Blog log from R20 of 2024: Adelaide vs Hawthorn

Breust roves a ball up 30m out on a slight angle, tries to jink but gets tripped by Nankervis and kicks the first goal. (Q1 0:59)
Walker’s set shot from just inside 50m on the flank swerves and falls to the square for Sicily to rush. (Q1 4:37)
Watson runs around outer wing and passes to pocket for Breust to mark easily in front of Nankervis for back to back goals from 35m in the pocket! (Q1 5:29)
Walker leaps over Sicily with his bootstuds in the back to juggle a Michalanney pass to the hotspot, he steers through the goal. (Q1 8:30)
Borlase roves Day’s centre clearance but is caught HTB by Macdonald after dragging it back in. CMac goals from 30m. (Q1 10:15)
Thilthorpe stays down as two tall Hawks fly to spoil Fogarty, crumb flips over the back to him to put on a Joe the Goose special for Walker. (Q1 13:45)
Chol’s tackle forces Borlase to cough up a handball at half back to Watson who runs to 40m and shoots off the left… it’s an ugly sack of a kick but it wobbles through! (Q1 15:45)
Laird clears from the next bounce, no mark but the ump saw a hold by Scrimshaw on Thilthorpe at the hotspot… set shot flies wide right. (Q1 17:00)
Moore gets a contact free on Laird at a ball up 45m out on a slight angle, he sails through a lovely drop punt drawing from left to right! Hawks can’t miss! (Q1 18:58)
Fogarty takes a pack mark leaping in front of Sicily at the hotspot, but he hooks his drop punt into the left goalpost most uncharacteristically. (Q1 21:39)
Amon kicks OOTF from the resultant kick in, Keays plays on inside and kicks the goal from 40m! (Q1 22:19)
Murphy roves a Thilthorpe contest 30m out on the flank and snaps off a step off the left, that one goes straight through. It’s a shoot out at Adelaide Oval! (Q1 23:55)
Soligo goes very low to rove 45m out on the flank and gets caught over the shoulder by Newcombe, free kick falls on the line. which bit of Dowling kicked it? Thigh, point. (Q1 30:00)
Sholl gives wide to Walker who hits the post off the right from 40m on the flank. Crows with all the territory in the second half of Q2. (Q1 30:53)
Rachele passes to Thilthorpe who marks in front of Frost 40m out on a slight angle and finally puts Adelaide into the lead with his first major. (Q1 32:49)
Watson plays on to advantage around the boundary but hits the far left post with a checkside from 20m. (Q2 1:48)
Amon bounces thrice down members wing escorted by O’Brien, his kick inside 50 is a scrubber but it sits up for Macdonald who feeds Newcombe for a snap off a step from 45m… goal! (Q2 10:02)
That play is on the end of ten minutes of hard-fought footy between the arcs, both sides loading up midfield to try to edge the arm wrestle. (Q2 10:17)
O’Brien kicks to the hotspot after the next bounce, Sicily spoils Rachele who falls to ground holding his head, ump pays the free on minimal contact, Rachele converts. (Q2 11:38)
Chol roves a Scrimshaw speculator to a pack 20m out, rides a tackle and reefs out a handball to Dear who checksides the goal from 10m. (Q2 16:27)
Hawthorn are not playing well at all, ceding lots of territory, and are lucky to be in front. Good goalkicking is good football. (Q2 17:02)
Day roves on members wing and puts a sensational left-foot step to jink past Nankervis, he lopes to 40m on a slight angle and snaps a goal of high quality! (Q2 19:27)
Ward blazes right across the face from the HFF. (Q2 24:01)
Amon has missed a few targets today by foot, but he uses excellent vision from outside CHF to kick over big traffic to the square where Chol is on his own to mark and goal. (Q2 25:47)
Chol snaps very high from a stoppage at the hotspot but it falls into the right goalpost. (Q2 28:22)
Impey runs free as a bird to true CHF and snaps on the lope, the kick fades a little to the right but falls in for a goal on the end of a flowing rebound through the centre. (Q3 4:57)
Scrimshaw intercepts behind the wing and the Hawks again counter attack through the corridor, Ginnivan has had a quiet game but he snaps his first goal with an assist by Macdonald. (Q3 7:47)
Another downhill play by Hawthorn through the centre, almost breaks down with Chol at half forward but he gets a handball away, Watson goals from 10m! (Q3 9:12)
Macdonald roves his own contest 45m out on a slight angle but hits the post. (Q3 13:42)
Ginnivan roves a Chol contest and snaps off a step 35m out on a slight angle over his shoulder… just stays to the right. (Q3 16:58)
Dear marks a Worpel repeat inside 50 kick to the hotspot leaping from behind to the front of Keane, but his drop punt is wide right. (Q3 17:48)
Newcombe marks a Moore pass from outer wing over a tired-looking Borlase 30m out on a slight angle, Adelaide’s defence has been under siege in Q3. Newk kicks truly. (Q3 26:07)
Walker marks 45m out on the flank but kicks across the face to the left to kick off Q4 junk time. (Q4 1:32)
Meek sprints up members wing like a hare, rucks aren’t supposed to do that! Dear is behind two Crows and draws a front-on contact free 15m out for the goal. (Q4 2:53)
O’Brien pokes a pass over Scrimshaw to Walker 30m out on the flank, Tex misses near side right this time. (Q4 7:20)
Worpel feeds Macdonald for a snap off a step from 40m in front, falls in the square for Chol to mark and goal. (Q4 9:54)
Michalanney catches Ginnivan over the shoulder on the boundary 30m out, that one was legit. Ginni screws his free kick into the near left post. (Q4 12:25)
Watson’s chase forces a dump kick from the back pocket by Jones that lands in the arms of Sicily 40m out on the flank. Sis strokes through a celebratory goal in his 150th game! (Q4 14:10)
Chol marks 50m out on a slight angle and passes down the line to Macdonald 40m out who adds to the party with his second goal. (Q4 18:52)
Michalanney rabbit punches Moore at a stoppage 40m out, huge melee ensues, free Hawthorn and Sicily waltzes into the open goal. (Q4 22:14)
Ginnivan spins after roving a Dear contest and snaps his second goal from 25m on the flank, and gives the crowd a serve on the back of it! (Q4 24:46)
Moore marks a Macdonald pass 35m out on a slight angle but misses near side left. (Q4 26:27)
Walker marks a Rachele pass to 40m on a slight angle, his drop punt falls just inside the near right post. (Q4 28:52)
Rachele finds Thilthorpe over the back of Frost 20m out in the last minute for a filthy garbage time special. (Q4 30:29)