football - round 16

Hawthorn            5.2   6.5   10.8   16.9   (105)
Brisbane Lions    1.2   4.4    8.5    9.9      (63)

GOALS
Hawthorn: Franklin 3, Hale 3, Whitecross 2, Puopolo 2, Hodge, Smith, Shiels, Hale, Osborne, Guerra
Brisbane Lions: Brown 3, Redden 2, Karnezis 2, Power, Sheldon

BEST 

Hawthorn: Gibson, Hodge, Mitchell, Franklin, Whitecross, Bailey, Ellis, Hale
Brisbane Lions: Rockliff, Black, Redden, Hanley, Karnezis, Brown, Power

INJURIES 

Brisbane Lions: McGrath (lower leg), O'Brien replaced in selected side by Bewick

SUBSTITUTES
Hawthorn: Milne subbed on for Young (leg) in the fourth quarter
Brisbane Lions: Bewick subbed on for Retzlaff in the third quarter

Umpires: Kennedy, Grun, Pannell
Official crowd: 14,604 at Aurora Stadium

Hawthorn were a much better team. Despite defeating them in the past at this ground in Launceston, they were far too good. Match report by Stu Warren.

Jed Adcock (photo: Hamish Blair/Getty)

Pearce Hanley (photo: Hamish Blair/Getty)

Ash McGrath (photo: Hamish Blair/Getty)

Matt Maguire (photo: Sean Garnsworthy/Slattery Media)