by Nicholas Duck
Drouin have gone down swinging in an entertainingly back and forth contest with Sale on Saturday.
Playing away from home in an area that avoided much of the rain that hit other areas of Gippsland, the Hawks were admirable in their efforts, if not in their execution at times.
Though they only led for a small patch of the 11.7 (73) to 13.17 (95) loss the Hawks were thereabouts all day, threatening at times to pinch the game before Sale would respond.

Without the wet bogging down the ground – outside of Sale Oval's crick