A Buddy big relief for Bombers

By Matt Murnane
Updated March 26 2014 - 6:08pm, first published March 25 2014 - 11:31pm

Of the expected six players missing from Hawthorn’s premiership 22 for Friday night’s blockbuster against Essendon, there is one whose absence is of particular relief to the Bombers. No, it is not Brian Lake, although the thought of Joe Daniher or Jake Carlisle muscling an undersized Hawk defender in a manner they would be unable to do to Lake, must have crossed the mind of Bombers coach Mark Thompson.