Round Two
Hawthorn v Adelaide
Saturday, April 1, MCG, 1:45pm (local time)
Broadcast details
Live on Fox Footy and delay on Channel 7 (4:00pm CSDT)
Head to head
Adelaide – 18
Hawthorn – 20
Latest news
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Out of action (estimates only)
Jonathan O’Rourke (hamstring) – 3 weeks
Jonathon Ceglar (knee) – 12 weeks
Hawthorn’s last five
2017 Round One, Essendon 17.14 (116) d Hawthorn 12.19 (91), MCG
2016 Semi Final, Hawthorn 12.12 (84) d by Western Bulldogs 16.11 (107), MCG
2016 Qualifying Final, Geelong 12.13 (85) d Hawthorn 12.11 (83), MCG
2016 Round 23, Hawthorn 17.10 (112) d Collingwood 17.9 (111), MCG
2016 Round 22, West Coast 13.14 (92) d Hawthorn 10.7 (67), Domain Stadium
Recent form against Adelaide
2016, Round Five, Hawthorn 17.10 (112) d Adelaide 17.7 (109), MCG
2015, Semi Final, Hawthorn 21.9 (135) d Adelaide 8.13 (61), MCG
2015 Round 12, Adelaide 12.13 (85) d by Hawthorn 17.12 (114), Adelaide Oval
2014 Round 17, Adelaide 14.8 (92) d by Hawthorn 15.14 (104), Adelaide Oval
2013 Round Six, Adelaide 11.12 (78) d by Hawthorn 13.11 (89), AAMI Stadium
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting
3 – Paul Puopolo (Haw)
2 – Scott Thompson (Adel)
1 – Cyril Rioli (Haw)
Most recent team
B: Taylor Duryea, James Frawley, Ben Stratton
HB: Grant Birchall, Josh Gibson, Shaun Burgoyne
C: Isaac Smith, Tom Mitchell, Liam Shiels
HF: Luke Breust, Ryan Schoenmakers, Jack Gunston
F: Ty Vickery, Jarryd Roughead, Paul Puopolo
Foll: Ben McEvoy, Jaeger O’Meara, Cyril Rioli
Interchange: James Sicily, Ricky Henderson, Will Langford, Billy Hartung
News bites
Hodge to strengthen Hawks
Former Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge is almost certain to return from a one-match club suspension for Saturday's clash with the Crows at the MCG.
