What would happen if real hawks and eagles fought out the grand final?

The big birds will fight it out at the MCG on Saturday when the Hawks take on the Eagles.

There won’t be any actual birds, of course. That would be cruel.

But what if was a fight between hawks and eagles?

Who would win?

3AW Breakfast asked Australian Birdlife editor Sean Dooley that very question, and he took the task very seriously.

‘Sadly I have thought about this, because I view the world through the bird prism.’

Click play to find out who he’s tipping!

And here’s a hawk pestering an eagle in the wild…