HAWTHORN versus Collingwood. Dylan Moore on the final siren. A draw.

Apparently, lightning does strike twice, even in the most unusual of circumstances.

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After playing out in a 93-93 draw back in round eight, the Hawks and the Pies couldn't be split on 13.14 (92) apiece on Saturday night, as a set shot seconds before the final siren from Moore was this time unable to register a score.

In front of a heaving MCG crowd of 76,186, the game swung back and forth at breakneck speed. First, the Hawks, then the Pies. It flew back Hawthorn's way, but Collingwood wasn't done yet. Setting everything up for a grandstand finish.

It was all Hawthorn to kick off the final quarter, but a free kick and 50m penalty to hand Dan McStay a goal meant there were still some chapters to play out.

Beau McCreery (22 disposals, one goal) brought his power from stoppage, McStay was a strong stay-at-home forward, and Will Hayes kicked truly from seemingly impossible angles.

On debut, mid-season draftee Max Beattie popped up on the goal line to put the Hawks in front with 10 minutes left on the clock, launching one last surge from the home side, Josh Ward bagged two quick ones – first from the centre square, then from the pocket – and Karl Amon did all he could to escape danger in defence.

The opening quarter was a clear clash of styles. Where the Pies wanted to propel the ball via the most direct route – the corridor – the Hawks were focused on controlling play via uncontested marks, and switches to make best use of the MCG's expansive surface.

That juxtaposition of styles bore out in the stats, with Hawthorn winning the uncontested mark count 37-14 for the term, and Collingwood dominating the tackles 22-6 in the same period.

In the blink of an eye, the Hawks mowed down a 22-point half-time deficit to hit the lead. And they did it by tapping into exactly how they were being beaten in the second quarter.

Collingwood built its game on two focal points. One was swarming pressure to undermine any attempts Hawthorn made at controlling the play after the opening quarter. The second, being wildly unpredictable to the opposition, but not to one another.

It was akin to the Richmond premiership era, with one-percenters rife and an effort to keep the ball in motion to unsettle the Hawks' defence. Willing to knock the ball on, kick it off the ground, and let the ball ping around without always taking possession, they were near on impossible to predict, especially when moving at such speed.

Josh Daicos (30 disposals, 586 metres gained) was a powerhouse early, taking the game on through the corridor and gaining ground, while brother Nick (36 disposals, one goal) was all class out of the middle.

A reinvigorated Hawks side hit the contest at speed after the main break, still found marks around the ground, but got moving into space, and were willing to get less pretty with the ball when required.

Curiously, in game No.200 James Sicily had a hard time getting a handle on the game. Initially lining up on Tim Membrey behind the ball, that match-up's vulnerability was exposed in the first term, leaving the Hawks captain to switch forward, and then spend time on the wing.

But Nick Watson (20 disposals, five inside 50s) never stopped working, both when playing deep in attack, and when he moved up into the middle.

OK, Roan Steele 
Collingwood was all over Hawthorn in the second quarter, dominating ground ball, moving with speed, and capitalising on the latter's inability to maintain possession under the heat. But no one capitalised in better style than Roan Steele. With six minutes left on the clock for the half, the Pies went forward to plenty of space. Steele gathered the footy under some pressure, and somehow kicked off the side of his boot to effectively kick over his body through for an outstanding goal.

Long bombs
First, it was recently re-signed Pie Ed Allan who kicked a bomb from outside 50 toward goal – well protected by Lachie Schultz on the goal line – to get the Collingwood fans out of their seats in the opening quarter. But emerging Hawk Josh Ward wasn't going to be upstaged. At the crucial tipping point in the game – the opening passage of play in the final term – Ward broke free of centre stoppage and kicked a belter toward the goal square. Shepherded through by Nick Watson, Ward landed his first of the game to set up a big final quarter for the Hawks.

HAWTHORN                     2.3    3.7    8.12   13.14 (92)
COLLINGWOOD          2.3    7.5    8.9   13.14 (92)

GOALS 
Hawthorn: Gunston 2, Ward 2, Lewis 2, Newcombe, Meek, Chol, C.Macdonald, Mackenzie, Beattie, Moore
Collingwood: West 2, McStay 2, Hayes 2, Steele 2, Allan, N.Daicos, Anderson, McCreery, Houston

BEST 
Hawthorn: Impey, Watson, C.Macdonald, Newcombe, Moore
Collingwood: J.Daicos, N.Daicos, De Goey, McCreery, Cameron

INJURIES 
Hawthorn: Nil
Collingwood: McStay (head gash)

LATE CHANGES
Hawthorn: Nil
Collingwood: Steele Sidebottom (illness) replaced in selected side by Harvey Harrison

Crowd: 76,186 at the MCG