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Hawthorn vs North Melbourne

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Round: 21   Venue: York Park   Date: Sun, 13-08-2017 3:20 pm   Crowd: 14,509  
Hawthorn 5.3.3310.5.6515.5.9518.8.116 C:  Alastair Clarkson
North Melbourne 3.1.195.2.3212.4.7614.5.89 C:  Brad Scott
  HAW by 14HAW by 33HAW by 19HAW by 27  
Weather
min temp  -0.1°C      max temp  11.1°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  69%    air pressure  1016.6mb
wind speed 9km/h      wind direction  NW
Brownlow Medal 3 Jack Gunston (HAW)2 Isaac Smith (HAW)1 Tom Mitchell (HAW)

Match Report

Incredible as it might seem, Hawthorn remains a chance to play finals in 2017, after recording a comfortable 27-point win over "fellow Tasmanian" club North Melbourne at York Park on Sunday afternoon. The Hawks led from go to whoa and, with the exception of a brief lapse late in the third quarter that saw the Kangaroos kick five goals in 13 minutes, were never really challenged.

The match got off to a slow start, as the two teams jostled for early ascendancy. The first seven minutes produced nothing more than a rushed behind before a mark and a 50-metre penalty saw Jack Gunston kick the game's first goal, giving Hawthorn a seven-point lead. Teammate Billy Hartung followed up with another shortly after and when Ben McEvoy kicked his first midway through the term, the Hawks were 18 points ahead. Shaun Burgoyne made it 24 with his first major soon after, before North finally hit the scoreboard with goals to Kayne Turner and Ben Brown. Each side added another goal before the quarter-time siren, the Hawks ahead by 14 points at the first break.

A goalless first eight minutes was again the feature of the start of the second term. It was a full eight minutes before either side scored, Hawthorn captain Jarryd Roughead finally breaking through with a goal at the eight-minute mark. Daniel Howe followed up soon after and the Hawks were out to a 26-point lead and getting on top. Ruckman Braydon Preuss clawed one back for North midway through the quarter, but Hawthorn answered with two more through Luke Breust and Isaac Smith and the margin was 33 points in the Hawks' favour at the half.

Hawthorn wasted no time in getting the first goal of the third quarter on the board, Roughead kicking it within 90 seconds of the start. Follow-up goals came from Ricky Henderson and Breust, and the Hawks were suddenly 51 points clear after only six minutes. North staged a mini revival with majors to Taylor Garner and Brown, but two in a row from Isaac Smith and Beust again had Hawthorn's lead back out to the 50 mark.

Just before time on, Brown was paid a free kick and his resultant goal brought about a dramatic change in the game. Over the next 13 minutes, Preuss, Shaun Higgins, Garner and Declan Mountford all added further majors and in virtually the blink of an eye the margin was back to 19 points. 

The three-quarter time break halted the Kangaroo charge and allowed the Hawks to reset. They shored up their defence and stopped North's flow of scoring and at the eight-minute mark Roughead kicked his third to take Hawthorn's lead back out to a relatively comfortable 25 points. North tried to mount one final challenge with Cameron Zurhaar goaling at the 11-minute mark but Hawthorn responded again through Burgoyne, his second goal taking the sting out of the match. Each side added one further goal and the Hawks ran out 27-point victors, their very slim finals hopes still alive. 

For Hawthorn, Jack Gunston (11 marks, 27 possessions) was a standout, while Tom Mitchell was again prolific with 35 touches. Higgins (31 disposals, four tackles) was North Melbourne's best player.

The Hawks will need many other results to go their way if they are to make finals, but they must win both of their remaining matches, against Carlton in round 22 and the Western Bulldogs in round 23. North will finish off its season with games against St Kilda and Brisbane, the second of those a potential 'battle for the wooden spoon'.

GOALS
Hawthorn: Breust 4; Roughead 3; Henderson, Smith, Burgoyne 2; Gunston, Hartung, McEvoy, Howe, Miles
North Melbourne: Brown 3; Zurhaar, Preuss, Garner 2; Turner, Atley, Higgins, Mountford, McDonald

BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Hawthorn: Gunston, Smith, Hodge, Mitchell, Breust, Roughead
North Melbourne: Higgins, Tarrant, Brown, Clarke, Preuss, Gibson

BEST - THE AGE
Hawthorn: Mitchell, Hartung, Hodge, Smith, Breust, Roughead, Sicily
North Melbourne: Higgins, Swallow, Clarke, Dumont, Brown, Tarrant, Preuss

INJURIES
Hawthorn: Nil
North Melbourne: Nil

UMPIRES: Hay, Findlay, Glouftsis

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, Jason Bennett, Leigh Matthews, Jimmy Bartel  

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Match stats

Hawthorn Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
30 Brand, Kaiden 7 7 9 16 0 0 0 1 0 1 23y 127d 26 0
22 Breust, Luke 14 3 4 18 4 0 0 7 1 3 26y 275d 159 303
9 Burgoyne, Shaun 5 2 8 13 2 0 0 5 1 2 34y 296d 339 274
5 Burton, Ryan 17 5 9 26 0 0 0 2 0 0 20y 194d 23 4
8 Duryea, Taylor 7 2 4 11 0 1 0 3 0 1 26y 111d 99 19
44 Glass, Conor 7 3 5 12 0 0 0 4 2 0 19y 319d 4 0
19 Gunston, Jack 22 11 5 27 1 0 0 3 0 0 25y 301d 147 290
37 Hardwick, Blake 9 5 7 16 0 0 0 3 1 1 20y 189d 18 0
4 Hartung, Billy 10 5 16 26 1 0 0 2 0 1 22y 201d 61 27
31 Henderson, Ricky 14 8 9 23 2 1 0 1 0 1 28y 336d 107 56
15 Hodge, Luke 21 9 8 29 0 0 0 4 1 1 33y 59d 303 193
17 Howe, Daniel 7 5 13 20 1 0 0 3 1 0 21y 252d 31 6
29 Langford, Will 9 4 8 17 0 2 0 3 3 1 25y 41d 64 23
7 McEvoy, Ben 4 6 8 12 1 0 20 2 0 1 28y 33d 166 69
42 Miles, Teia 4 3 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 20y 284d 4 3
3 Mitchell, Tom 15 5 20 35 0 1 0 5 3 2 24y 74d 85 48
23 O'Brien, Tim 6 4 4 10 0 0 6 0 1 0 23y 138d 32 32
2 Roughead, Jarryd 8 8 12 20 3 0 0 1 0 0 30y 202d 251 523
25 Schoenmakers, Ryan 6 5 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 2 26y 278d 110 41
26 Shiels, Liam 2 1 11 13 0 0 0 8 0 1 26y 106d 162 56
21 Sicily, James 14 9 13 27 0 0 0 1 2 3 22y 219d 42 46
16 Smith, Isaac 18 11 11 29 2 1 0 1 1 1 28y 226d 155 121
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 226 121 189 415 18 8 26 60 17 23 25y 177d 2388 2134
North Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
18 Atley, Shaun 7 5 10 17 1 1 0 2 0 1 24y 334d 152 27
50 Brown, Ben 9 4 2 11 3 1 0 1 2 0 24y 266d 75 145
13 Clarke, Ryan 10 8 17 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 20y 57d 19 6
10 Cunnington, Ben 10 3 11 21 0 0 0 5 2 0 26y 44d 163 65
14 Dumont, Trent 15 1 10 25 0 0 0 3 2 1 22y 44d 37 14
24 Durdin, Sam 7 4 3 10 0 1 0 1 1 1 21y 68d 6 0
27 Garner, Taylor 11 6 5 16 2 0 0 3 1 1 23y 217d 33 22
43 Gibson, Sam 10 7 16 26 0 0 0 2 0 0 31y 78d 128 50
22 Goldstein, Todd 1 0 3 4 0 0 22 1 0 1 29y 43d 188 100
4 Higgins, Shaun 15 4 16 31 1 0 0 4 1 2 29y 162d 181 194
8 Hrovat, Nathan 6 3 12 18 0 1 0 1 1 0 23y 67d 50 25
11 McDonald, Luke 15 5 7 22 1 0 0 3 0 0 22y 185d 72 11
42 Mountford, Declan 8 5 7 15 1 0 0 1 1 1 20y 181d 10 3
17 Mullett, Aaron 14 5 6 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 25y 171d 84 31
26 Nielson, Daniel 9 5 4 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 21y 96d 6 0
31 Preuss, Braydon 6 5 3 9 2 1 25 3 1 1 22y 58d 7 5
21 Simpkin, Jy 7 3 5 12 0 0 0 3 1 0 19y 161d 11 7
9 Swallow, Andrew 11 1 8 19 0 0 0 13 2 2 30y 72d 222 80
25 Tarrant, Robbie 16 12 8 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 28y 110d 103 42
16 Thompson, Scott 9 4 5 14 0 0 0 4 5 4 31y 96d 198 7
28 Turner, Kayne 3 1 6 9 1 0 0 3 1 0 21y 225d 34 32
44 Zurhaar, Cameron 6 2 7 13 2 0 0 0 1 1 19y 83d 3 2
  Totals 205 93 171 376 14 5 47 55 23 17 24y 161d 1782 868

Match highlights

Tom Mitchell had 20 handballs for Hawthorn vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Andrew Swallow had 13 tackles for North Melbourne vs. Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Luke Breust kicked his 300th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)

Footnotes

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