As we prepare to face Collingwood at the SCG in a sold out preliminary final clash this Saturday, we take our members and fans back to the last time we met.

The clash occurred a month ago, where the Swans faced an in-form Collingwood outfit on an 11-game winning streak.

With a home finals spot on the line, the Sydney Swans secured a 27-point victory at the SCG to extend it's winning streak to six.

As we prepare for Saturday’s clash, take a look back at the blockbuster below.

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On a day where Sydney celebrated 40 years since relocating from South Melbourne to the Harbour City, where Josh Kennedy completed a lap of honour after he announced his retirement on Tuesday and where poster boy Isaac Heeney played game No.150, John Longmire’s side enhanced its premiership credentials with a comprehensive 27-point win over the Magpies, defeating Collingwood 11.11 (77) to 7.8 (50) on the penultimate Sunday of the home and away season.

After finishing in the bottom four in 2019 and 2020, Sydney has risen again after a brief September dalliance last year.

And the SCG is absolutely rocking again.

When Dane Rampe desperately ran down Brody Mihocek to stop a certain goal halfway through the last quarter, a packed house erupted for the loudest cheer on a day of celebration.

With Collingwood midfielder/forward Jordan De Goey a late out, the Magpies struggled to match the intensity and potency of a Sydney outfit.

Much like most of the season in this neck of the woods, Sydney had an even spread of contribution across the ground. James Rowbottom, Callum Mills and Chad Warner got the job done around the ball. The McCartin brothers – Paddy and Tom – were enormous behind the ball, as was Robbie Fox and Rampe.

And then it was the rockstar trio of Lance Franklin (three goals), Isaac Heeney (two goals) and Tom Papley (two goals) who terrorised an undersized Collingwood backline that was rattled into uncharacteristic turnovers and nervous moments.

Sydney made a fast start and dominated the opening quarter, kicking four goals to two but should have led by more at the first break. They hit the post twice and had another goal overturned in the ARC. The margin was only 15 points at half-time, but the gulf between the two flag contenders felt like more.

Collingwood briefly threatened to do what they have done so often under Craig McRae in the past three months: Just find a way. But when Jeremy Howe turned over the ball coming out of defensive 50 just after half-time, Franklin capitalised, kicking his second goal to draw level with Tony Lockett on 462 goals – the equal fifth most in club history – and then go past Plugger.

Heeney, Papley and Errol Gulden all added goals before Ash Johnson and Mason Cox kicked two late goals before three-quarter time to create an element of doubt. They couldn’t again, could they?

No, they couldn’t. When James Rowbottom slotted a goal two minutes into the final game, Sydney was home.

SYDNEY                   4.4(28)    5.7(37)    9.10(64)     11.11(77)
COLLINGWOOD      2.3(15)    3.4(22)    6.5(41)       7.8(50)

GOALS  
Sydney: Franklin 3, Heeney 2, Papley 2, Gulden, Hayward, Rampe, Rowbottom
Collingwood: Cameron, Cox, N. Daicos, J. Daicos, Ginnivan, Johnson, Mihocek

BEST   
Sydney: Mills, Rowbottom, Fox, T. McCartin, Parker, Franklin, Warner
Collingwood: J. Daicos, Pendlebury, Cameron, Maynard

CROWD: 44,659 at the Sydney Cricket Ground