By Adam Cooper
April 28th 2008 @ 8:02am
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Hawks beat Tigers despite bad finishing
Hawthorn extended their perfect start to the AFL season, but were nearly punished for bad finishing before beating Richmond by 12 points at the MCG last night.
The Hawks were badly off their best form, highlighted by wastefulness in front of goal, yet won their sixth game on the trot, 14.22 (106) to 15.4 (94) before [...]
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Wounded Tiger said | April 28th 2008 @ 1:31pm | Report comment
Probably being too optimistic, given the kicking woes of our opposition (but incredibly not our own!), but it’s good to see the boys get close to a Hawthorn team who is ultimately miles better than us.