Hawks debrief plus local sport | March 8, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion

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WATCH: Illawarra Mercury sports reporters Jordan Warren and Agron Latifi discuss what went wrong for the Illawarra Hawks in game one against Melbourne United and also preview the weekend's local football and cricket action.

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00:00 Hello, happy Friday. I'm Jordan Warren joined by Agron Latifi and it actually is

00:04 not a happy Friday is it, Gronny? We saw the Hawks go down against Melbourne

00:07 United last night. Talk me through that one. That was tough to watch, Jordan. That was very tough to

00:11 watch. You know, for a moment there, Hawks fans were celebrating, thinking Sunday

00:16 game away from a grand final berth, a win away from a grand final berth.

00:20 Unfortunately it wasn't to be but all's not lost. We've got one more chance.

00:24 It's do or die again. We've shown previously when our backs are against the wall

00:29 that the Hawks come out firing. So best of luck to Justin Tatum and the Hawks on

00:34 Sunday. Only a win will do and send the game to game three on Wednesday in Melbourne.

00:39 Where do you think that the game went wrong for the Hawks?

00:42 Obviously going into that last quarter had that, what was it, 16 point lead.

00:46 That's an incredible lead to blow. What do you think, watching the game,

00:49 what do you think went wrong for the Hawks? A lot. A lot went wrong. I mean, Tatum was right in saying,

00:56 JT was right in saying that the referee went against them. But that wasn't the

01:02 reason they lost. Even against the Breakers, we blew a lead.

01:06 You know, they came back to haunt. We found a way to win there but

01:10 we couldn't against Melbourne, they're the top team, they finished first for a reason.

01:15 Hopefully, you know, the boys' confidence isn't shot and they come back and

01:21 I'm sure they'll give it their best and they've had a great season.

01:25 It's been a remarkable season. We're 2-7, you know, we've sacked our coach.

01:30 Justin Tain come in, he's done a remarkable job. The team's done a remarkable job.

01:35 He's hoping they can just, you know, find a way to win and you never know.

01:40 Yeah, no, all is not lost, Ronnie. There's still plenty of hope so get out and support the Hawks on Sunday.

01:46 There's plenty of other sport happening this weekend too. Of course, we've got some football.

01:49 We've got the Illawarra Premier League. We'll be at the Coniston versus Wollongong United game on Saturday.

01:54 That's set to be a massive clash. I'll be covering the Wolves on Sunday.

01:57 They're away. Of course, they had a massive 4-0 victory midweek against rivals Sutherland.

02:01 And, Ronnie, where are you at? I'll be at the cricket. The cricket, there's Illawarra and South Coast crickets on.

02:06 It's the final week before the finals start.

02:11 Big game is the grand final replay between Wollongong and Northern Districts.

02:16 Northern Districts, the Butchers have been the form team of the competition.

02:19 Even though they're coming fourth, they haven't lost in about seven games.

02:23 But it's Kiro who's going to probably finish the season on top.

02:28 On South Coast cricket, Lake Illawarra, the kings of South Coast cricket, they're right up there again.

02:36 If they beat Bury on the final on Saturday, they'll finish top again.

02:41 Yeah, it should be an exciting weekend.

02:44 If you're remiss of me to not mention the Stingrays, the Julie Porter Cup is also on.

02:48 Head to the illawarramercury.com.au website for all the latest news.

02:51 we'll be covering all the sport on the weekend.

02:53 So head to that website.

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