03-20-2022, 02:49 AM
The teams that have prioritsed counterattacking after intercepting the ball in D50 rather than winning stoppages are going to suffer this year. The 6-6-6 rule, standing on the mark rule, & tightened holding-the-ball interpretation, amongst other changes, have enabled teams with centre-square dominance to score well so far in Round 1. Scoring is well up on recent years.
The Hawthorn-North match is probably the 2nd-best game of the opening round so far (after ours of course). That's not what I expected. It's a pretty free-flowing match with individual highlights. Mitch Lewis is looking the goods as a power forward and Jiath is showing amazing athleticism for a guy returning from serious injury. Horne-Francis is living up to the press he's received. He's had 7 possies in the 1st quarter and North scored in the aftermath of 5 of them.
The Hawthorn-North match is probably the 2nd-best game of the opening round so far (after ours of course). That's not what I expected. It's a pretty free-flowing match with individual highlights. Mitch Lewis is looking the goods as a power forward and Jiath is showing amazing athleticism for a guy returning from serious injury. Horne-Francis is living up to the press he's received. He's had 7 possies in the 1st quarter and North scored in the aftermath of 5 of them.