Ellie Blackburn’s four-goal haul has fired the Western Bulldogs to a monster 57-point win as Collingwood sweat on captain Ruby Schleicher’s knee injury.

A hand injury to Centra looked to compound Collingwood’s woes, with the No.1 draft pick taken off the ground in the hands of trainers, but she was able to return to the fray.

It was all Bulldogs at Whitten Oval, holding the visitors scoreless in the first quarter on the way to a 10.5 (65) to 1.2 (8) victory on Friday night.

Star Magpies midfielder Schleicher went down in the third quarter with a right knee injury after an awkward tackle on Heidi Woodley.

Schleicher, whose knee was already heavily strapped, was substituted out in the fourth term after desperate attempts to prove her fitness.

It’s a sucker punch for coach Sam Wright’s M

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