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 VENUE & TIME: Telstra Dome, Saturday 19 July, 7.10pm AEST.
HEAD TO HEAD: Played 143, St Kilda 69, Hawthorn 73, Draws 1
LAST TIME: St Kilda 14.11 (95) def Hawthorn 11.12 (78), Round 16, 2007 at Telstra Dome
Round 16 sees the Hawks take on St Kilda for the first time this season. The teams met twice last year, once in the infamous "keepy off" match which Hawthorn won narrowly, and the second was this time last year, round 16, when St Kilda won by 17 points. St Kilda are teetering on the edge of the top 8, sitting at 9, after 15 rounds (8-7). They were looking shakey three rounds ago but they have successfully strung together three wins in a row against Fremantle, North Melbourne and Carlton to be out of the top 8 by percentage. Conversely, the Hawks have only lost two matches all year although they seem to have been doing just the bare minimum in securing their six wins from the last two months.
The extended break seems to have done Hawthorn some good.The Hawks appeared a much better side during their hoodoo breaking win over Sydney then they have over the last few rounds. After starting the season so well, it would appear that the Hawks were becoming complacent and simply doing just enough to win, tired bodies perhaps? Let's hope that's behind the team now. One of the concerns to emerge from the match against Sydney was Buddy's inaccurate kicking. Sure, it's great for him to win the ball 11 time, but when you only convert 4 of your opportunities into goals you give the opposition a window which ordinary would have been shut much earlier. Let's hope he can make the most of his time in front of goals tonight and put himself further in front for Colman medal contention. The Hawks by 27.
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