Moore tells his teammates his snap from a stoppage at half forward was touched off the boot, even though the goal umpire called a goal. Review… (Q1 0:57)
Goal is waved through! (Q1 1:27)
Meek fends off Rivers on members wing for a pressured kick to the flank 30m out where Gunston holds position over May to mark and goal. (Q1 3:50)
Viney’s blind kick inside 50 is straight to Hardwick who starts a counter attack through Ginnivan in the centre, he goes long and quick to Gunston 30m out in front, goal. (Q1 6:18)
Nash’s left-foot kick on members wing is smothered by Culley, crumb falls for Sparrow who passes quickly to Petty 40m out on a slight angle for the Demons’ opening goal. (Q1 9:24)
Ginnivan receives from Worpel outside the next bounce and passes to the lead of Gunston to mark again in front of May 40m out on the flank, this kick is wide right. (Q1 11:08)
Moore centres from the HFF to Worpel outside CHF, he passes short to Macdonald 45m out in front who leaves his set shot to the right. (Q1 13:28)
May’s kick in is chopped off by Impey on the HFF for Hawthorn, he goes short to May’s man Gunston 40m out near the boundary who misses to the right again. (Q1 14:12)
Rain falling now at the MCG, already the ground is looking slippery. (Q1 18:34)
Gunston juggles another mark on the lead in front of May 50m out near the boundary, he tries a set up kick but there’s a free to Gawn, no score results. (Q1 22:55)
Gunston roves a ground ball on the HFF on a surge around outer wing from a stoppage, and passes to the hotspot for Watson to mark on his chest and convert. (Q1 24:53)
Dear juggles a mark over McDonald from a Lewis pass from outer wing to the hotspot, he boots his first goal. (Q1 28:17)
Newcombe turns the ball over off his left foot deep in defence, Gawn feeds Oliver for a centring ball from the HFF to Petracca 40m out on a slight angle, who hits the post. (Q2 4:09)
Newcombe redeems himself with a bullet pass from the centre to Moore 40m out, who converts with no problem. (Q2 5:50)
Langford tries an extremely unlikely snap off his left from the boundary 15m while falling, high but falls near side right for a point. (Q2 9:25)
The Hawks rebound at pace around outer wing from the kick in, Lewis gets rid of McDonald to marks a long Jiath kick to the pocket 30m out but his screwing set shot is too short. (Q2 10:57)
Amon beats Bowey in a ground battle on outer wing to set up a Macdonald pass to the lead of Gunston ahead of Howes 35m out on the flank, he misses near side right. (Q2 13:21)
Sicily intercepts Rivers’ kick in on members wing and pumps it back in, Dear can’t mark but the Hawks descend to set up Gunston’s snap off the right for his third goal. (Q2 14:20)
Macdonald centres from the HFF, two Demon defenders go to Lewis but the ball floats over his head to land in the lap of Chol 30m out, who tugs his set shot to the right. (Q2 15:54)
Chandler has Petracca over the back on a counter attack as the Hawks are playing a very high defensive line, he gives a Joe the Goose special to the hard-running Oliver. (Q2 17:31)
Sharp skids a snap to the left from long range. (Q2 19:49)
Sharp fumbles a ground ball at the Hawk hotspot but Chol’s snap skews way left and is barely a point. (Q2 25:47)
Chandler bounces through the first goal of Q3 off the left from 35m in front, after most players stopped expecting a free kick on outer wing. (Q3 1:26)
Watson halves a marking contest against two on the HBF to enable Ginnivan to start a rebound through the centre, that man Gunston marks again 45m out on the flank, he goals! (Q3 3:16)
Moore receives from Ginnivan and passes from outside a stoppage at CHF to Macdonald who misses from 40m. (Q3 10:37)
Moore worries Bowey off a ground ball in the centre, Macdonald roves and passes short to Breust at half forward, he has space to turn onto his right boot and goal from 35m! (Q3 15:27)
That was the classic Breust move, jinking onto his right to snap across the body, safe as houses. (Q3 15:37)
Petty gets a contact free in a pack 30m out after the next bounce, Hawk fans hoot but Petty converts. (Q3 16:11)
Howes gives away an arm chop free on Gunston 45m out on the flank, set shot is a peach from the old man for his fifth goal. (Q3 24:22)
Dear marks over Turner 45m out in front and shoots to the right. (Q3 28:39)
Breust gets a poster with two Demons on his ginger from 10m just before the 3QT siren. (Q3 30:15)
van Rooyen converts a set shot from 40m in the corridor after a Barrass kick clanger in midfield causes a counter. (Q4 1:09)
Breust passes from the HFF to the lead of Gunston 40m out on a slight angle for his sixth goal. (Q4 3:09)
Gunston marks again on the lead 40m out on the flank and sails through number seven, Hawthorn now piling on percentage to chase top four! (Q4 5:24)
Oh, but the party-pooping ARC nullifies the goal due to a spike on Edge. Hawk fans boo. (Q4 6:25)
Jiath roves a Gawn handball to grass near the hotspot but snaps narrow to the right off a step. (Q4 8:09)
May beats Dear on the HBF but drops the intercept mark, Dear mops up and pokes a pass to Gunston in the pocket 20m out, nothing Turner could do there, Gunston curls in his seventh! (Q4 11:12)
Breust centres from the HFF after a trademark shimmy out of a Sparrow tackle, Macdonald marks but misses for the third time. (Q4 13:10)
Breust passes short and wide from half forward to D’Ambrosio 35m out on the flank. This to pass Collingwood on the live ladder on percentage… hooked to the right. (Q4 14:11)
Chandler’s centring ball off his left from the HFF looks ugly but lands nicely in the hands of Sharp 30m out in front, who hits the left post. (Q4 18:46)
Chandler wobbles another kick off his right for a point from a pack 20m out. (Q4 19:44)
Nash soccers from a stoppage on the HFF, Breust roves and gives inside to Macdonald who goals off his right from 20m. Hawks now in the top four. (Q4 23:22)
van Rooyen intercepts a dump kick by D’Ambrosio on the HFF and goes to Gawn 25m out on the flank, who tugs his set shot left and across the face. (Q4 24:56)
Sharp hits the post with a snap. Deep in junk time, but the live ladder junkies are hanging on every score. (Q4 26:07)
Langford snaps a garbage time special from 20m off his left. (Q4 28:34)
Impey is corralled by Chandler in defence and turns the ball over by foot to van Rooyen in the pocket 30m out. He curls in another garbage time goal off the right. (Q4 29:56)
Pickett has had a stinker today but he is paid a dubious mark on the boundary line 20m out right on the final siren, he squeezes in the smelliest junk time goal imaginable. (Q4 32:31)
