Each top eight team’s most important player in the run to the finals

Hawthorn Hawks: Luke Breust

To say Luke Breust is in poor form would be wrong, but the fact remains that he is not as efficient in front of goal as he was last year. As a consequence, the Hawks are not hitting the scoreboard as profoundly, which becomes more of an issue with key man Jarryd Roughead to miss the rest of the year. They are still well within range to go back to back to back to back, but having not been as good as in years past, Hawthorn will need a special season out of players like Bruest in order to win a fourth flag in a row.