Collingwoodfc.com.au breaks down the key statistics from Saturday’s 29-point loss to Hawthorn at the MCG.

Points of note
- Saturday’s loss makes it 1002 days since Collingwood last beat Hawthorn, back in the 2011 Preliminary Final. It continues a trying run against the brown and gold, which dates back to 2007. Since ’07, the Magpies have won just three of their 14 games against the Hawks. All three wins came in the team’s Grand Final years of 2010 and 2011.
- Travis Cloke’s season continues to gain momentum. He has now kicked 18 goals in his past four games, and 11 in his past two. At times he looked like he was capable of beating the Hawks off his own boot and his sticky fingers were worth their weight in gold on a greasy afternoon.
- Taylor Adams is quietly going about cementing a permanent place in Collingwood’s first choice midfield. He has collected 55 disposals in his past two games, choosing to use the ball more by hand than by foot against the Hawks
- A 2.10pm game? How quaint! The fans gave football’s traditional time slot the seal of approval. More than 70,000 spectators filled the MCG for Saturday’s game, which was Collingwood’s first in the time slot since round four last year and only its second since 2011.
- Saturday’s match was Clinton Young’s first against his old Hawthorn teammates since leaving the club after the 2012 Grand Final loss to Sydney. He certainly didn’t let himself down, either, gathering 20 disposals (15 kicks, five handballs) and taking the ball out of the backline a team-high seven times. Young’s searching run through the middle and long and perfectly directed kick into the hands of Travis Cloke right on half time will remain in the mind’s eye for some time.


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Player K H D M HO FF FA T G B
10. Scott Pendlebury1223355001300
36. Dane Swan1615316010101
17. Dayne Beams1512272001400
13. Taylor Adams916255021310
2. Sam Dwyer715225000100
12. Luke Ball1012226010600
14. Clinton Young155204002110
11. Jarryd Blair711182022911
19. Jamie Elliott125175012221
32. Travis Cloke1341710002051
26. Marley Williams96154001100
40. Paul Seedsman68143001200
3. Brent Macaffer85134030011
34. Alan Toovey85133011400
8. Heritier Lumumba57123000100
24. Josh Thomas48122001400
15. Jarrod Witts931242411520
45. Jack Frost47113021500
23. Lachlan Keeffe55100000000
18. Jesse White731021110002
41. Tom Langdon2351000000
29. Tim Broomhead4042001400

Key
K: Kicks, H: Handballs, D: Disposals, M: Marks, HO: Hitouts, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, T: Tackles, G: Goals, B: Behinds.