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Round 5, 2012, Aurora Stadium
Hawthorn 5.3 8.6 8.6 10.9  (69)
Sydney 2.2 5.4 9.7 16.10  (106)

Goals: Hawthorn - Roughead 5, Hale 2, Lewis 2, Rioli
Sydney - Goodes 3, Kennedy 3, O’Keefe 2, Bird 2, Bolton 2, McVeigh, Jack, Jetta, Hannebery

Best: Hawthorn - Roughead, Burgoyne, Lewis, Guerra, Schoenmakers
Sydney - Kennedy, Richards, Goodes, Bird, Hannebery, O’Keefe

Crowd: 19, 217 at Aurora Stadium

The outcome wasn’t a good one for Hawthorn the last time it met Sydney in Round 5 of this season.

The Hawks and Swans ventured to Aurora Stadium, but it would be the away side leaving Tasmania with a convincing 37-point win despite trailing at half time.

The home side burst out of the blocks in the opening term, with the Hawks showing great desperation, precision and intent with or without the ball. The Hawks booted five first quarter goals on the back of precise, quick ball movement going forward.

Despite the Hawks taking a 19-point lead into the quarter time break, the Swans had more inside 50s. The Hawthorn defence, however, led by Josh Gibson (eight possessions) repelled each attack as Shaun Burgoyne (11 possessions), Matt Suckling (10) and Brent Guerra (seven) provided great drive off half back.

The Hawks were beating the Swans at their own game in the opening half, leading the clearances (21-17) and contested possessions (82-69) at half time.

But, it would be a tale of two halves as the Swans emerged from the long break with an intensity, desire and passion for the contest that the Hawks couldn’t match.

The Swans dominated possession, and used the wings of Aurora Stadium to get their running game going - something the competition hasn’t seen much of from the Swans in recent years.

Midway through the third quarter, Sydney had 37 more possessions than Hawthorn (60-27) and 13 more handball receives (21-8). The Hawks couldn’t stop Sydney’s momentum, simply because they couldn’t get the ball.

From the stoppages, the Swans dominated (11-5) in the third, it was all one way traffic that saw Sydney kick an inaccurate 4.3, while the Hawks were scoreless.

A Cyril Rioli goal early in the final term gave the Hawks back the lead, as the match looked set for a grandstand finish. That wasn’t the case though, as the Swans piled on seven final quarter goals to run out convincing winners.

After kicking five first half goals, Jarryd Roughead was kept quiet by the Sydney defence, Sam Mitchell didn’t have his usual influence, managing just the 20 disposals for the match.

Matt Suckling was Hawthorn’s highest possession getter with 27, most of those coming in the Hawks’ defence area.

The Swans finished the match with 19 more disposals, five more contested possessions, 11 more tackles and eight more clearances. It was a complete domination in the second half, and 11 goals to two reflected Sydney’s domination.

Former Hawk Josh Kennedy was Sydney’s best with 27 possessions, 11 tackles and five clearances, while Ted Richards was steadfast in defence.

Adam Goodes led the way up forward with three goals, as Sam Reid continued to show why he’s a player of the future for Sydney.

What the coaches said:
Hawthorn’s Alastair Clarkson - “I have to put full credit onto Sydney, we tried a few different things but they just smashed us in the clearances, they smashed us in the hunt.

"They used the ball really well and we just couldn’t get our hands on the footy.”

Sydney’s John Longmire - “The first half, we were minus 13 in the contested possessions, in the second half we were plus 18. Once you get your hands on the footy, it makes a big difference.

“Once we were able to do that, we were able to get the game on our terms and I thought the players in the second half, were sensational.”