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Red-hot Hawks smash Carlton, surge into AFL's top eight

Happy Hawthorn: The Hawks have stormed into the top eight with a 74-point thrashing of Carlton. (Morgan Hancock/AAP PHOTOS)

Sam Mitchell insists nothing has changed for Hawthorn after they hammered down the door to the AFL top eight with a 74-point humiliation of injury-ravaged Carlton.

The Blues lost star forward Charlie Curnow among a raft of setbacks as the "Showtime Hawks" lived up to their billing by running rings around their undermanned opponents in a 16.16 (112) to 5.8 (38) victory in front of 84,773 fans at the MCG.

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