I was a bit confused with Essendon playing Hawthorn again. It only seemed a few weeks ago that we fronted up to them, and in fact it was, it was only about 6 weeks ago. And six weeks ago we gave them a bit of a hiding and that gave me hope after the thrashing [Read more]
Buddy Proves he’s the Friday Night Specialist
June 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Seven weeks ago, the Bombers and the Hawks met at the MCG on a Saturday night, the first clash after Round 22 last year. We all know what happened then. That night, just seven rounds ago, the Bombers won quite comfortably. Now, just 48 days later, they revisited on a Friday night at the home [Read more]
The Proff is in the Tasting
May 24, 2010 by 3 Comments
I’m always one to give credit when credit is due but it pains me when that credit is being forwarded to the account of the Hawthorn FC. The Blues and Hawks faced off in what appeared to be a straight forward game of one team in form against a team very much out of form. [Read more]
Hawks Hang on as Burgoyne Does the Number 9 (and the Helmet) Proud
May 17, 2010 by 5 Comments
By Sasha Lennon Hawthorn has kept its season alive after holding on against a gallant Richmond in what was certainly not a clash of the titans. Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that the Round 8 match between Hawthorn and Richmond would be a battle of the cellar-dwellers?
AFL Round 7 – West Coast v Hawthorn: Eagles win battle of the underperformers
May 11, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Josh Barnstable This is good. I’ve wondered for a while why games at Subiaco Oval weren’t broadcasted on free to air television. Finally, the AFL has scheduled this match at Subi to be on Channel 10. Typically, it’s not the most appealing match, with Essendon and Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium promising to be [Read more]
Call of the Card goes to the Bombers
May 3, 2010 by 1 Comment
Essendon VS Hawthorn Melbourne Cricket Ground 7:40 1st May Steven Ingham At the start of any season, the games I instantly look for are Essendon VS Carlton, Collingwood and Hawthorn. More so than normal there was anticipation for this edition of the ‘Line in the Sand Cup’ for one simple reason: Lloyd’s hit on Sewell. [Read more]
North triumph in Tassie
April 26, 2010 by 25 Comments
I wasn’t feeling too good about this game at all. North hadn’t beaten Hawthorn since Round 13, 2008, and the last time these two sides played at Aurora Stadium, the Roos had a three goal buffer going into the last term in freezing conditions, only for Luke Hodge and Lance Franklin to steal the four [Read more]
Bullying the Bullies: Geelong vs. Hawthorn
April 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I’ve lived in more than a dozen different suburbs on the south side of Melbourne and caught the train to the footy from all of them, but had never experienced a Geelong Hawthorn game travelling on the Glen Waverley line. It is like the reverse of Geelong station at midday on a Saturday with the [Read more]
AFL Round 4 – Collingwood v Hawthorn: Weird dreams, nightmare season
April 20, 2010 by 5 Comments
by Josh Barnstable This was the unknown clash. Collingwood, one week after Mick Malthouse was accused of taunting and sledging Stephen Milne, calling him a fu**ing rapist as the sides went to their quarter time huddles. Was this the reason I had a dream where I was also called this because I wore a Port [Read more]
AFL Round 4 – Collingwood v Hawthorn: Pies stun Danni and Hawks
April 20, 2010 by 11 Comments
by Danni Eid After last weeks performance against the team lead by blond boof head I wasn’t sure if I really should watch my boys take on the Hawks. I gave in as normal. I wasn’t gonna miss this, what was I thinking! Wellingham and Brown shank their shots and Medders directs Daisy who puts [Read more]
JOHN HARMS – Easter Monday: West Coast Dave and the Cats make it feel great to be alive
April 8, 2010 by 4 Comments
by John Harms It’s Easter Monday. Perfect sunny Canberra day. The Bruces are over for lunch. The kids, post sausage-in-bread, are kicking the soccer ball, and Theo (aged two) is filling up the golf hole with dirt from the marigold garden. There are no marigolds as the snails have eaten anything that resembles new growth. [Read more]
AFL Round 2 – Hawthorn v Geelong: Classy Cats Claw Their Way to Victory
April 7, 2010 by 11 Comments
By Sasha Lennon Reigning premier Geelong now officially has ‘the wood’ over Hawthorn after a hard-fought nine point victory on Easter Monday. In front of a crowd of almost 70,000 people at the MCG, Geelong clawed its way through four quarters to eventually wear down a tiring Hawthorn who, for a good part of the [Read more]
AFL Round 2 – Hawthorn v Geelong: Hawks run out of steam, Barnstable runs out of daylight.
April 5, 2010 by 14 Comments
by Josh Barnstable I have a theory on Easter Mondays. After a solid day of eating chocolate the day before, you get the day off Monday to work off all the weight you may or may not have put on. Anyway, as it seems hot outside, I’ll put this off for later on.
Round 1 – Hawthorn v Melbourne: Just glad it’s footy season
March 28, 2010 by 7 Comments
By Steve Healy Some people don’t like footy. Other people do, but only to the extent of watching the odd game on TV and going to the odd game every season. There are some passionate ones, who know their stuff most of the time but are wondering who this new number 41 is running out [Read more]
Hungry Hawks Devour Demons
March 27, 2010 by 3 Comments
By Sasha Lennon A new look Hawthorn looked like the Hawks of old in a convincing 56 point win over a shell-shocked Melbourne. Hawthorn entered Round 1 for 2010 without Franklin, Bateman, Rioli, Sewell, Young or Taylor. The fact that Gibson, Petersen, Kayler-Thompson and Hooper had come in to replace the 2008 premiership players gave [Read more]
Footy: Hawthorn’s left footers v right footers
March 1, 2010 by 489 Comments
Left B: Brent Guerra, Josh Gibson, Matthew Suckling HB: Grant Birchall, Ryan Schoenmakers, Jarrod Kayler-Thomson
NAB Cup Round 2: Big Bad Barry Back In Town
February 28, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Damian Watson This particular Friday is filled with high anticipation as two star forwards, who after departing from their previous respective clubs following undisciplined actions last year, begin to pull on a different guernsey in 2010. Carlton’s summer of turmoil may have stemmed from Brendan Fevola’s Brownlow antics and I am delighted as the Blues prevail over Brisbane in a Visy Park practice match in [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 2: Dogs deserve to be pre-season favourites
February 27, 2010 by 78 Comments
Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs Gee, this week has gone quick. After surviving Monday and Tuesday, the final few days flew. Soon enough, I’m sitting in my chair, with the TV on, footy on, and Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life is playing? Right, weird choice Seven. Barry Hall runs out for the tri-colours [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Hawks to aim high, Tigers to finish low
February 16, 2010 by 3 Comments
By Richard Naco I approached this game with some trepidation. Channel 10 in Sydney stayed with their traditional AFL format & started the replay of this game well after 11pm, so as to not flood the Emerald City with too much AFL goodness too soon (the ‘play it mean/ keep ‘em keen’ approach, I guess). [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Hawks look to be back to their best
February 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Healy I turn on the TV, the Aurora Stadium light shine on to a brilliant surface, which is set for a game between 9th and 15th from last year, Hawthorn and Richmond. There’s all the evidence in the world that this will be a blow-out, but to be fair, indigenous stars Rioli, Gibson [Read more]
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