Another electric Nick Watson moment in the dying seconds of the third quarter leads to a Hawks goal – just in time – to Calsher Dear, which gives the brown and gold their first lead at a break, but a deserved one.
The opportunistic Pies have somehow remained in this contest despite managing only 23 inside 50s to three-quarter-time.
Hawthorn had the first eight inside 50s of the second half, but failed to score from any of them, before Collingwood kicked two goals from their first two chances.
It’s been that sort of night, with the Hawks frittering away chances then watching the Pies be ruthlessly efficient (12.3 to 11.11), including a brilliant 50-metre finish from Nick Daicos during the third term.
Hawthorn are dominating the clearances (29-16, including 15-4 out of the centre) and in the contest (99-75), as they have all night, but now they need to make it count on the scoreboard.