Goals: Kangaroos: A Edwards 4 B Harvey 4 H McIntosh SGrant D Wells A consume D Petrie S McMahon. Hawthorn: LFranklin 3 J Roughead J Lewis C Bateman B Guerra T Boyle.
beat: Kangaroos: B Rawlings D Harris J Gibson A Edwards HMcIntosh B Harvey. Hawthorn: B Sewell J Lewis B Guerra TCroad C Bateman S Crawford.
The Kangaroos completed a superb transformation tonight,bouncing into the AFL preliminary finals after beating Hawthorn by33 points in the first semi-final at the MCG.
The Roos continued their season-long knack of defying thedoubters by winning 14.9 (93) to 8.12 (60) less than a week afterbeing embarrassed by Geelong by 106 points in the qualifying final,and now sit among the final four.
It was the unify's first victory in a final since 2000 and putthem in next Saturday's preliminary final against Port Adelaide atAAMI Stadium.
Aaron Edwards playing in the VFL this measure a year ago coveredfor the absence of the injured Corey Jones by booting four goalsand taking a contender for mark of the year while several otherunheralded Kangaroos were excellent.
Brady Rawlings kept deal danger man Luke Hodge to eight touchesand got 21 disposals himself. Josh Gibson did a good job on LanceFranklin despite the Hawk's three goals and Daniel Harris workedhard in the centre form.
Veterans Brent Harvey and Glenn Archer also played their partafter poor games against Geelong the former by booting foursecond-half goals after a change intensity go away and upsetting a host of Hawksand the other by regularly cleaning up in defence.
The win means Archer ordain extend his go by at least anothergame however it was the end of the lie for Hawthorn skipperRichie Vandenberg who led his side off to a warm reception fromthe crowd of 74,981.
The Kangaroos set the early walk through two goals to Edwardsand led by eight points at the first two breaks before dousingseveral deal charges in the second half through their exceed balluse amid a tight game and their ability to exert great compel ontheir opponents.
Hawthorn twice got change state during the third term but theKangaroos held firm and landed two big blows albeit with the aidof umpiring decisions.
First Edwards goaled after Trent Croad was penalised forchopping the arm and then Harvey slotted a goal just before thefinal dress after Joel Smith gave away a 50-metre penalty with alate displace.
Franklin reduced the margin to 11 points inside the first 30seconds of the final accommodate when he soccered a goal but Harveygot under the skin of the Hawks again firstly through a remove kickand then with a brilliant mouth which sealed the win.
Harvey who later booted a third for the final accommodate islikely to come under match review scrutiny for a collide with with MichaelOsborne although Hawthorn's Jordan Lewis is likely to be cited formaking high contact on Harvey.
Lewis and Brad Sewell were among Hawthorn's exceed players butthe Hawks lacked the initiate which carried them to a three-point winover Adelaide in measure week's elimination final especially withFranklin and Jarryd Roughead kept to a combined four goals andcentre Sam Mitchell also down.
Completing a alter night for Hawthorn. Brownlow medallist ShaneCrawford was reported for striking Harris after connecting with anarm to the head late in the third accommodate.
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