Collingwood 3.6 7.6 11.9 13.12 (90)
Hawthorn 2.1 7.5 15.9 22.13 (145)
Goals: Collingwood: Cloke 5, Elliott 3, Blair, Hudson, Fasolo, Brown, Lynch
Hawthorn: Franklin 4, Breust 3, Roughead 3, Burgoyne 3, Hodge 2, Hill 2, Hale, Anderson, Birchall, Puopolo, Lewis
Best: Collingwood: Cloke, Swan, Elliott, Blair, Johnson, Hudson
Hawthorn: Hodge, Franklin, Shiels, Birchall, Stratton, Gibson, Roughead, Burgoyne
Hawthorn ran out convincing winners over Collingwood the last time the two teams met, in Round 3 this season.
After an even first half in which both sides kicked seven goals, the Hawks piled on 15 second half goals to six in a stunning display.
For three quarters though, the contest between Hawthorn and Collingwood was everything football fans had expected, with the game played at a finals-like intensity.
The attack on the ball was fierce, the tackles were strong, the pressure immense, the footy hot and if you had a possession, you were made to earn it.
The game is best remembered for a stunning goal kicked by Lance Franklin in the third quarter, where he jumped over two players and kicked a goal from beyond 60m after a Brent Guerra kick out from defence.
The goal took only 13 seconds to be kicked, with just three disposals leading to the goal from the full back position.
Collingwood got the jump on Hawthorn in the opening term, but the defence of the Hawks proved resilient as the pressure from the midfield combined with the defensive structure pushed Collingwood wide and forced the Pies to miss early shots on goal.
They kicked 3.6 to 2.1 and should have held a bigger lead at the first change, something that ended up costing them when the game was turned on its head thanks to a 20-minute period of domination from the Hawks late in the second quarter to late in the third.
From the 22 minute mark of the second term to the 22 minute mark of the third term, the Hawks kicked eight of the next 10 goals to open a 22 point lead. It was a 42 point turnaround within one quarter of football that saw the Hawks, in the end run away with a thumping victory.
Hawks Captain Luke Hodge was best afield with 31 disposals, six tackles, four clearances, six inside 50s and two goals, while Franklin was Hawthorn’s best performed forward with four goals and 21 disposals.
For the Pies, it was Dane Swan in the midfield with 33 disposals and Scott Pendlebury (29) who were among the best players, while Travis Cloke again proved a handful, booting 5.3.
What the coaches said
Hawthorn’s Alastair Clarkson: “We just knew that with a really solid fitness foundation he (Hodge) was going to be a super player.
"Hodgey's been a warrior for our footy club for over 10 years now. And he's had one significant injury in all that time.
"He's been an unbelievably durable player for us and we saw today how tough and hard he is.
"(He) willed himself through so many contests and made a really important contribution and we just knew that it was just a matter of getting his fitness base back again.”
Collingwood’s Nathan Buckley: “When you are coming up against good sides you need to be right all of the time,"
"You can't afford to give an inch to these good sides and we did that.
“(We) pride ourselves on being harder for longer but we weren't today.”
