The Footscray Bulldogs secured their first win of the 2016 VFL pre-season, running out 41 point winners over Collingwood at the Holden Centre on Saturday afternoon.

The Dogs had eleven scoring shots to two in the first term to go into the first break 29 points ahead, before the Pies broke even with the visitors in the second stanza, Footscray holding a 27 point lead at half time.

Jordan Roughead, Fletcher Roberts were the standouts for the ‘Scray, with Josh Dunkley, Jed Adcock and Mitch Honeychurch also impressive.

Footscray put the game out of reach of the home side in the third term, holding Collingwood to just the one behind and extending the buffer to 59 points at the final change.

The ‘Scray return home to Victoria University Whitten Oval next Saturday to take on North Ballarat from 12pm.

Footscray         6.5  8.5  13.8  14.10 (94)
Collingwood     2.0  4.2  4.3       8.5  (53)

Best: Roughead, Roberts, Dunkley, Honeychurch, Adcock, Russell, Hrovat.

Goals: Roughead 2, Hrovat 2, Honeychurch 2, Goetz 2, Staley 2, Jamieson, Greenwood, Dunkley, Wyatt.