Hawthorn have broken a 14 year drought to beat Adelaide at AAMI stadium on Saturday night in front of a sell out crowd. It was Adelaide who go the jump on Hawthorn, kicking the first 5 scoring shots of the match within the opening 5 minutes. Hawthorn steadied though and brought the margin back to one point at the first break.

The second term started much as the second, with Hawthorn on the back foot as Adelaide ran hard and once again got themselves a few goals up. It was almost a case of groundhog day as Hawthorn steadied once more to fight back with some accurate kicking early on from Mark Williams who finished with 2 goals 3. 

The second term also saw Buddy Franklin on report for a head high bump on Michael Doughty. It's difficult to say whether Buddy will miss any game time, the bump was certainly high, but Doughty was being tackled by Osborne at the time and was moved into contact. We will have to see what happens during the week. If that wasn't enough, chance Bateman also suffered a hamstring injury and took no further part in the game.

Luke Hodge was dangerous all night and ended the match with 28 disposals, three more than Sam Mitchell. Both were instrumental in Hawthorn's win with one goal apiece at crucial times during the match. Sam Mitchell kicked a great goal in the third quarter to give Hawthorn the lead for the first time in the match. Luke Hodge showed great composure and kicked what was to be the winning goal with minutes left on the clock. 

Buddy was kept quiet for most of the night, only having a few set shots and the odd snap out of a clearance. He finished the night with 1 goal 6, but did spend some time in the midfield covering the absence of Chance Bateman. Roughead had strong hands and rarely spilled a mark in his 3 goals 1.

Adelaide showed great pressure and I think they certainly proved a few of their critics wrong; even though they didn't come away with the 4 premiership points. 

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