All-Australian candidates Tom Lynch and James Sicily continued their brilliant starts to 2022 and were two of the best players on the ground, despite spending 120 minutes going head to head at the MCG.
Hardwick found it difficult to score the battle in either favour, but was pleased his spearhead produced another impactful performance on the scoreboard, adding four goals to extend his lead in the Coleman Medal race by moving to 31 after nine games.
"If you had of said to me at the start of the day that Tom kicks four goals I would have taken that most days. But in fairness, Sicily is a really good player as well," he said.
"I think what we're seeing with Tom and Darcy [Moore] last week is there are some really good match ups that we're liking. Tom is in really, really good form. He has come up against some players who are in good form as well. He has had a great season for us thus far."
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"It was a really good match-up. I'm sure the fans appreciated it," said Hawks coach Sam Mitchell.
"They're two brilliant players aren't they?
"Lynch has been in fantastic form ... to keep him to (four goals) doesn't sound great on the stats sheet, but it could have easily been a lot more goals than that.
"'Sic' did a really good job - he's leading really well for us."
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