It’s the big one! Hawks vs Swans live from the MCG! Melbourne has turned it on as per usual. There’s been sun, rain, and wind. With the weather play a factor. Will it be a midfield slug or will be see a Buddly led goal fest. Not long now!
2:30 – First bounce and we are off with cloudy skies overhead.
2:31 – Buddy Franklin marks within the 50. Strikes it well but not on target. First Score. Not a great start for the big man. Hawks:1 Swans:0
2:33 – Big call from the goal umpire as Jetta bends it around but it’s touched. Hawks:1 Swans:1
2:36 – End to end but Hawks looking the more dangerous. Goodsie’s clear head at the back has saved the Swans a couple of times.
2:37 – Blood rule for Hodge. Lots of blood. Pretty badass!
2:38 – Hawks goal first through a snap in traffic through Ellis! Hawks:7 Swans:1
2:39 – Malceski! Best beard. Best GF goal thus far! Hawks:7 Swans:7
2:41 – Buddy, Buddy, Buddy! Radar way off!
2:46 – Lots of stopages and plenty of tackles. Swans getting their scrap on!
2:49 – It seems like Hawthorn should have more goals!
2:50 – And there goes another sitter from Hale from about 45 in front. Uh oh!
2:51 – Johnson kicks it like a rocket. All be it an off target rocket. Hawks:11 Swans:8
2:52 – Reid and Hannebery bend their knees at unnatural angles. Rubber-men.
2:54: Finally Buddy nails one. Shaky kick but it swings in at the last moment. Hawks:17 Swans:8
2:56 – “Jetta vs Rioli; its like Bolt and Blake all over again!” Yeah, Bruce. That was pretty good. Jetta wins!
2:58 Lewis Roberts-Thomson misses from in front. Apparently it’ pretty windy.
2:59 – Bruest takes the wind out of the equation with a grubber along the ground. Hawks:23 Swans:10
3:00 – Gunston gets a great bounce as he snaps from the 50. Goal! Hawks:29 Swans:10
3:01 – Now Buddy has his radar working. Whoops, too late. The sirens already gone. Quarter time. Hawks:29 Swans:10
3:03 – Channel 7 has Brynne Edelsten ads and the Fox Quarter time is down. WTF!
3:06 – Lewis Roberts-Thomson unleashes with a pre-bounce forearm to the throat.
3:07 – Second quarter!
3:08 – Swans clear well and Kennedy pots a boomer from outside of 50. Hawks:29 Swans:16
3:09 – Teddy Richards has a bung ankle. Kicks like it.
3:11 – Pyke – the first Canadian to play an AFL GF. Ooot and abooot all over the ground. Good hands.
3:12 – Kieran Jack marks in the goal square. Easy goal. Hawks:29 Swans:22
3:14 – Goodes to Jetta, Jetta sends it long, McVeigh marks in the goal square. The Swans are back. A see-sawing encounter? Hawks:29 Swans:28
3:16 – Goodsie is on the sideline getting some work done. The whole of Sydney holds breath.
3:20 – Sam Reid goals after Sydney own the middle passage. Swans in front! Swans:34 Hawks:29
3:22 – Goodsie to have limited mobility. Shiiiiiit.
3:23 – David Hale is kicking like a ruckman. Missed a couple now. Swans:34 Hawks:30
3:24 – ol’ One-Leg-Goodsie nearly takes a cracker. Scoops it on to Morton who goals anyway. Swans with the last 5 majors. Swans:40 Hawks:30
3:29 – If I had dollar every time I typed Goodsie… But the dude is a wizard. Dribbles to Morton who gets his second.Swans:46 Hawks:30
3:30 – “Even the Footy barracks for the Sydney Swans!” Dennis Cometti!
3:31 – Matner. Double teamed. Brutal.
3:34 – Buddy marks. Huge opportunity. Annnnnnnnnddddd… He kooks it. Worst kick at goal of the game. Doesn’t even register a behind!
3:36 – Sydney kick six unanswered goals in a massive quarter for the Swans. Halftime Swans:46 Hawks:30
Fast-forward to 1:10 and pass it on to Buddy and Co stat!
3:48 – How to play a Halftime show with The Temper Trap. Bravo!
Halftime Odds
Sydney Swans ($1.75) Hawthorn Hawks (2.10)
Norm Smith Medal
Ryan OKeefe [SYD] ($3.5)
Brad Sewell [HAW] ($5.00)
Josh Kennedy [SYD] ($5.00)
Jarrad McVeigh [SYD] ($7.00)
Lance Franklin [HAW] ($8.00)
Via Centrebet
Odds subject to change.
4:00 – And we are back. Can the Hawks come back or will it be all Bloods?
4:05 – Kennedy schooling the Hawks on how to kick strait in front of goal. Clever work from Jetta in the lead up! Swans:52 Hawks:31
4:08 – Hawks doing a pretty average ob of trying to play the Swans handball heavy brand of footy.
4:09 – Lewis Roberts Thompson benefits from the Swans handball heavy brand of footy and goals after an easy mark. Swans:58 Hawks:31
4:10 – Beard to beard!
4:15 – David Hale kicks Hawthorns first in about about an hour (okay, 48 min). Swans:58 Hawks:37
4:17 – And Hawks go back to back through a break away. Buddy lands one from 50. Swans:58 Hawks:43
4:20 – Tide has turned as Gunston lands a big one. Swans:58 Hawks:51
4:25 – So someone showed Buddy that clip yeah? He lands one from 60 plus. Swans:58 Hawks:57
4:26 – WTF is happening at the MCG? Smith Goals. Hawks back in front! Hawks:63 Swans:58
4:28 – Swans get a 50 and peg one back through McVeigh. Swans back in front. Hope the lead doesn’t change too many times as it makes formatting a bitch. Swans:65 Hawks:63
4:33 – Three Quarter time. Hawks storm back but Swans will have the wind in the final quarter. Don’t go anywhere! Swans:65 Hawks:64
Sydney Swans ($2.12) Hawthorn Hawks ($1.75)
Via Centrebet
4:40 – Breust opens the quarter with a clear run into goal. Hawks:70 Swans:65
4:42 – Hawks hit the ground running. Hale creates something from nothing. Hawks:76 Swans:65
4:44 – Buddy can’t run without his head? Well he gets a free but misses a pretty simple one. Hawks:77 Swans:65
4:45 – … yeah I thought it was a mark too!
4:48 – Shaw is crunched. Probably short a few ribs.
4:52 – Hannebery grabs a huge goal for the Swans. Claims it. Why wouldn’t you. Hawks:78 Swans:72
4:48 – And that is how you scrap! Swans draw level through Jack. Hawks:78 Swans:78
5:00 – “Seven and a half delicious minutes to come.” Dennis Cometti. And how.
5:02 – Ol’ One-Leg-Goodsie is at it again. Swans in front! Swans:85 Hawks:78
5:03 – Buddy Franklin is shitting bricks. Passes to Gunston when he had a clear shot. Gunston hits the post! Swans:85 Hawks:79
5:06 – Less than 5 to go and still only a kick in it! What a game.
5:07 – Luke Hodge is sporting some impressive head-wear.
5:09 – A few quick-fire behinds by Sewell has the Hawks behind by 4
5:10 – Jetta is on target from 70 but it just drops short. What a kick!
5:12 – Malceski may just have secured the flag. Swans:91 Hawks:81
5:13 – THE SWANS HAVE WON! Swans:91 Hawks:81
5:14 – The Hawks are suitably devo. As Premiership favourites all year, they came close. Looked the goods for long periods in the match but were a bit shakey in front of goal.
5:20 – Norm Smith? Kennedy? Hannebery? McVeigh? GOODSIE?
5:25 – Ryan O’Keefe wins Norm Smith medal! Dan Wylie signs on for bio pic.
