Note that due to other clubs being peasants begging for a ground to play on, we had a lot of home games before normal footy period arrived, and we’re making that up now.
We do get Windy Hill in the last H&A game, thus avoiding the interstate trip to Casey. Win this week’s game and we likely avoid going back to Box Hill for the first final.
The Hawks injury list is 2 long: it includes 1 “managed”, and 1 Jess Trend achilles 1-2 weeks.
We have 15 listed, the most of any team: 2 injured, 3 “unavailable”, 6 COVIDs, and 4 others generically sick.
Note the Hawks are obviously lying/being lazy (Zoe Barbakos is not listed, and while they didn’t tell the AFL their own article says Guastella is out injured).
DeMatteo ruins everything for everyone. Goaled 14 seconds into the game, goaled with 2 minutes to go; and that’s the difference.
Someone near the camera screams “GET OFF THE GROUND” as they carry off a dead Pie (after the double whistle). Not good when the Pie supporters are the classy ones.
Dogs lose 26-36
Elsewhere, the Cats are ahead of Darebin, so the final six is basically set (would need to be 2 wins to 0 in the closing fortnight, and Darebin meet Hawthorn).
Casey downhill skiing vs Port Melb (5.7.37-0.0.0 at halftime).
Decent contest at Willy. They lead 5.1.31-3.4.22 at halftime (Tripodi kicked a set shot goal on the siren), with momentum swinging with the northerly wind (45º in favour of Willy in the second quarter).
