Match

Hawthorn vs Brisbane Lions

Commentary / 13 May 2017

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to University of Tasmania Stadium for the Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions Round 8 clash.
59:33
Outs for Hawks: G.Birchall, J.Sicily
59:34
Ins for Hawks: J.Fitzpatrick, R.Henderson
59:35
Outs for Lions: M.Robinson, H.McCluggage, D.McStay
59:36
Ins for Lions: T.Bell, J.Walker, R.Bewick
59:40
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00:00
Tom Rockliff has been good this season for the Lions, averaging career-highs for contested possessions (14), inside 50s (five) and clearances (nine).

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:46
Tom Rockliff with a good early spoil to deny Jarryd Roughead a forward 50 mark. Roughead has won 48 percent of his offensive one-on-one contests this season, which is the second-highest percentage recorded by a player with 20 or more such contests.
03:00
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
04:07
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Dayne Zorko)
05:15
Brisbane has four of the first five inside 50s and the opening goal to start the game through a free kick. The Lions have had some slow starts this season, and been outscored by an average of ten points in first quarters (ranked 16th).
10:06
The Hawks get their opening goal of the game from a forward 50 stoppage. Hawthorn has averaged just 23 points per game from stoppage clearances this season (ranked 17th).
13:28
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Tim O'Brien)
13:34
Hawthorn starting to control the ball better than Brisbane (lead in marks 18-6), and punish the Brisbane turnover in transition for its second goal.
17:44
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
18:21
The Hawks pressure is helping them lead in intercept marks (6-0), and their better ball use has given them an advantage in forward 50 marks (3-0).
19:12
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
19:28
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)
22:20
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lewis Taylor)
25:55
Another defensive 50 turnover by the Lions in punished by Hawthorn. The Hawks have now scored 2.1.(13) from this source today, having averaged just eight points per game in this manner.
29:12
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jarrod Berry)
29:20
Both of the Brisbane goals have come from free kicks, and it is still to take a mark in its forward 50 (and trails in overall marks 14-32).
31:10
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
31:20
With contested possessions and clearances relatively even, the Hawks had the better of the opening term with an advantage in effective kicks (43-28), intercept marks (8-0) and forward 50 marks (4-0).

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:58
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Tim O'Brien)
03:38
Hawthorn has the first four inside 50s to start the second quarter, with the Lions struggling to move the ball into their half.
05:11
A sloppy start to the second quarter with multiple kicks going out on the full, and both teams having kicking efficiency of only 50 percent.
06:21
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jake Barrett)
06:36
Brisbane able to make the most from a chaos passage of play and score its third goal of the game from a forward 50 chain.
07:53
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
09:43
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Ricky Henderson)
11:13
Brisbane has already recorded 13 clanger kicks. The AFL average is 21 per game, and the Lions average 25 (the second most in the competition).
13:50
Both teams are continuing to struggle with their ball movement, and only one goal in the game has not come from a forward 50 chain.
14:00
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Tom Bell)
14:36
Finally Brisbane is able to move the ball from its defensive half to generate a score. The Lions have been able to halt the Hawks ball movement better this quarter, and lead in kicking efficiency 62 to 45 percent.
16:59
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
17:06
Luke Breust unable to convert a set shot after a strong mark in the forward 50. The Hawks have scored 0.3.(3) from set shots while Brisbane has scored 2.0.(12).
18:15
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Ryan Lester)
21:02
The Lions have applied very good tackling pressure. They lead in tackles 46-34 and have made 88 percent of the tackles attempted, while the Hawks have tackle efficiency of 74 percent.
21:20
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
22:17
Another forward 50 chain goal to the Hawks, this time from a stoppage. Isaac Smith now has two goals and a team-high 255 metres gained.
23:20
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
23:49
Lions Interchange - Tom Rockliff off due to an injury.
25:17
Luke Hodge had disrupted much of the Brisbane ball movement with four intercept marks and a team-high five tackles.
25:40
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Tim O'Brien)
27:51
Brisbane lead in ball-up clearances (13-4) and has scored two goals to nil from this source. Hawthorn lead in throw-in clearances (11-3) and has scored two goals to nil from this source.
28:42
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
30:06
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Ben McEvoy)
30:22
A contested mark and goal to Ben McEvoy gives the Hawks a handy 15 point lead. The Hawks now lead in contested marks (8-4) and forward 50 marks (10-2).
31:58
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
32:08
The Hawks have already taken 15 intercept marks at half time, and have only averaged ten such marks per game this season.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:09
The Hawks have been outscored by an average of 22 points in the third quarter this season, which is the worst quarter by any team this season.
01:47
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Marco Paparone)
02:58
Tom Rockliff leads all players for contested possessions (13) and clearances (ten), and has also applied seven tackles in another industrious performance.
05:12
In this quarter, the Lions lead the clearances (4-2) and inside 50s (5-0), but have not been able to score a goal from this period of control.
05:56
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
08:02
The Hawks get a goal from their first inside 50 of the quarter to punish Brisbane who missed its chances. Hawthorn now lead in scores from stoppages (20-14), despite Brisbane leading in effective clearances (25-17).
14:32
Brisbane has continued to apply good pressure, and lead in forward 50 tackles (12-8), overall tackles (61-46) and smothers (9-4).
15:52
Hawks Interchange - Ben Stratton and is possibly out for the game.
17:59
Tom Rockliff gets a vital goal for the Lions following a free kick off the ball. The Lions have now scored 3.2.(20) from free kicks, while Rockliff is up to a massive 14 clearances (no other play has more than five).
19:48
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
20:12
Brisbane has kicking efficiency of just 43 percent this quarter which has undone its 12-6 advantage in clearances.
21:42
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
22:02
Hawthorn now has four of the last five goals and a game-high 20 point lead.
24:25
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Rohan Bewick)
24:42
Brisbane getting a goal from a stoppage via another Rockliff clearance. In this quarter, he now has nine clearances (the most by any player in a quarter this season), and four score involvements.
26:20
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
27:51
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
28:57
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
29:24
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Ricky Henderson)
29:38
Brisbane having difficulty clearing the ball from its defensive half, with Hawthorn able to generate four consecutive inside 50s capped with the Henderson goal.
30:50
In a sign of the problems the Lions have had with ball movement, they have only been able to generate two inside 50 entries from 34 defensive 50 chains.
31:34
Hawks Interchange - Cyril Rioli and is possibly out for the game.
32:21
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Liam Shiels)
32:39
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
32:49
Hawthorn lead the inside 50 count (41-32), but have a major advantage in forward 50 marks (15-4), indicating the quality in its forward entries.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:54
An excellent one-on-one win by Ryan Burton denies the Lions the opening goal of the final quarter. The Hawks lead 12-7 in one-on-one contest wins.
04:48
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
06:40
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
06:53
Brisbane has generated scoring opportunities in the final quarter (inside 50s 5-2), but has failed to convert its first two chances in front of goal.
07:53
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Josh Walker)
08:34
Brisbane eventually does get the first goal of the final quarter, with a good passage of play taking the ball from its defensive 50. All three of the Lions defensive 50 chains in the final quarter have generated a forward 50 entry.
09:58
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)
10:14
Hawthorn able to immediately answer the Brisbane goal with the first goal of the game to come from a centre bounce clearance. This season Brisbane has allowed its opposition to generate a score from 34 percent of centre bounce chains (ranked last).
11:56
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Liam Shiels)
12:34
The Hawks are continuing to edge the Lions in scores from stoppages (39-26), despite the clearances being even.
13:38
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
15:13
The Hawks lead the clearances 8-1 in the final quarter, and have had the last seven inside 50s to put an end to any Brisbane resistance.
16:02
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)
18:03
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Ricky Henderson)
18:09
The Hawks have five goals in a row now, and during this period the Lions have had only one effective kick.
21:37
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jake Barrett)
22:43
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Ricky Henderson)
23:58
With the Lions tiring, the Hawks have kicking efficiency of 89 percent in the final quarter, including a return of 6.0.(36) from shots at goal.
27:30
Ryan Burton has produced another impressive display for the Hawks. He has had 25 disposals at 88 percent efficiency, and 445 metres gained (second most for the Hawks).
28:32
Lions Interchange - Tom Rockliff and is possibly out for the game.
29:31
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
29:44
Tom Rockliff now off the ground with a shoulder injury, after having a career-high 16 clearances, a game-high 21 contested possessions, 13 tackles and seven score involvements.
30:51
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Josh Walker)
32:30
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Ryan Lester)
33:48
After dealing in back-to-back premierships in recent years, the Hawks have back-to-back wins for the first time this season. Hawthorn was on top on the inside (contested possessions 148-131) and outside (kicking efficiency 72 to 62 percent).
33:53
The siren has sounded to end Q4.