{"id":74444,"date":"2021-05-22T06:56:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T06:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=74444"},"modified":"2021-05-22T09:07:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T09:07:55","slug":"blues-snap-21-year-drought-in-win-over-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=74444","title":{"rendered":"Blues snap 21-year drought in win over Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlton has ended a 21-year drought by defeating Hawthorn at the MCG for the first time since the 2000 season with a hard-fought 23-point win.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being favourites coming into the match, the Blues were pushed hard by the lowly Hawks, before prevailing <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/live-scores\/carlton-v-hawthorn-afl-home-and-away\/113761003\" title=\"13. 8. (86) to 9. 9. (63) winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">13. 8. (86) to 9. 9. (63) winners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a tough start at his new club, Blues coach David Teague moved star recruit <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/zac-williams\" title=\"Zac Williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zac Williams<\/a> to a more familiar halfback position and it paid immediate dividends.<\/p>\n<p>Williams tallied a season-high 26 disposals and kicked his first goal in Carlton colours while also leading the team in metres gained with 764m.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"2afaa4c2-4a88-4ee2-852e-66c3aa6944b5\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/2afaa4c2-4a88-4ee2-852e-66c3aa6944b5\" alt=\"Zac Williams\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Teague&#x27;s move to send Williams back into defence also unlocked fellow star recruit <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/adam-saad\" title=\"Adam Saad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Saad<\/a>, who also collected 26 disposals and gained 658m. <\/p>\n<p>Williams and Saad were far from the only Blues to enjoy strong outings, with Sam Walsh continuing his sensational season with another 30 disposals and a goal in the win.<\/p>\n<p>Hawthorn&#x27;s efforts were led by the tireless Tom Mitchell, who continued a strong month of football with a game-high 44 disposals, while Luke Breust kicked three goals.<\/p>\n<p>Carlton will aim to secure back-to-back wins when it faces the Swans in Sydney, while Hawthorn will travel to the Gold Coast to face the Suns.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Carlton has ended a 21-year drought by defeating Hawthorn at the MCG for the first time since the 2000 season with a hard-fought 23-point win. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=74444\" title=\"Blues snap 21-year drought in win over Hawks\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74446,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74444\/revisions\/74446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}