‘No ceiling’ for high-flying Hawks, Roos lost ‘fizz’ in final rounds

HAWTHORN is confident its surge to the top eight will have them primed for a first taste of September footy in six years.

The Hawks officially qualified for the finals with a 124-point thrashing of North Melbourne on Saturday afternoon in Launceston, and have now won five of their past six games to secure their first top eight spot since 2018, capping a stunning rise after a 0-5 start to the season.

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“We’ve known for six weeks we could maybe afford to lose one game and we did lose that one game,” Hawks coach Sam Mitchell said.

“We’re going to have to be consistent for another four games if we’re going to get all the way … winning finals is tough to do but we’ve given ourselves chances.