HAWTHORN skipper Luke Hodge kicked a 65-metre goal and Jarryd Roughead reached his half-century of majors for the season as the Hawks beat the Western Bulldogs by 19 points on Saturday.

Ladder leaders Hawthorn improved its win-loss record to 14-2 with a 13.17 (95) to 11.10 (76) victory at Launceston's Aurora Stadium, with Coleman Medal contender Roughead booting three goals to take his tally to 50 for this year.

The Bulldogs suffered their 12th loss from 16 outings but finished strongly by kicking the last four goals of the match after trailing by 44 points at the 24-minute mark of the final term.

The highlight came in the second term. With his side only 15 points ahead at the 23-minute mark, Hodge kicked a classic captain's goal.

The 2008 Norm Smith medallist smothered a kick by Ryan Griffen and booted the ball forward with an old-fashioned torpedo punt which sailed through the goals on the first bounce.

Hawthorn led by 15 points at quarter-time and 20 points at half-time - 6.9 to 3.7 - as both sides struggled for accuracy in the windy conditions.

The battling Bulldogs dug their claws in during the third term and outscored Hawthorn two goals to one to trail by 15 points at the last break.

Four consecutive goals in the first nine minutes of the final term - including two to sub Jonathan Simpkin who came off the bench in the last quarter - extended Hawthorn's margin to 41 points.

Hodge added a second goal to cap a fine performance as the Hawks scored six goals in the last quarter, but the Bulldogs also kicked six including a second goal to Griffen who had a game-high 37 possessions.

Adam Cooney was also prominent for the Bulldogs while Hodge, Jordan Lewis and Isaac Smith were good contributors for the Hawks.

Small forward Cyril Rioli was held to seven disposals by Bulldogs' tagger Liam Picken.

Hawthorn will hope to regain stars Lance Franklin (knee) and Sam Mitchell (ill) for Friday night's MCG clash with Essendon while the Bulldogs will host West Coast at Etihad Stadium on July 28.