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CibbuanoHawks down Swans
June 7th 2009 08:42
HAWTHORN has held on for a hard-fought 11-point win over Sydney at the MCG on Sunday afternoon.
The Hawks’ 12.14 (86) to 11.9 (75) triumph sees them move back into the top eight with a 6-5 win-loss record.
Some off the gloss was taken off the win for Hawthorn with classy forward Cyril Rioli injuring his hamstring in the first term while veteran Stuart Dew limped off with what appeared to be a calf injury in the last quarter.
Sydney has now lost its past two matches to slump to 10th spot with a 5-6 win-loss record.
Hawks vice-captain Luke Hodge made an impressive return from injury with a team-high 23 possessions while skipper Sam Mitchell and Brad Sewell were also influential with 20-plus touches.
Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead and Mark Williams finished off their good work, booting three goals apiece.
For the Swans, Adam Goodes was best afield with 23 disposals and three goals while Ryan O’Keefe won a lot of the football.
Darren Jolly was dominant in the ruck with 35 hit outs while Martin Mattner generated plenty of run.
Both sides were guilty of wasting chances in front of goal in the opening stanza but it was the Hawks who went into quarter-time with a 12-point lead.
A largely uninspiring first half of football finished with Hawthorn in front by 16 points at the main break.
Hawthorn entered inside their forward 50 four more times than Sydney in the third term but they didn’t capitalise, booting a wasteful 2.6 for the quarter.
While the Hawks were wayward the Swans were incredibly efficient, kicking four straight goals to close to within ten points at three-quarter time.
Goals from Goodes and Jolly saw Sydney hit the lead for the first time in the match early in the final stanza.
Williams put his side back in front before a brain explosion from Swans spearhead Barry Hall turned the game on its head.
The Swans were in attack when Roughead marked before Hall gave away a 50 metre penalty for pulling the Hawk to the ground.
Hall continued to protest to the umpires who gave Hawthorn a further two 50m penalties.
Roughead made Hall pay for indiscretion, kicking the easiest of goals before Xavier Ellis soccered one home a minute later to give the Hawks a match-winning break.
HAWTHORN: 4.5, 7.5, 9.11, 12.14 (86)
SYDNEY: 2.5, 4.7, 8.7, 11.9 (75)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Franklin 3, Williams 3, Roughead 3, Ellis 2, Mitchell
Sydney: Goodes 3, Hall 2, Jolly, McVeigh, O'Loughlin, J Bolton, Mattner, Kirk
BEST: Hawthorn: Mitchell, Hodge, Birchall, Campbell, McGlynn, Lewis, Franklin, Williams, Sewell
Sydney: Goodes, O'Keefe, Shaw, Mattner, Jolly, J Bolton
INJURIES: Hawthorn: Rioli (hamstring), Dew (calf)
Sydney:
UMPIRES: Donlon, Vozzo, Hendrie
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Hawthorn: Brown replaced in selected side Tuck. Murphy replaced in selected side by Schoenmakers
CROWD: 44,464 at MCG
The Hawks’ 12.14 (86) to 11.9 (75) triumph sees them move back into the top eight with a 6-5 win-loss record.
Some off the gloss was taken off the win for Hawthorn with classy forward Cyril Rioli injuring his hamstring in the first term while veteran Stuart Dew limped off with what appeared to be a calf injury in the last quarter.
Sydney has now lost its past two matches to slump to 10th spot with a 5-6 win-loss record.
Hawks vice-captain Luke Hodge made an impressive return from injury with a team-high 23 possessions while skipper Sam Mitchell and Brad Sewell were also influential with 20-plus touches.
Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead and Mark Williams finished off their good work, booting three goals apiece.
For the Swans, Adam Goodes was best afield with 23 disposals and three goals while Ryan O’Keefe won a lot of the football.
Darren Jolly was dominant in the ruck with 35 hit outs while Martin Mattner generated plenty of run.
Both sides were guilty of wasting chances in front of goal in the opening stanza but it was the Hawks who went into quarter-time with a 12-point lead.
A largely uninspiring first half of football finished with Hawthorn in front by 16 points at the main break.
Hawthorn entered inside their forward 50 four more times than Sydney in the third term but they didn’t capitalise, booting a wasteful 2.6 for the quarter.
While the Hawks were wayward the Swans were incredibly efficient, kicking four straight goals to close to within ten points at three-quarter time.
Goals from Goodes and Jolly saw Sydney hit the lead for the first time in the match early in the final stanza.
Williams put his side back in front before a brain explosion from Swans spearhead Barry Hall turned the game on its head.
The Swans were in attack when Roughead marked before Hall gave away a 50 metre penalty for pulling the Hawk to the ground.
Hall continued to protest to the umpires who gave Hawthorn a further two 50m penalties.
Roughead made Hall pay for indiscretion, kicking the easiest of goals before Xavier Ellis soccered one home a minute later to give the Hawks a match-winning break.
HAWTHORN: 4.5, 7.5, 9.11, 12.14 (86)
SYDNEY: 2.5, 4.7, 8.7, 11.9 (75)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Franklin 3, Williams 3, Roughead 3, Ellis 2, Mitchell
Sydney: Goodes 3, Hall 2, Jolly, McVeigh, O'Loughlin, J Bolton, Mattner, Kirk
BEST: Hawthorn: Mitchell, Hodge, Birchall, Campbell, McGlynn, Lewis, Franklin, Williams, Sewell
Sydney: Goodes, O'Keefe, Shaw, Mattner, Jolly, J Bolton
INJURIES: Hawthorn: Rioli (hamstring), Dew (calf)
Sydney:
UMPIRES: Donlon, Vozzo, Hendrie
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Hawthorn: Brown replaced in selected side Tuck. Murphy replaced in selected side by Schoenmakers
CROWD: 44,464 at MCG
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