Humble Daicos single-handedly topples Blues

The rivalry between Collingwood and Carlton is absolutely alive and well.

Friday night's blockbuster clash saw the Pies sneak home with a six-point victory in the Peter MacCallum Cup.

It was a game of two tales, with Carlton up by as many as 19 points in the second term, before the Pies took an 11-point lead into the main break.

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The scores were level with less than three minutes left to play in the final term, with Blue Matt Cottrell kicking truly to even up the contest.

But it was one man, whose name has become synonymous with Collingwood, who knew exactly what to do when the game was in the balance.

Enter Nick Daicos.

With one minute left to play, Daicos snatched a brilliant goal from 45 metres out after he sharked the ball from the ruckman.

The Blues were unable to cover the space left by Daicos, as Pies fans and his won father, Collingwood legend Peter Daicos.

Despite literally winning the game off his boot, the 21-year-old remained humble after the victory.

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"It's good, but credit to Carlton, these games seem to go down to the wire," Daicos said on 7 post match.

"It was a good feeling, we missed a couple (of goals) before it … I'm just lucky it went through."

On top of Daicos' heroics, it was one special debutant for Collingwood who took just two minutes to make his mark on the game.

Lachie Sullivan, who was on the Pies' list for just 10 weeks, was subbed on after Beau McCreery copped a brutal knee to the head from Carlton's Cottrell in the second term.

The mature-aged rookie booted a scintillating snap on the run. It was his first ever touch in the AFL.

"The perseverance, it has been such a great story," Daicos said of Sullivan's debut.

"He's played such an integral role for us in front of 90,000."

Another special moment came when Pies veteran Scott Pendlebury kicked his one goal of the night, with his celebration quickly noticed.

He held his hand up on his forehead, showing all five fingers.

It was a nod to his pending 400-game milestone, which he is now just five matches shy of.

Meantime, it was the biggest home-and-away crowd ever recorded for a Collingwood and Carlton match, with a whopping 88,302 packing the MCG.