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LANCE Franklin went from villain to hero, kicking two vital goals as the Swans upstaged reigning premiers Hawthorn to claim a fourth successive victory.
The season-defining 19-point win against Franklin's former club at ANZ Stadium has set the Swans up to push for a top four finish after a slow start to the season.
Franklin was upstaged by another expensive key forward, Kurt Tippett, who kicked four goals for the Swans in his first game of the season.
Franklin celebrates a last-quarter goal. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: News Corp Australia
For much of the night Franklin's kicking was as bad as his driving during his highly anticipated first outing against a club he helped win two flags.
Just a fortnight after crashing into four parked cars Franklin kicked seven behinds in a row.
Then he kicked two goals in three minutes at the start of the last quarter to put the Swans in front and then given them a 10-point break.
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Despite Hawthorn's best efforts the Swans were never headed and it was fitting that Dan Hannebery sealed the match with a desperate snap.
Like the Swans, all the early questions about Hannebery's form have now been erased and he was best on ground last night with an astonishing 40 possessions.
INJURY, BUMP ADD SALT TO HAWKS' WOUNDS
Josh Kennedy wasn't far behind with 35 possessions, 22 of them contested.
Hawthorn suffered a huge blow early in the third term when dynamic small forward Cyril Rioli limped off with yet another hamstring strain.
And key forward Jarryd Roughead,who kicked three goals, is likely to be in trouble with the match review panel when a crude bump flattened former team mate Ben McGlynn.
Despite their injury woes Hawthorn hit the front midway through the third term during a run of four successive goals that left the reigning premiers nine points in front.
Hawk Cyril Rioli goes off with a hamstring injury. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: News Corp Australia
The Hawks were inspired by the Rolls Royce of midfielders Shaun Burgoyne, who gathered 13 clever and damaging possessions during the third term.
Sydney's early wastefulness appeared more and more costly as Hawthorn came at the Swans late in the second quarter.
Midway through the second term the Swans led by 26 points when Franklin kicked his sixth straight behind.
But then the game changed as the Hawks began to play more of the co-ordinated football which won them last year's premiership.
Swan Josh Kennedy starred in the midfield with 35 disposals. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: News Corp Australia
Rebounding through Grant Birchall at halfback and the contested work of Jordan Lewis, Hawthorn kicked the next three goals leading into half time to trail by just seven points even though the Swans had seven more scoring shots.
The only problem with Sydney's explosive first quarter was a failure to make the most of their utter domination.
The most telling statistic was that Sydney had 22 inside 50s to seven during the opening term and should have been much further in front.
Hawthorn was always going to have trouble containing the Hawks tall forward line without injured full back Brian Lake but the defence was decimated when Luke Hodge was a late withdrawal, joining fellow rebounding half-back Sam Mitchell on the sidelines.
Goodes was subbed out late in the third quarter after a modest 10 possessions. He failed to manage a score.
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