Aaaah…pretty hard to tell honestly.
I only saw a quarter of the Richmond game and the second half of the Hawthorn game.
If I had to say, the Richmond game appeared much more intense. Much more physical if you get my meaning. The Hawthorn game was much more relaxed. If we had of played them on Friday night I reckon we probably would have walloped them.
However, in saying that, the Hawthorn style of play was better. Bit more open, more running etc. Skill level/execution on about a par i.e. pretty average at times.
The Hawthorn game had a lot of their regaular seniors out.
One thing I did notice was that the Hawthorn squad is very young and skinny, bit like ours albeit with a few more talls going around. Franklin, Mitchell, Roughead and Birchall were the best from what I saw. Dowler did a couple of handy things.
Anyone been to that new setup out at the old Waverley Park ? Bizzare. Not bad, but very strange having apartments backing right out onto the training ground and having a public gym, coffe shop, dentist and lounge bar all in the same precinct as the club’s admin and training. They don’t have any lights around the ground either from what I could gather.