Port Adelaide Power vs Hawthorn Hawks: JLT Community Series live scores, blog

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12th March, 2017

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Where: Hickinbotham Oval
When: 1:10pm (AEDT)
Broadcast: Fox Footy
Betting: Port Adelaide $2.30 Hawthorn $1.62.
Head-to-head: Played 32, Port Adelaide 18, Hawthorn 14

Port Adelaide
Travis Boak, Sam Powell-Pepper, Jake Neade, Paddy Ryder, Brad Ebert, Hamish Hartlett, Robbie Gray, Aaron Young, Jackson Trengove, Karl Amon, Ollie Wines, Tom Clurey, Matthew White, Jared Polec, Charlie Dixon, Matthew Lobbe, Jarman Impey, Riley Bonner, Brett Eddy, Willem Drew, Joe Atley, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Jack Hombsch, Justin Westhoff, Tom Jonas, Dan Houston, Sam Gray

Hawthorn
Jarryd Roughead, Tom Mitchell, Billy Hartung, Ryan Burton, Ben McEvoy, Taylor Duryea, Shaun Burgoyne, Jaeger O'Meara, Brendan Whitecross, James Frawley, Grant Birchall, Isaac Smith, Jack Gunston, James Sicily, Luke Breust, Ben Stratton, Ryan Schoenmakers, Liam Shiels, Tyrone Vickery, Paul Puopolo, Will Langford, Ricky Henderson, Cyril Rioli, Harry Morrison, Kade Stewart, Teia Miles, Connor Nash

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Chad Wingard is a Hawk. (AAP Image/Julian Smith)

Sam Walker

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12th March, 2017

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Match result:

Port Adelaide have cruised to a 28-point win over the Hawthorn Hawks in the final game of the JLT series for each side.

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Final score
Port Adelaide Power 0.14.12.96
Hawthorn Hawks 1.8.11.68

Match preview:

The JLT Community Series finishes this week, but first the Port Adelaide Power host the Hawthorn Hawks for their last tune-up before the season proper begins. Join The Roar for all the action from 1:10pm (AEDT).

The Hawks have named a near full-strength side, while Port have opted to rest star forward Chad Wingard, and Jaspar Pittard has been ruled out due to a hamstring injury.

Port would be happier if they had a full strength squad to run out before the season but if they are to have injuries, then pre-season is the best time.

Jaeger O’Meara will be the one to watch for the Hawks, if he can get through this without any issues then he will be a certainty for Round 1.

Port have had a good recent run of success against Hawthorn in the premiership season, and Robbie Gray has usually been a big focal point in these games, so watch for him to perform.

It looks set to be wet, which won’t be ideal as a final warm-up, however rain provides good practice conditions, especially as the latter rounds are usually played in poor conditions.

Prediction
Hawthorn to get the win by 9 points

Can the Hawks get ready for 2017 on a high or will the Power play spoilers prior to the premiership season? Join The Roar for all the action from 1:10pm (AEDT).

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