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CibbuanoHawks too good for Eagles
June 27th 2008 12:59
HAWTHORN has consolidated its place in the top three with an unconvincing 57-point win over West Coast at the MCG on Friday night.
The Hawks were challenged by the Eagles in the second and third terms before running away with the contest in the final quarter to record a 18.18 (126) to 9.15 (69) victory.
Both sides were guilty of making simple errors in a match that failed to reach any great heights.
Jarryd Roughead and Lance Franklin were dominant up forward for the Hawks, booting six and five goals respectively while Luke Hodge was damaging in the middle with 23 disposals and three majors.
For West Coast, Dean Cox was prominent with 22 disposals, 27 hit-outs and one goal. Matt Priddis and Daniel Kerr were prolific in the middle with 45 and 40 possessions respectively, while Ashley Hansen chimed in with four majors.
The break has come at an ideal time for Hawthorn with several midfielders nursing injuries. Jordan Lewis left the field in the second term with what appeared to be a hip injury and did not return while Hodge and Shane Crawford were also hampered by leg injuries during the game
Hawthorn piled on four unanswered goals in the opening term but were helped by some poor decision making from West Coast defender Beau Wilkes who gifted two goals to the Hawks.
He chose to spoil when well positioned to mark, the crumb resulting in a Hawthorn goal, then conceded another major when under little pressure he pinpointed Michael Osborne.
The Hawks led by 28 points at quarter time but should have been further in front had they made the most of their opportunities in front of goal - they booted a wayward 4.8 for the term.
The Eagles kicked three of the first four goals of the second term to close to within 14 points but three goals each from Franklin and Roughead ensured the Hawks remained in control, taking a commanding 36-point lead into half-time.
West Coast came out firing after the main break, booting the first three goals of the third term to reduce the deficit to 19 points.
But Franklin's fourth steadied the Hawks, who took a 28-point lead into the final change before they steamrolled the Eagles with seven goals to two in the final stanza.
HAWTHORN: 4.8, 10.8, 11.15, 18.18 (126)
WEST COAST: 0.4, 4.8, 7.11, 9.15 (69)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Roughead 6, Franklin 5, Hodge 3, Birchall, Crawford, Osborne, Williams
West Coast: Hansen 4, McKinley 2, Cox, Hunter, Staker
BEST: Hawthorn: Roughead, Croad, Crawford, Osborne, Franklin, Hodge
West Coast: Kerr, Hansen, Cox, Priddis
INJURIES: Hawthorn: TBC
West Coast: TBC
REPORTS: Renouf (Hawthorn) by umpire Donlon for striking Selwood (West Coast)
CHANGES: Dew (Hawthorn) replaced in selected side by Clarke
UMPIRES: Donlon, Farmer, Ryan
CROWD: 29,138 at the MCG
The Hawks were challenged by the Eagles in the second and third terms before running away with the contest in the final quarter to record a 18.18 (126) to 9.15 (69) victory.
Both sides were guilty of making simple errors in a match that failed to reach any great heights.
Jarryd Roughead and Lance Franklin were dominant up forward for the Hawks, booting six and five goals respectively while Luke Hodge was damaging in the middle with 23 disposals and three majors.
For West Coast, Dean Cox was prominent with 22 disposals, 27 hit-outs and one goal. Matt Priddis and Daniel Kerr were prolific in the middle with 45 and 40 possessions respectively, while Ashley Hansen chimed in with four majors.
The break has come at an ideal time for Hawthorn with several midfielders nursing injuries. Jordan Lewis left the field in the second term with what appeared to be a hip injury and did not return while Hodge and Shane Crawford were also hampered by leg injuries during the game
Hawthorn piled on four unanswered goals in the opening term but were helped by some poor decision making from West Coast defender Beau Wilkes who gifted two goals to the Hawks.
He chose to spoil when well positioned to mark, the crumb resulting in a Hawthorn goal, then conceded another major when under little pressure he pinpointed Michael Osborne.
The Hawks led by 28 points at quarter time but should have been further in front had they made the most of their opportunities in front of goal - they booted a wayward 4.8 for the term.
The Eagles kicked three of the first four goals of the second term to close to within 14 points but three goals each from Franklin and Roughead ensured the Hawks remained in control, taking a commanding 36-point lead into half-time.
West Coast came out firing after the main break, booting the first three goals of the third term to reduce the deficit to 19 points.
But Franklin's fourth steadied the Hawks, who took a 28-point lead into the final change before they steamrolled the Eagles with seven goals to two in the final stanza.
HAWTHORN: 4.8, 10.8, 11.15, 18.18 (126)
WEST COAST: 0.4, 4.8, 7.11, 9.15 (69)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Roughead 6, Franklin 5, Hodge 3, Birchall, Crawford, Osborne, Williams
West Coast: Hansen 4, McKinley 2, Cox, Hunter, Staker
BEST: Hawthorn: Roughead, Croad, Crawford, Osborne, Franklin, Hodge
West Coast: Kerr, Hansen, Cox, Priddis
INJURIES: Hawthorn: TBC
West Coast: TBC
REPORTS: Renouf (Hawthorn) by umpire Donlon for striking Selwood (West Coast)
CHANGES: Dew (Hawthorn) replaced in selected side by Clarke
UMPIRES: Donlon, Farmer, Ryan
CROWD: 29,138 at the MCG
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