By Roger Vaughan
August 31st 2008 @ 12:13am
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Buddy reaches magical ton, Fevola falls short
Hawthorn star Lance Franklin reached his AFL “ton” tonight as the Hawks tuned up for the finals with a 78-point whipping of Carlton at Telstra Dome.
Blues spearhead Brendan Fevola nearly made this a tale of two tons with seven goals in the second half, but despite some desperate efforts he went one short of also [...]
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