Hawthorn have suffered an embarrassing 51-point defeat to Collingwood and are set to lose Lloyd Meek for several weeks, with the MRO expected to cite him over a high shot on Patrick Lipinski.

Lipinski was subbed out with concussion in the third quarter, and his replacement, Lachie Schultz, then suffered a hamstring injury in the only blights on Collingwood’s night.

Meek came charging in to try and attempt a spoil, but was clearly late and clattered into the back of Lipinski.

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Collingwood players immediately flew the flag for Lipinski, sparking a mini melee, before kicking an easy goal from the goalsquare after a 50m penalty paid.

The match review officer is unlikely to look kindly on an incident in which a player arrived late, resulting in the injured player entering concussion protocols.

“I don’t think it could happen (get suspended). It was a bit late. I didn’t think that he really (made contact to the head). We would have to have another close look at it, but it did not look that way,” Channel 7’s Matthew Richardson said.

James Brayshaw admitted it’s impossible to know how it will be assessed.

“Good luck trying to work it out how anyone sees anything in the modern game. You’ve just got no idea,” he said.

Collingwood out-hustled the Hollywood Hawks from start to finish in the 107-56 win, with Jamie Elliott kicking five goals and Nick Daicos collecting 32 possessions, including his first contested mark in his 82-game career.

The Pies led by just four points (25-21) at the first break, but pushed that out to 24 by half-time (63-39) and 40 by the last break (93-53).

Hawthorn had no answers as they were out-tackled all over the park.

Collingwood made 82 tackles to Hawthorn’s 38 and continued to hunt as a pack whenever there was a loose ball despite their sizeable lead.

Jack Ginnivan, playing against his old club, had 31 touches.

After blitzing the Magpies with two goals and 31 possessions last year, Ginnivan turned it on early with three first-half majors.

But unlike last year when Hawthorn cantered to a 66-point win, Ginnivan refrained from over-the-top goal celebrations.

The Magpies premiership player was still routinely booed by the parochial Collingwood crowd.

Under more pressure than any other team during the week after a 33-point loss to Brisbane, Hawthorn just couldn’t go with the red-hot Magpies in front of 83,706 fans.

Collingwood slammed through six straight goals from late in the second quarter to midway through the third term, to inflict a third-straight defeat upon the Hawks.

Refreshed Magpies veteran Steele Sidebottom (27 possessions and two goals) was superb, banging through long goals and going on one run down the wing which included four bounces.

Elliott’s five-goal haul took him to equal top of the Coleman Medal, level with Geelong star Jeremy Cameron on 33.

The 32-year-old is set to smash his highest goal tally in a season of 39 back in 2023.

After missing the finals last year following their 2023 premiership triumph, Collingwood have surged to 10-2, sitting atop the AFL ladder.

Dubbed the “Hollywood Hawks” following their brilliant run to last year’s finals, Hawthorn suddenly find themselves in a rut at 7-5.

Shown up by the last two premiers in consecutive weeks, Hawthorn have more challenges to come in the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide.

With 7NEWS/AAP