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Hawthorn vs Greater Western Sydney

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Round: 15   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sun, 08-07-2012 1:10 pm   Crowd: 26,518  
Hawthorn 5.6.3611.11.7720.20.14028.25.193 C:  Alastair Clarkson
Greater Western Sydney 1.2.82.4.163.5.234.7.31 C:  Kevin Sheedy
  HAW by 28HAW by 61HAW by 117HAW by 162  
Brownlow Medal 3 Jarryd Roughead (HAW)2 Matt Suckling (HAW)1 Sam Mitchell (HAW)

Match Report

It was a Sunday massacre at the MCG as Hawthorn eased to a record win over expansion club Greater Western Sydney. The Hawks won by 162 points, but incredibly the margin could have been far more devastating for the Giants. Hawthorn had 42 more scoring shots than GWS, kicking 28.25. Their percentage jumped from 138 to 152 because of the win. What the scoreline might have been had the Hawks had their kicking boots on is scary to contemplate. Rising Star favourite, GWS forward Jeremy Cameron was reported for a high bump on Clinton Young in the third quarter. The only positive for the Giants was an outstanding performance from midfielder Toby Greene, who was by far and way their best player with 33 possessions. He went head-to-head with Hawks champion Sam Mitchell. After kicking a four goals, Lance Franklin was subbed off with hamstring soreness in the third quarter. But his absence mattered little, as Jarryd Roughead kicked six majors, while Luke Breust and Cyril Rioli finished with three each for Hawthorn.

GOALS

Hawthorn: Roughead 6; Franklin 4; Breust, Rioli 3; Young, Hale 2; Savage, Lewis, Gunston, Shiels, Murphy, Suckling, Mitchell, Puopolo

GWS: Cornes 2; Wilson, Adams

BEST - HERALD SUN
Hawthorn: Rioli, Lewis, Suckling, Roughead, Birchall, Mitchell, Young, Gibson
GWS: Greene, Adams, Coniglio, Cornes, Ward, Smith

BEST - SPORTAL
Hawthorn: Suckling, Mitchell, Whitecross Franklin, Gibson, Roughead

GWS: Greene, Cornes, Cameron, Giles, Adams

COACHES COMMENTS
Alastair Clarkson (Haw): We've been getting outscored in last quarters, so to really put the foot on the pedal and on their throat was good. If you look at the ladder, it's probably going to come down to a few things with the logjam that it is up top, but when you've got Collingwood, Geelong and Essendon in the next few weeks, they're not going to be wins like that, so you've got to take these ones when you can and go for it.

Kevin Sheedy (GWS): With the group that we've got at the moment, that's a disappointing loss, but against a very, very good side who I expect probably will be in the Grand Final.

Umpires: Ritchie, Ryan, Pannell


Source

Match report by Oliver Caffrey

Match stats

Hawthorn Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
14 Birchall, Grant 16 8 14 30 0 1 0 2 0 2 24y 162d 141 16
22 Breust, Luke 8 4 12 20 3 3 0 8 0 2 21y 240d 30 53
13 Cheney, Kyle 5 3 6 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 22y 318d 26 2
23 Franklin, Lance 'Buddy' 7 5 2 9 4 1 0 3 1 2 25y 160d 156 502
6 Gibson, Josh 18 5 8 26 0 0 0 0 2 1 28y 117d 114 2
19 Gunston, Jack 7 5 2 9 1 1 0 3 1 0 20y 266d 22 30
20 Hale, David 4 7 12 16 2 1 19 4 0 4 28y 47d 163 151
32 Hill, Bradley 11 1 6 17 0 1 0 0 1 1 18y 365d 5 3
3 Lewis, Jordan 14 8 17 31 1 0 3 1 1 1 26y 75d 159 79
5 Mitchell, Sam 17 6 16 33 1 0 0 1 1 2 29y 270d 211 52
29 Murphy, Tom 6 6 11 17 1 0 0 2 1 2 26y 111d 91 4
28 Puopolo, Paul 9 4 4 13 1 1 0 3 2 2 24y 219d 30 18
33 Rioli, Cyril 19 10 7 26 3 3 0 9 1 0 22y 360d 97 127
2 Roughead, Jarryd 15 12 6 21 6 3 6 2 2 3 25y 167d 149 282
21 Savage, Shane 7 2 4 11 1 1 0 2 1 1 21y 185d 34 22
25 Schoenmakers, Ryan 6 5 7 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 21y 243d 49 1
26 Shiels, Liam 15 5 14 29 1 0 0 6 2 0 21y 70d 54 15
16 Smith, Isaac 12 8 12 24 0 2 0 7 1 0 23y 191d 27 27
24 Stratton, Ben 2 3 7 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 23y 129d 41 1
4 Suckling, Matt 23 6 12 35 1 1 0 1 0 0 23y 349d 43 16
37 Whitecross, Brendan 16 11 10 26 0 1 0 2 0 0 22y 165d 63 32
11 Young, Clinton 19 8 9 28 2 0 0 1 3 0 26y 143d 106 55
  Rushed   4  
  Totals 256 132 198 454 28 25 28 60 20 24 24y 31d 1811 1490
Greater Western Sydney Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
30 Adams, Taylor 13 3 11 24 1 0 0 2 1 1 18y 292d 9 3
14 Bugg, Tomas 4 3 12 16 0 0 0 4 1 1 19y 94d 13 2
18 Cameron, Jeremy 4 2 2 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 19y 98d 12 22
3 Coniglio, Stephen 14 3 11 25 0 0 0 4 2 1 18y 206d 10 2
11 Cornes, Chad 7 4 10 17 2 0 0 0 1 1 32y 239d 250 177
1 Davis, Phil 7 3 3 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 21y 313d 32 4
22 Edwards, Shaun 7 3 6 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 18y 208d 6 1
26 Giles, Jonathan 6 1 2 8 0 0 22 1 3 2 24y 182d 13 12
35 Greene, Toby 20 4 14 34 0 0 0 5 5 0 18y 287d 12 4
2 Hampton, Curtly 8 1 8 16 0 0 1 4 2 1 19y 120d 9 5
19 Haynes, Nick 2 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 20y 51d 2 0
40 Kennedy, Adam 4 1 8 12 0 0 0 4 1 1 19y 362d 9 0
54 McDonald, James 0 2 8 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 35y 277d 261 59
39 Mohr, Tim 9 5 6 15 0 0 0 2 1 0 23y 263d 13 1
7 Palmer, Rhys 11 3 11 22 0 0 0 1 1 2 23y 146d 64 28
12 Patton, Jonathon 3 1 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 19y 49d 4 2
27 Phillips, Andrew 5 2 0 5 0 1 13 1 0 3 21y 5d 6 2
34 Smith, Devon 14 7 7 21 0 1 0 4 1 1 19y 49d 13 3
20 Tomlinson, Adam 5 2 12 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 18y 333d 7 1
17 Treloar, Adam 7 4 6 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 19y 121d 11 5
8 Ward, Callan 9 3 13 22 0 0 0 3 1 1 22y 89d 74 39
16 Wilson, Nathan 6 3 3 9 1 1 0 2 0 1 19y 183d 6 5
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 165 61 160 325 4 7 36 42 24 20 21y 197d 836 377

Match highlights

Chad Cornes played his 250th V/AFL game: Greater Western Sydney vs. Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
Hawthorn 28.25.193 vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
Hawthorn d. Greater Western Sydney by 162 points (AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
Lance 'Buddy' Franklin kicked his 500th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
Lance 'Buddy' Franklin kicked his 50th goal for the season for Hawthorn vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R15)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.