A hard-fought win for the Hawks
“When you come here it’s always going to be a tough game”, says Luke Hodge, giving credit to the Crows for their fighting effort tonight. Luke Breust also has a word with Matthew Richardson. “Other guys picked up the slack,” he says of Jarryd Roughead’s quiet night and the Hawks spread of goal-kickers in this game. He lead them with 3.
Best for Hawthorn were Liam Shiels with 25 touches, 8 tackles and a goal, ISaac Smith with 25 and 2 goals and Bruest with 15 and 3. There were contributors all over the ground though. Cyril Rioli was magnificent with his ceaseless pressure and playmaking.
For the Crows Patrick Dangerfield gave his all for 31 possessions and a goal, while 19 of Scott Thompson’s 32 touches were contested. Rory Sloane had 29 and 7 inside-50s, while Tom Lynch had 24 and also 7 forward entries. Excitable forward urchin Charlie Cameron always looked capable of pinching the game away from the Hawks in a lively display but the Crows will be sweating on Tex Walker’s health out of this game.
In the final analysis the Hawks were the far better side all night and the scoreline often flattered Adelaide as they made the most of rare forward entries. The Crows spent a lot of the night chasing tail. Hawthorn’s credentials hardly needed to be re-established here but they did what was required and showed Adelaide up for what they are; a member of a the competition’s middle tier.
Thanks for your company tonight and make sure to join us for lots more live AFL action throughout this 2015 season.
Hawthorn win it by 29 points
Adelaide 12.13 (85) vs Hawthorn 17.12 (114)
The Hawks are home by 29 points after putting on the after-burners late in this game and for all of you Patrick Dangerfield conspiracy theorists, someone who probably knows a bit more about the matter of benchings than the rest of us has an interesting take:
I think Dangerfield may have been on the bench for so long purely because the ball was on the other side of the ground the whole time? (1/2)
— Hamish Hartlett (@hharts8) June 18, 2015
Tough to get rotations when there are repeat stoppages over the other side of the ground. (2/2)
— Hamish Hartlett (@hharts8) June 18, 2015
Crows goal! 4th quarter (2:32 remaining) Adelaide 12.12 (84) vs Hawthorn 17.12 (114)
What can I tell you about the last five minutes? It’s football, but only technically. It’s actually a bit like that period of time between about 4:24pm and 4:48pm, when it’s not socially acceptable to pack up your things and prepare to leave the office but you’re clearly not planning on doing any work.
It’s ‘look like you’re busy’ time, which is to say it’s a perfect time for Josh Jenkins to mark and goal. The cheer squad is probably already making its way out through the car park.
Hawks goal! 4th quarter (9:29 remaining) Adelaide 11.10 (76) vs Hawthorn 17.9 (111)
It’s been a great advertisement for Thursday Night Football, this game. Personally I love the concept. Monday didn’t work at all and it appears they’ve conceded that for good. Thursday is perfect. No-one is doing anything on Thursday night except winding down for the week. It’s perfect, under-exploited TV sports territory.
Meanwhile, Patrick Dangerfield is having a very animated phone conversation with Crows assistant coach Scott Camporeale as he sits on the bench and the Seven team is at fever pitch speculating as to why he’s been on the pine for around four minutes now with the game in the balance. Finally he does return and he’s soon barking instructions at teammates and looking generally irritable. Trade speculators, rev your engines.
Speaking of engines, Brad Hill motors down the ground in eye-catching style and away from a number of Crows before handballing in-board for Hartung to kick a running, open goal. This thing is done.
Hawks goal! 4th quarter (15:03 remaining) Adelaide 11.8 (74) vs Hawthorn 16.9 (105)
Oh dear. Now Breust goals with a left-footed snap and I fear that Adelaide’s will might be broken. In a matter of a minute the Hawks have slammed through three goals and they’re sitting pretty with a five-goal lead.
Hawks goal! 4th quarter (15:11 remaining) Adelaide 11.8 (74) vs Hawthorn 15.9 (99)
Rioli might have iced the game from the restart, adding another major within half a minute of the bounce. He ducks out to the left and away from goal, arches his back and then curls a beautiful left-footed snap straight through the middle.
Hawks goal! 4th quarter (15:39 remaining) Adelaide 11.8 (74) vs Hawthorn 14.9 (93)
The final term gets off to a scrappy start characterised by tired-looking turnovers and hopeful bombs forward. The locals are livid that Josh Jenkins continues to be overlooked for free kicks in contests with James Frawley. “Well that’s what you get when you over-act” says Wayne Carey, who then changes his mind about Jenkins’ theatrics and decides that he was probably being held. Everyone calls Wayne Carey out on his bad calls, even the man himself.
The Crows faithful think they have reason to cheer because Charlie Cameron - a dead-set difference-maker tonight - runs down Matt Suckling and earns a free kick for holding the ball but his set shot fades wide. That could prove a very costly miss in the final analysis. The Hawks rebound and work it around their forward arc until it’s in the hands of Isaac Smith and from 40 metres out on a slight angle he nails a goal. That’s more than handy.
Both sides have used their sub
Well, the Hawks still dominate in nearly every category except on the scoreboard in that third term. Tex Walker has been subbed out for Crouch and for the Hawks, Shoenmakers dons the red vest and is replaced by Billy Hartung, who’ll give some run and carry.
Three-quarter time - Hawthorn leads by 14 points
Adelaide 11.7 (73) vs Hawthorn 13.9 (87)
Kyle Cheney’s getting plenty of plaudits from Wayne Carey in his 50th game and it’s a fair assessment because he’s really imposed himself in his milestone game, even taking a speccie to repel a Hawks forward thrust.
Brad Hill misses a sitter on the run with just over a minute on the clock and the Hawks seem hell-bent on one more major before the three-quarter time siren. Then Mitchell wins a free kick just outside 50 and goes in-board to Isaac Smith but the latter only manages a minor score with his running shot from the arc and that is that. The Crows won that quarter - make no mistake - but can they maintain the rage for 30 minutes more to get home?
Hawks goal! 3rd quarter (3:05 remaining) Adelaide 11.7 (73) vs Hawthorn 13.7 (85)
There’s a few minutes of relative inactivity here, which gives us a chance to take a few deep breaths and assess the landscape. Hawthorn seem to settle a little bit too, working the ball around until it’s in Luke Hodge’s reliable hands just outside 50. He wheels around, leans back and unloads a classic, high-looping drop punt to goal. The Hawks have the last few goals and that’s their lead. Can Adelaide pinch one back before the final break?
Hawks have horrible combo going of underscoring during massive domination, and then huge black spots. Won't win. #AFLCrowsHawks
— Tony Wilson (@byTonyWilson) June 18, 2015
Hawks goal! 3rd quarter (7:04 remaining) Adelaide 11.7 (73) vs Hawthorn 12.6 (78)
This is insane. Now Hale kicks a running goal. I can barely keep up with them. This game is on a fistful of pingers and the windows are rattling. Who’ll come down first?
Crows goal! 3rd quarter (7:28 remaining) Adelaide 11.7 (73) vs Hawthorn 11.6 (72)
Now our fifth lead-change of the night and this time it’s Dangerfield bursting through the middle and hammering it long and straight from the centre clearance. Bang!
Hawks goal! 3rd quarter (8:02 remaining) Adelaide 10.7 (67) vs Hawthorn 11.6 (72)
Phwow, the Hawks needed a circuit-breaker in response there and they get it through an unlikely source in Jon Ceglar, the gangly ruckman scoring yet another open goal in this match.
Crows goal! 3rd quarter (8:32 remaining) Adelaide 10.7 (67) vs Hawthorn 10.6 (66)
Dangerfield is making a real impact in this quarter - 6-7 touches at the time I type this - and Tom Lynch is also doing a power of work as the link-man across half forward. Accordingly Crows go into attack again and Jacobs gets another chance for a classic, filthy ruckman’s goal but his snap bends too far left for a point.
The Hawks rebound and Rioli wriggles free of Cheney to put it to the top of the goal square and it’s a hotly-contested ball but somehow the Crows clear. Again they’re at their best on the rebound and they engineer a situation in which Rory Laird is able to put on a burst of speed, gather a handball from Cameron and drill an open goal. The Crows are running in waves here and now they’ve also got the lead for the first time since the opening minutes. Sensational football. The Hawks are getting a rude shock right now.
Crows goal! 3rd quarter (11:07 remaining) Adelaide 9.6 (60) vs Hawthorn 10.6 (66)
This is helter skelter footy at the moment and the frenetic pace appears to have taken its toll on both Tex Walker and Jack Gunston, who are both hobbling about. Tex might be gone for the night I reckon but the Crows continue to press.
Eddie Betts manufactures a chance when he slips a handball sideways for Ellis-Yolman but the latter butchers his close-range snap on goal so the Hawks get a let-off, but only momentarily because Jenkins finally clunks a big mark over Frawley to win his second kick of the night. It’s 20 metres out on a tight angle but his drop punt sails across the face for a minor score. No matter, Cameron and Betts combine with some quick hands and the latter races through the goal square to squirrel through a goal.
The Crows are right in this.
Hawks goal! 3rd quarter (15:07 remaining) Adelaide 8.4 (52) vs Hawthorn 10.6 (66)
Now it’s Hawthorn’s turn to get one against the run of play when Breust marks 25 metres from goal and calmly converts his set shot. He’s got two now to be Hawthorn’s only multiple goal kicker.
Crows goal! 3rd quarter (17:00 remaining) Adelaide 8.3 (51) vs Hawthorn 9.6 (60)
Adelaide almost get off to the ideal start when big Sam Jacobs lopes inside 50 for a shot on goal but he’s fractionally wide to the left so we start with a minor score. There follows some end-to-end but after a mad scramble inside the Adelaide goal square Charlie Cameron picks it up rather laconically and snaps a goal on his left before launching into that pot-stirring celebration again. Apparently it’s a tribute to Houston Rocket James Harden.
@7AFL Charlie Cameron's celebration looked a little like the James Harden 3pointer celebration. pic.twitter.com/PQ7FemLRsN
— Dan Gray (@zeluspt) June 18, 2015
Some first-half stats
Hawthorn lead the disposal count 191-162, clearances 26-22, inside-50s 34-21 and tackles 45-27, which is a pretty accurate reflection of their dominance in most facets of the game.
For the Crows, Dangerfield (18 touches), Sloane (13) and Thompson (14) are all getting plenty of ball but all three hover around the 50% mark for efficiency, which is far from ideal. Thompson and Sloane have gathered 10 each in contested scenarios, which shows you the pressure they’ve generally been under when disposing of the ball. Richard Douglas and Tex Walker have been lively up forward but starved of opportunities for the most part.
Shaun Burgoyne (14 touches at 71.4% efficiency) and Luke Hodge (12 at 91%) have been terrific, as have ball-winning goal kickers Brad Hill and Liam Shiels. The Hawks have 9 separate goal scorers. I’ll be back in a few moments with the start of the second half.
Half time at Adelaide Oval - Hawthorn leads by 16 points
Adelaide 7.2 (44) vs Hawthorn 9.6 (60)
This game is getting very willing now with players grappling aggressively any time the game settles down long enough for a stoush. Ben Stratton has a shot on the siren but it’s rushed across the line by cluster of Adelaide defenders and so ends the first half.
Hawthorn had the better of at least 80% of that but they only lead by 16 points, testament to Adelaide’s ability to capitilise fully on their rare forward entries. Can they keep it up though? I’ll be back in a minute with some stats from that first half.
Crows goal! 2nd quarter (3:26 remaining) Adelaide 7.2 (44) vs Hawthorn 9.5 (59)
The Crows are making another late-quarter run here and this time it’s Charlie Cameron who gallops inside 50 and pings one through on the run from a fast break from the centre. His celebration is interesting. Was he mixing up a bowl of invisible cereal? Was it something more sinnister? Sex, drugs and Coco Pops? I feel like Mark Corrigan from Peep Show...
Adelaide won’t buckle tonight. They’ve been completely outplayed and yet they only trail by 15 points. They should be down by three times as many.
Crows goal! 2nd quarter (4:46 remaining) Adelaide 6.2 (38) vs Hawthorn 9.5 (59)
Geez, Matty Wright has kicked a blistering goal here - a flat, low-flying banana on the run - but it’s been marred by the sight of Tex Walker writhing in pain after laying a heavy shepherd on Mitchell in the build-up. He’s heading off now, Walker.
Hawks goal! 2nd quarter (5:26 remaining) Adelaide 5.2 (32) vs Hawthorn 9.5 (59)
Cyril Rioli’s just a menace tonight. Every time a Crows defender thinks he can breathe he’s got the Hawks dynamo snapping at his heels or harrying him into a mistake. Until Mitchell arrows a pass inside 50 to hit him on a lead, he’s only had 4 disposals but his efforts have been mood-setting. Right as I type that tribute he misses the set shot, of course.
Never mind, Luke Bruest sprints into the goal square moments later to capitlise on Kyle Cheney’s misfortune and slams home his first goal of the night. Nine different Hawks have kicked a goal tonight. I think you call that versatility.
Hawks goal! 2nd quarter (9:00 remaining) Adelaide 5.2 (32) vs Hawthorn 8.4 (52)
He might be the player most likely to make grown men dissolve into jibbering messes, such is his ultra-blokey aura, but Luke Hodge bites off a little more than he can chew attempting a speculative 65-metre shot at goal here and watches his effort dribble out of bounds. In a very manly way, of course.
Then there’s more Cyril Rioli theatrics when he somehow reels in a Shaun Burgoyne shot across the face of goal, crafting a scoring shot out of nothing when his opponent had all but given up. Nothing comes of it directly but it locks the ball inside 50 and less than a minute later Matt Suckling snaps accurately on his left from 20 metres out. Rioli doesn’t get a goal assist for that but he should. He’s a marvel.
Crows goal! 2nd quarter (13:14 remaining) Adelaide 5.2 (32) vs Hawthorn 7.3 (45)
Hawthorn’s stifling pressure, which had disappeared late in the first term, is well and truly back now and it’s forcing Adelaide players to fumble and second-guess themselves. The Crows are at their best on the counter-attack tonight. Any other method of attack appears futile.
For fans of the good old-fashioned hip and shoulder, there’s a beauty from Brian Lake on Betts here as the latter was bearing down on Sam Mitchell, made worse by the fact that Betts ducked his head into the heavy shepherd. Josh Jenkins is having an absolute ‘mare as well - never quite grasping marks and also not getting much love from the umps - but after a sustained period inside 50 for the Crows, Tom Lynch finally powers inside 50 to kick a running goal. Against the run of play - they’ve had 12 fewer inside-50s, for instance - Adelaide continues to hang in there.
Hawks goal! 2nd quarter (19:42 remaining) Adelaide 4.1 (25) vs Hawthorn 7.2 (44)
The Hawks are off to a flyer again! Now ruckman/forward David Hale gets on the board and after just 18 seconds in this second term. He barreled through the 50, picked up a loose ball and banged it home from 40 metres out on the run. That’s the perfect start for Hawthorn.
One other telling stat from the first term: Adelaide went at just 45% efficiency by foot. The worst offenders have been Scott Thompson (9 touches at 50%) and Patrick Dangerfield, whose 11 came at a dismal 33%. The Crows couldn’t hit the side of a barn in the first half-hour.
A stat that tells a story of that first term
Tackle count 25-12 in favour of Hawks is telling early... #AFLCrowsHawks
— Harry Thring (@AFL_Harry) June 18, 2015
Quarter time - Hawthorn lead by 13 points
Adelaide 4.1 (25) vs Hawthorn 6.2 (38)
There’s one last forward entry for the Crows but not enough time on the clock to manufacture a scoring chance, so the Hawks take a 13-point lead to the first break? A fair indication of the way that quarter played out? Probably. The Hawks controlled it for a sustained period by Adelaide clawed its way back in that last 8 minutes or so.
Hawks goal! 1st quarter (0:33 remaining) Adelaide 4.1 (25) vs Hawthorn 6.2 (38)
There’s a moment of Rioli class here and the Hawks have pinched one back. The playmaker leaps in the air to tap the ball into the path of an teammate and in the blink of an eye Liam Shiels has artlessly snapped it high, sightly wide but accurately enough to get the late goal. Phil Walsh will be furious with that one.
Crows goal! 1st quarter (1:22 remaining) Adelaide 4.1 (25) vs Hawthorn 5.2 (32)
Ouch. Patrick Dangerfield has spurned a chance here and the Crows can’t really afford that as they try to haul themselves back into the contest. It was a snap on his right foot and hardly a cinch, but a player of his quality should have snagged it. They’re certainly fighting, the Crows. Whenever Richard Douglas or Tex Walker are in with a sniff it looks like their side is too.
Then the pressure eventually tells when Daniel Talia slips free of his opponent Shoenmakers to mark right where the 50 meets the boundary and his set shot is an absolute rotter but somehow tumbles it’s way through the middle. The Crows are back in this! The Hawks have dominated the quarter and might still squander their hard work.
Crows goal! 1st quarter (4:39 remaining) Adelaide 3.0 (18) vs Hawthorn 5.2 (32)
Now a settler for Adelaide and it’s skipper Tex Walker leading the way when he keeps a cool head and unselfishly centres the ball to Douglas, 25 metres out, straight in front. Douglas goes back to calmly slot his second and the Crows finally get some relief from the avalanche. Basically if the home side wins the centre clearance they kick a goal but in general play they’re just being slaughtered.
Hawks goal! 1st quarter (5:37 remaining) Adelaide 2.0 (12) vs Hawthorn 5.2 (32)
This is getting ugly now because a mere moments after the restart Puopolo finds himself running into an open goal with an acre of space behind him. That was dismal from the home team.
Hawks goal! 1st quarter (6:26 remaining) Adelaide 2.0 (12) vs Hawthorn 4.2 (26)
Adelaide’s basically spent the last 6-7 minutes chasing tail and when they finally do go forward they’re ill-prepared so Dangerfield’s forward entry is intercepted with something close to ease by Brian Lake. Moments later the Hawks have their fourth through a left-footed snap by Isaac Smith and I hate to say it, but they’re looking like they might steamroll the Crows tonight. They can’t even get near them. The pressure is almost non-existent. Very. Worrying. Signs.
Hawks goal! 1st quarter (10:15 remaining) Adelaide 2.0 (12) vs Hawthorn 3.1 (19)
Ryan Shoenmakers has slimmed down noticeably and also made a decent fist of reinventing himself as a key forward this year, but his first attempt on goal tonight is so ropey he fails to register a score at all. Jordan Lewis has a shocker as well, hooking a 55-metre shot (or was it a pass?) out on the full. This game, meanwhile, has settled down a little bit after the goal-scoring frenzy of the opening minutes.
Maybe it’s contagious because even Burgoyne boots one out on the full, which is like watching Zidane hoof a spot kick into the second tier. Moments later Puopolo manages a poster. We’re getting closer. For a sustained period here the Hawks have all the running but they fail to capitalise on it until Gunston fumbles, slips a sideways pass out to Bradley Hill and the latter slams through an open goal from 25 metrs out. They worked hard for that one.
Hawks goal! 1st quarter (16:12 remaining) Adelaide 2.0 (12) vs Hawthorn 2.0 (12)
Hawthorn go forward again and there’s an inevitability about the way Duryea eventually snaps truly on his left from 40 out because the Hawks had been winding up and flicking the ball around patiently in a tantric lead-up the scoring attempt. Duryea simply finished it off.
Crows goal! 1st quarter (17:28 remaining) Adelaide 2.0 (12) vs Hawthorn 1.0 (6)
Another Crows goal! This time it’s skipper Taylor Walker, who gets himself into front position to mark and then threads his set shot from 35 metres out on a slight angle. There’s plenty of aggro after that goal and Eddie Betts is right in the thick of it.
Crows goal! 1st quarter (18:26 remaining) Adelaide 1.0 (6) vs Hawthorn 1.0 (6)
Immediate atonement for Richard Douglas and a huge boost for the Crows here as they burst forward from the restart, after which Betts handpasses to the villain of a minute ago and Douglas snaps neatly on his left for the Crows’ first.
Updated
Hawks goal! 1st quarter (18:50 remaining) Adelaide 0.0 (0) vs Hawthorn 1.0 (6)
Aaaaand we’re off. It’s a full house at the Adelaide Oval and Sam Jacobs win the ball down to Dangerfield for the first clearance of the game. Hawthorn go forward and though the Crows have a chance to clear, Richard Douglas unleashes an absolute shocker, allowing Shiels to flick it inside 50 to Shaun Burgoyne. I don’t think I even need to tell you that from 40 metres out, right in front, Burgoyne makes no mistake. First blood to the Hawks.
Crows run through guard of honor of ex-players @abcgrandstand pic.twitter.com/swlHLz4ErA
— James Coventry (@JCoventry) June 18, 2015
We’re five minutes from the bounce
As Hawthorn run through one of the worst banners in the history of crepe paper (one side just features the hashtag “brownandgold”), Adelaide coach Phil Walsh stops by for a chat with the Seven team. “We can all drive a car but not too many of us can drive a formula One,” he says, before launching into an extended metaphor using automobiles as a symbol of success. Either that or it’s a subliminal plug for Toyota.
The Crows are also out on the ground now and rather than Little Leaguers they’ve copped some high fives on the way through from the 1991 Crows playing list. Tony Modra’s out there looking eerily like present-day Val Kilmer. You can’t win ‘em all.
Your teams tonight
There’s no changes to the selected teams with Paul Puopolo back for the Hawks after that unfortunate collision with an umpire and Richard Douglas in for the Crows.
ADELAIDE CROWS
Luke Brown Kyle Hartigan, Rory Laird, Kyle Cheney, Daniel Talia, Nathan Van Berlo, Rory Sloane, Scott Thompson, Brodie Smith, Charlie Cameron, Tom Lynch, David Mackay, Eddie Betts, Taylor Walker, Josh Jenkins, Sam Jacobs, Patrick Dangerfield, Richard Douglas, Jake Kelly, Matthew Wright, Cam Ellis-Yolmen
SUB: Matt Crouch
HAWTHORN
Shaun Burgoyne, Brian Lake, Sam Mitchell, Ben Stratton, James Frawley, Josh Gibson, Cyril Rioli, Luke Hodge, Isaac Smith, Luke Breust, Ryan Schoenmakers, Jack Gunston, David Hale, Jarryd Roughead, Paul Puopolo, Jonathon Ceglar, Jordan Lewis, Liam Shiels, Bradley Hill, Matthew Suckling, Taylor Duryea
SUB: Billy Hartung
I haven’t seen enough of the pre-game entertainment to judge
...but I’ll just put this out there with no further comment:
The people of South Australia have it hard enough, no need to force The Superjesus on them. #aflcrowshawks
— Sean (@sjhross) June 18, 2015
Preamble
Evening all and welcome to the first ever (don’t quote me on that, I might actually have done one myself at some point) Thursday Night AFL live blog on The Guardian. It’s Adelaide. It’s Hawthorn. On the Adelaide Oval. Going at it. Footy! Garghhhhh!!!!!
Firstly, it’s worth pointing out a milestone: playing the role of Luke O’Sullivan tonight is Kyle Cheney, who after 7 years of honest toil at 3 clubs reaches the 50-game milestone. Someone make sure he’s chaired off the ground when the night is done.
You can get me, Russell Jackson, on the email and Twitter details above and please, please do because I’ve only Wayne Carey for company at the moment and nobody deserves that. I’ll be back in a tic with tonight’s teams.
Is there a greater football photo than this? I’ll stop you there. No, there isn’t. Thanks Blueseum.
I asked our man Russell Jackson for a few preliminary words about tonight’s big clash, and true to form he knocked it out of the park (if you go for idiomatic phrases from different sports, that is).
Tonight as we hit the sofa and tuck ourselves up in blankets (or not, it’s your life and I’m not about to enforce the blanket thing as a hard and fast rule, whatever) before this Adelaide Oval clash between Adelaide and Hawthorn, cast your minds back to the night in 1991 when these two sides first met in AFL competition.
The Allan Joyce-led Hawks were on their way to another flag that year because after all, the early 90s were actually far more 80s than the 80s themselves. But in that Round One clash against the newbie Crows the cocky Victorians were given an old-fashioned spanking, punted from one end of Football Park to the other as the local fans bayed for blood in the manner that South Australians always have and always will; politely and with flawless diction.
The final margin was 86 points and children spilled onto the streets trying to reenact the heroic deeds of John Klug, Bruce Linder and the luxuriously-mulleted Grantley Fielke. Sure we were battling our way through a recession and Angry Anderson loomed on the horizon like a drunk uncle at Christmas lunch, but this was football at its finest. It was LIFE at it’s finest, damn it.
Tonight? Well things just don’t seem so innocent anymore. Players no longer look like apprentice boilermakers but certain key themes remain unchanged; Adelaide are the underdogs and Hawthorn are so sickeningly successful you’d barrack against them if they were playing Isis. The Crows haven’t won this fixture since 2011. Is tonight the night they finally break through again?
Ahh, yore. The golden days of past, sifted through a child’s reminiscences. How else could you justify growing up a ‘Dean Jones fan’..?
Russell will be with us shortly to take you through every point tonight - until then, why not read this comment piece I randomly selected from the Guardian website, in which some guy just smacks-down Bill Shorten?
Absolutely no obligation, obviously.
