The star Docker at the centre of one of the biggest collisions in women's football has discovered she played out the rest of Freo’s weekend win with a collapsed lung.

Hayley Miller showed remarkably courage during Saturday's win over Carlton at Fremantle Oval and didn’t think twice about throwing herself into a brutal contest.

Commentating on the game Dockers great Paul Hasleby actually stated the collision was an unprecedented hit in the history of the AFLW.

Camera Icon Hayley Miller has since discovered she had suffered a collapsed lung in the brutal collision. Credit: Will Russell/AFL Media/Getty Images

During the 9.5.59 to 6.12.48 win over Carlton at Fremantle Oval, Hasleby can be heard saying: "Big collision, great courage... That's the biggest contest we've seen, great courage"

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Only now is that courage been made even clearer after scans on the weekend revealed she had suffered a collapsed lung.

“I've never been in that much pain in my life, to be honest,” Miller said.

"I just couldn't breath.

“I actually have a collapsed lung.. but it just feels like I'm winded, it’s manageable."

Camera Icon Hayley Miller and Tayla Bresland of the Dockers are assisted by trainers during the round seven AFLW match between the Fremantle Dockers and the Carlton Blues Credit: Paul Kane/Getty Images

Despite the huge hit Miller refused to benched for the remainder of the game... and it’s not the first time she’s ploughed through the pain barrier.

Remarkably, two years ago, the now Dockers defender played out the remainder of the game with a broken leg, much like her male counterpart, Nat Fyfe, who played out much of Freo’s loss to Hawthorn in the 2015 preliminary final with a fractured fibula.

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And we get the impression it won’t be the last time Miller toughs out an injury in her career...

“Not much will stop me from playing,” she added.