Not even the 40-minute delay at the start of the last quarter, taken as a precaution against a lightning strike, could do more than temporarily stall the Cats on their path to victory over Hawthorn at the MCG on Easter Monday.
Maurice Rioli won Adem Yze’s praise for a chase-down tackle in the decisive last quarter – one of six he laid for the match – and there was also a wonderful spin out of trouble at half-back and plenty of dash throughout.
There’s a saying that “What happens on an end-of-season trip should stay on the trip”, and that’s how the Lions have responded to concerns about some players’ US holiday.
Here’s an imposing stat about an imposing figure. Over the course of Tom Hawkins’ career, no player in the competition has delivered more score assists. Just don’t touch his pre-game packet of double-coated Tim Tams.
Follow all the action of Easter Sunday footy as the Western Bulldogs take on West Coast at Marvel Stadium and Richmond fight it out with Sydney at the MCG.
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin is lauding the character of his club to emerge gritty seven-point winners over Port Adelaide after another week of controversy.
Roy Ward, Andrew Wu, Scott Spits and Steve Barrett