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A fantastic performance. Gunston, Mitchell, Breust among the stars in a 60-point win against the Roos.

The Rundown

Hawthorn proved a class above North Melbourne the last time the two sides met, in Round 5 last year at Etihad Stadium.

After a fiery opening term, the Hawks kept their composure to run away with a ten-goal win, despite only kicking one goal in the second quarter.

Twelve second-half goals ensured victory against the Roos, with the Hawks yet again showing how many avenues to goal they possess, with nine different players kicking at least one major.

The Star

Jack Gunston was the dominant forward on the ground for the night, not only kicking four goals, but also accumulating 23 disposals and 13 marks in an extremely productive display.

The Moment

Cyril Rioli burst through a pack at half back and after a couple of bounces spotted up Bradley Hill at half forward. Hill gave it Sam Mitchell who sold some candy to a North Melbourne defender and split the middle with a goal that put the result beyond doubt.

The Coach

“We needed to get away to a better start than we had in some of our other games and we were pleased that we were able to apply a little bit of scoreboard pressure this week.” – Alastair Clarkson

NORTH MELBOURNE  3.1   4.3    7.8     10.10 (70)
HAWTHORN                 6.4   7.8  12.13  19.16 (130)            

GOALS
North Melbourne: Brown 3, Thomas 2, Petrie 2, Swallow, Higgins, Cunnington
Hawthorn: Breust 4, Gunston 4, Ceglar 3, Roughead 3, Smith 2, Rioli, Lewis, Mitchell, Hill 

BEST 
North Melbourne: Goldstein, Harvey, Brown, Ziebell, Wright, Cunnington
Hawthorn: Gunston, Mitchell, Birchall, Smith, Hodge, Breust 

INJURIES 
North Melbourne: Jarrad Waite (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Aaron Black
Hawthorn: Paul Puopolo (corked leg) replaced in selected side by Brendan Whitecross, Josh Gibson (nose) 

SUBSTITUTES
North Melbourne: Kayne Turner replaced Andrew Swallow in the fourth quarter
Hawthorn: Brendan Whitecross replaced Taylor Duryea in the fourth quarter

Reports: Jordan Lewis (Hawthorn) for striking Todd Goldstein in the first quarter.

Umpires: Nicholls, Hay, Jeffery

Official crowd: 38,077 at Etihad Stadium