStay, Anderson, Crisp 1
Fremantle: Dudley, Amiss 2, Switkowski, Johnson, Bolton 1