Hawks, Saints show they're not spent

Hawthorn's faint pulse is a heartbeat again after they thrashED Carlton by 50 points
on Sunday to prove they're not a spent force this AFL season.
The Hawks entered the game with their season on the line and against in-form
opponents, but produced a major turnaround on last weekend's fortunate win over
Richmond to notch their third victory of the season, a 16.14 (110) to 8.12 (60)
thrashing.
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson justified his confidence after watching his side
prepare well and knew the Hawks had to act in round nine if they were to salvage
something.
"At some point in time you've got to make a stand as a footy club and say our
season's just going to fritter away unless we do something about it," said Clarkson,
whose side is in 12th spot, but still only two games outside the eight.
"It was a pretty strong resolve collectively through the whole group leading into
this game that we could play well and try and put some pressure on Carlton, that
would allow us to get some opportunities to score goals.
"The game panned out that way, it doesn't always pan out as well as you'd like, but
it did today for us."
Hawthorn forwards Lance Franklin (five goals) and Jarryd Roughead (three) relished
another chance to upset Carlton's backline and the Hawks' win was their seventh
straight over the Blues, a run dating back to 2005.
The Hawks were not the only side on Sunday to put a stop to the rot, as St Kilda
beat West Coast 13.13 (91) to 8.8 (56) at Subiaco Oval, and Adelaide beat the
Brisbane Lions 13.15 (95) to 11.15 (81) at AAMI Stadium.