Match

Hawthorn vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 13 Aug 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to MCG for the Hawthorn v North Melbourne Round 21 clash.
59:33
Outs for Hawks: K.Heatherley, B.Stratton, J.Sicily, J.O'Rourke, T.O'Brien
59:34
Ins for Hawks: J.Frawley, L.Shiels, P.Puopolo, R.Burton, B.Hartung
59:35
Outs for Kangaroos: S.Thompson, B.Brown
59:36
Ins for Kangaroos: L.Hansen, R.Nahas
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
When these sides last met in Round 13, the Kangaroos suffered a nine point defeat, scoring 5.6 from set shots (45 per cent set shot scoring accuracy).

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:35
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Bradley Hill)
01:41
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
04:32
Hawks Interchange - Ben McEvoy off due to the blood rule.
05:45
North Melbourne took over five minutes for their first foray inside forward 50, and it was promptly repelled by Hawk veteran Shaun Burgoyne.
05:56
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
07:49
Hawthorn's disposal efficiency is significantly higher than North Melbourne's in the early going, 86 per cent to 67.
08:42
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jonathon Ceglar)
11:27
The Hawks are dominating the inside 50 count, ten to two, with skipper Luke Hodge leading the way with three.
11:53
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Will Langford)
12:55
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
16:08
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
17:26
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jordan Lewis)
17:38
Jordan Lewis kicks his tenth goal of 2016 in his 20th game for the year. He is currently well short of his record for most goals in a season after kicking 27 in 2012.
18:30
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Ryan Burton)
18:31
Debutant Ryan Burton has a goal and four disposals at 100 per cent efficiency in his first quarter of senior AFL football.
20:17
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
22:23
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Liam Shiels)
25:44
Brendan Whitecross of Hawthorn has nine disposals at 100 per cent efficiency to lead all players on the ground.
26:02
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
27:19
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
30:29
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:55
Five of Hawthorn's eight first quarter goals were from chains that commenced with the interception of a Kangaroo disposal.
01:46
Of the seven times North Melbourne has been inside their forward fifty, four time have been courtesy of Jack Ziebell.
02:12
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
03:15
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
05:40
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
06:24
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
08:34
Hawks Interchange - Ben McEvoy off due to the blood rule.
08:53
Hawks Interchange - Taylor Duryea off due to an injury.
09:20
Ceglar, Frawley and Gibson each have three spoils for Hawthorn. The Hawks currenty lead this statistic 14 to seven.
12:11
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Ryan Burton)
13:30
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
13:31
With his first goal of the day, Hawk small Paul Puopolo has eclipsed the 30 goals in a season barrier for the first time in his six year career.
15:43
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
18:15
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Robin Nahas)
19:20
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Sam Gibson)
20:07
Three of the Kangaroos' four majors have been the result of a chain that started by the team winning a clearance from a stoppage.
23:04
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
25:19
Robbie Tarrant has five intercept marks for the Roos, almost matching the seven by the entire Hawthorn line-up.
30:08
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Sam Gibson)
31:04
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
01:41
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
05:00
Former Hawk skipper Sam Mitchell is the leading disposal winner on the ground with 19, although he is yet to touch the ball in the opening five minutes of the second half.
06:20
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Andrew Swallow)
07:11
The Hawks have not scored since the fourteenth minute of the second term.
07:31
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Bradley Hill)
09:05
Todd Goldstein has 27 hitouts, including ten to advantage. His performace today is consistent with his season averages of 38 hitouts and 11.2 to advantage.
09:08
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
14:18
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
15:23
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
16:24
Luke Breust has eight tackles in the match, which leads all players and is a season best for the 136-game Hawk. The most tackles laid today for the Roos is six from Lachie Hansen.
17:36
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
18:59
North Melbourne has eight of the last ten clearances, including two from Andrew Swallow. Swallow currently also has most for the game with six.
23:12
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Bradley Hill)
25:41
In the opening 15 minutes today, Hawthorn dominated the inside 50 count 18 to just 3. Since then, it has been North on top in this area, leading 31 to 24 in that time.
25:57
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
28:59
Kangaroos Interchange - Lachlan Hansen off due to an injury.
29:14
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
30:03
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:11
Five contested marks represents a new career high for Kangaroo Majak Daw. His previous best of four was set back in Round 9 of 2014 in a win against Brisbane.
02:46
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
03:55
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
04:11
In Hawthorn's loss last week to Melbourne, Cyril Rioli had a game high 12 tackles. Today he has not laid any.
08:24
Hawks Interchange - Billy Hartung off due to an injury.
10:04
Kangaroos Interchange - Robbie Tarrant off due to the blood rule.
11:46
North have been inside their forward 50 six times already in the final term but have just the one behind to show for it.
13:40
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Ryan Burton)
14:48
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
15:48
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
17:41
The Hawks hold a commanding lead in the one-percenters category, 70 to 39. This includes ten each to both Jonathon Ceglar and James Frawley.
17:57
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
20:12
Hawk speedster Isaac Smith has 31 disposals at 81 per cent efficiency to go with 11 marks and seven tackles.
22:02
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Grant Birchall)
24:32
Hawthorn defenders Josh Gibson and James Frawley are the only players in today's match with 100 per cent game time on the ground.
24:59
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
26:29
The siren has sounded to end Q4.