Unlike Saturday night’s game at the “G”, this one should be far easier to predict.
Hawthorn’s only loss this season remains the defeat to Geelong in the opening round of the season, where Geelong’s Tom Hawkins kicked a goal after the siren to secure the victory.
Since then, the Hawks have accounted for three sides in the current top eight and last week, handed GWS an 87 point flogging.
The Suns strung together back-to-back wins for the first time in the club’s history when accounting for Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs in the past fortnight.
Whilst this form will see their confidence up, they’ll struggle against the might of Hawthorn who have won each of the previous three clashes between the two sides, the most recent by 64 points.
Expect that trend to continue and star forward Buddy Franklin to be out to put a rough week off the field behind him.
Odds comparison by AFL Odds:
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| Hawthorn Hawks | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.02 |
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Gold Coast Suns
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16.00 | 17.00 | 19.00 | 17.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 |
Teams:
Hawthorn Hawks:
B: Ben Stratton, Brian Lake, Brent Guerra
HB: Sam Mitchell, Josh Gibson, Grant Birchall
C: Isaac Smith, Luke Hodge, Liam Shiels
HF: Paul Puopolo, Lance Franklin, Jordan Lewis
F: Jack Gunston, Jarryd Roughead, Luke Breust
Foll: Max Bailey, Brad Sewell, Shaun Burgoyne
Int (from): Kyle Cheney, Michael Osborne, Taylor Duryea, Sam Grimley, Matt Spangher, Jonathan Simpkin, Bradley Hill
In: J.Gibson, K.Cheney, S.Grimley, B.Hill
Out: D.Hale (ankle)
Gold Coast Suns:
B: Trent McKenzie, Jack Hutchins, Danny Stanley
HB: David Swallow, Rory Thompson, Tom Murphy
C: Matt Shaw, Gary Ablett, Jarrod Harbrow
HF: Greg Broughton, Tom Lynch, Jesse Lonergan
F: Campbell Brown, Steven May, Aaron Hall
Foll: Sam Day, Jaeger O’Meara, Dion Prestia
Int (from): Jared Brennan, Tom Nicholls, Kyal Horsley, Luke Russell, Daniel Gorringe, Joel Wilkinson, Brandon Matera
In: T.Murphy, K.Horsley, J.Wilkinson, T.Nicholls, D.Gorringe
Out: Z.Smith (knee), H.Bennell (hamstring)
