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Pinoy Hawk

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Aug 21, 2021
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Jack O’Sullivan (27 disposals, 1 goal, 7 marks)

“Sul had some great numbers on the stats sheet and he had some really good moments. He kicked 1.3, so he’s got to start to get better in front of goal and be a bit more consistent in that space, he knows that though. However, to have 11 score involvements is a great output from him. He has some areas of his game that he knows he needs to get better at, but the beauty with all of our draftees is that they’re aware of the areas they need to improve in. Improvement is not linear, similar to development – it has its ups and downs – so he’ll continue to work and get better. His 27 disposals was his highest this year for us. The next step for him for him is getting involved in defence better and understanding how to defend at this level. If you’re a step off, the opposition can go back through you, better yet at AFL level if he gets his opportunity there. You’ve got to be right on your toes and defend ruthlessly in this space.”

 

HappyHawk_1

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Oct 2, 2021
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Has kicked 4.8 this season.
If that was 8.4 for the season - you'd think he'd be a shoe-in to make the seniors in the next couple of weeks.

Still might!

In all honesty though, if he starts slotting a few and gets that tackling aggression going, should definitely get opportunities with Wingard and Bruest yet to capture their best form.
 

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Judd2Sewell

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Really need to make the most (or more) of his opportunities. He's a real live wire player.

On Thursday at training after the session was winding down there was a moment where JO'S went 1v1 against Impey - JO'S had the ball at the 50 and Impey was essentially just trying to chase him down. JO'S would have put Michael Flatley to shame, he was dancing around Impey, sending him twisting and turning for about 15 seconds before snapping a goal. It was great to watch, and in fairness to Impey he kept on him the entire time, where I expect others would have fallen over.
 

Pinoy Hawk

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Aug 21, 2021
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Box Hill Coach Zane Littlejohn gives his review of each AFL-listed Hawk following his side’s 39-point victory over Southport on Saturday.

Jack O’Sullivan (15 disposals, 7 score involvements, 5 marks)

“Jack was lively up forward again. He could’ve had a really nice day out, but his inaccurate goalkicking unfortunately got him. He got to play a little bit around the stoppage this week which is great for him. He reconnects really well with the forwards when he goes there. Jack’s arguably one of the hardest workers on our list at Hawthorn. He’ll get to work this week and he’ll continue to work really hard with myself and Chris Newman and the forwards to make sure that it doesn’t become too much of a habit with him.”
 

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