The Hawks produced an emphatic response as former Crow Jack Gunston kicked his side’s first three goals before Jon Ceglar added another with a booming kick.
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Alastair Clarkson’s side led by 21 following three poor misses – when will players realise dribbling the ball home and then hitting the post makes you look like a tool, doesn’t it Isaac Smith – and instead of being well in front at quarter-time, late goals to Walker and Matt Wright saw the Crows trail by just nine at the first change.
Twenty-two seconds was all it took for Hawthorn to register their first of the second as Luke Breust laid it off to Jon Simpkin, but Eddie Betts’ toe-poked goal in his 200th match, kickstarted the Adelaide challenge again.
The Crows were applying plenty of pressure and with Sam Jacobs dominating the ruck, they kicked four goals out of five as Jenkins’ second for the night gave his side the lead.
But the Crows dropped their guard a little just before half-time and Hawthorn were good enough to pounce, Ben McEvoy drilling one before Ricky Henderson’s errant hand-ball in defence was cut off, allowing Luke Breust to kick his 28th straight goal since Round 5.
Another Henderson mistake, this time a shoddy clearing kick, saw Hawthorn kick the first in the third term, but that was the cue for Jenkins to turn it on again as he booted three for the term, his fifth seeing the Crows out to a five-point lead once again.
But that was the cue for Hodge to up the ante. A brilliant clearance from the centre had already led to a goal for Ben McEvoy and it was hardly surprising that the skipper was there setting up Gunston for his fourth as Hawthorn regained the lead 17 minutes into the term.
Gunston’s brilliant flick off the ground moments later saw Bruest bust a tackle to kick his second for the night and equal Tony Lockett’s 1995 record of 29 consecutive goals.
When Taylor Duryea snagged a brilliant booming goal, the Hawks led by 16 points before the game took an odd twist as Breust ran along the boundary close to goal.
Breust was almost in a goalscoring position when umpire Ray Chamberlain blew the whistle, Razor Ray mistakenly thinking the siren had gone after hearing something in his ear piece.
Ultimately that mistake from Ray may have prevented Breust taking the record for consecutive goals as he missed with a set shot from 45 metres early in the term, the Hawks kicking four straight points to again lead by 21 before Brodie Smith made them pay with a goal don the other end.
When Patrick Dangerfield lined up moments later, the Crows challenge looked well on track, but Dangerfield’s miss saw the Hawks take it up the other end for Breust to boot a third, effectively ending the contest.