2013 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 2013 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 89th season in the Australian Football League and 112th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

2013 season
President	Andrew Newbold
Coach	Alastair Clarkson
Captain(s)	Luke Hodge
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground Aurora Stadium
Pre-season competition	18th
AFL season	19–3 (1st)
Finals Series	Premiers (Defeated Fremantle 77–62)
Best and Fairest	Josh Gibson
Leading goalkicker	Jarryd Roughead (72)
Highest home attendance	100,007 (Grand Final vs. Fremantle)
Lowest home attendance	10,513 (Round 8 vs. Greater Western Sydney
Average home attendance	47,700
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Overview

After losing the 2012 AFL Grand Final against the Sydney Swans, Hawthorn participated in the 2012 AFL Draft and traded Tom Murphy and Clinton Young to the Gold Coast and Collingwood respectively via the free agency system. The club also picked up Jonathan Simpkin from Geelong. During the main trade period, the Hawks picked up former Western Bulldogs backman Brian Lake and Sydney Swans forward Matthew Spangher and offloaded Stephen Gilham to Greater Western Sydney.^[1]

Playing list changes

The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2012 season and the beginning of the 2013 season.

Trades

7 October 2012	To Hawthorn Brian Lake Pick 27, 2012 AFL draft	To Western Bulldogs Pick 21, 2012 AFL draft Pick 43, 2012 AFL draft
25 October 2012	To Hawthorn Matt Spangher Pick 70, 2012 AFL draft	To Sydney Pick 64, 2012 AFL draft
26 October 2012	To Hawthorn Jed Anderson Pick 28, 2012 AFL draft Pick 66, 2012 AFL draft	To Greater Western Sydney Stephen Gilham Pick 27, 2012 AFL draft Pick 63, 2012 AFL draft

Free Agency

Additions

Date	Player	Type	2012 team	Deal	Compensation	Ref
1 November 2012	Jonathan Simpkin	DFA	Geelong	N/A	None

Departures

Date	Player	Type	2013 team	Deal	Compensation	Ref
12 October 2012	Thomas Murphy	UFA	Gold Coast	Signed 2-year deal	None
19 October 2012	Clinton Young	UFA	Collingwood	Signed 3-year deal	3rd round pick, 2012 AFL draft

Draft

AFL draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
2	28	Tim O'Brien	Glenelg
4	66	Kaiden Brand	West Adelaide
4	70	Michael Osborne[note 1]	Hawthorn

1. Osborne was originally delisted by Hawthorn on 30 October 2012 but was re-drafted

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	15	Jonathon Ceglar	Collingwood
2	28	Ciarán Kilkenny	Dublin GAA

Retirements and delistings

Date	Player	New Club	Reason	Ref
16 July 2012	Cameron Bruce	—	Retired
14 September 2012	Chance Bateman	—	Retired
12 October 2012	Jarrad Boumann	—	Delisted
30 October 2012	Thomas Schneider	—	Delisted
30 October 2012	Adam Pattison	—	Delisted
30 October 2012	Broc McCauley	—	Retired

2013 player squad

2013 Hawthorn Football Club squad

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
2 Jarryd Roughead (VC)  3 Jordan Lewis (VC)  4 Matt Suckling  5 Sam Mitchell (vet)  6 Josh Gibson  7 Michael Osborne (vet)  8 Xavier Ellis  9 Shaun Burgoyne 10 Bradley Hill 11 Brendan Whitecross 12 Brad Sewell (vet) 13 Kyle Cheney 14 Grant Birchall 15 Luke Hodge (C) (vet) 16 Isaac Smith 17 Brian Lake 18 Brent Guerra 19 Jack Gunston 20 David Hale 21 Shane Savage		22 Luke Breust 23 Lance Franklin 24 Ben Stratton 25 Ryan Schoenmakers 26 Liam Shiels 27 Matt Spangher 28 Paul Puopolo 30 Luke Lowden 31 Angus Litherland 32 Jonathan Simpkin 33 Cyril Rioli 34 Jordan Kelly 35 Samuel Grimley 36 Alex Woodward 37 Jed Anderson 38 Mitch Hallahan 39 Max Bailey 40 Tim O'Brien 41 Taylor Duryea 42 Kaiden Brand				29 Will Langford 43 Amos Frank 44 Andrew Boseley 46 Derick Wanganeen 47 Jonathon Ceglar Draft Rookie 45 Kurt Heatherley		Head coach Alastair Clarkson Assistant coaches Leon Cameron (Forward) Adam Yze (Forward) Brendon Bolton (Midfield) Adam Simpson (Midfield) Luke Beveridge (Defence) Damian Monkhorst (Ruck) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie(s) (vet) Veteran's list (ret) Retired Updated: 28 September 2013 Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Fixture

NAB Cup

See also: 2013 NAB Cup

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 23 February (6:40 pm)	Gold Coast	0.4.6 (30)	0.4.5 (29)	Lost by 1 point	Metricon Stadium	7,847
	Saturday, 23 February (7:45 pm)	Brisbane Lions	0.4.8 (32)	0.1.5 (11)	Lost by 21 points	Metricon Stadium	–
2	Friday, 1 March (7:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	1.10.6 (75)	2.8.8 (74)	Lost by 1 point	Etihad Stadium (A)	8,162
3	Saturday, 9 March (1:10 pm)	Richmond	0.13.6 (84)	0.13.7 (85)	Lost by 1 point	Aurora Stadium (H)	8,601

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Monday, 1 April (3:20 pm)	Geelong	12.14 (86)	13.15 (93)	Lost by 7 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	76,300	0–1	Report
2	Sunday, 7 April (2:20 pm)	West Coast	15.8 (98)	23.10 (148)	Won by 50 points	Patersons Stadium (A)	38,389	1–1	Report
3	Sunday, 14 April (3:20 pm)	Collingwood	13.12 (90)	22.13 (145)	Won by 55 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	72,254	2–1	Report
4	Saturday, 20 April (1:45 pm)	Fremantle	18.10 (118)	11.10 (76)	Won by 42 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	12,619	3–1	Report
5	Sunday, 28 April (4:40 pm)	North Melbourne	14.15 (99)	13.18 (96)	Won by 3 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	42,103	4–1	Report
6	Saturday, 4 May (4:10 pm)	Adelaide	11.12 (78)	13.11 (89)	Won by 11 points	AAMI Stadium (A)	37,324	5–1	Report
7	Saturday, 11 May (7:40 pm)	Sydney	18.11 (119)	12.10 (82)	Won by 37 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	54,725	6–1	Report
8	Saturday, 18 May (2:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	21.14 (140)	9.3 (57)	Won by 83 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	10,513	7–1	Report
9	Sunday, 26 May (1:10 pm)	Gold Coast	18.10 (118)	14.8 (92)	Won by 26 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	28,112	8–1	Report
10	Sunday, 2 June (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	6.12 (48)	21.17 (143)	Won by 95 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	28,546	9–1	Report
11	Bye
12	Friday, 14 June (7:50 pm)	Carlton	13.9 (87)	15.12 (102)	Won by 15 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	45,670	10–1	Report
13	Friday, 21 June (7:50 pm)	West Coast	19.9 (123)	16.7 (103)	Won by 20 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	32,567	11–1	Report
14	Sunday, 30 June (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	21.17 (143)	12.13 (85)	Won by 58 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	15,796	12–1	Report
15	Saturday, 6 July (7:40 pm)	Geelong	11.16 (82)	10.12 (72)	Lost by 10 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	85,197	12–2	Report
16	Saturday, 13 July (1:15 pm)	Port Adelaide	12.7 (79)	19.10 (124)	Won by 45 points	AAMI Stadium (A)	23,748	13–2	Report
17	Saturday, 20 July (1:45 pm)	Western Bulldogs	13.17 (95)	11.10 (76)	Won by 19 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	14,022	14–2	Report
18	Friday, 26 July (7:50 pm)	Essendon	13.9 (87)	22.11 (143)	Won by 56 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	49,505	15–2	Report
19	Saturday, 3 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond	9.12 (66)	16.11 (107)	Lost by 41 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	64,324	15–3	Report
20	Friday, 9 August (7:50 pm)	St Kilda	7.14 (56)	14.18 (102)	Won by 46 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	24,765	16–3	Report
21	Friday, 16 August (7:50 pm)	Collingwood	18.11 (119)	12.12 (84)	Won by 35 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	71,533	17–3	Report
22	Saturday, 24 August (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	15.13 (103)	17.15 (117)	Won by 14 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	33,039	18–3	Report
23	Friday, 30 August (7:50 pm)	Sydney	16.4 (100)	17.10 (112)	Won by 12 points	ANZ Stadium (A)	37,980	19–3	Report
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Ladder

2013 AFL ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Hawthorn (P)	22	19	3	0	2523	1859	135.7	76	Finals series
2	Geelong	22	18	4	0	2409	1776	135.6	72
3	Fremantle	22	16	5	1	2035	1518	134.1	66
4	Sydney	22	15	6	1	2244	1694	132.5	62
5	Richmond	22	15	7	0	2154	1754	122.8	60
6	Collingwood	22	14	8	0	2148	1868	115.0	56
7	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	2051	2002	102.4	48
8	Carlton	22	11	11	0	2125	1992	106.7	44
9	Essendon	22	14	8	0	2145	2000	107.3	56[a]
10	North Melbourne	22	10	12	0	2307	1930	119.5	40
11	Adelaide	22	10	12	0	2064	1909	108.1	40
12	Brisbane Lions	22	10	12	0	1922	2144	89.6	40
13	West Coast	22	9	13	0	2038	2139	95.3	36
14	Gold Coast	22	8	14	0	1918	2091	91.7	32
15	Western Bulldogs	22	8	14	0	1926	2262	85.1	32
16	St Kilda	22	5	17	0	1751	2120	82.6	20
17	Melbourne	22	2	20	0	1455	2691	54.1	8
18	Greater Western Sydney	22	1	21	0	1524	2990	51.0	4

Source: AFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Notes:

1. Essendon was relegated to ninth due to irregularities in its supplements program during the 2012 season.^[3]

Finals series

See also: 2013 AFL finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Report
			Home	Away	Result
Qualifying final	Friday, 6 September (7:50 pm)	Sydney	15.15 (105)	7.9 (51)	Won by 54 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	59,615	Report
Semi-final	Advanced to Preliminary final
Preliminary final	Friday, 20 September (7:50 pm)	Geelong	14.18 (102)	15.7 (97)	Won by 5 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	85,569	Report
Grand Final	Saturday, 28 September (2:30 pm)	Fremantle	11.11 (77)	8.14 (62)	Won by 15 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	100,007	Report
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Awards, Records & Milestones

Awards

• Round 3 - Jed Anderson - 2013 AFL Rising Star nomination
• Round 6 - Brad Hill - 2013 AFL Rising Star nomination
• Round 23 - Jarryd Roughead - Coleman Medallist
• All Australian Selection - Sam Mitchell, Jarryd Roughead
• Coleman Medal - Jarryd Roughead
• Norm Smith Medal - Brian Lake

Records

• 300th goal - Jarryd Roughead
• 150th goal - Luke Hodge
• 150th goal - Cyril Rioli
• 100th goal - Jordan Lewis
• 100th goal - Luke Breust
• 100th goal - Jack Gunston
• 50th goal - Isaac Smith

Hawthorn win 12 games in a row from round 2 to 14. Equal 1961 as club's longest winning run.^[4]

Milestones

• Round 1 - Jed Anderson ( AFL debut)
• Round 3 - Taylor Duryea (AFL debut)
• Round 5 - Brian Lake (Debut at Hawthorn)
• Round 6 - Jonathan Simpkin (Debut at Hawthorn)
• Round 6 - David Hale (50th AFL game for Hawthorn)
• Round 7 - Brian Lake (200th AFL game)
• Round 8 - Matthew Spangher (Debut at Hawthorn)
• Round 9 - Sam Grimley (AFL debut)
• Round 9 - Luke Breust (50th AFL game)
• Round 9 - Paul Puopolo (50th AFL game)
• Round 13 - Brent Guerra (150th AFL game for Hawthorn)
• Round 14 - John Ceglar (AFL debut)
• Round 14 - Isaac Smith (50th AFL game)
• Round 17 - Will Langford (AFL debut)
• Round 17 - Shane Savage (50th AFL game)
• Round 19 - Brent Guerra (250th AFL game)
• Round 20 - Jack Gunston (50th AFL game)
• Qual Final - First time ever, Hawthorn's all-time 'points for' tally was greater than their all-time 'points against' tally.^[4]