Round 10: Sunday Afternoon: Hawthorn v port Adelaide
Venue: MCG (Hawthorn Home)
Ladder Positions: Hawthorn (11th); Port Adelaide (10th)
Last three games: Hawthorn (win/win/win); Port Adelaide (lose/lose/lose)
Favourite: Hawthorn
My Tip: Hawthorn
Port Adelaide has fell far from form. Two of their last three losses were against low level teams in Melbourne and Richmond. It is a team who has the capacity to do great things, but a team who often fall short of the expectations they build.
Hawthorn... are no different.
On paper, I can’t see Hawthorn going down. With stars like Mitchell, Franklin, Hodge, and Roughhead, they’ve got the credentials to win against any team in the competition. However, this week they’ll have to do it without their star forward in Franklin, who was given a week suspension for a high bump in round 10. Like he often does, it would be good to see Roughhead stand up in Franklin’s absence and kick a bag to drag his team over the line.
Hawthorn should win...
By 5 points.
Ladder Positions: Hawthorn (11th); Port Adelaide (10th)
Last three games: Hawthorn (win/win/win); Port Adelaide (lose/lose/lose)
Favourite: Hawthorn
My Tip: Hawthorn
Port Adelaide has fell far from form. Two of their last three losses were against low level teams in Melbourne and Richmond. It is a team who has the capacity to do great things, but a team who often fall short of the expectations they build.
Hawthorn... are no different.
On paper, I can’t see Hawthorn going down. With stars like Mitchell, Franklin, Hodge, and Roughhead, they’ve got the credentials to win against any team in the competition. However, this week they’ll have to do it without their star forward in Franklin, who was given a week suspension for a high bump in round 10. Like he often does, it would be good to see Roughhead stand up in Franklin’s absence and kick a bag to drag his team over the line.
Hawthorn should win...
By 5 points.
