Jack Ginnivan taunts Ken Hinkley with pointed celebration during Hawthorn's win over Port Adelaide

West Australian

19-07-2025

Hawthorn
forward Jack Ginnivan has mocked
Port Adelaide
coach Ken Hinkley with a cheeky celebration during the Hawks' win over the Power on Saturday afternoon.
In wet and wild conditions in Launceston, the Hawks powered away to a 38-point win to temporarily move up to second place on the ladder.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Jack Ginnivan taunts Ken Hinkley.
With the result beyond doubt, Ginnivan added the icing on the cake with a late goal from a set shot.
And he couldn't resist poking fun at Hinkley by doing the aeroplane celebration.
Hinkley was fined $20,000 by the AFL
for his taunting of Ginnivan on the ground after last year's semi-final.
It laid the platform for an explosive rivalry between the two sides.
Cameras flashed to Hinkley after Ginnivan's taunt on Saturday with the departing Power coach appearing to laugh it off.
'He's a good man, Kenny. Sometimes you just got to lick your wounds, don't you. Well done, Kenny,' commentator Dermott Brereton said.
Brad Johnson added: 'That's a brilliant celebration, not over the top, just had the head down, wings out.'
Some Hawthorn fans appeared to boo Hinkley when his reaction was shown on the screen.
'Nah I'm applauding Ken for having a giggle at that,' Brereton said of the booing.
Dwayne Russell, who correctly predicted Ginnivan would do the aeroplane celebration as he lined for goal, hailed Hinkley's reaction.
'Brilliant sportsmanship from Kenny,' he said.
Veteran Hawk Jack Gunston commented on the incident after the match.
'Ginni, he loves the theatre and we love people being themselves out on the field, Sam (Mitchell) embraces that and we all do ... you can do that when you get a win,' Hawthorn veteran Jack Gunston said after the match.
The explosive rivalry added a fresh chapter earlier this year when the Power ended Hawthorn's unbeaten start to the season and Willie Rioli was at the centre of a major flashpoint.
Rioli ruffled Hawthorn players by holding the ball out before kicking a goal before posting on social media about his hatred of the Hawks.
'Play with fire, you're gonna get burnt. My hatred for this club goes way pass (sic) last year('s) antics, what they did to my dad, and my brother, is why I can't stand them. Not the players,' he wrote.
Rioli didn't play in Saturday's clash that was comfortably won by the Hawks.
Veterans Gunston and Jarman Impey both booted three goals and teammate Dylan Moore were superb in Hawthorn's 13.9 (87) to 7.7 (49) victory in atrocious conditions on Saturday at Launceston's UTAS Stadium.
Moore was best-afield with 32 disposals, two goals and nine tackles as the Hawks climbed from seventh to fourth ahead of other results.
But the 11th-placed Power slipped from finals contention - they'll likely be four wins outside the top eight with five games remaining.
Port joined a succession of clubs unable to control Hawthorn's 33-year-old stalwart Gunston, who has now kicked 42 goals this season.
And ex-Port utility Impey put the finishing touches with three goals in a 10-minute burst in the final term.
Port kicked with a gale in the opening quarter, but the Hawks were superb - after a feisty start, scores were locked at 3.2 apiece at the first break.
Hawthorn's Calsher Dear booted the first goal after Port's Ollie Lord was penalised for a behind-play bump on Hawk captain James Sicily.
The Power responded with a Mitch Georgiades goal 18 seconds later and, while Port celebrated, Sicily slung Jack Lukosius to the ground, resulting in a free kick.
Lukosius converted, but the Hawks then generally held sway into the stiff wind, with Dear's late second major levelling scores.
Hawthorn then cashed in with three goals to one in a rain-soaked second stanza, with Gunston booting two, including a stunning 30m set shot from a boundary line.
That strike gave the Hawks a handy 13-point halftime buffer, 6.4 to 4.3, but the lead rapidly disappeared in the third quarter.
Port's Jordon Sweet and Lord goaled with set shots to tie scores, and a tense seven-minute stalemate followed.
But the Hawks, against the tide, then made a decisive break, with goals from the influential Moore and Gunston creating a 12-point advantage at three-quarter time, 8.6 to 6.6.
Hawthorn then swept to victory with five goals to one in the final quarter.
Hawk on-ballers James Worpel (26 disposals) and Josh Ward (26), Impey (26) and Blake Hardwick (27) revelled on the heavy track.
Port's Lukosius and Georgiades scored two goals each, while winger Jase Burgoyne (26 touches) and half-back Kane Farrell (25) were busy.
- With AAP