Tom Hawkins heads Jon Anderson and Mark Robinson’s top 20 performers of Round 18
THERE was plenty of brilliance in Round 18 but Jon Anderson and Mark Robinson have identified the best individual displays. And see who is ranked No. 1 overall for 2018.
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A BIRTHDAY boy and a wily veteran wound the clock back over the weekend to provide the catalyst for their respective teams in vital wins.
Geelong’s Tom Hawkins has managed to reinvent himself in a game that isn’t supposed to suit big-bodied forwards as he averages 11 kicks, seven marks, five handballs and just under three goals per game.
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His matchwinning game against Melbourne was arguably the most complete of his 226-match career, although many would point to his 2011 Grand Final as better due to the size of the stage.
And then there was Heath Shaw of the Giants, another who knows all about playing well in Grand Finals. There were times last year when Shaw looked jittery but the 32-year-old is running and reading it as well as ever.
What else happened? Well, Tom Mitchell got 46 possessions with a disposal efficiency of 78 per cent, plus a lazy nine tackles, two goals, six clearances and 16 contested possies.
Jordan De Goey and Orazio Fantasia kicked multiple goals, as they do, and Dion Prestia tuned the engines up for September.
Gold Coast co-captain Steven May made a timely statement for his embattled club while Gary Ablett said “cop that” to his critics.
Plus big Dawson Simpson dominated to air against Port Adelaide as he gave his star-studded on-ball brigade an armchair ride in the absence of Paddy Ryder.
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