Having called some of their career's most iconic moments commentary icon Bruce McAvaney stood tall alongside Sam Mitchell, Jimmy Bartel, Corey Enright, and Mark Williams as they were all inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Hawthorn were 20 points behind Geelong, having lost to the Cats 11 consecutive times since upsetting them in the 2008 grand final.Hawthorn’s Sam Mitchell had polled 13 Brownlow votes in the 10 home and away encounters that became part of the epic rivalry, despite being on the losing team each time.Vince Caligiuri
How right he was as key players of the Cats golden era; Bartel and Enright, watched the Hawks set sail on their own golden era that would yield the next three flags. Bartel and Enright were already triple premiership players.That game wasn’t the only time he changed the course of Hawthorn’s history. Mitchell also laid a tackle on Richmond’s Shane Tuck in round 8, 2010 when pressure was building on the club and coach after six straight losses.
Initially the doubters outnumbered the supporters, with Mitchell overlooked in the draft before Hawks recruiter John Turnbull used pick No.31 in the 2001 “super draft” to add the Box Hill battler to Hawthorn’s list. A great mark for his size, Bartel could play anywhere but his inside play was unmatched, a famous image of him almost kneeling as he shot out a handball ingrained in the mind. Bartel was tough but always played the ball and his ability in wet weather made him football’s Van Der Hum.
Enright played like a Cat, rarely losing his feet, intercepting the ball and doing the basics well every time. As a defender he put forwards to sleep and then repelled without any fanfare. He also kept the game in perspective, as the joke teller when the Cats decided to make footy fun inside the club as the scrutiny and pressure grew outside.
There was nowhere else in the world McAvaney wanted to be at that moment as he found the perfect pitch to reveal the gravity of the moment.
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