Watch head coach Mick Malthouse address the media after the win

COLLINGWOOD has put a tumultuous week behind it to comfortably beat Hawthorn by 64 points at the MCG on Saturday night.

The Magpies ignored the controversy over coach Mick Malthouse's quarter-time spat with St Kilda's Stephen Milne last Friday night to hand the Hawks their third straight loss, 17.21 (123) to 8.11 (59).

It was their first triumph over the Hawks since 2006 and came as a result of ferocious pressure and tackling intensity.

Led by Steele Sidebottom (27 touches) and Heath Shaw (26), the Pies were clearly intent on making a statement after their performance against St Kilda.

Having kicked 4.17 against the Saints, the efforts of Leon Davis and Dale Thomas (three goals each) and Alan Didak (two) went a long way to ensuring the Pies a more productive score this week.

Meanwhile, the Hawks' stars were few and far between. Already without Buddy Franklin and Josh Gibson, they needed more than Luke Hodge and Chance Bateman to stand up.

 Watch the team sing the song after the match

The loss was compounded by injuries to captain Sam Mitchell and Xavier Ellis. Mitchell sat out the last quarter with a hamstring problem while Ellis was concussed after colliding with Travis Cloke's knee.

By half time, the Pies' intensity had locked the ball in their attacking arc for a better part of the game.

More importantly, they had managed a 46-point lead and restricted the Hawks to just 2.8 for the half.

It was a big enough lead for the Pies to survive another period of inaccurate kicking that saw them slot 2.11 in the third quarter.

While the Hawks broke even in the clearances, the Pies applied incredible pressure when they won the ball.

With 76 tackles to the Hawks' 45, the Magpies were out for blood from the word go.

 Watch the post match interview with Leon Davis

After allowing the Pies to build a 29-point lead in the first, the Hawks pegged goals on either side of quarter time to climb within 16 points.

But a goal to Cloke - his second attempt within a minute - kick-started a five-goal surge that gave his side handy half-time buffer.

Collingwood       5.3   10.6   11.11 17.21 (123)
Hawthorn            1.4   2.8     4.9     8.11 (59) ? ?

GOALS
Collingwood: Davis 3, Thomas 3, Didak 2, Jolly 2, Cloke, Macaffer, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Swan, Wellingham
Hawthorn: Morton 2, Bateman, Brown, Lewis, Peterson, Roughead

BEST
Collingwood: Thomas, Shaw, Davis, Sidebottom, Swan, Pendlebury, Cloke
Hawthorn: Bateman, Hodge, Renouf, Birchall

INJURIES
Collingwood: Nil
Hawthorn: Mitchell (hamstring), Ellis (concussion)

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Farmer, Rosebury, McInerney

Official crowd: 67,668 at MCG