The Bulldogs Win Against the Hawks - AFL 2006 -

The Bulldogs got off to a slow start against the Hawks kicking just the one goal to the Hawks 4 but steadied in the second and kicked 6 goals to the Hawks 3, The Doggies ran out eventual winners kicking 9 goals to 6 in the last half.

The Best Players for The Bulldogs were : Brad Johnson with 30 possessions, 11 marks and four goals, while Scott West (34 touches) and Daniel Cross (30 disposals) . The Bulldogs look to have uncovered a real talent in Shaun Higgins, who gathered 22 possessions and kicked two goals in just his second game of AFL football.

The Coaches Said :

Rodney Eade : "I think as a team there was a great persistence all day and to Hawthorn's credit they obviously stuck at it," he said."It was certainly a pleasing win - I don't know if was one of our better wins - I would have liked to have put a bit more scoreboard pressure on early which may have helped, but certainly from a coaching point of view I was pleased with the persistence."

Alastair Clarkson : "It was a good game of footy from where we sat in the coaches box," Clarkson said."It was a good contest from go to woe, we got away to a good start and were perhaps a little bit fortunate that the Doggies kicked inaccurately early but maybe that was because of Hawthorn's good pressure as well.""We were really pleased with our start to the game and we just let it slip in a couple of areas in the second quarter where the Dogs, they're a fantastic running side, they just got a little bit of a run on."

WESTERN BULLDOGS: 1.7, 7.9, 11.11, 16.13 (109)
HAWTHORN: 4.3, 7.7, 10.8, 13.10 (88)

GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Johnson 4, Higgins 2, Grant, Griffen, Robbins, Eagleton, Montgomery, Cooney, Hargrave, Hahn, McMahon, Cross

BEST – Western Bulldogs: Johnson, West, Griffen, Cross, Higgins, Grant, Cooney