Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
Prediction - we'll have scrappy win by 4 goals or less, Hardwick ("oh look we were under no illusions.... they're a completely different side up here") will celebrate like it's a finals victory, Grigg will get 30 useless posessions, Vickery will kick 4 gimme goals, Shank will fluke another 3, Newman will have his one good game for the year, this will be enough to reaffirm Hardwick's faith in the "essential role players" and convince him he's still on track.
Unchanged side for Hawthorn - big talk all week about how we "have the wood on them"....followed by a 12 goal thrashing by them....followed by 15 goal thrashing by Geelong....barring injuries, unchanged side for all three games.
Then it's Melbourne and the crossroads.....