NAB Cup v Hawthorn @ Launceston

[reigning premier]

Who the hell is Beckmans??

[gossipcom]

Beckmans!

Bird, O'Dwyer and Mattner have been impressive so far in their debuts.

Buchy is having a Barry Crocker today. That's his third holding the ball.

[alison.z]

haha i was annoyed at the swans for letting the hawks get another before i figured out beckmans is a swan! too many new rookies ....

[Robbo]

Who the @@@@ is that?

[Big Al]

The turn overs are getting more numerous now.

[reigning premier]

Yep.....

Too much handpassing.....

[Damien]

I'd love the young blokes to hang in there and win, would be great for confidence this year.

Despite the obvious errors etc, this is really impressive in my opinion considering what we have out.

[liz]

Some of them are tiring - understandable.

Beckmans played several games for the reserves last season and frequently figured amongst the goals. Very nice how he kept his head after losing balance.

Thought Monty was pretty decent in that quarter. His last HTB was at least because he trying to make something happen. And bear in mind that they normally look for Malceski or Kennelly in that situation.

Barlow's been pretty quiet this afternoon. Would like to see him break out a little in the final quarter. His fitness could be important.

[gossipcom]

19 possessions so far for Mattner. McVeigh and LRT both have 16.

Blakey just said it doesn't look good for Mal, but we'll just see how it plays out.

[TheGrimReaper]

Hawthorn: 3.2.9.48
Sydney: 0.6.7.43

Goals for Hawthorn:
9 Points: 1: Grant Birchall, Garry Moss and Jarryd Morton
6 Points: 1: Shane Crawford, Jarryd Morton

Goals for Sydney:
9 Points:
6 Points: 1: Nick Davis, Ben Mathews, Craig Bird, Jarrad Moore, Matthew O'Dwyer and Matthew Beckhams.

Best for Hawthorn:
Xavier Ellis, Beau Muston and Simon Taylor

Best for Sydney:
Martin Mattner, Jarrad McVeigh and Amon Buchanan

[Big Al]

The Eski injury doesn't look good. @@@@

[Damien]

They are talking about the possibility of Eksi being out for the year now.

[thejones,s]

is it fulltime yet?????????????

[Damien]

is it fulltime yet?????????????

Start of 4th Qtr. 5 points down.

[alison.z]

sen think he's fine