Blog log from R9 of 2024: Hawthorn vs St Kilda

Watson sharks a Wood handball at half forward and sets Macdonald off to zoom to 40m on a slight angle for the first goal! Credit to Day for pressure to force the cough up. (Q1 4:35)
King gathers a bouncing footy at the hotspot, turns on his left and shanks a high snap, Scrimshaw chases to the pocket, ball bounces backwards for Owens to snap a very lucky goal! (Q1 6:30)
Amon passes to Watson 45m out near the boundary, points at the goals, crowd chunters as they doubt he has the leg… the Wizard casts his spell for the huge goal off a titchy boot! (Q1 7:50)
Sinclair sharks a Newcombe handball at a stoppage in the pocket but his grubber is touched through by Frost in the square. (Q1 10:00)
Ginnivan marks 45m out on a slight angle but his kick is well wide and short for no score. Hawks kicking into that fluky Launceston breeze in Q1. (Q1 12:09)
Meek has arms on the shoulder of Hayes but is paid the mark 45m out on the flank, his set shot is a boomer for his first goal! What wind? (Q1 13:29)
Moore roves a long Worpel ball that skids off the fingers of Howard and lands behind Gunston in the square for his first goal. (Q1 18:56)
Membrey beats Mitchell to lead out of the square for a bullet pass by Bonner 40m out on a slight angle. His drop punt is slow but long and straight enough. (Q1 22:06)
Mitchell misses Impey with a rebound kick, Sinclair mops up and kicks to Henry 20m out in the pocket who takes a contested grab but screws his kick into the near right post. (Q1 26:41)
King leaps over Weddle and Serong to clunk a Bonner kick to the hotspot, Weddle went under the flight on that one. King kicks truly. (Q1 29:00)
D’Ambrosio comes off the wing for the next centre clearance kick, to the pocket for the sliding Gunston to mark 25m out. One of the toughest pockets in the league… he misses. (Q1 30:43)
Hardwick strips his man Battle in a tackle at the hotspot, crumb falls for Moore who bounces home his second goal off the right boot. (Q2 6:10)
Ginnivan goes back with the flight for a Macdonald kick to the pocket, Stocker is aghast that he is pinged for bustling into him from behind, plus 50 against Wilkie, goal Ginni. (Q2 9:52)
Scrimshaw is pinged for an arm chop on outer wing, Mitchell is then penalised for timewasting to bring Owens to the square for an easy goal. (Q2 11:02)
Hill passes to Windhager 45m out on the flank on the end of a switch rebound around outer wing. Kick into the wind is short for Meek to intercept for no score. (Q2 15:08)
Moore draws two for an Amon speculator to the hotspot, crumb bonks off Ginnivan’s head into his lap but his grubber dribbles past the right goalpost. (Q2 16:31)
Newcombe snaps across the body from a ball up at the hotspot but Howard’s fingers touch it through. (Q3 4:09)
Macdonald runs to the centre and passes to Dear to mark over Howard 45m out in front, give off back to Macdonald whose snap floats on the wind across the face left. (Q3 6:11)
Sinclair kicks long from the centre to just inside CHF where Battle marks over Amon and sails through a quality set shot. (Q3 7:10)
Dear provides a crumb from a Mitchell speculator for Hardwick whose snap across the body from 25m on a slight angle is just wide left. (Q3 9:06)
Battle takes a link mark on outer wing, wheels and hits Wood to mark in front of Impey 45m out on a slight angle, but his set shot fades left into the post. (Q3 10:37)
Wilson volleys the crumb from a stoppage 20m out to the right for a behind. (Q3 13:30)
Paton passes across half forward to Ross 45m out on a slight angle, much the same spot as shots from Wood and Battle. This kick is short and rushed. (Q3 14:53)
Wanganeen-Milera sails an awful high floater to the centre, turnover with Frost’s spoil on Owens, Watson is over the back for the easy goal. (Q3 17:56)
King beats Frost one-on-one to mark a Henry pass to 45m on the flank. His set shot is well wide to the left, barely a point. (Q3 22:35)
Sinclair passes to the fat side over Amon to Garcia 25m out on a slight angle. His set shot swerves to the right into the post. (Q3 24:41)
Amon’s kick in up the guts releases Impey who goes to Mitchell on the HFF, he goes long to the behind line for Breust to mark and goal fresh off the subs bench! (Q3 25:39)
Wilkie comes in late to catch Watson high after a mark on outer wing, ump pays 50m just before the 3QT siren. Mark brought to 30m on a slight angle, kick well wide left. (Q3 29:11)
Breust receives from Macdonald and passes to the lead of Moore 40m out on the flank. His kick drops on the line for Marshall to intercept… whose short pass is to Ginnivan! (Q4 2:00)
Ginnivan burns a golden chance with the set shot from the square! (Q4 2:00)
Steele marks at half forward within range but decides on an inboard pass to Battle, Mackenzie challenges but can’t prevent the mark 45m out. Battle converts. (Q4 5:35)
Membrey marks a Steele pass up the guts in front of Scrimshaw just inside true CHF. He runs in rightish and tugs the kick left. (Q4 7:30)
Nash spoils a Bonner short pass to Sinclair at half forward, Ginnivan feeds Macdonald who checksides into the left post from 30m. (Q4 14:36)
Mad scramble deep in attack after a high bomb by Macdonald, eventually Watson fumbles it over for a point just before being tackled by Wanganeen-Milera. (Q4 18:01)
Frost misses a target kicking from half back as he can tend to do, Garcia runs on outer wing and passes Frost’s man King 30m out on a slight angle, who converts. (Q4 19:15)
This game has been as turgid as anything Ross Lyon has produced in his long and storied coaching career, but the arm wrestle is slowly swinging in the Saints’ favour. (Q4 20:26)
Watson zooms out of a stoppage on the HFF and kicks to the square, Wilkie spoils Gunston, the crumb sits up in the square but Wanganeen-Milera gets there first to rush. (Q4 22:51)
Garcia kicks to the square from a stoppage on the HFF, no mark but the crumb pinballs around without the Hawks killing it, King tries a Jackie Chan but it’s wide. (Q4 25:31)
Breust has a moment with ball in hand on the HFF to pick a target inside, good choice as he spots up Amon 45m out on the flank. Amon’s kick is short in intercepted, however! (Q4 26:31)
Saints rebound at pace around members wing but Day thieves the footy from Webster to prevent a slingshot score! Big play, a minute left. (Q4 27:15)
Wood intercepts in the back pocket, rebound is slow but the inside 50 kick by NWM to the pocket, King can’t mark, pack forms 40m out, 21 seconds, ball up! (Q4 28:10)
Another ball up same spot, 15 seconds. (Q4 28:21)
Throw a blanket over twenty blokes, another ball up 40m out, six seconds… (Q4 28:44)
Huge pack forms again, siren sounds, Hawks hold on! (Q4 29:17)