The fact that he has gone through and survived two major injuries (foot and back) is a testament to his resilence to get to 300. Not only that, he isn't being carried to the line (ala Mark Murpy) and has a lot more to offer. I still think the back injury robbed Tom of his leaping ability and...
Just look at that leap. It's such a shame that back injury in 2013 and hotspots in his foot earlier in his career, which robbed him of his leaping ability and diminished his pack marking ability. I really felt we missed the best Tom Hawkins in his peak years.
He's home guys. Hawk is now 9 clear of Dixon and Kennedy, who will needs to kick 10 goals to beat Hawk if the worst case scenario he goes goaless. He is currently joint goal assist leader on 19 with Dangerfield and Tim Kelly third on 16. Here's hoping he takes out the Coleman and goal assist...
Hawkins will go down as Geelong's third best key forward behind Ablett and Wade. Although he has had a great career, I feel that his back injury in 2013 robbed him of his full potential. He never regain that enourmous, pack splitting leap and lost a fair chunk of his agility after the injury and...
Not over yet. We are down a midfielder and coming off a 4 fay break. Must get the first goal of the last quarter. However, Port had a very intense game last week so don't look like they have the energy, but still are dangerous.
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