Hawks' eyes on AFL premiership, not record The chance to equal a 52-year-old club record winning streak means little to Hawthorn as they keep their focus firmly on an AFL premiership. The top-placed Hawks have notched 11 straight wins, including Friday night's 19.9 (123) to 16.7 (103) victory over West Coast at Etihad Stadium. A win over Brisbane next Sunday in Launceston would equal the record 12-game streak that swept the Hawks to their maiden premiership in 1961. But that doesn't interest coach Alastair Clarkson or his men. "It's just all about silverware and preparing yourself for the best opportunity at the end of the year," Clarkson said. He said despite the string of victories, Hawthorn still have areas to improve. One is their clearances, a statistic in which they were beaten by Carlton last round and again by the Eagles. A dominant rucking performance by West Coast's Nic Naitanui helped the Eagles control the centre clearances in particular, winning those 20-9. That kept West Coast in touch all night, despite Hawthorn scoring freely when they entered their attack, with Jarryd Roughead (five), Jack Gunston (five), Luke Breust (three) and Lance Franklin (two) combining for 15 goals. "We did look potent once we could get it in there, but they were such a damaging side around the stoppages, they beat us convincingly at various stages," Clarkson said. He said the Hawks would work on that aspect, but added that to still get over the line against a desperate opponent in a finals-like game was a good sign. It came with a toll. Paul Puopolo (quad) pulled out in the pre-game warm-up, Grant Birchall (knee) was subbed out in the third term after being hurt in the first, Luke Breust (ankle) also played through pain and Josh Gibson (ankle) went to the rooms late in the match. The Eagles lost Shannon Hurn (ankle) and could lose veteran Andrew Embley for dropping his knees into the chest of Hawk Ben Stratton in the second quarter. Despite the loss, West Coast coach John Worsfold saw some promising signs, praising his side's intensity, run, ball use and defensive pressure. "We were looking forward to the test against Hawthorn and I thought the boys stood up to the test without winning the game," Worsfold said. We took some steps forward in how we want to play and we look forward to taking that up to every other team we play.