HAWTHORN has won its fifth game of the 2025 NAB AFLW season, defeating Collingwood by nine points at Victoria Park on Saturday afternoon.

The win came at a cost however, with 21-year-old Bridie Hipwell going down with a nasty lower limb injury during the third quarter. Play was halted for more than five minutes while medical staff attended to Hipwell before she was stretchered off the ground.

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After losing forward Kalinda Howarth to a knee injury early, the Magpies had more disposals (269-256), clearances (27-18), and inside 50s (38-26) than Hawthorn, but the visitors found a way to limit Collingwood’s favoured kick-mark style for large patches of the game. The home side finished with 62 marks, well above its season average of 50.6, but this number could have been significantly higher if not for the Hawks’ ability to affect the contest and bring the ball to ground.

The Hawks’ pressure was not limited to aerial contests, with Daniel Webster’s team winning the tackle count and seemingly always having an extra player or two in close quarters to receive a handball and work the ball into space. 

Eliza West (25), Tilly Lucas-Rodd (23), and Lucy Wales (22) had plenty of the ball for the Hawks, with 11 tackles, six inside 50s, and six rebound 50s between them.