Blog log from R3 of 2024: Hawthorn vs Geelong

Hardwick is aghast at Miers drawing a high contact free dropping the knees on the HFF, Gryan passes to Stengle on the boundary 30m out, he checksides the opening goal. (Q1 1:31)
Worpel wobbles in a pack near the hotspot and feeds Mackenzie who tumbles through the first goal for the Hawks. (Q1 7:05)
Moore is pinged for some rather dumb timewasting on outer wing to bring Parfitt to half forward, he passes to the lead of Hawkins 40m out near the boundary, he also threads it. (Q1 11:12)
Close gets a high contact free on Scrimshaw falling to ground 25m out in the pocket, he goals as well. Good kicking is good football. (Q1 13:03)
Geelong motors out of a stoppage in the centre on the spread, Holmes passes to Hawkins 35m out on the boundary, whose drop punt stays right. (Q1 18:56)
Sicily sees an outnumber up the line on the HBF and tries to Baulk around Oliver Henry but gets caught HTB, another sensational set shot for the goal from 45m! (Q1 21:41)
Amon starts a rebound up the centre, Chol’s chaos ball inside 50 rolls luckily for Breust but his snap from the hotspot is touched off the boot by Kolodjashnij for a behind. (Q1 25:09)
Watson has Breust all on his own running through 50 but he slips after baulking Stewart and gets caught HTB, easy goal burned. (Q1 26:25)
Predictably, Geelong rebounds all the way with Cameron bouncing through the goal from 40m in front. (Q1 26:44)
Oliver Henry spins on the turn off the left after a feed by Hawkins, that one is a wobbler from 40m in front but it’s long enough for his second goal. (Q1 28:36)
Newcombe roves the next bounce but is pinged for a high fend, quick ball to the square, Hawkins goals on the line. It’s a procession. (Q1 29:49)
Worpel has been the only effective Hawthorn midfielder, he finds Macdonald in the pocket 25m out for a much-needed goal. (Q2 2:43)
Cameron marks to the left of true CHF and clunks through his second goal. Geelong kicking the lights out, and kicking the bejaysus out of Hawthorn so far on Easter Monday (again). (Q2 4:28)
Mackenzie roves a Lewis contest against two near the hotspot and snaps around the corner for his second goal. (Q2 10:04)
Cameron gives to Close who misses from 25m in the pocket. (Q2 14:49)
Ginnivan marks on the HFF and passes over Blicavs to D’Ambrosio 40m out on a slight angle, who misses to the left. (Q2 15:58)
Chol catches Guthrie HTB 20m out on a slight angle and kicks the goal. Hawks have evened up the contest and are edging back on the scoreboard, gradually. (Q2 22:53)
Lewis flies impressively over De Koning to clunk a big pack mark from a long Newcombe speculator to 20m in front, he goals as well! (Q2 24:53)
Watson somehow snaps OOTF after roving a Chol contest in the square, the home Hawks crowd is going ape droppings now! (Q2 26:44)
Scrimshaw wobbles a clearance towards the hotspot, crumb falls over the back where Chol roves and rides a tackle to snap another red time goal from 15m! (Q2 28:44)
Macdonald marks a Newcombe kick 30m out on a slight angle, gives inside to Ginnivan who misses. (Q3 0:56)
Chol engages early with Jack Henry and marks a long Ward kick up the guts to the top of the square on his chest. He boots goal number three, margin back within a kick! (Q3 2:36)
Conway marks in front of a pack from a long speculator to a pack 20m out on a slight angle, Hawk tall defenders nowhere on a slow play. The young ruckman steers it through. (Q3 5:16)
Blicavs passes short to Hawkins 40m out in front after Stengle forces Impey to cough the ball up at half forward for the Hawks. However, the Tomahawk blazes OOTF. (Q3 7:41)
Hardwick is pinged for deliberate OOB 35m out throwing a boot at a crumb, crowd boos as Stengle curls in the goal. (Q3 9:16)
Parfitt kicks long from the next bounce, Oliver Henry leads out of the square in front of Sicily to mark on his chest 20m out and goal. (Q3 10:41)
Stengle roves at half forward and kicks long to the advantage of Hawkins to mark over Frost 20m out on a slight angle for his third goal. Geelong back in control now. (Q3 12:56)
Worpel rams through a big goal against the run of play from 50m on a slight angle. (Q3 15:56)
Duncan snaps from 55m in the centre to an empty square after Dempsey forces a turnover in the centre, bounces through for a rare goal for him. (Q3 18:36)
Dempsey gathers a loose ball in the pocket and gives back to Guthrie who checksides wide from 30m. (Q3 22:56)
Holmes marks 30m out on the flank and sails through another goal to build on what should be a winning lead with rain falling at the MCG. (Q3 24:45)
The match has been halted for at least twenty minutes for lightning near the MCG. (3 Qtr Time)
We are about to restart. Rain completely pouring down now, but no lightning. (3 Qtr Time)
Worpel bombs to the square after the first bounce of Q3, Ginnivan anticipates the ball falling short in heavy rain to mark on his chest, play on and goal! Crowd woke up! (Q4 0:36)
Mad scramble inside 50 for Hawthorn who can’t buy a high contact free today despite half a dozen really obvious ones missed, Worpel feeds Meek who snaps wide from 30m. (Q4 3:19)
Nash to Worpel from a throw in from the pocket but the snap sails wide right. (Q4 4:08)
Dempsey reaches over Ward to rush a Watson kick from 50m on the flank that lands on the line, excellent desperation there. (Q4 9:18)
Chol beats Jack Henry to mark a Macdonald long ball to the pocket, his screwing set shot off the left hits the near right post. (Q4 11:59)
Nash tumbles a clearance from members wing to a four-man pack 40m out on a slight angle. Watson is front and centre to rove and skid through a sensational snap off the right! (Q4 13:06)
Conway taps to grass at the next bounce, Bowes soccers it through CHF to the hotspot where Oliver Henry dives to mark and goal. Cats almost needed that one. (Q4 14:38)
Cats now playing a bit of tempo, the margin is too much for Hawthorn as Geelong’s forward efficiency has been elite all day making up for Hawks dominating clearances. (Q4 19:21)
Macdonald drops an intercept mark on centre wing and the Cats whip the ball forward, Henry centres for Cameron to mark for the sealer from 10m. (Q4 20:19)
Stengle runs away from chasers on the HFF and uses excellent vision to pass to the corridor for Miers on his own 40m out, who kicks a garbage time goal. (Q4 23:01)
Watson feeds Ward who snaps wide off the right from 30m on a slight angle. (Q4 24:37)