It's now the halfway mark of the home and away season for both Drouin and Leongatha and if there's one thing for sure, it's that these two teams are at the polar opposite ends of the ladder for a reason.
The Hawks are experiencing a year of transition as they look to rebuild and replenish their senior squad with an injection of young talent.
The Parrots are a side at the peak of their powers, blessed with experienced players that understand both their own talents and their role within the team.
All this was on display on the weekend as Leongatha flexed their muscles to completely dominate Drouin, the final score being 23.20 (158) to 0.5 (5).
By quarter time it was already game over for Drouin, as the Parrots burst out of the blocks to put eight goals on the board in the first term alone.
In fact, the writing was on the wall extremely early in the match, as the first centre clearance went the way of the visitors and landed safely in the hands of Tom Crocker, who slotted the first goal of the game within 30 seconds.
A mere minute later, Aaron Hillberg swept up a loose ball inside 50 and kicked Leongatha's second, before Jack Ginnane took a strong contested mark and kicked truly moments after.
It meant the Parrots had the first three goals of the game within three minutes and were looking completely at home.
Hillberg would end the game with seven goals, while Ginnane finished with four.
The difference in experience between the two sides was stark, especially in the middle where Aaron Heppell and Tom Marriott enjoyed a day out, winning contest after contest.
Things were not helped in this regard by the fact that Drouin were again playing without some of their more experienced heads such as Tom Barr or Shay Harvey.
Three things really stand out when watching the Parrots play their best football.
Firstly, they rarely miss targets when kicking short, which often allowed them to pierce the Drouin defensive structure with ease.
Secondly, the speed with which they move the ball caught the Hawks out on numerous occasions, allowing them to kick many of their goals from near point blank range, without a Drouin defender in front of them.
Finally, the way in which they are able to get their hands free when being tackled and find an outlet means they are rarely caught holding the ball.
All of these factors allowed them to get on top of the young Hawks, who simply didn't look threatening even when they did get the ball forward.
Drouin's first score wouldn't come until 11 minutes into the second term, where a flying shot went wide.
Playing coach Jordan Kingi, one of his team's best kicks, tried to play a more forward role in the second term to try and generate some scoring potential for his side. But the Hawks' lack of a sizeable target up forward came back to bite them time and time again as Leongatha repelled every forward foray Drouin could muster.
In their matches this season, Drouin have looked their best when playing fast and chaotic footy. Unfortunately for them, Leongatha were often so well set up in their back half that this kind of play just wasn't an option.
It was generally a better defensive effort after quarter time from the Hawks, though by that point the result was already well settled, the final margin being the only undecided factor.
Seth Calway and Harry Wans put in solid midfield efforts for the home side, but all day it were as if they were swimming against a current strong enough to sweep just about anyone away.
By the final quarter the feeling around the ground was a seeming sense of desperation to see the Hawks manage a goal, but it just never came.
When taking into account the reserves result, it meant that Drouin were unable to kick a goal in either of the two final matches of the day, their last goal coming late in the thirds game.
The severity of the loss now sees the Hawks fall back to the bottom of the ladder going into their bye. While they have shown flashes of brilliant footy, their most recent loss shows they have a long way to go to get back to the top of the league.
Leongatha, meanwhile, now sits three games clear on top of the ladder and look primed to claim the minor premiership.
They will next meet second-placed Traralgon, who were the team that came closest to defeating them in their round one match-up.
For as good as they currently look, no team is unbeatable, or at least that will be what the rest of the league will be hoping.
Seth Calway, Harry Wans, Joseph Collins, Jarrod Marshall, Timothy Hancock and Rhys Salter were named best on for Drouin.
Leongatha's top performers were Aaron Hillberg, Aaron Heppell, Tom Marriott, Luke Bowman, Sean Westaway and Cameron Stone.