1pm - At the ‘G, the sun is shining, and we’re expecting a sea of brown and gold for the Hawks’ first home game against the in-form Crows.

Not to mention, Hodgey is returning.

Finally, the squad’s back together.

1.45pm – First bounce. Let’s do this thang. 

Q1 03:07 - GOAL to Luke Breust. The Hawks are in front!

*crosses fingers for the final siren to sound*

 
Q1 10:00 – Debutant Teia Miles and Crows big man Josh Jenkins collide. The latter comes off second best.

That looked painful.

Q1 15:38 – Poppy goes BANG, Punky goes BANG BANG.

We’re four goals up, and looking the goods.

Pass us that premiership cup.

(After all, the premiership is won in Round 2, right?)

Q1 16.57 – Grant Birchall cops a Tom Lynch elbow to the face in a marking contest.

Birch on the outside:

Birch on the inside….

Q1 23:23 – Lynch finds Adelaide’s second goal, but Roughy has the immediate reply.

Cue the roar from the crowd:

QT – We head into the first break with a 38 – 14 lead. Breust has three, O’Meara and Mitchell are leading disposals, and our backline has held the Crows’ dangerous forward to a mere two goals.

Let’s keep a lid on it; a lot can happen in three quarters of footy.

 
Q2 14:35 – Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

It’s Poppy! He stands on the back of Adelaide’s Jake Kelly to take the mark of the millennium!

Too far? Okay, Poppy takes a neat grab to earn himself a potential mark of the year nomination…

That is guaranteed to win!

Sorry, couldn’t help myself.

HT: The Hawks are holding on with a 13-point lead at the main break. The Crows are looking dangerous, leading time in forward half 62 per cent to 38.

The boys have a hard task ahead.

Q3 19:00 – A seemingly fair David Mackay tackle results in a shot on goal for Poppy. Hey, we’ll take it. #freekickHawthorn, anyone?

3QT – The Crows have turned things around, and head into the final term with a four-point lead.

One last roll of the dice for the Hawks.

Q4 16:11 - That’s four Adelaide goals to start the quarter.

Q4 20:44 – A Roughy goal! There’s still time!

Q4 23:27 - Aaaaand no there’s not. Luke Brown nails another to put the Crows out of reach. 

FT: Adelaide are 24 points up as the final siren sounds, leaving the Hawks 0 and 2 in the early stages of the season.

 
On a positive note, Breust kicked a bag of four, and Mitchell and O’Meara collected 38 and 36 disposals respectively.

Time to recoup, and prepare to face the Suns next week.