Collingwood fear the worst for Jamie Elliott after the veteran forward suffered a suspected serious knee injury in a sour ending to Scott Pendlebury's record-breaking AFL appearance.
Nick Daicos starred as the Magpies celebrated Pendlebury's milestone with a hard-fought 13.14 (92) to 12.10 (82) victory in front of 90,028 fans at the MCG on Saturday.
But Elliott crumpled to the turf under pressure from Eagles defender Tylar Young in a marking contest in the dying stages and was taken off on a stretcher.
"We hope for the best, but we won't know until (he has) scans," Collingwood coach Craig McRae said.
"He's in reasonably good spirits.
"We can't rule anything out but we don't know. I mean, clearly he's injured, we just don't know what extent yet."
