In Round One of last year, the Hawks were the easybeats and the Demons took them to the cleaners.

MELBOURNE 5.3.33 6.5.41 10.7.67 14.9.93

HAWTHORN 0.1.1 2.3.15 4.6.30 5.8.38

GOALS

MELBOURNE Fritsch 5 Pickett 3 Chandler 2 Billings Petracca van Rooyen Sparrow

HAWTHORN Breust Lewis McDonald Weddle Watson

BEST

MELBOURNE Petracca Fritsch Neal-Bullen Salem Gawn Pickett

HAWTHORN Sicily Weddle Amon Scrimshaw, Worpel

THE TEAMS 

HAWTHORN

B J. Weddle, S. Frost, J. Sicily
HB J. Impey, J. Scrimshaw, M. D'Ambrosio
C K. Amon, D. Moore, C. Macdonald 
HF J. Ginnivan, M. Lewis, C. Nash
F L. Breust, M. Chol, Nick Watson
FOLL N. Reeves, J. Newcombe, J. Worpel 
I/C B. Hardwick, C. Mackenzie, F. Maginness, J. Ward SUB J. Gunston
EMG H. Hustwaite, H. Morrison M. Ramsden

No change

MELBOURNE 

B J. McVee, S. May, B. Howes
HB T. Rivers, J. Lever, C. Salem
C E. Langdon, C. Petracca, A. Neal-Bullen
HF T. Sparrow, B. Brown, K. Pickett
F B. Fritsch, J. Van Rooyen, K. Chandler
FOLL M. Gawn, J. Viney, J. Billings
I/C T. McDonald, C. Oliver, H. Petty, C. Windsor SUB M. Hore
EMG T. Fullarton, B. Laurie,  T. Woewodin

IN H. Petty 

OUT T. Woewodin (omitted)

those were the days!

their side has barely changed since then - albeit with two locks in their key defensive posts - and yet they are now flying