Hot Hawks eye off three-peat as error-prone Freo rues mistakes - AFL.com.au

Hot Hawks eye off three-peat as error-prone Freo rues mistakes

Jennifer Phelan September 25, 2015 10:50 PM

HAWTHORN is on the verge of a premiership three-peat and football immortality after dispatching of a brave Fremantle by 27 points in Friday night's preliminary final at Domain Stadium. The Hawks' 15.4 (94) to 10.7 (67) win means they will contest their fourth straight Grand Final next Saturday, against the winner of Saturday night's West Coast-North Melbourne prelim.

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They are now in a position become just the fifth club in history to claim three consecutive flags, after winning through to the decider despite two trips to Perth in as many weeks.

There was plenty of drama in the hotly contested final, played in front of a parochial and amplified West Australian crowd.

Divisive umpiring calls, persistent bouts of wrestling, two potentially dangerous fan incidents where Isaac Smith and later Luke Breust got up close and personal with Fremantle fans, and a one-legged but brave Nat Fyfe were all subplots of the entertaining bout.

However the Hawks weren't headed after they hit the front at the 18-minute mark of
the first quarter and at one stage were 28 points clear, but the Dockers made several spirited charges after kicking the game's first two goals.

They moved within 11 points early in the fourth but were burnt by missed opportunities from Michael Barlow and Michael Walters, before Tom Sheridan made a horrendous error at half-back.

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