Sam Mitchell was straight to the point when asked if he had a plan to curb Fremantle wizard Shai Bolton in Thursday night’s blockbuster at Optus Stadium.
“Yeah, more than one,” the Hawthorn coach quipped.
“He’s an enormously talented player, and offensively, he’s creating enormous problems for the opposition, and what he does in the front half in particular is very difficult to replicate and difficult to stop. But, yeah, we certainly have a plan for him.”
Indeed, this contest between the second and third-placed teams features two footballing wizards: the mercurial Bolton, who thrives late in games, and Nick Watson, the man actually dubbed “the Wizard”, who also flourishes when the spotlight is at its brightest.
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