Hawks dig deep to overcome Boomers

Augusta-Margaret River came from behind at three-quarter-time to defeat the Eaton Boomers 6.12 (48) to 5.8 (38) at a soggy Gloucester Park on Sunday. Despite his side improving to 5-1, Hawks coach Matt Jamieson praised the Boomers’ work rate across the afternoon. “We probably did not capitalise enough on a lot of our inside-50 entries early,” he said. “If we had kicked four goals in the first quarter, it could have nearly put the game away, given the conditions. “To their (Boomers) credit, and as I said to their coach Darren Rigby, they are definitely not the worst 0-6 team I have come up against, that’s for sure. “They have a few good ones still in there and they stuck pretty fat for most of the day. “It was effectively level at three-quarter-time, which I said to the boys was probably going to be the way, given the conditions. “But a bit of class at the end, and were able to get things a little bit more on our terms in the last quarter when we needed to.”