Luke Hodge slides in to Harry O'Brien's legs and umpires award the Hawks skipper a free kick, and report O'Brien.
Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan tries to shrug a tackle from Hawthorn's Shaun Burgoyne. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley says his team was overpowered at the MCG yesterday by a Hawthorn side with a greater will to win.
Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson praised his players' ability to run out matches, particularly after taxing clashes with Geelong and West Coast at Subiaco in the opening rounds.
A stunning 15-goal-to-six second half set up a 55-point win for the Hawks in front of 72,254 fans, a fair chunk of whom were left delighted with the form of captain Luke Hodge in his second game back from a knee injury.
Buckley refused to use the club's early-season injury woes as an excuse for yesterday's defeat.
"We had 22 who could have won the game," Buckley said.
"We pride ourselves on being harder for longer but we weren't today and if you have too many days like that, then all of a sudden you start questioning are you harder for longer? Have you got the capacity to be able to be able to do it?
"Today, we weren't able to do it. We were beaten in those areas by a side that was able to control the scrimmage and control the inner (contest) and that allowed their runners on the outside to come into the game as it progressed."
The win was Hawthorn's fourth in a row against Collingwood and the fourth consecutive time it had kicked more than 20 goals against the Magpies.
Clarkson was glowing in his praise of the team's aerobic capacity as a whole after compiling an impressive second half for the second week running.
"We're confident in our fitness base," Clarkson said.
"Obviously because we finished on the last day of September last year, we're probably two or three weeks behind some clubs in terms of their preparation.
"But we've got a great fitness team . . . and got an experienced group of players who know how to get their bodies right.
"We've run out games really well in the last two weeks in particular against West Coast over there in 32-degree heat and again today in the rain. That's been really pleasing."
Clarkson said reporting Harry O'Brien for his collision with Hodge in the second quarter was "a bit harsh", while Buckley said the match review panel's finding today would be an interesting test case for the rest of the season.
"It is a grey area," Buckley said. "It could have easily been a free kick to H . . . and yet he's up on report."
Buckley said Ben Reid was "OK" after hyperextending his right knee.
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