Blog log from R16 of 2024: West Coast vs Hawthorn

Day feeds Moore in space at half forward, he goes short to Ginnivan 40m out on a slight angle who shanks for no score. (Q1 0:58)
Chol marks in front of Rotham 40m out on a slight angle but moves and is called to play on, he hooks OOTF to the right. (Q1 1:43)
Newcombe scrubs a chaos ball to the pocket, Chol mops up and centres for Jiath on the fat side 20m out on a slight angle. Hawks need to convert… CJ kicks the first goal. (Q1 3:49)
Barrass roves Newcombe’s errant centre clearance but dithers and is claimed by Gunston to conceded a HTB free 40m out near the boundary. Gunston kicks OOTF near side left. (Q1 6:11)
Watson draws a high contact free on Flynn at a ball up 35m out on a slight angle, his kick is short but Barrass is pinged for a block on Gunston… who misses. (Q1 8:58)
Chesser roves a Cole speculator to a big pack 25m out in the pocket, he checksides off a step but leaves it narrow to the left. (Q1 10:47)
Newcombe is pinged for a jumper tug on Kelly at a ball up 40m out on the flank, Kelly pulls it left. (Q1 14:08)
Dear halves a contest to a long ball to the square by Newcombe against two, crumb to the pocket where Gunston roves and centres for Ginnivan to mark and goal from 20m. (Q1 16:13)
Worpel roves after a stoppage near the hotspot and delivers a lightning quick inside handball to Moore who goals, Hawks have the jump! (Q1 19:23)
Brockman feeds Ried who runs through CHF but misses from 45m to the left, much to the disappointment of the home crowd. (Q1 23:27)
Chol toepokes a Worpel bounce handball to Ginnivan who rather rushes a low-percentage snap off a step from 20m in the pocket which floats across the face. (Q1 25:11)
Witherden kicks straight to Jiath on a slow rebound, Ginnivan passes to Moore 40m out on the flank just before the QT siren, Moore’s kick is wide and short for no score. (Q1 27:24)
Ryan clears from the first bounce of Q2, crumb flips from the hotspot past Hardwick to Jones who sprints away to 20m and goals! (Q2 0:17)
Newcombe roves in the back pocket but misses a kick across the backline, nowhere near D’Ambrosio and OOTF, but Hunt misses from 20m. (Q2 1:39)
McDonald slows down a counter started by a Sicily intercept, he sends a very high ball to the hotspot for Chol to leap on the back of Rotham for a specky… but he misses. (Q2 5:07)
Weddle wins a ground ball in the centre and rides a tackle to give off, Sicily gets a chance for a snap from 50m on the flank but misses near side right. (Q2 7:59)
Jiath sends a long speculator from members wing to 30m on a slight angle where Meek beats Barrass to mark and punches through the goal. (Q2 12:23)
Weddle passes over McGovern to the lead of Watson 45m out on the flank, the Wiz at least makes the distance but it’s across the face. (Q2 16:14)
Darling simulates to suck a free kick on Hardwick 40m out on the flank, footy gods push the set shot short to be rushed. (Q2 18:20)
Hardwick handballs straight to Reid after roving in the back pocket, Reid hurries the snap off a step and shanks it OOTF across the face from 25m. (Q2 19:38)
Impey catches Reid HTB 45m out in the corridor after a stoppage but that set shot is wide right. (Q2 21:34)
West Coast rebounds through the centre, Reid goes long to Waterman who gets an arm chop free on Frost 25m out in the pocket, he kicks straight as a die. (Q2 23:38)
Moore jinks after receiving a handball and busts through an arm tackle by Duggan on outer wing to centre for Watson 35m out in the corridor. The Wiz kicks straight. (Q2 26:28)
Scrimshaw intercepts on members wing and sets up Impey to go long to the flank 40m out where McGovern is outnumbered for once, Meek marks and hoofs it OOTF. (Q3 4:40)
Cripps taps a loose ball at half back straight to Newcombe, he rides a tackle for an inside give to Hardwick who releases McDonald to goal from the hotspot. (Q3 6:05)
Hardwick marks a Jiath inside 50 pass 45m out on a slight angle and converts with surety, Hawthorn now building a lead after missing a lot of shots in the first half. (Q3 7:27)
Worpel roves Meek at a stoppage and lets fly from 50m on a slight angle, finishing not the Worpedo’s strong suit and that one wobbles wide left. (Q3 10:54)
Day marks a Sicily kick to the flank 40m out, with Witherden nearby but paying too much attention to Hardwick. The set shot is across the face to the right. (Q3 12:15)
Amon catches Cripps HTB at half back, Worpel plays on to advantage to start a fast break, Moore is over the back of Barrass and Hough for the downhill goal. (Q3 14:09)
Weddle streaks through the centre on a rebound to break lines, long ball to the pocket over the back of the Eagle defence to Chol who misses near side right from 25m. (Q3 17:03)
Chol reaches up with one hand to mark an Impey pass leading in front of Barrass, he recovers from a poke to the eye to kick straight. (Q3 20:32)
Moore is pinged for encroachment to bring McGovern from midfield to the hotspot, the set shot starts leftish but falls in for a rare Eagle major. (Q3 28:25)
Barrass is out of position and gives away a front-on contact free to Chol going for a Gunston pass 15m out on a slight angle, plus a 50m penalty for gobbing off to ensure the goal. (Q4 3:35)
West Coast have technically been in touch all day due to sub-standard Hawthorn finishing, but they haven’t really fired a shot and the game is now over. (Q4 4:15)
Allen marks a long Duggan pass from the centre to 40m out on the flank but his set shot stays to the right. (Q4 6:00)
Another contact free to Chol, this one on McGovern, Moore plays on to advantage with a Joe the Goose special to Gunston, who deserved one. (Q4 7:07)
Day is lucky not to be pinged for HTB in the centre, crumb falls for the Hawks, eventually Gunston passes to Watson deep in the pocket 20m out who shoots across the face. (Q4 9:13)
Another downhill goal for the Hawks, Chol sets up Ginnivan to drop kick the goal and shush the crowd! (Q4 10:46)
Allen marks on the boundary 25m out and checksides narrow to the right. (Q4 13:01)
McDonald adds to the pain for the Eagle home fans with some set shot junk from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 15:46)
Mackenzie gets involved in the next centre clearance then runs forward to mark a centring ball by Gunston 25m out on a slight angle. He joins the party. (Q4 17:26)
Williams marks 40m out on the flank but misses across the face to the right. (Q4 19:53)
Jones forces a cough up by Newcombe on members wing, Williams is over the back for a junk time goal. (Q4 21:13)