Dylan Moore has become just the third player to kick a goal to earn Hawthorn a draw.

Moore joins Will Langford (versus GWS in 2017) and Luke Breust (against Melbourne in 2021) in this select category. Three other Hawthorn players - Bill Deague (1939), Des Dickson (1963) and Darrin Pritchard (1996) - kicked behinds which earned draws.

The other eight of the 14 draws in Hawthorn’s VFL-AFL history saw the opposition score last, with six of those scores being goals and two being behinds.

Collingwood’s accuracy meant it was the third time Hawthorn has kicked two fewer goals than its opponent in a drawn game. The Hawks have been the less accurate team five times in draws, the more accurate team three times, and on six occasions have kicked the identical goals and behinds as their opponent.

And for those looking for omens, Hawthorn proceeded to win the next match after a draw on seven occasions and lost on six. However, with a draw in the final round of 2021, one of the wins was in Round 1 the following season, so it is 6-6 in post-draw matches in the same season.

Jack Gunston has moved up to 15^th place on the Hawthorn’s career games list, reaching 259 games, which puts him one ahead of John Platten’s 258 games.

No game between Hawthorn and Fremantle has ever been decided by under a goal. The closest margin between the clubs has been nine points, once each way, with the Dockers winning by that margin at Waverley in 1997 and Hawthorn doing so in Launceston in 2004.

Hawthorn has an excellent overall record against Fremantle, leading the head-to-head 29 to 15 from 44 games and the Hawks have had three separate sequences of six consecutive wins against Fremantle.

However, in recent seasons, the Dockers have had the better of the encounters, having their own streak of six consecutive wins against the Hawks from 2020 to 2023, a sequence ended by Hawthorn’s 13-point win in Launceston in 2024, before Fremantle won by 13 points in Round 18 last season.

Hawthorn’s first game at the new Perth Stadium, against Fremantle in 2018, resulted in a 59-point victory for the Hawks, matching their successes in their first games versus the Dockers at both Subiaco and the WACA Ground. However, the Dockers have won the next five matches between the clubs at Optus Stadium, four with very similar margins of 13 twice, 15 and 16 points. Overall, at the venue, against all opponents, Hawthorn has a 4-6 record.

Hawthorn has recorded 45 wins and 55 defeats from 100 games in Round 9, having had the bye in 2014.

40 years ago, in Round 9 1986, Hawthorn ventured down to Geelong for a Sunday match at Kardinia Park. The game appeared to be almost over by quarter time after Hawthorn had kicked eight goals straight in the opening term to Geelong’s 2.2. Geelong got back into the game to be only seven points down at both half and three-quarter time. Hawthorn then finished off the game with a 7.4 to 3.2 final term to win 19.5.119 to 12.14.86. Ken Judge kicked six goals, Terry Wallace had 35 disposals, and Ray Jencke made his debut.

50 years ago, in Round 9 1976, Hawthorn recorded a solid 27-point win against Fitzroy at Princes Park – 18.15.123 to 14.12.96. A crowd of just 8,971 saw Michael Moncrieff kick six goals and Leigh Matthews four. Matthews also had 32 disposals and Des Meagher accumulated 23, all of which were kicks.

60 years ago, in Round 9 1966, Hawthorn recorded its first victory over a Ron Barassi coached team, coming from behind to cause a significant upset. The Blues went into the game with a 5-3 record, while the Peter O’Donohue-coached Hawks were struggling with just two wins. The formbook seemed to be confirmed when Hawthorn managed only 0.4 to quarter time and were still only 1.7 at half-time, trailing by 21 points.

However, Hawthorn then produced an outstanding second half to win 9.13.67 to 9.9.63. John Peck kicked four goals, and the leading kick-getters included veteran captain Graham Arthur and first-year players Peter Crimmins and Des Meagher. Another notable feature of the statistics was that ‘Delicate’ Des Dickson gave away seven free kicks but did not receive any.

In Round 9 in both 1946 and 1956, Hawthorn defeated North Melbourne, winning both games by the identical margin of 25 points. However, the winning scores were very different being 17.20.122 in the former and 7.13.55 in the latter. Albert ‘Butch’ Prior kicked five goals in 1946 and a decade later 16-year-old second-gamer Garry Young booted four majors.

90 years ago, in Round 9 1936, Hawthorn came from behind to defeat Fitzroy at Glenferrie by 12 points – 11.9.75 to 9.9.63. Bill Ford and Ivan McAlpine both kicked three goals. McAlpine was also prominent in best players lists along with Leo Murphy, Viv Randall and Stan Spinks.

A less happy acknowledgment is that this round marks the 100^th anniversary of Hawthorn’s heaviest VFL-AFL loss, a 141-point defeat by Melbourne in Round 9 1926, in which Hawthorn also kicked what remains its lowest ever score of 1.7.13. Thankfully, Melbourne kicked an inaccurate 21.28.154 or the margin could have been even bigger. Let’s hope the losing margin and score retain their record for another 100 years.

Mark Williams holds the record for most goals by a Hawthorn player against the Dockers, kicking eight against them in Round 1 2006 in Launceston. Peter Hudson holds the Round 9 record, booting 10 in a 30-point victory over Fitzroy at Glenferrie in 1968.