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Wearing a new jumper this season, Jonathon Patton is primed to have a big return to senior footy.
Wearing a new jumper this season, Jonathon Patton is primed to have a big return to senior footy.
There is no doubting that James Worpel is one of the league’s best young players.
A host of new faces will pull the black, red and white on for the first time as the St Kilda Saints tackle the Hawthorn Hawks in the first AFL preseason match of 2020. Join The Roar for live scores from 7:10pm (AEDT).
Jeff Kennett has confirmed he will end his second stint as Hawthorn’s president at the end of the AFL season.
When the frenzied media speculation on the future of free agent Stephan Coniglio ended abruptly with his re-signing at GWS, Hawthorn largely receded from the spotlight for the 2019 trade and draft period.
Geelong and Hawthorn have developed a great rivalry over the years, so I’ve theorised the best Hawks-Cats combined team from the players of the last 12 months.
With the 2010s coming to a close, it’s time to look back on the decade that was.
The entry of premiership cycles and stage-appropriate list management into the mainstream consciousness of AFL fans has roots in the Alastair Clarkson-led revival of the Hawthorn Football Club.
Hawthorn are set to lure another No.1 AFL draft pick away from GWS with key forward Jonathon Patton declaring he wants to be traded to the Hawks.
With the 2019 AFL draft in the rearview mirror and club lists finalised for 2020, we decided – despite overwhelming popular opinion – that it’s not at all too early to start speculating about the season ahead.
With the 2019 AFL draft in the rearview mirror and club lists finalised for 2020, we decided – despite overwhelming popular opinion – that it’s not at all too early to start speculating about the season ahead.
With the 2019 AFL draft in the rearview mirror and club lists finalised for 2020, we decided – despite overwhelming popular opinion – that it’s not at all too early to start speculating about the season ahead.
The addendum to any discussion of Hawthorn’s 2019 list is the injury to Brownlow medalist Tom Mitchell.
The addendum to any discussion of Hawthorn’s 2019 list is the injury to Brownlow medalist Tom Mitchell.
The addendum to any discussion of Hawthorn’s 2019 list is the injury to Brownlow medalist Tom Mitchell.
As the siren blew to end a memorable semi-final that saw the fairytale season of the Brisbane Lions end in heartbreak, all eyes moved to the 35-year-old veteran Luke Hodge to see whether he would be chaired off and draw the curtain on a wonderful career.
Today my list analysis and offseason preview series continues with Hawthorn, the club who finished just outside of finals this year, but hasn’t won a September match since the 2015 Grand Final.
We had to wait until the last round to be sure master coach Alastair Clarkson would not be pulling a rabbit out of the hat and making the finals again with an undermanned team.
For ten teams the 2019 season is dust but all is not lost. The post season brings a sense of renewed hope and a clean slate for next year.
It’s do or die for Hawthorn, as they travel to Perth to take on West Coast in a game both teams will be desperate to win. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 8:10pm AEST.
The 7AFL Instagram page has been running polls this week to see who the public think is the greatest player from 2010 until now. These polls got me thinking about some of the great individual players this decade such as Garry Ablett, Nathan Fyfe and Trent Cotchin.
Eighth spot on the AFL ladder can reflect a side that is in team-building purgatory.
Match result: Retiring Hawk Jarryd Roughead was the star of the show in what might be his final game at AFL level, booting six goals against the Gold Coast Suns and leading Hawthorn to a 70-point victory.
With the 2019 season now officially over for the Hawks, all eyes will be on the list management decisions that are made by the football department in one of the more intriguing off-seasons the club has faced in some time.
With the 2019 season now officially over for the Hawks, all eyes will be on the list management decisions that are made by the football department in one of the more intriguing off-seasons the club has faced in some time.
With the 2019 season now officially over for the Hawks, all eyes will be on the list management decisions that are made by the football department in one of the more intriguing off-seasons the club has faced in some time.
Wearing a new jumper this season, Jonathon Patton is primed to have a big return to senior footy.
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I love this time of year.
We get optimistic stories like this and we are all full of promise as to what the season will …(more)