Collingwood bad boys Heath Shaw and Alan Didak played starring roles as the Pies posted a ruthless 62-point win over West Coast in the AFL pre-season cup at Subiaco Oval on Saturday night.

The Pies, missing just Paul Medhurst, Anthony Rocca and Sean Rusling from their best 22, had the game sewn up by half-time when they led by 40 points.

The 1.15.17 (116) to 3.3.9 (54) triumph set up a quarterfinal date with the winner of next week's Fremantle/Richmond clash, while West Coast will make the trek to Alice Springs for the fourth pre-season on the trot to take on the loser of Geelong/Adelaide.

Collingwood had winners all over the park, with Tarkyn Lockyer (three goals, 31 possessions), Ben Johnson (two goals) and Scott Pendlebury (31 touches) all playing crucial roles

Forward Travis Cloke recovered from a slow start to finish with four goals, while Shaw gathered 26 touches in his first match back since his drink-driving misdemeanour last year.

Shaw's partner in crime Didak was booed by parts of the 22,819 crowd throughout the match but put the distraction aside to gather 30 touches and kick a goal.

Collingwood resisted the temptation to unleash draftees Dayne Beams and Steele Sidebottom, while the Eagles, missing the likes of Ashley Hansen, Andrew Embley, Adam Hunter, Mark LeCras, Adam Selwood, Tyson Stenglein, David Wirrpanda, Beau Waters and Brad Ebert from their best line-up, blooded a host of youngsters.

Tom Swift, who was once rated by Michael Voss as the best 16-year-old going around, was impressive in his first hit-out for the Eagles, while Adam Cockie was another youngster to show promise.

Daniel Kerr, who along with Dean Cox started as a nominated sub, added spark when he entered the game early in the second quarter, while skipper Darren Glass battled manfully in a defence under siege.

Collingwood controlled play in an unforgiving opening term that saw West Coast defender Brett Jones cop a nasty cut to the head and Patrick McGinnity left dazed and confusing after a fierce but fair bump from Pies captain Nick Maxwell.

Two goals apiece from Johnson and Lockyer gave the Pies a handy 14-point lead at the first break, with McGinnity's nine-pointer keeping the Eagles within touch.

Collingwood powered ahead in the second term, posting four goals to one as the bigger-bodied Pies outmuscled their younger opponents.

Cloke continued the onslaught in the third term with three goals for the term before Leon Davis and Didak added the icing to the cake early in the last with goals from point blank range.

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