2017 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
2017 season
President Richard Garvey
Coach Alastair Clarkson
Captain(s) Luke Hodge
Home ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (Capacity: 100,018)
University of Tasmania Stadum (Capacity: 23,000)
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Main article: 2017 AFL season

The Hawthorn Football Club's 2017 season will be its 93rd season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Club summary

The 2017 AFL season will be the 121st season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it will be the 93rd season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania and iiNet continued as the club's two major sponsors, as they had done since 2006 and 2013 respectively,[1][2] while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they had done since 2013.[3] Hawthorn continued its alignment with the Box Hill Hawks Football Club in the Victorian Football League, allowing Hawthorn-listed players to play with the Box Hill Hawks when not selected in AFL matches.

Senior personnel

Alastair Clarkson will continue as the club's head coach for the thirteenth consecutive season, while Luke Hodge continued as the club's captain for the seventh consecutive season. Both have held their respective positions since 2005[4] and 2011,[5] respectively.

2017 player squad

Hawthorn Football Club
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff
  • 32 Jack Fitzpatrick
  • 38 Luke Surman
  • 44 Conor Glass (B)
  • James Cousins
  • Oliver Hanrahan
  • Conor Nash (B)

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain
  • (B) Category B rookie

Updated: 28 November 2016
Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Playing list changes

The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2016 season and the beginning of the 2017 season.

In

Player Previous Club League via
Ty Vickery[6] Richmond Australian Football League Free agency
Tom Mitchell[7] Sydney Australian Football League Trade period
Jaeger O'Meara[8] Gold Coast Australian Football League Trade period
Conor Nash[9] N/A N/A International Rookie
Ricky Henderson[10] Adelaide Australian Football League Delisted free agency period
Harry Morrison[11] Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup AFL Draft
Mitchell Lewis[11] Calder Cannons TAC Cup AFL Draft
Oliver Hanrahan[12] St Kevin's Old Boys Victorian Amateur Football Association AFL rookie draft
Jack Fitzpatrick[12] Hawthorn Australian Football League AFL rookie draft
James Cousins[12] Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup AFL rookie draft

Out

Player New Club League via
Shem-Kalvin Tatupu[13] Melbourne Storm National Rugby League Retirement
Bradley Hill[14] Fremantle Australian Football League Trade period
Sam Mitchell[15] West Coast Australian Football League Trade period
Jordan Lewis[16] Melbourne Australian Football League Trade period
Matt Spangher[17] TBD Australian Football League Delisted
Jack Fitzpatrick[17] Hawthorn Australian Football League Delisted
Angus Litherland[17] TBD Australian Football League Delisted
Zac Webster[17] TBD Australian Football League Delisted
Lachlan Langford[17] TBD Australian Football League Delisted
Alex Woodward[17] TBD Australian Football League Delisted
Jermaine Miller-Lewis[17] TBD Australian Football League Delisted

Season summary

Premiership season

Fixture summary

See also: 2017 AFL season

The full fixture was announced on 27 October 2016.[18] The Melbourne Cricket Ground will once again act as Hawthorn's primary home ground, hosting six of the club's eleven home games, with four home games to be played at their secondary home ground, University of Tasmania Stadium, in Launceston, and one home game to be played at Etihad Stadium against the Western Bulldogs in round 23.[19] The club's opponents for the four games in Launceston are St Kilda, Brisbane Lions, Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne in rounds six, eight, 16 and 21 respectively, while the club will play Adelaide, Collingwood, Geelong, Gold Coast and Sydney twice during the regular season.[18]

The Hawks will start the 2017 season with an away match against Essendon, which is set to welcome up to ten of its banned players back from a season-long suspension which had spanned the entire 2016 season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round one;[20] due to the weighted rule, it will be the only time the clubs meet during the regular season. The club's first home game will come the following round, when it hosts 2016 finalists Adelaide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round two.[18] It will travel to Adelaide twice for matches against Port Adelaide and Adelaide (for a second time) in rounds 11 and 14 respectively, while it will also travel to the Gold Coast, Sydney and Perth once each, in rounds three, ten and eighteen respectively. Additionally, it will play two Friday night matches (both against Sydney) and two Thursday night matches (both at the Adelaide Oval) during the regular season, while nine of the club's 21 matches (with the round 23 match against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium still to be scheduled) will be broadcast on free-to-air.[18]

Based on its finishing position from 2016, Hawthorn's fixture was rated the second-most difficult (only behind Greater Western Sydney) by The Age; it is the fifth consecutive season in which it has been dealt either the most or second-most difficult fixture of any club.[21]

Fixture

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Broadcast Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 25 March (7:25 pm) Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) Seven
2 Saturday, April 1 (1:45 pm) Adelaide Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) Fox Footy
3 Sunday, April 9 (4:40 pm) Gold Coast Metricon Stadium (A) Fox Footy
4 Monday, April 17 (3:20 pm) Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) Seven
5 Sunday, 23 April (4:40 pm) West Coast Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) Fox Footy
6 Saturday, April 29 (1:45 pm) St Kilda University of Tasmania Stadium (H) Fox Footy
7 Sunday, 7 May (3:20 pm) Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) Seven
8 Saturday, 13 May (1:45 pm) Brisbane Lions University of Tasmania Stadium (H) Fox Footy
9 Saturday, 20 May (7:25 pm) Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) Seven
10 Friday, 26 May (7:50 pm) Sydney Sydney Cricket Ground (A) Seven
11 Thursday, 1 June (7:20 pm) Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval (A) Seven
12 Saturday, 10 June (1:45 pm) Gold Coast Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) Fox Footy
13 Bye
14 Thursday, 22 June (7:20 pm) Adelaide Adelaide Oval (A) Seven
15 Sunday, 2 July (3:20 pm) Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) Seven
16 Saturday, 8 July (1:45 pm) Greater Western Sydney University of Tasmania Stadium (H) Fox Footy
17 Saturday, 15 July (1:45 pm) Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) Fox Footy
18 Saturday, 22 July (5:40 pm) Fremantle Domain Stadium (A) Fox Footy
19 Friday, 28 July (7:50 pm) Sydney Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) Seven
20 Sunday, 6 August (3:20 pm) Richmond Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) Seven
21 Sunday, 13 August (3:20 pm) North Melbourne University of Tasmania Stadium (H) Seven
22 Saturday, 19 August (7:25 pm) Carlton Etihad Stadium (A) Seven
23 TBC Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium (H) TBC
Source

References

  1. ↑ "Tasmania". Hawthorn Football Club official website. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "iiNet". Hawthorn Football Club official website. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hawks sign five-year deal with Adidas". mUmBRELLA. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hawks appoint Clarkson as coach". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 8 September 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hawks Captain Luke Hodge". Hawthorn Football Club. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vickery becomes a Hawk". Hawthorn Football Club. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Tom Mitchell deal finalised". Hawthorn Football Club. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Hawks land O'Meara". Hawthorn Football Club. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Hawks sign Nash as an international rookie". Hawthorn Football Club. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Ryan, Peter (8 November 2016). "Hawks signs ex-Crow as delisted free agent". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Hawthorn select Morrison and Lewis". Hawthorn Football Club. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 "Hawthorn finalise 2017 list". Hawthorn Football Club. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "Shem Tatupu departs". Hawthorn Football Club. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  14. ↑ Hope, Shayne (13 October 2016). "Brothers reunite as Bradley Hill joins Fremantle". The West Australian. Seven West Media. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Sam Mitchell departs the Hawks". Hawthorn Football Club. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  16. ↑ Browne, Ashley (18 October 2016). "Hawthorn star Jordan Lewis becomes a Demon". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Hawthorn Delist Eight". Triple M. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "Hawthorn welcome 2017 fixture". hawthornfc.com.au. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "2017 Replacement games". hawthornfc.com.au. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  20. ↑ Navaratnam, Dinny (23 October 2016). "Dons-Hawks clash highlights blockbuster opening round". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  21. ↑ Connolly, Rohan (27 October 2016). "AFL fixture 2017: Tough for GWS Giants but difficult draw needn't mean doom and gloom". The Age. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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