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Hawthorn Hawks vs Port Adelaide Power LIVE: Follow AFL round 19 scores, results, odds, squads and start time from UTAS Stadium in Launceston at 1.20pm AEST. Followed by Sydney Swans vs North Melbourne Kangaroos at 4.15pm at the SCG in Sydney

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Port Adelaide Coach Ken Hinkley said he has no problem with Jack Ginnivan’s aeroplane-style goal celebration in a post-match interview.

“I’m okay with it,” he laughed.

Jack Ginnivan’s aeroplane celebration.

Jack Ginnivan’s aeroplane celebration.Credit: Fox Footy

“I think it’s good for the game, the theatre of the game and good on Jack.

“I mean, brave enough to go out there and play the way he played and do what he needed to do and Hawthorn themselves as a club.

“I won’t be one that sits here and be anything but … acknowledge that it was my turn today.”

Heeney has his third goal and it came just minutes into the final term.

The hitout from Grundy fell right into Heeney’s arms and he snapped with his right boot and put it through the goals.

What a star. Grundy and Heeney have controlled this match.

Swans 57, Roos 39 with 19 minutes left to play.

The Swans are ahead but the less said about that quarter, the better.

It was contested but largely went no where and resulted in little behind a goal to the Roos.

Why haven’t Sydney run away with this game yet? Because they haven’t put the foot down and the Roos haven’t let up with their pressure and chase.

They can steal this if they are good enough.

Isaac Heeney of the Swans takes a mark.

Isaac Heeney of the Swans takes a mark.Credit: Getty Images

Paul Curtis hasn’t had a huge day but he’s come up big to beat Justin McInerney to a bouncing footy soccering it home for what looked like a goal.

McInerney claimed to have touched it, he did before Curtis’ boot came through.

He was right. The review showed his hand got it last.

Sydney 51, Roos 39 with 80 seconds to go in Q3.

Only one goal through 20 minutes of this third quarter - and it was to North Melbourne.

The Swans have kicked four behinds, though, so they’ve had opportunities to put this away but haven’t taken them.

Familiar story, if you’ve been watching them closely this season. Meanwhile, Brodie Grundy has 52 hitouts but is currently off the ground, which is really wrecking his chances of an all-time record this evening.

Brodie Grundy of the Swans taps the ball.

Brodie Grundy of the Swans taps the ball.Credit: for Getty Images

“Must be down on their quota,” Healy quipped on Fox Footy after the umpires called for a surprising score review after it seemed very clear that the ball was touched before heading to goal.

The decision was upheld.

Our Vince Rugari wasn’t impressed either.

Swans 51, Roos 38 with three mins to go in Q3.

The Swans are dominating the footy but not getting on the scoreboard.

So it was no surprise that when the Roos finally found a way into their forward line, skipper Jy Simpkin won the footy and snapped a goal.

It was against the run of play but they will take it.

Swans 49, Roos 36 with nine mins to go in Q3.

Kangaroos head coach Alastair Clarkson speaks to his players.

Kangaroos head coach Alastair Clarkson speaks to his players.Credit: AFL Photos via Getty Images

Chad Warner’s lofted handball turned out to be somewhat of a hospital pass for good mate Errol Gulden who was cluttered into by a chasing North Melbourne defender.

Gulden got up looking winded but he has kept playing but Warner’s passing has earned him some criticism.

“Sometimes Chad just needs to put the creativity into the box,” Gerard Healy said on Fox Footy.

Swans 48, Roos 30 with 12 mins to go in Q3.

Brodie Grundy had 39 hitouts in that first half. If he continues to rack them up at that pace, he will finish with 78 - and just fall short of the all-time record for most in a game which is 80, set by Todd Goldstein for North Melbourne against the Giants in 2015.

Currently second on the leaderboard is Adelaide’s Sam Jacobs (74, vs Melbourne in 2017), and third is Grundy himself, also against the Giants, from back when he was with Collingwood in 2019.

Brodie Grundy of the Swans marks the ball.

Brodie Grundy of the Swans marks the ball.Credit: AFL Photos via Getty Images

This one’s slightly less delicately poised. Though North briefly got their noses in front in the first couple of minutes of that quarter through Jack Darling, the Swans clawed them back quickly and have now extended their lead from six points at quarter-time to 18 points at the long break – 7.5 (47) to 4.5 (29), which feels about right.

The Kangaroos are putting up a decent fight but they’re being outclassed and outworked by a better side, and one with more to play for at this juncture of the season.

Isaac Heeney and Brodie Grundy continue to run amok; they are the two highest possession-getters on the field with 19 and 16 apiece, and a combined 17 clearances. Heeney also has two goals. Clarko, you might want to look at a tag, there.

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