Round 21 : Hawthorn Versus West Coast

Written by Andrew Clark

Saturday, 23 August 2008 06:51

Round 22 Hawthorn vs West Coast VENUE & TIME: Subiaco Oval, Sunday 24 August, 4:40pm AEST
HEAD TO HEAD: Played 32: West Coast 21, Hawthorn 11
LAST TIME: Hawthorn 18.18 (126) def West Coast 9.15 (69) Round 4, 2008 at the MCG.

A sellout. 44,000 fans are tuning up to Sundays match at Subiaco oval for one of two reasons. To see one of the AFL's most exciting players attempt to achieve a feat no seen in 10 years, or to farewell a seasoned opposition player in Michael Braun.

Hawthorn and West Coast both come intot his watch on the back of a loss, perhaps only one of them was a real shock though. Hawthorn were downed by Richmond and their touted 'cluster buster' by a handful of goals at the MCG last Sunday, whereas the Eagles were downed by a committed Melbourne outfit the day before.

The Eagles will be out to p[rove their loss to Melbourne was genuine as the issue of tanking gains momentum in the Western Australian media. Expect to see a lot of running from the young Eagles side, who go into this match having little to lose.

Both Luke Hodge(Suspension) and Robbie Campbell (illness) will miss this match. They are being replaced by Clinton Young and Brent Renouf respectively.The Eagles will welcome back Ashleigh Hanson.

The Hawks will need to look for a variety of options up for this week if they are to avoid a similar situation last weekend. Buddy was targeted far too often and it cost the Hawks the match. I expect to see Mark Williams get plenty of the ball when it goes to ground as well as Roughead. Clinton Young had a fantastic match against Fremantle here in round 3, lets hope his previous form carries over to the match this weekend.

The Hawks by 42 points.

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