1. A rousing reception for Roughead
A social media campaign during the week led by Hawthorn supporters came to life at the two-minute mark of the second quarter when the MCG stood to show their support Jarryd Roughead. Fans of the Hawks and Swans left their seats to applaud Roughead, who this week revealed he had suffered a melanoma recurrence and would be out of football indefinitely. The timing of the crowd reaction represented Roughead's jumper No.2, and lasted for a minute. Roughead joined teammates at the ground before the game to retain a sense of normality, as he has been in the inner sanctum most weeks this year despite missing all of the season so far with a knee injury. The Swans were too good for the Hawks on the night and won by 14 points, but they showed their support to the four-time premiership champion with their pre-match banner reading: 'We are right behind you Roughy'. 

2. Buddy's stellar moments
Lance Franklin received customary boos from Hawthorn fans whenever he touched the ball on Friday night, but the superstar Swan continued his strong 2016 form. In his sixth game against his former club, Franklin was busy early, setting up the opening goal of the game for Gary Rohan. He booted one for himself in the second term, and then brilliantly gave off another goal to Rohan with a perfectly weighted pass that saw the speedy Swan burst into goal. His strength, physicality and power made him an imposing target for the Swans and hard to combat for the Hawks and James Frawley, who was tasked with stopping him. Franklin didn't touch the ball in the third term as the Hawks made their charge, but perhaps made the killer blow 13 minutes into the final term when he kicked an 75-metre goal to put the Swans 15 points ahead. Seven minutes later he kicked the sealer from outside 50. It proved, yet again, Franklin's incredible ability to shape a game in a way few can. 

3. Smith gets the honours against Cyril
There was no opportunity for Nick Smith to relax in his 150th game. The reliable small defender, who is a crucial part of the Swans' defence, started Friday night lined up against returning Hawthorn star Cyril Rioli. The pair famously were teammates at Scotch College in Melbourne before being drafted and have faced off a number of times at AFL level. When matched up against each other on Friday night, Smith managed to keep Rioli under wraps, but the Hawks kept the Swans on their toes with their small forward rotations. Smith, Callum Mills and Jeremy Laidler swapped regularly between jobs on Rioli, Luke Breust and Paul Puopolo, until Rioli moved into the midfield in the third term. Rioli was better thereafter, but the Swans' small defenders got the honours. 

4. Hawks' slow start
Few would have predicted that two of the competition's premiership favourites would have combined for just one goal in the first quarter. But that's what eventuated on Friday night as both coaching groups instilled a defensive mindset to open the contest. Hawthorn had the better of the early running, but couldn't hit the scoreboard and registered its first goalless opening term of the season. However, the Swans could only manage one goal themselves, meaning the score at the first change – 0.2 to 1.2 – was only the second time since 1998 that the total first quarter score in a game was 10 points or less. The Hawks' first goal came via Breust at the 24-minute mark of the second term when they trailed by a game-high 36 points. 

5. Goal review goes the Swans' way
Hawthorn looked set to shoot past the Swans when Jack Gunston kicked truly minutes into the fourth term to get the Hawks within four points. But the ball quickly went down the other end, where Kurt Tippett took a contested grab on his team's goalline. The key forward juggled the grab and only brought it to his chest on the goalline, which saw the goal review technology called into play to decide if the mark was over the line or on it. Fortunately for the Swans, Tippett was paid the mark and kicked the goal from point-blank range to give his team a 10-point advantage and a little breathing space in a tight, low-scoring game. The Swans booted the next two goals, which helped them to a valuable victory after last week's shock loss to Richmond.