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CibbuanoRound ten preview: Adelaide v Hawthorn
May 30th 2009 13:53
VENUE and TIME: AAMI Stadium, Sunday 31 May, 1.10pm (AEST)
HEAD TO HEAD: Played: 27, Adelaide 15, Hawthorn 12
LAST TIME: Hawthorn 11.10 (76) d Adelaide 10.12 (72), Round 12 at AAMI Stadium, 2008
RECENT HISTORY: Hawthorn has won its past three against Adelaide with one of those wins coming at AAMI Stadium.
MEDICAL ROOM: Adelaide welcomes back star defender Nathan Bock who has missed the past three weeks with a hamstring injury. Key forward Trent Hentschel is at least another five to six weeks away from returning from a knee injury while Brett Burton (knee) is also unavailable. For the Hawks, youngster Garry Moss and Cameron Stokes will miss with knee and hamstring injuries respectively. Luke Hodge (abdominal strain) will be sidelined for one to two weeks while Rick Ladson (knee) is a fortnight away from resuming. Max Bailey (knee), Trent Croad (foot) and Stephen Gilham (knee) are sidelined indefinitely while Tim Boyle is out for the season with a knee injury.
FORM: Adelaide snapped a three-game losing streak with an impressive 44-point win over Carlton at AAMI Stadium last Sunday. It was the Crows first win at home for the season and saw them remain in touch with the top eight with a 4-5 win-loss record. Hawthorn has won four of its past five matches after downing bottom-placed Melbourne by 22 points at the MCG last Sunday. The reigning premiers sit inside the top eight with five wins from their first nine matches.
KEY MATCH-UPS: Michael Doughty vs. Sam Mitchell
Mitchell was influential in his side’s thrilling four-point win over Adelaide in round 10 last year, racking up 25 disposals in a performance that earned him the three Brownlow medal votes.
The Hawthorn skipper is damaging with his ability to win the football at close quarters and use it cleanly by hand to find his teammates in space.
Limiting his influence in the middle will be a key for the Crows if they are going to contain the Hawks talent-laden forward line.
Doughty kept Carlton skipper Chris Judd to just 19 possessions last weekend and looms as the obvious candidate to tag Mitchell on Sunday.
The Adelaide midfielder was able to keep Judd quiet because he applied relentless pressure and also made the 2004 Brownlow medallist accountable by winning his fair share of the football - he collected 26 touches.
He will need to do the same against Hawthorn otherwise Mitchell will dictate terms in the middle and find his teammates in space who will continually pump the football inside 50 to Jarryd Roughead, Lance Franklin and co.
Brad Sewell vs. Scott Thompson
Thompson was instrumental in the Crows’ victory over the Blues with 30 possessions and four inside 50’s.
The former Demon is highly effective at winning the contested football and delivering to his forwards - he is first at Adelaide for first possessions and third for inside 50’s.
The Hawks will be keen to shut-down the drive he provides through the middle of the ground as the Crows forwards will struggle to receive enough quality supply to kick a winning score to overcome a Hawthorn side that has the sixth best attack in the AFL without him having an impact.
Sewell is Hawthorn’s best stopper in the midfield and will most likely be given the job of tagging Thompson.
The 25-year-old, who has quelled the influence of some of the premier midfielders in the competition in his 92-game career, will not give Thompson any time or space and will also test out the defensive side of his game.
Nathan Bock vs. Lance Franklin
Franklin hasn’t been at his mercurial best so far this season but he has stilled booted 31 goals in nine games.
Last year’s Coleman medallist looms as the main danger man for the Crows given that he has booted 14 goals in his past three matches against Neil Craig’s men.
He could have easily kicked a bag in the round 10 clash last year but he failed to capitalise in front of goal, kicking a wasteful 1.6.
Bock has the height and athleticism to match Franklin and will be given first crack at the Hawthorn star.
However, Bock will be lacking match fitness as he has missed the past three matches and he could well be exposed if the Hawks are able to get the football into the forward line quickly.
In last weekend’s win over Carlton the Crows suffocated the Blues with their pressure skills. They will need to play with the same level of intensity against the Hawks otherwise Franklin will feast of an endless supply of quality football.
Thomas Murphy vs. Jason Porplyzia
Porplyzia was among his side’s best the last time these two sides met with 22 disposals, six marks and three goals.
The 24-year-old continued his ultra-consistent start to the season against the Blues with two goals, taking his season tally to 22 goals.
Despite standing at just 178cm, Porplyzia is very good overhead so you would expect someone like Murphy who is able to match him in the air to be given first crack at the classy Adelaide forward.
Porplyzia is capable of turning a game on its head with a quick two or three goal burst so Murphy will need to be switched on defensively for the full four quarters and not give Porplyzia any time or space in which to work in.
VERDICT: Adelaide kicked over 100 points for just the second time this season against Carlton last weekend but they can’t rely on the likes of Chris Knights to kick five goals each week and with promising young forward Taylor Walker out of form it is hard to see how the Crows will kick a big enough score to overcome a Hawthorn side that has a talent-laden forward line. Expect it to be a tight struggle for the first half before the class of Franklin and Cyril Rioli comes to the fore. Hawks by 32 points.
ADELAIDE v HAWTHORN
ADELAIDE
B: Graham Johncock, Ben Rutten, Andy Otten
HB: Michael Doughty, Scott Stevens, Andrew McLeod
C: Chris Knights, Simon Goodwin, David Mackay
HF: Nathan van Berlo, Patrick Dangerfield, Bernie Vince
F: Jason Porplyzia, Taylor Walker, Richard Douglas
Foll: Kurt Tippett, Tyson Edwards, Scott Thompson
I/C: Brad Moran, Nathan Bock, Brad Symes, Ivan Maric
Emg: Brent Reilly, Jared Petrenko, James Sellar
In: Bock
Out: Brent Reilly
HAWTHORN
B: Campbell Brown, Tom Murphy, Brent Guerra
HB: Brendan Whitecross, Grant Birchall, Xavier Ellis
C: Liam Shiels, Sam Mitchell, Beau Muston
HF: Michael Osborne, Lance Franklin, Chance Bateman
F: Cyril Rioli, Jarryd Roughead, Mark Williams
Foll: Simon Taylor, Brad Sewell, Jordan Lewis
I/C: Robert Campbell, Stuart Dew, Ben McGlynn, Jarryd Morton
Emg: Beau Dowler, Brent Renouf, Travis Tuck
In: Dew, Ellis, Shiels
Out: Garry Moss (knee), Cameron Stokes (hamstring), Beau Dowler
New: Liam Shiels (Eastern Ranges)
HEAD TO HEAD: Played: 27, Adelaide 15, Hawthorn 12
LAST TIME: Hawthorn 11.10 (76) d Adelaide 10.12 (72), Round 12 at AAMI Stadium, 2008
RECENT HISTORY: Hawthorn has won its past three against Adelaide with one of those wins coming at AAMI Stadium.
MEDICAL ROOM: Adelaide welcomes back star defender Nathan Bock who has missed the past three weeks with a hamstring injury. Key forward Trent Hentschel is at least another five to six weeks away from returning from a knee injury while Brett Burton (knee) is also unavailable. For the Hawks, youngster Garry Moss and Cameron Stokes will miss with knee and hamstring injuries respectively. Luke Hodge (abdominal strain) will be sidelined for one to two weeks while Rick Ladson (knee) is a fortnight away from resuming. Max Bailey (knee), Trent Croad (foot) and Stephen Gilham (knee) are sidelined indefinitely while Tim Boyle is out for the season with a knee injury.
FORM: Adelaide snapped a three-game losing streak with an impressive 44-point win over Carlton at AAMI Stadium last Sunday. It was the Crows first win at home for the season and saw them remain in touch with the top eight with a 4-5 win-loss record. Hawthorn has won four of its past five matches after downing bottom-placed Melbourne by 22 points at the MCG last Sunday. The reigning premiers sit inside the top eight with five wins from their first nine matches.
KEY MATCH-UPS: Michael Doughty vs. Sam Mitchell
Mitchell was influential in his side’s thrilling four-point win over Adelaide in round 10 last year, racking up 25 disposals in a performance that earned him the three Brownlow medal votes.
The Hawthorn skipper is damaging with his ability to win the football at close quarters and use it cleanly by hand to find his teammates in space.
Limiting his influence in the middle will be a key for the Crows if they are going to contain the Hawks talent-laden forward line.
Doughty kept Carlton skipper Chris Judd to just 19 possessions last weekend and looms as the obvious candidate to tag Mitchell on Sunday.
The Adelaide midfielder was able to keep Judd quiet because he applied relentless pressure and also made the 2004 Brownlow medallist accountable by winning his fair share of the football - he collected 26 touches.
He will need to do the same against Hawthorn otherwise Mitchell will dictate terms in the middle and find his teammates in space who will continually pump the football inside 50 to Jarryd Roughead, Lance Franklin and co.
Brad Sewell vs. Scott Thompson
Thompson was instrumental in the Crows’ victory over the Blues with 30 possessions and four inside 50’s.
The former Demon is highly effective at winning the contested football and delivering to his forwards - he is first at Adelaide for first possessions and third for inside 50’s.
The Hawks will be keen to shut-down the drive he provides through the middle of the ground as the Crows forwards will struggle to receive enough quality supply to kick a winning score to overcome a Hawthorn side that has the sixth best attack in the AFL without him having an impact.
Sewell is Hawthorn’s best stopper in the midfield and will most likely be given the job of tagging Thompson.
The 25-year-old, who has quelled the influence of some of the premier midfielders in the competition in his 92-game career, will not give Thompson any time or space and will also test out the defensive side of his game.
Nathan Bock vs. Lance Franklin
Franklin hasn’t been at his mercurial best so far this season but he has stilled booted 31 goals in nine games.
Last year’s Coleman medallist looms as the main danger man for the Crows given that he has booted 14 goals in his past three matches against Neil Craig’s men.
He could have easily kicked a bag in the round 10 clash last year but he failed to capitalise in front of goal, kicking a wasteful 1.6.
Bock has the height and athleticism to match Franklin and will be given first crack at the Hawthorn star.
However, Bock will be lacking match fitness as he has missed the past three matches and he could well be exposed if the Hawks are able to get the football into the forward line quickly.
In last weekend’s win over Carlton the Crows suffocated the Blues with their pressure skills. They will need to play with the same level of intensity against the Hawks otherwise Franklin will feast of an endless supply of quality football.
Thomas Murphy vs. Jason Porplyzia
Porplyzia was among his side’s best the last time these two sides met with 22 disposals, six marks and three goals.
The 24-year-old continued his ultra-consistent start to the season against the Blues with two goals, taking his season tally to 22 goals.
Despite standing at just 178cm, Porplyzia is very good overhead so you would expect someone like Murphy who is able to match him in the air to be given first crack at the classy Adelaide forward.
Porplyzia is capable of turning a game on its head with a quick two or three goal burst so Murphy will need to be switched on defensively for the full four quarters and not give Porplyzia any time or space in which to work in.
VERDICT: Adelaide kicked over 100 points for just the second time this season against Carlton last weekend but they can’t rely on the likes of Chris Knights to kick five goals each week and with promising young forward Taylor Walker out of form it is hard to see how the Crows will kick a big enough score to overcome a Hawthorn side that has a talent-laden forward line. Expect it to be a tight struggle for the first half before the class of Franklin and Cyril Rioli comes to the fore. Hawks by 32 points.
ADELAIDE v HAWTHORN
ADELAIDE
B: Graham Johncock, Ben Rutten, Andy Otten
HB: Michael Doughty, Scott Stevens, Andrew McLeod
C: Chris Knights, Simon Goodwin, David Mackay
HF: Nathan van Berlo, Patrick Dangerfield, Bernie Vince
F: Jason Porplyzia, Taylor Walker, Richard Douglas
Foll: Kurt Tippett, Tyson Edwards, Scott Thompson
I/C: Brad Moran, Nathan Bock, Brad Symes, Ivan Maric
Emg: Brent Reilly, Jared Petrenko, James Sellar
In: Bock
Out: Brent Reilly
HAWTHORN
B: Campbell Brown, Tom Murphy, Brent Guerra
HB: Brendan Whitecross, Grant Birchall, Xavier Ellis
C: Liam Shiels, Sam Mitchell, Beau Muston
HF: Michael Osborne, Lance Franklin, Chance Bateman
F: Cyril Rioli, Jarryd Roughead, Mark Williams
Foll: Simon Taylor, Brad Sewell, Jordan Lewis
I/C: Robert Campbell, Stuart Dew, Ben McGlynn, Jarryd Morton
Emg: Beau Dowler, Brent Renouf, Travis Tuck
In: Dew, Ellis, Shiels
Out: Garry Moss (knee), Cameron Stokes (hamstring), Beau Dowler
New: Liam Shiels (Eastern Ranges)
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