Hawk Grant Birchall celebrates a goal. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: HWT Image Library
HAWTHORN shrugged off the Kennett Curse and the controversy over the future of coach Alastair Clarkson to kick-start its season with a gutsy 50-point belting of West Coast.
With the mercury hitting 32C, the Hawks withstood two determined fightbacks rom the Eagles to triumph.
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Hawthorn outlasted the home side in stifling conditions at Patersons Stadium, powering home with eight goals in the last quarter despite coming off a six-day break compared with the home side's 15 days.
The Hawks also kicked eight of the first nine goals to open up a 39-point advantage early in the second quarter.
AFL Round 2- West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn Hawks at Patersons Stadium, Perth. PICTURED- Hawk Luke Breust marks. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: HWT Image Library
Sam Mitchell starred with 31 touches moving between the midfield and defence, while Lance Franklin booted five goals and Cyril Rioli and Luke Breust four apiece.
Skipper Luke Hodge impressed with a full game in his return from injury, gathering 25 touches in defence.
The Eagles, rated in the top bracket of premiership fancies before the season, are now 0-2 and grateful the fixture has presented them with a trip to face Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday.
West Coast's early-season injury crisis has bitten hard, with the team sorely missing first-choice players Nic Naitanui, Daniel Kerr, Mark LeCras, Matt Rosa, Sharrod Wellingham and Eric Mackenzie.
AFL Round 2- West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn Hawks at Patersons Stadium, Perth. PICTURED- Hawk Luke Breust marks. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: HWT Image Library
Franklin and Rioli both had two goals by the first change as Hawthorn stunned the Eagles with a six-goal-to-one opening term.
As expected, Mitch Brown was handed the job on Franklin in his first game for West Coast since being denied his request to move to St Kilda in last year's trade period.
The Hawks led by more than six goals early in the second term when Isaac Smith booted their seventh unanswered goal.
Mitchell, Brad Sewell and Shaun Burgoyne were all influential in the midfield as Matt Priddis shouldered the grunt work for the Eagles.
Jamie Cripps finally broke the drought for the home side when he nailed a running goal from the 50m arc, which inspired a revival before halftime.
AFL Round 2- West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn Hawks at Patersons Stadium, Perth. PICTURED- Hawk Luke Breust marks. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: HWT Image Library
Josh Kennedy, virtually unsighted to that point, kicked two goals in two minutes as the Eagles added four majors in six minutes to spark the crowd and close to within 14 points.
Breust and Jarryd Roughead each got their second to ensure the Hawks restored a healthy buffer at the main break.
Rioli and Franklin continued their fine double act in attack early in the third, but for the second time the Eagles mounted a challenge just as the game reached a dangerous tipping point.
West Coast wrested control in the packs and Josh Hill was the spark, kicking three goals for the third term as the Eagles positioned themselves for a last-quarter challenge.
Breust missed a huge chance to almost put the tiring Hawks in a safe position when he missed his set shot from directly in front after the three-quarter time siren.
But Grant Birchall kicked his second and David Hale bobbed up for two majors as Hawthorn put the game beyond doubt in the final quarter.
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