Hawthorn Hawks vs. Collingwood

Friday’s only AFL Round 21 match is between Hawthorn Hawks and Collingwood Magpies. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:50pm local time with the game to be played at MCG. The home team Hawthorn Hawks are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Hawthorn Hawks and Collingwood Magpies.

Expect a real taste of finals football with the opening game of round 21 of the season, set tp produce a fantastic clash between Hawthorn and Collingwood.
After a shock loss to Richmond in round 19, only their third for the season, the Hawks returned to the winner’s circle last week with a comfortable 46 point win over St. Kilda.
The Hawks have clearly had the better of Collingwood in the past, winning the last four matches between the two by margins of 22, 47, 38 and the most recent clash in round 3 this year, 55 points.
The Hawks will also by buoyed by the return of Buddy Franklin who, last time these sides met, booted four majors.
The Pies however are well placed to turn their record against Hawthorn around.
In the past fortnight the Pies have drummed Essendon and last week, ventured to Sydney to dominate Sydney 100 – 71.
Last week saw the mid-field of Collingwood back to its best and they’re capable of creating havoc for Hawthorn however, it’s defence that Collingwood will need to produce.
The Hawks have booted 20 goals or more in their last games against the Pies and it is here where they’ll struggle to contain the likes of Franklin and, in career best form, Jarryd Roughhead.


Collingwood AFL player Dale Thomas has said on Twitter he is leaving the club, but the Magpies say the midfielder’s account has been hacked.
Thomas’ account tweeted on Wednesday: “thanks for the good times pies, decieded (sic) today that im not going to be here next year #futureandbeyond #carnnorrff #oobars”
But a club spokesman told AAP: “Daisy (Thomas) knew nothing about it. He’s been hacked.”
Hawthorn star Lance Franklin on Tuesday had his Instagram site hacked into, resulting in a fake admission that he had joined Greater Western Sydney.
A photo of the GWS logo appeared on his social networking account with the caption: “My soon to be new home”.
Hashtags including #moneyoverloyalty, #byealistair and #upthegiants were used in conjunction with it.
The photo attracted more than 1400 likes before it was deleted.