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CibbuanoHawks hold off Eagles
April 25th 2009 10:58
HAWTHORN remains in touch with the top eight after recording a hard-fought 18-point win over West Coast in slippery conditions at Aurora Stadium on Saturday night.
On a night when goals were hard to come by, Jarryd Roughead and Garry Moss were the difference, booting four goals apiece to lift the Hawks to a 11.8 (74) to 7.14 (56) victory.
The result sees the Hawks move to tenth place on the ladder with a 2-3 win-loss record while the Eagles remain on two wins.
Brad Sewell provided plenty of grunt in the middle and was judged best on ground for his 28-possession game.
Hawthorn skipper Sam Mitchell was damaging off half-back with a game-high 40 disposals while Luke Hodge also helped set up his side's attacking forays forward with 26 touches.
Jordan Lewis won plenty of the football while Chance Bateman did a superb blanketing job on Daniel Kerr, restricting the Eagles star to just 10 disposals.
For West Coast, Dean Cox was influential with 30 possessions, nine marks and 31 hit-outs while Matt Priddis (32 touches) tried hard all night.
Eagles skipper Darren Glass had the better of his duel with Hawthorn star Lance Franklin while Ben McKinley booted three goals.
Little separated the two sides in a physical and scrappy first half with both teams struggling to cope with the conditions.
West Coast led by just two points at quarter-time before the Hawks booted three goals to one in the second term to go into the main break with an eight-point advantage.
The Eagles got the first goal of the second half through Quinten Lynch but two turnovers resulted in goals to the Hawks as the margin blew out to 14 points.
Hawthorn looked set to run away with the contest but the Eagles lifted their rating and started to win more of the contested football.
They were finally rewarded for their hard work around the ground with McKinley snapping a goal before Priddis made Lewis pay for giving away a silly 50m penalty by kicking truly to reduce the deficit to just two points heading into the final change.
West Coast got the crucial first goal of the final stanza with Adam Hunter slotting one home two minutes in after taking a spectacular pack mark.
The Eagles were in with a real chance of causing an upset but the Hawks hit back with three majors in four minutes to skip out to a handy 14-point lead.
McKinley’s third gave West Coast a sniff but Hawthorn held firm in the dying stages with Franklin sealing the win with his second major.
HAWTHORN: 1.3, 4.5, 6.7, 11.8 (74)
WEST COAST: 1.5, 2.9, 5.11, 7.14 (56)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Moss 4, Roughead 4, Franklin 2, Rioli
West Coast: McKinley 3, A. Embley, Hunter, Lynch, Priddis
BEST: Hawthorn: Mitchell, Sewell, Bateman, Moss, Hodge, Rioli, Lewis
West Coast: Cox, Glass, Rosa, Selwood, Priddis, McKinley
INJURIES: Hawthorn: TBC
West Coast: TBC
REPORTS: TBC
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: McLaren, Grun, Pannell
CROWD: TBC at Aurora Stadium
On a night when goals were hard to come by, Jarryd Roughead and Garry Moss were the difference, booting four goals apiece to lift the Hawks to a 11.8 (74) to 7.14 (56) victory.
The result sees the Hawks move to tenth place on the ladder with a 2-3 win-loss record while the Eagles remain on two wins.
Brad Sewell provided plenty of grunt in the middle and was judged best on ground for his 28-possession game.
Hawthorn skipper Sam Mitchell was damaging off half-back with a game-high 40 disposals while Luke Hodge also helped set up his side's attacking forays forward with 26 touches.
Jordan Lewis won plenty of the football while Chance Bateman did a superb blanketing job on Daniel Kerr, restricting the Eagles star to just 10 disposals.
For West Coast, Dean Cox was influential with 30 possessions, nine marks and 31 hit-outs while Matt Priddis (32 touches) tried hard all night.
Eagles skipper Darren Glass had the better of his duel with Hawthorn star Lance Franklin while Ben McKinley booted three goals.
Little separated the two sides in a physical and scrappy first half with both teams struggling to cope with the conditions.
West Coast led by just two points at quarter-time before the Hawks booted three goals to one in the second term to go into the main break with an eight-point advantage.
The Eagles got the first goal of the second half through Quinten Lynch but two turnovers resulted in goals to the Hawks as the margin blew out to 14 points.
Hawthorn looked set to run away with the contest but the Eagles lifted their rating and started to win more of the contested football.
They were finally rewarded for their hard work around the ground with McKinley snapping a goal before Priddis made Lewis pay for giving away a silly 50m penalty by kicking truly to reduce the deficit to just two points heading into the final change.
West Coast got the crucial first goal of the final stanza with Adam Hunter slotting one home two minutes in after taking a spectacular pack mark.
The Eagles were in with a real chance of causing an upset but the Hawks hit back with three majors in four minutes to skip out to a handy 14-point lead.
McKinley’s third gave West Coast a sniff but Hawthorn held firm in the dying stages with Franklin sealing the win with his second major.
HAWTHORN: 1.3, 4.5, 6.7, 11.8 (74)
WEST COAST: 1.5, 2.9, 5.11, 7.14 (56)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Moss 4, Roughead 4, Franklin 2, Rioli
West Coast: McKinley 3, A. Embley, Hunter, Lynch, Priddis
BEST: Hawthorn: Mitchell, Sewell, Bateman, Moss, Hodge, Rioli, Lewis
West Coast: Cox, Glass, Rosa, Selwood, Priddis, McKinley
INJURIES: Hawthorn: TBC
West Coast: TBC
REPORTS: TBC
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: McLaren, Grun, Pannell
CROWD: TBC at Aurora Stadium
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