Hawthorn have clinched an exciting upset victory over the Lions in Launceston, however most followers had been speaking in regards to the officiating.
Hawthorn have clinched an exciting upset victory over the Brisbane Lions in Launceston, with each side surpassing 100 factors in a high-scoring contest at College of Tasmania Stadium.
The lead was exchanged 9 instances on Sunday afternoon, together with on 5 events throughout the last time period, with neither crew forward by greater than six factors on the completion of any quarter.
Two late targets despatched a scare via the Hawthorn camp, however Sam Mitchell’s males held their nerve to assert a nailbiting 18.9 (117) to 17.10 (112) win, breaking a four-game shedding streak.
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It was the primary time each side had scored 100 factors at York Park since 2008.
“Underneath Sam Mitchell, that’s Hawthorn’s greatest win but,” AFL Nation commentator Sam Hargreaves stated.
“There have been 4 lead modifications within the last time period, however Hawthorn held them out.
“What an unimaginable recreation that was.”
The final time an AFL aspect misplaced with greater than 112 factors to their title was 4 years in the past, Melbourne’s Spherical 15 defeat to St Kilda.
In the meantime, Hawthorn stays the one AFL crew Brisbane has not defeated since 2020.
However regardless of the end result, most footy followers had been targeted on the absurdly massive variety of free kicks, with a complete of 63 paid throughout the Spherical 20 fixture — probably the most in any AFL match since 2012.
Lions midfielder Lachie Neale was pinged for some gentle pushing and shoving with an opponent, whereas Hawthorn’s Tom Mitchell suffered the identical destiny for the same misdemeanour quickly after.
Richmond nice Matthew Richardson known as it “outrageous”, whereas Channel 10 reporter Stephen Quartermain described it as “horrible”.
Most free kicks in an AFL match since 2000
69 — Sydney vs Port Adelaide (R2, 2008)
65 — Hawthorn vs Geelong (R1, 2009)
64 — West Coast vs Geelong (R20, 2012)
63 — Hawthorn vs Brisbane (R10, 2022)
63 — Richmond vs Western Bulldogs (R3, 2013)
Nonetheless, not everybody was upset with the umpiring in Launceston. Channel 7 presenter Tim Lane tweeted: “Isn’t it humorous. Extra free kicks are being paid and we’re seeing nice footy. If the legal guidelines aren’t utilized the sport grinds down. Sure, there have been some poor selections at present as there are on any day, however ask your self what kind of recreation it was. Reply: a bloody ripper!”
Hawthorn ahead Mitch Lewis kicked a game-high 4 targets, whereas Mitchell dominated the midfield with 36 disposals and 7 tackles to his title.
The Hawks will subsequent face the Gold Coast Suns at Darwin’s TIO Stadium on Saturday night, with the primary bounce scheduled for 7.40pm AEST.
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