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The lid was well and truly off as our Insiders reveled in the huge win against the league leading Magpies.

Mitchell’s men came flying out of the blocks and never looked back, halting a few Collingwood momentum surges on their way to an incredibly impressive 32 point victory.

The team touched on a number of positives including:

* an 18-3 centre clearance slaughtering by the Hawthorn midfield;

* captain fantastic James Sicily, his read hot start and his season as a whole;

* just how good Will Day really is;

* how the inclusions of Jacob Koschitzke and Brandon Ryan transformed the forward structure;

* the importance of a fit and firing Jack Scrimshaw;

* bounce back games for Connor Macdonald and Josh Ward;

* and plenty, plenty more…

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