Hawkins to miss Cats’ AFL prelim final

Star Geelong forward Tom Hawkins is out of Friday night’s AFL preliminary final against Richmond.

The Cats have failed at the tribunal to downgrade Hawkins’ penalty from a one-match ban to a fine.

After an hour-long hearing on Monday night, the jury took just seven minutes to uphold the original ruling, that it was an intentional strike.

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