It was no Jeremy Cameron, no problems for the GWS Giants who defeated Hawthorn by 11 points at home on Saturday night.
Final score
GWS Giants 13.17.95
Hawthorn Hawks 13.6.84
The GWS Giants will tackle the Hawthorn Hawks at Spotless Stadium on Saturday night, in a fight to stay knocking at the door of the top eight. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match from 7:25pm AEST.
GWS had a solid win against Brisbane last Saturday, kicking away in the second half for a 27-point victory.
The win was marred by Jeremy Cameron’s strike on Harris Andrews in the first quarter, without Andrews, the Brisbane defenders struggled to match the Giants’ tall-forwards for the rest of the game. Jeremy Cameron and Jonathon Patton finished with three goals each.
Hawthorn hosted Gold Coast in Tasmania and, in an ugly scrap, came away with a comprehensive 53 point win.
Hawthorn’s inaccurate goal kicking wasn’t costly in the end, as they held Gold Coast goalless in the second and third terms.
The Giants will be without Jeremy Cameron after the tribunal charged him for an intentional strike on Harris Andrews. He will sit on the sidelines for five weeks.
Ruckman Rory Lobb comes in to replace Cameron, returning from a rib injury suffered in a big hit against Gold Coast in round 12.
For Hawthorn, Jonathon Ceglar replaces the injured Shaun Burgoyne.
Burgoyne will miss four weeks with a hamstring injury, which saw him relegated to the bench and iced up in the final term last Saturday.
It’s difficult to split these two teams at this point in the season; they sit ninth (Hawthorn) and tenth (GWS) on the ladder and in their last meeting (round 16, 2017) they drew 97-all at University of Tasmania Stadium.
Prediction
It’s going to be a tight one,three-games on a three game winning streak.
At home, GWS have just the small advantage they need to take home a win and overtake the Hawks on the ladder.
GWS Giants by 7 points.
Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match from 7:25pm AEST.
Maggie
Guest
Yep, Sicily lowered his shoulder and raised his arm to force the tackle high. Very well umpired. Even Sicily didn’t complain about the non-free.
Pope Paul VII
Guest
Ducker
Raimond
Roar Guru
It's hard to know what the situation was with the Sicily non free kick. On the evidence of Sicily's other two kicks for goal in the final term, he was 100/1 to kick a goal from that angle.
Sarah Wildy
Roar Guru
The GWS Giants have promoted themselves to the top-eight after an 11 point win over the Hawthorn Hawks at Spotless Stadium on Saturday night. After an even first ten minutes, GWS took off scoring four unanswered goals including three from their returning ruckman Rory Lobb, who had missed the past two weeks with a broken back. It evened up in the second term, Hawthorn piled on four goals to the Giants’ one goal, eight behinds. At the main break the home side held a 13 point lead, but a quick start to Hawthorn in the second half cut the lead to one point, before GWS kicked away again to a 22 point margin at the final break. Paul Puopolo, Luke Breust and Ben McEvoy got Hawthorn going in the final term, with three unanswered goals, but settlers from Lachie Whitfield and Jonathon Patton sealed the win for the Giants. The Giants finished plus 55 in contested possessions, showing their dominance and class around the contest and winning clearances 51 to 28. GWS had their elite players performing well tonight; Callan Ward (32 disposals, 2 goals, 11 clearance), Stephen Coniglio (30 disposals, 1 goal) and Josh Kelly (29 disposals, 7 tackles) put in strong efforts. Tom Mitchell was on his own in the midfield for Hawthorn, racking up 50 disposals and laying 13 tackles, the Hawk did his Brownlow chances no harm with his individual performance. Up forward Luke Breust (three goals), Paul Puopolo (2), Jonathon Ceglar (2) and Jarryd Roughead (2) all contributed, but in defence Hawthorn often lacked structure. The loss of Shaun Burgoyne was clearly felt, as the Giants opened up their forward line and took some easy uncontested marks inside 50. Will Langford spent the last term on the bench for Hawthorn, suffering a finger injury earlier in the match. Jonathon Patton suffered a knock to the knee and Rory Lobb limped around with a sore ankle, but both finished the game fine. Next up for the Giants is a trip to Perth to take on the West Coast Eagles, who have suffered three straight losses and need a win to keep themselves in top four contention. While Hawthorn will take on the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.
Maggie
Guest
Ah, so your objection is selective. I thought that might be the case.
Birdman
Roar Rookie
no one will offer a 9 year contract like old mate Buddy
Maggie
Guest
What happened to your moral opposition to a club paying big money to a forward who wants to transfer from another club?
Sarah Wildy
Roar Guru
It was a good win in the end, 17 behinds is a bit concerning but 4 points and into the top 8 all that really matters.
Sarah Wildy
Roar Guru
Thanks for tuning in tonight everyone, I'll pop a match review up shortly. I'll be blogging again tomorrow for Essendon vs North Melbourne from 3:20pm AEST. The other two games tomorrow are Melbourne vs St Kilda at 1:10pm and Fremantle Dockers vs Brisbane Lions at 4:40pm AEST.
XI
Roar Guru
Very glad to get that despite the terrible kicking in front of goal. Good call, Sarah
Sarah Wildy
Roar Guru
Thanks for tuning in!
Sarah Wildy
Roar Guru
A good contest to watch, great to see GWS put in solid performances over the past few weeks. They clearly have the players to cover Jeremy Cameron for the next five weeks as well. Thoughts on the game tonight?
Sarah Wildy
Roar Guru
Goals GWS Lobb 3, Ward 2, Patton, Coniglio, Hopper, Shiel, de Boer, Griffen, Himmelberg, Whitfield Hawthorn Breust 3, Puopolo 2, Ceglar 2, Roughead 2, Sicily, Smith, Henderson, McEvoy Disposals GWS Ward 32, Coniglio 30, Kelly 28 Hawthorn Mitchell 50, Smith 26, Sicily 24 Final score GWS 13.17 (95) Hawthorn 13.6 (84)
Birdman
Roar Rookie
thanks for your work tonight, Sarah.
Birdman
Roar Rookie
I doubt it but it makes landing Lynch a priority
Sarah Wildy
Roar Guru
Q4 0' FULL TIME The Giants beat the Hawks by 11 points at Spotless Stadium and they move into the eight. GWS 95 Hawthorn 84
Sarah Wildy
Roar Guru
Q4 0' - GOAL HAWKS Sicily with a floater, but it's through a goal. GWS 95 Hawthorn 84
Kangas
Roar Rookie
Sarah But this is a Gws home game How is a neutral venue for an nrl gsme relevant ?
Sarah Wildy
Roar Guru
Q4 1' - BEHIND GIANTS Tomlinson with a set shot from a 50m penalty, hits the post with it though. GWS 95 Hawthorn 78
User
Roar Rookie
Is this year roughies last stand?