60 SPORT SUNDAY MAY 26 2019 HAWKS 80 Power hit for six as Gunston cuts loose POWER 49 ETHAN JAMES Power scoreless in yesterday’s marks in a starring role. The son said. “On a pretty grubby major until the 12th minute of HAWTHORN opening quarter, before closing 27-year-old also showed off day, his polish with the ball in the second term in their low- Goals: Gunston 6, Cousins, Worpel, HAWTHORN’S Jack Gun- out a 12.8 (80) to 6.13 (49) vic- some soccer skills, with his the front third was important. est-scoring first half this year. Shiels, Scully, Impey, Puopolo Best: Gunston, Henderson, Sicily, ston has been hailed by his tory to remain firmly in the fourth coming from an outside “One guy has kicked six Hawthorn join them on 20 Shiels, Worpel, Scully coach as “the difference” after top-eight mix. right boot that nudged the ball goals where there were 18 for competition points in a tight POWER a six-goal showing in the Gunston, who equalled his around the goalpost. the game – that’s pretty signifi- battle for the top eight. Hawks’ Goals: Rozee, Duursma, Amon, Hawks’ 31-point AFL win over best-career haul, slotted the “He was probably the differ- cant.” topped the Powell-Pepper, R Gray, Ladhams Port Adelaide in Launceston. opening two majors and ence between the two sides,” Port Adelaide, slipping to possession count with 37 in Best: R Gray, Boak, Byrne-Jones, The Hawks kept a sloppy picked up 21 disposals and nine Hawks coach Alastair Clark- 5-5 for the season, didn’t kick a front of a crowd of 11,637. Houston, Rockliff, Duursma Eagles Kangas soar with late goals

STEVE LARKIN send off WEST Coast have produced a stunning comeback to down Adelaide by 12 points in a tense AFL tussle yesterday. The Eagles came from 33 points down in the third quar- ter to prevail 13.7 (85) to 10.13 Scott as (73) at . With scores level with three minutes to go, 12-gamer and booted late goals for the Eagles to con- solidate their top-four slot. Darling and fellow forwards a winner Josh Kennedy and slotted three goals apiece as West Coast banked a JASON PHELAN emotional at times,” Scott said. seventh win from 10 games this “They were emotional dur- season. The Eagles’ trusty ball- BRAD Scott wouldn’t say it ing the breaks, but I thought winners (31 dis- publicly but the emotional tur- my job today was to keep them posals), (33 moil of his awkward farewell to focused on the task at hand, possessions), (28 dis- North was clear to contest to contest, and they posals) and (33 see as he hugged teary-eyed were just super today in all as- touches) were all influential in players in the wake of their pects. the precious road win. stunning AFL win over the “It was just more looking at West Coast appeared down . them (after the game). and out when Adelaide’s Eddie In an at-times surreal Satur- “I’ve coached Ben Cunning- Betts booted his second goal to day afternoon at Marvel Stadi- ton from the day he walked give the Crows a 33-point lead um, Scott’s men rallied from 32 into the football club, Jamie seven minutes into the third points down to score a stun- Macmillan the same. term. But the visitors kicked 10 ning 18.7 (115) to 13.12 (90) win “The older players like Rob- of the last dozen goals of the in his 211th and final game in bie Tarrant, Scott Thompson, game to produce a stirring win. charge. ... we’ve been to- The Crows, now with five The victory improved the gether this entire time, so they wins and five losses, slip fur- Roos’ record to 3-7 for the sea- were emotional which tends to ther into a clogged middle of son, and Scott’s tally to 106 set off a bit of a chain reaction. the ladder. wins and 105 losses over his 10 “I pride myself on keeping it Adelaide midfielder Brad seasons in charge. together and I think largely we Crouch gathered a game-high Scott steadfastly refused to did.” 39 disposals and his fellow confirm his departure from the Scott said he was disap- midfielders (32 club until he had spoken with pointed his plan to mutually possessions) and Cam Ellis- all of his players, some of part ways with the club had be- Yolmen (30 touches) were whom were on VFL duty that come public as the speculation prominent. night, preferring to officially about his future gained mo- bring the curtain down on his mentum late on Friday. CROWS time at Arden Street at a press 73 conference today. BULLDOGS But his true farewell hap- 90 EAGLES pened in the aftermath of the 85 final siren against the Bulldogs. KANGAROOS CROWS Scott was adamant he didn’t 115 Goals: Millera 3, Betts 2, Atkins, Ellis- want to make the occasion BULLDOGS Yolmen, Sloane, Murphy, Seedsman Goals: Lloyd 3, English 2, Liberatore Best: Ellis-Yolmen, Sloane, about him, but he did allow Greenwood, B Crouch, Milera, himself one indulgence, em- 2, Wallis, Bontempelli, Suckling, Naughton, Johannisen, Smith O’Brien bracing every one of his play- EAGLES ers and waving to the North KANGAROOS Goals: Brown 3, Larkey 3, Wood 3, Goals: Cripps 3, Kennedy 3, Darling cheer squad as he left the play- Anderson 2, Zurhaar 2, Thomas 2, 3, Sheed, Petruccelle, Rioli, Allen ing arena as their coach one Cunnington, Davies-Uniacke, Polec Best: Yeo, Gaff, Redden, Sheed, last time. Crowd: 26,156 at Marvel Stadium Departing coach Brad Scott and his sons join the team circle for the final time after the Kangaroos Shuey, Sheppard, Kennedy “The players were very stunned the Western Bulldogs 18.7 (115) to 13.12 (90) at Marvel Stadium yesterday Picture: GETTY Dons injuries further sour defeat Ablett and Cats have last laugh on Coast ESSENDON’S AFL injury cri- fans last night at a sodden cruit Shiel also went down to GEELONG survived a mass- to hand them a 13.13 (91) to 9.10 were also well supported by sis has escalated with Jake MCG. But the injuries to the Essendon rooms in the ive scare from the tough-tack- (64) victory. (21 posses- Stringer and join- Stringer and Shiel threaten to fourth quarter and re-emerged ling Gold Coast before running Key forward Tom Hawkins’ sions, 11 tackles), Mitch Dun- ing the casualty list in a 23- further derail the Bombers’ with his right hamstring iced out 27-point winners at Metri- four-goal haul was instrumen- can (two goals, 27 disposals, point loss to Richmond in the season. up. con Stadium. tal for the Cats, including the eight tackles) and Gary Ablett, Dreamtime at the ‘G game. The mercurial Stringer (groin) and The Suns trailed the AFL first two of the last quarter to who worked his way into the The Bombers threatened a clutched at his left hamstring (knee) are out for ladder-leading Cats by only help seal the game, while Tim game after a quiet start, scor- late comeback before the Ti- late in the second quarter, left the rest of the season, and Or- two points at the final break, Kelly again starred with 35 in- ing two goals. The former Gold gers ran out 10.13 (73) to 6.14 the ground and played no fur- azio Fantasia (quad) is several but four unanswered goals in fluential disposals. Coast captain was booed by (50) winners in front of 80,176 ther part in the game. Star re- weeks away. the final quarter were enough The ladder-leading Cats the 13,144-strong Suns crowd.

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