Lynch showed no sign of the thigh injury that kept him out of the Lions’ opening two games, punishing the Magpies defensive line as Brisbane cruised to a 21.11 (137) to 12.5 (77) triumph.
It’s the ninth time the veteran Tasmanian has kicked seven or more goals in a game throughout his illustrious career.
A devastating third quarter sealed Brisbane’s victory and stretched its unbeaten run over the Magpies in the Queensland capital to six games.
The third biggest Gabba crowd in history turned out to watch the Lions kick seven goals to three in the period as they raced to a 38-point lead with a quarter still to play.
Mercurial Lions midfielder Jason Akermanis was back to his brilliant best for the triple-premiers while defensive ace Mal Michael did a superb job in containing Collingwood’s star forward Anthony Rocca.
Collingwood performed well early but struggled for goals in the later stages after forward Chris Tarrant left the game with a strained hamstring.
The huge Brisbane crowd refused to let Magpies half-forward Scott Burns forget about his heavy hit on Jonathan Brown in last year’s decider, booing the ten-season veteran every time he touched the ball.
Collingwood got away to a dream start with Dane Swan and Chris Tarrant both kicking goals in the opening three minutes.
The Magpies could have escaped further but wayward kicking cost them dearly with three goal attempts flying out of bounds on the full.
Brisbane had to wait over ten minutes for their first goal, with Lynch finishing off an Akermanis drive before making it a double blow with a major off a free kick to hand the lead back to the Lions.
Matthew Lokan stole the advantage back for Collingwood with two minutes remaining as the Pies took a narrow five-point buffer into quarter time.
Akermanis again provided the spark the Lions needed as the reigning premiers kicked two early goals through Blake Caracella and Ash McGrath to open the second quarter.
Brisbane looked ominous after such a great start but Collingwood stunned the Lions with four unanswered goals to put them well in front.
The Lions needed some urgent magic to get them back in the game and once again, it was the 2001 Brownlow Medalist in Akermanis who provided it.
The brilliant midfielder charged down an attempted clearance by the Magpies defence, before picking the ball up and kicking it in the same motion for his first major of the game.
Brisbane kicked three more unanswered goals to finish the half with Luke Power’s neat left-foot snap giving the home side a nine-point break.
Brodie Holland gave Collingwood a faint chance of staging what would have been a remarkable victory with the first major of the quarter to close Brisbane’s lead to seven points.
But the Lions refused to let the Magpies into the game, going on a four-goal streak as they opened up a 32-point gap.
Lokan snapped Brisbane’s goal scoring run with a gifted major after a dreadful mistake by Lions defender Chris Johnson in his 200th game.
Brisbane went on another rampage, kicking three more goals before the end of the third quarter as Martin Pike brought up his 100th career goal in 216 games.
The Lions again poured on the pressure in the final quarter, holding Collingwood to just two majors as they secured their third win of the season.
Brisbane coach Leigh Matthews thought the Lions turned on a powerful display after half-time with the help of moving Power, Akermanis and ruckman Dylan McLaren into the midfield.
“We thought those three gave us a bit of life in there and that just complemented the work from the rest of the players out on the field,” Matthews said after the game.
“All of a sudden we looked quicker in the middle of the ground.”
The Lions coach expressed pleasant surprise at the return of Lynch – who achieved the 600 career goal milestone during the match - and Brown who kicked 10 goals between them – seven after half time.
“He (Lynch) really is a marvellous player – the speed, the strength and ball skills that he has got,” was Matthews glowing assessment of his spearhead’s performance.
“Alastair seems to play with little preparation and after tonight you might think ‘Browny’ is the same way - you always kick a bigger score if your big forwards can mark the ball a bit.”
Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse was left to rue several missed chances.
"I don’t think we lacked spirit. (We lacked) manpower and probably skill level when we missed three (goals) which I thought were absolute sitters," he said.
Malthouse said the short break between last Saturday's game against the Bulldogs was a significant factor in the Magpies' effort.
"I just don’t think you can get by with 20 players off a five day break," he said.
"In fact, it was probably less than that because we had quite a few boys that were sore by quarter-time."
"Under those circumstances when you’re playing a very good football side and have a couple of other blokes (just) back who desperately need a few games of football under their belts, it’s difficult."
BRISBANE: 2.2, 8.5, 15.11, 21.11 (137)
COLLINGWOOD: 3.0, 7.2, 10.3, 12.5 (77)
GOALS: Brisbane: Lynch 7, Brown 3, Power 2, Caracella 2, Akermanis, Hart, McGrath, Notting, Black, Pike, Lappin
Collingwood: Lokan 3, Rocca 3, Swan 2, Tarrant, Didak, Burns, Holland
BEST: Brisbane: Lynch, Akermanis, Michael, Black, Lappin, Voss, Caracella, Hart
Collingwood: Lokan, Burns, Buckley, Johnson, Woewodin, Licuria
INJURIES: Brisbane: nil
Collingwood: Tarrant (hamstring)
REPORTS: nil
UMPIRES: McBurney, James, Wenn
CROWD: 36,467 at the Gabba.
