Hawthorn's best ever forward line

[QuietB]

Cyril - Rough - Puopolo/Hale
Gunston - Buddy - Bruest

This has serious claims to be Hawthorn's greatest ever forward line and it was actually pretty stable for a couple of years until Buddy left.

80's forward lines with Dunstall, Brereton, Buckenara, Hall, Jarman yada yada were amazing but I don't think there was ever one where everyone was at their absolute peak for a sustained period like the one above was for a couple of years (I won't mention the war(s) )

 

[beta_condition]

Probably end up with close to 3000 goals between them, pretty fair effort.

 

[Brant]

I checked the same thread on the sydney board.

Not one of them could nominate a time when they'd ever had a great Forwardline.

Just a whole bunch of inside mids playing ugly football...

 

[WWSD]

2008

Franklin 113 (4.6)
Roughead 75 (3)
Williams 46 (2.2)

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Cyril - Rough - Puopolo/Hale
Gunston - Buddy - Bruest

This has serious claims to be Hawthorn's greatest ever forward line and it was actually pretty stable for a couple of years until Buddy left.

80's forward lines with Dunstall, Brereton, Buckenara, Hall, Jarman yada yada were amazing but I don't think there was ever one where everyone was at their absolute peak for a sustained period like the one above was for a couple of years (I won't mention the war(s) )

Ridiculously good !!

 

[threesixpio]

Man it’s getting close to the end of the era now hey? Rough’s not far away from retiring as is Pops.

 

[Gralin]

Man it’s getting close to the end of the era now hey? Rough’s not far away from retiring as is Pops.

Era ends with Rough and Birch, not Pops

 

[threesixpio]

Era ends with Rough and Birch, not Pops

Yep - 2008 era does.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Best forward line was when they cleared it out and just left Cyril in there usually against 3

 

[HODGEYROAD]

If our 2013 forward line is all at their individual peaks that is easily our best forward line.

 

[StillAtLarge]

Best forward line was when they cleared it out and just left Cyril in there usually against 3

We didn't do this often enough. When implemented it rarely failed

 

[StillAtLarge]

If our 2013 forward line is all at their individual peaks that is easily our best forward line.

I always thought the forward line functioned better in bud's absence. That 6 week stretch of games in 2012 when he was 'injured' saw us kick cricket scores every week and completely destroy the pies (12-3) and bombers (11-5) in consecutive weeks playing utterly ruthless footy. Those aforementioned games are up there with my favourite h&a hawk wins.

 

[Gralin]

Yep - 2008 era does.

Oh you were talking end of the forward line from 2013

Whats Breust, chop liver? And what about Gunston he's still on the list

 

[threesixpio]

Oh you were talking end of the forward line from 2013

Whats Breust, chop liver? And what about Gunston he's still on the list

Guns. But it’s 2/7s of the old one.

Cyril leaving brings it home a bit for me.

Watched his 2008 highlights again. Can’t believe we had him and Buddy together. Bonkers duo.

 

[Sir Galahad]

1971 GF forwardline included Peter Hudson, Bob Keddie, Al Martello & Leigh Matthews - with such fabulous players, no wonder the opposition resorted to violence.

 

[Dave Id]

'86 would go close.

We had so many

 

[Rioli magic]

The 91 GF forwardline was quite impressive!

HF: Hudson - Brereton - Hall
FF : Jarman - Dunstall - Dear

 

[Rioli magic]

1986 GF - F me !

HF : Buckenara - Brereton - Kennedy
FF : Curren - Dunstall - Platten

 

[A Diakos]

Franklin Brereton Buckenara

Rioli Dunstall Gunston
..............................

Hendrie Roughead Hall

Jarman Hudson Bruest
.....................................

Burgoyne Peck Williams

Matthews Moncrieff Keddie
.......................................

There's 3 a fusion between era's all almost as good as each other

 

[Sir Galahad]

The forward-line i wanted to include was
Buckenara Brereton Hall
Jarman Dunstall Platten

... But those guys never played together.
Buckanara's last year was 1990 & Jarman first arrived at HFC for the 1991 season.

 

[Jables]

2013 forward-line was so ridiculously good, that the coach was playing all of them all over the ground and we were still scoring for fun, we do that now and the forward-line has started hurting. I legitimately think Buddy kicked half of his goals as a winger. 2008 was a pretty damn good forward-line, but when you consider options like Burgoyne > Dew, Suckling/Smith > Young, Poppy > Brown, Gunston/Breust > Willo it's almost unfair.

 

[grumbleguts]

2008

Franklin 113 (4.6)
Roughead 75 (3)
Williams 46 (2.2)

I'll see your 2008 and raise you 1977
Hudson 110
Matthews 91
Hendrie 54

 

[Roddy]

I'm a child of the 70s and 80s, so I have great attachment to those sides. But damn, the recent model is bloody well just as good. Especially in an era that is harder for forwards. Don't make me choose!

Does anyone know how many goals Gunners has kicked in finals? One of the best latter day big game performers.

 

[Randy Campbell]

These guys all needed someone to kick the ball to them.

 

[Thaihawk]

Hate these threads that compare different eras, but some food for thought:

Hard to go past 1987 - scored more than 100 points in 16 games and won 7 games by 10+ goals. Unfortunately lost the granie to the baggers.