HAWTHORN has recorded successive wins for the first time this season with a 63-point triumph over St Kilda at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. 

The 20.12 (132) to 10.9 (69) win was the Hawks' fifth consecutive victory over the Saints. 

The Hawks now head into their bye with a win-loss record of 6-4, three wins behind leaders Fremantle, while the Saints are 3-7. 

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Sam Mitchell was prolific for the Hawks off half-back. The veteran had 18 touches by half-time and finished the game with 35 disposals, a game-high eight clearances and five inside 50s. 

Speedster Billy Hartung broke the lines and a gathered a handy 26 disposals, while skipper Luke Hodge had 25 possessions and kicked two goals. 

The Hawks had 12 individual goalkickers with Jarryd Roughead and Jack Gunston booting three apiece as they claimed another Blue Ribbon Cup.

Talking points: St Kilda v Hawthorn

In his 100th game, Saints midfielder Jack Steven was outstanding.   

The 25-year-old finished with a game-high 38 disposals, seven clearances and five inside 50s and was presented with the Silk-Miller Medal for best on ground after the game. 

Steven was well assisted in the midfield by veteran Leigh Montagna, while defenders Dylan Roberton and Jimmy Webster were also solid contributors.

Former Hawk Shane Savage started as the substitute, but came on seven minutes into the third term and had an immediate impact kicking two goals. 

The final scoreline wasn't a true representation of the competitiveness of the Saints, who battled hard for three quarters, but were ultimately outclassed by the reigning premiers.

The Saints tried to control the tempo of the game by playing a possession game.

They finished with 32 more uncontested marks and 50 more disposals but lacked the polish of the Hawks.

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson described the game as "strange" and said he wasn't entirely happy with the performance.

"There were parts of the game we were obviously pleased with and that's obviously the margin at the end and the fact we won all four quarters," he said.

"They had a little too much ball control for our liking. They had a lot of uncontested marks. Whilst they couldn't convert those into inside 50s as well as they would have liked, it just meant we couldn't get the game on our terms as much as we would have liked. But we still scored really well and were able to restrict them to a pretty (low) score.

"They got some junk time goals at the end, so for the bulk of the game to keep that side to seven goals was a pretty good effort."

WATCH: Alastair Clarkson's full post-match media conference

The Hawks had 11 more clearances than the Saints for the game, and were able to score 10 times from stoppages.

"That was a struggle for us all night," St Kilda coach Alan Richardson said.

"We scored 1.4 from clearances and they scored 10. You got to take into account though, they just don't win clearances, run and midfielders kick goals, you still have the opportunity to defend that.

"There were periods where we were really strong in our one-on-one match ups but there were five-minute periods in most of the quarters where they just got hold of us."

WATCH: Alan Richardson's full post-match media conference

The Hawks led from start to finish but were far from their best in the opening half.

They dominated the clearances (20-16), contested possession (73-58) and had seven more inside 50s but were wasteful with their disposal by foot and inaccurate in front of goal.

Hawthorn kicked 4.5 in the opening term, and the second quarter started in the same fashion with Gunston and Roughead missing set shots and keeping the Saints within reach. 

But St Kilda's turnovers proved costly just before half-time with Webster hitting Luke Breust on the chest from a kick-in following a point.

Bruest converted, sparking a burst of three goals in three minutes late in the second term to give the Hawks a 35-point lead at the main break.    

Clearly unhappy with his team's first half performance, Clarkson addressed his players on the ground for several minutes at half-time before taking them down into the rooms. 

The match opened up in the third term as the Saints struggled to win the ball out of the centre, while the Hawks took their game to another level.

Their more experienced players asserted their dominance in the middle, and it paid dividends with the premiers piling on six goals to four. 

The game blew out in the final term with the Hawks kicking six consecutive goals before the Saints finished off the game with three late goals.  

ST KILDA            2.3     3.5      7.8      10.9  (69)                  
HAWTHORN       4.5      8.10   14.11   20.12   (132)          

GOALS
St Kilda: Bruce 2, Savage 2, Sinclair 2, Riewoldt, Montagna, Longer, Shenton
Hawthorn: Gunston 3, Roughead 3, Hodge 2, Schoenmakers 2, Shiels 2, Hill 2, Hartung, Lewis, Rioli, Breust, Duryea, Smith 

BEST 
St Kilda: Steven, Ray, Montagna, Roberton, Webster
Hawthorn: Mitchell, Ceglar, Hartung, Hodge, Lewis 

INJURIES 
St Kilda: Nil
Hawthorn: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
St Kilda: Shane Savage replaced Tom Hickey in the third quarter
Hawthorn: Angus Litherland replaced Brian Lake at three-quarter time

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Donlon, Dalgleish, Armstrong

Official crowd: 33,886 at Etihad Stadium.