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The Hawks got a bad case of the yips on grand final day last year when they kicked 11.15 and the disease struck again on Friday night, Fox Sports AFL correspondent Julian de Stoop writes.
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In The Penthouse
Hawthorn
Finally the Hawks broke the Kennett curse. And full credit to them given they looked in all sorts of trouble at three quarter time when they trailed by 20 points.
But led by Sam Mitchell and Shaun Burgoyne Hawthorn dominated the final term kicking 4.8 to 1.7 to win by five points. It was the same margin they beat Adelaide by in last year's preliminary final. The year before they lost to Collingwood by three points.
The Hawks have been outstanding in final quarters this season, winning 19 of 24.
Overall it was another cracking game between these two great rivals and let's hope the two clubs can keep serving up these sort of contests for a few more years yet.
Sam Mitchell
Does this man ever play a bad game?
On a night when a host of Hawthorn stars including Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead, Luke Hodge and Cyril Rioli all struggled, the former skipper put on a masterclass - particularly at the centre bounce.
Mitchell had nine centre clearances (a record for a preliminary or Grand Final) to go with his 38 disposals.
For much of the game Mitchell went head to head with Steve Johnson but life won't be as easy in the grand final when he confronts the "human glove" Ryan Crowley
Steve Johnson
What a great big-game performer this man is.
Johnson won the Norm Smith Medal in 2007, after kicking six goals against Port Adelaide. He kicked four goals in the 2011 grand final despite carrying a serious knee injury into the game and on Friday night he nearly kicked his Cats into another grand final kicking four goals and gathering 32 disposals.
Dockers Defensive Pressure
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The Dockers have been renowned for their defensive pressure under Ross Lyon but in the first half against the Swans they took it to another level.
Spurred on by a packed Paterson's Stadium, Fremantle didn't give the reigning premiers one second to breath as they set up a match-winning 38-point lead at half-time.
The Dockers played their game in their own half, had 18 shots to four and in the second term Sydney didn't get their first possession inside their own forward 50 until the 25-minute mark.
Chris Mayne led the way on the night with a career high 13 tackles and if they can produce a performance like that for four quarters against the Hawks they may just snare their first premiership.
Nat Fyfe
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With his mop of blonde hair and fearless attack at the ball, Nat Fyfe has often been compared to James Hird, and in this finals series he's playing very much like the former Essendon champion.
Fyfe took Norm Smith Medallist Ryan O'Keefe to the cleaners gathering 27 disposals and kicking two goals.
The 22 year-old was also one of the best on ground in the Dockers qualifying final win over Geelong.
This time next year he may be in the top three players in the game.
In The Outhouse
Brendan Whitecross
In a footballing sense this is a tragedy.
For the second year in a row Whitecross will miss the grand final with a serious knee injury. Cruelly, the midfielder suffered the injury in the dying minutes of the Hawks' thrilling win over the Cats.
Whitecross has a fantastic attitude, is a very popular member of the club and everyone in football hopes he comes back bigger and better towards the end of next season.
Hawks yips
The Hawks got a bad case of the yips on grand final day last year when they kicked 11.15 and the disease struck again on Friday night.
Hawthorn kicked just 14 goals from 32 scoring shots to win by just five points despite having 10 more scoring shots than Geelong.
Luke Breust has struggled with his set shot conversion all season and did so again kicking 1.3.
Against the stingy Dockers, the Hawks will have to take their chances.
Cyril Rioli advantage call
The decision to pay advantage to Cyril Rioli on Friday night when it was clear he didn't know he had been paid the mark was a shocker.
In fairness it was a rare error in a high pressure game that was umpired well but if the Hawks had lost narrowly the Rioli decision would have been a big talking point.
Dustin Martin contract saga
Memo to Dustin Martin. Get rid of Ralph Carr as your manager immediately.
The young Tiger stars now looks likely to stay at Richmond with interest from other clubs waning by the day. If he stays at Punt Road Martin is likely to playing for about $80,000 less per season than he has been over the past two years.
Martin wanted to sign three weeks ago but Carr held out for more money. He was poorly handled by the manager but if the troubled star stays at Tigerland it's been a masterstroke by the Richmond hierarchy.
Farewell
If Martin wants a new manager he should look no further than retiring Swans great Jude Bolton.
The dual premiership player is moving into player management after his 325-game career came to an end on Saturday night.
Bolton was given a fitting send off with the Dockers forming a guard of honour.
Bolton has been all class on and off the field and retires having laid more tackles than any other player in the game's history.
There could also be some changes at Geelong this week. Josh Hunt and Joel Corey have more than likely played their last games while the futures of Paul Chapman and James Podsiadly remain up in the air.
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