Watts about that: Demons pip Pies

MELBOURNE surged into the AFL top eight with a heartstopping four-point win over Collingwood at the MCG yesterday.

The oft-maligned Jack Watts kicked what turned out to be the match-winner for the Demons deep in the last quarter, putting his team 10 points ahead.

Alex Fasolo slotted a major at the other end as the final siren sounded but it turned out to be too little too late as Melbourne won 15.14 (104) to 15.10 (100).

It lifted them to sixth spot with a 6-5 win-loss record, while West Coast dropped outside the top eight.

Collingwood would also have claimed sixth position on the ladder had they won.

There were six lead changes in a seesawing first term.

The Demons took a sevenpoint lead into the opening break when Tom McDonald booted a goal after the siren after his former teammate Lynden Dunn conceded a questionable free kick in a marking contest.

The Magpies looked to have broken the game open with the first six goals of the second quarter.