Breaking down the numbers behind Hawthorn's staggering rise up the AFL ladder in 2024
ABCComing into the 2024 season hopes for success for Hawthorn were pretty restrained. "I think pressure plays a big part in the way we play our brand, it needs to be done in the middle of the ground and as forwards as well putting on that chase pressure, that hack kick if you like can come the defender's way and we can rebound off that," Hawks veteran Jarman Impey told RSN Radio two weeks ago. While the Hawks have regenerated their list via somewhat unconventional means in recent years, the defensive grouping — the key to their current success — has been mostly the same group. That's despite the Hawks sitting relatively lowly in their raw pressure act numbers. When the Hawks win the ball in live play they tend to do a lot of damage — especially if they can put speed into the transition.
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