Hawthorn ruckman Lloyd Meek is set to come under scrutiny for a late shot on Pat Lipinski that saw the Collingwood gun concussed.

The incident happened midway through the third quarter of the Magpies’ big win when Lipinski appeared set to take an uncontested mark inside 50.

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

Collingwood teammates immediately went to remonstrate with Meek as Lipinski slowly got to his feet.

The umpire awarded a 50m penalty and Lipinski was able to quickly kick the goal before he came from the field for further assessment.

And he was eventually ruled out with concussion, which could mean bad news for Meek.

The Channel 7 commentary team all agreed it would be harsh if he Meek was suspended for it, but given the crackdown on concussions, there’s no doubt it will be looked at closely.

“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,” Matthew Richardson said.

“Biceps into the back of the head. It is hard to know, isn’t it.”

Dale Thomas added: “Looking at the angle, it looks like forearm to the head.”

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.

Dale Thomas added that if Meek didn’t go hard for the ball then he would have got questioned by his coach.

“To that point, if Lloyd Meek pulled out of that, Sam Mitchell would have been saying, ‘what are you doing? You had a play on the ball, you are the bigger bloke, you need to make contact, that is your role and your responsibility’,” he said.

Fremantle captain Alex Pearce was banned for three matches for a similar incident last week, although he was able to overturn the decision at the tribunal.

Although in that incident, Pearce and Port Adelaide forward Darcy Byrne-Jones appeared to get to the ball at nearly the exact same time.

“The difference in the two is that Meek, he knew there would be contact. Again, it was, in my opinion, a play on the footy, and contact was a part of that,” Thomas added.

The incident was the major talking point from the match that was billed as a blockbuster, but turned into a fizzer as Collingwood ran riot.

The premiership favourites were a class above to run away with a 51-point win.

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.

Superstar Nick Daicos (32 disposals, one goal) was typically influential, while veteran forward Jamie Elliott continued his outstanding, career-best season.

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.

Not even a lively outing from Jack Ginnivan against his former team could spark Hawthorn into action.

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.

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 AAP