The next year he returned to his home state of Tasmania to play for the Tassie Mariners.

That same year he played for the Tasmanian Under-18 side as captain and was named in the All-Australian Under-18 team.

In his first season with the Lions, he made his debut in round 13, 2008 at the Gabba against the Adelaide Crows.

Collier played five more games that season the most significant being the round 15 clash against the Essendon Bombers where he kicked his first goal.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1980s is a stub.