05/09/2008 11:35 PM
Roughead followed up with his second and Franklin his sixth, the lead had blown out to 58 points and it was game over.
The task for Alastair Clarkson, who was without the services of Trent Croad with a foot injury from late in the second quarter, was to make sure the remaining 21 made it through to the final siren unscathed.
They only just made it to the line as Rick Ladson (shoulder), Grant Birchall (corked hip) and Cameron Stokes (leg) all finished the match with injury issues.
The Hawks jump straight to a Preliminary Final in two weeks while the Bulldogs advance to a semi-final next weekend where they'll play the winner of Saturday night's Elimination Final between Sydney and North Melbourne.
HAWTHORN: 4.5, 10.12, 15.17, 18.19 (127)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 2.1, 4.4, 7.7, 11.10 (76)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Franklin 8, Osborne 4, Roughead 3, Brown, Crawford, Lewis
Western Bulldogs: Akermanis 3, Giansiracusa 2, Hill 2, Cooney 2, Johnson, Griffen
BEST: Hawthorn: Franklin, Hodge, Sewell, Lewis, Osborne, Mitchell, Bateman
Western Bulldogs: Cross, Boyd, Giansiracusa, Hill, Lake, Cooney
INJURIES: Hawthorn: Trent Croad (foot), Birchall (hip), Ladson (shoulder)
Western Bulldogs: Murphy (corked knee), Gilbee (corked calf)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Stephen Gilham (virus) replaced by Cameron Stokes in the Hawthorn selected side
UMPIRES: Donlon, Rosebury, S.Ryan
CROWD: 76,703 at the MCG