Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley will seriously consider playing Ben Reid and Mason Cox in the same forward line if the former continues playing the way he did during the Magpies’ 39-point win over Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium on Friday night.

The injury-prone Reid came in for his first AFL game in nearly 12 months after Cox (ankle) was forced out of the team and hardly missed a beat, proving to be a constant threat in attack with 13 touches, seven marks, a team-high four marks inside 50 and could’ve finished with a bag if not for his poor goalkicking (1.4).

“Yeah we’ve thrown that about because Brody Mihocek is quite a mobile forward and we see him as a tall at the moment and we generally go with a ‘two-four’ forward line, but that is a prospect – it’s something we might have to consider if the form warrants it,” Buckley said post-match.

“‘Reidy’ played his role exceptionally well. He marked the ball, was an aerial threat [but] sprayed them a little bit like the rest of us.”