Hawthorn, Collingwood, MCG, Dylan Moore again - incredible.
Two Victorian powerhouses have played off in their second draw of the season and some of the stats behind Saturday night's thriller between the Hawks and Pies are amazing.
Earlier in the year, Hawthorn's Moore snatched a draw from the grips of a Collingwood victory when he kicked truly from a set shot to tie the scores at 93-apiece.
Fifteen weeks later and Moore had the opportunity to sink Pies' hearts again when he had a set shot chance to win the game with the scores locked at 92-apiece.
However, Moore's shot fell short thanks to Collingwood young gun Sam Swadling's fist as the two teams secured their second draw together for the season.
After the final siren, Collingwood coach Craig McRae was seen pumping his fists in an effort to excite Collingwood fans and his players. He spoke about his motivations for his passionate response in the post-game press conference.
"Look, I was probably a bit over the top with the crowd, but I don't want to sit and not celebrate that; what we just did," McRae said.
"Of course we would want two more points, but here we are celebrating the small wins we got tonight and probably more than that.
"Again maybe I am too emotional towards the celebrating but that's the way my eyes are looking at it right now."
It's the first time ever that two teams have played in consecutive draws within the same season and the fourth time overall teams have played in consecutive draws in V/AFL history.
List of guys with one after the siren shot at goal and one before the siren shot at goal to result in draws twice in the same season against the same team
DYLAN MOORE@AFL @timrosen35 https://t.co/lqS23oHRbS— Swamp (@sirswampthing) August 15, 2026
Collingwood has one home-and-away game left which comes at the MCG and is against two-time reigning premier Brisbane next Friday.
The Pies are in the fight for hosting a Wildcard Round final in a fortnight's time and McRae has plans to go deep into September, so will Collingwood look to rest or manage its players against the Lions with the likes of Jeremy Howe, Patrick Lipinski, Brayden Maynard and Harry Perryman possibly coming back into the side from injury?
"Potentially," McRae said.
"We will manage them if they need to be managed, not just for the sake of it. If they are really sore and they can't perform, they won't play next week, but right now there is an energy that everyone wants to play.
"Lipinski made some good progress this week and looks like he is more likely than not. 'Howey' is a good healer, he'll be close, 'Bruzzy' will be close. Harry Perryman might be close, I'm not sure.
"We have a lot of players coming back, I say that but they still have to get through the week. We have another six-day break so we are travelling on a couple of six-day breaks which might suggest that some might need to be managed."
