The younger Hawks is perhaps arriving ahead of anticipated after they recorded the upset of the AFL season towards Collingwood.
The Pies got here into the match on the MCG two video games clear atop the ladder, taking over a Hawthorn facet languishing in sixteenth place.
Yet the Hawks set the tempo all afternoon, kicking 4 targets to nil within the opening quarter and proving largely untroubled the remainder of the way in which in a 16.9 (105) to 11.7 (73) stunner.
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Premiership favourites Collingwood hit again within the second time period to scale back the deficit, however the anticipated black and white surge by no means eventuated.
Instead, the Hawks kicked 10 targets after halftime to tug away and document one of the best win in coach Sam Mitchell’s tenure.
According to the famous AFL stats guru who goes by Swamp or @sirswampthing on Twitter, it’s the newest ever in a season a crew has overwhelmed one other sitting not less than 15 locations above them on the ladder.
On a unclean day for the Pies, Brownlow Medal favorite Nick Daicos injured his ankle and Nathan Murphy and Taylor Adams additionally picked up knocks.
Former Saints and North midfielder Nick Dal Santo led the plaudits for this younger Hawks facet within the dying phases of the match.
“It’s been a great execution of a plan from a Hawthorn perspective,” Dal Santo stated on Fox Footy.
“It’s one thing to plot throughout the course of the week to know how the Pies want to play.
“But then to come out here and own the Pies from the word go, it’s been a great, great team performance.”
Garry Lyon echoed his ideas, calling it “one of the wins of the season”.
Murphy was helped from the sphere by trainers after struggling an ankle damage within the ultimate time period, however the Magpies might need extra urgent issues on the sphere after they had been demolished 17 to a few at centre bounces.
The Hawks’ quartet of Jai Newcombe, Will Day, Conor Nash and James Worpel put collectively essentially the most full efficiency of what has been a formidable season, whereas captain James Sicily was allowed to roam freely, significantly in a 14-disposal first time period as he arrange the Hawks from behind.
Sicily completed finest on the bottom with 37 disposals and 19 marks, whereas younger defender Finn Maginness helped preserve Nick Daicos to only 5 touches earlier than he tweaked his ankle.
Hawthorn had winners everywhere in the floor, with veteran Luke Breust and fellow ahead Brandon Ryan each ending with three targets.
Silicy minimize a beaming determine after the match.
“We’ve been looking forward to this,” he stated. ”A problem towards one of the best in entrance of an enormous crowd.
“We want to get used to this. Look good, feel good, play good, retro jumper is awesome.
“But super proud of the boys, awesome result.”
Originally revealed as Brownlow favorite Nick Daicos injured as Hawthorn stun Pies
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
