2017 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 2017 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 93rd season in the Australian Football League and 116th overall, the 18th season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 17th season playing home games at the newly named University of Tasmania Stadium, the 13th season under head coach Alastair Clarkson, and the 1st season with Jarryd Roughead as club captain. This was the first time since 2013 that Hawthorn didn't enter the season as the defending premiers.

Hawthorn Football Club

2017 season
President	Richard Garvey
Coach	Alastair Clarkson
Captain(s)	Jarryd Roughead
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground University of Tasmania Stadium
AFL season	10–11–1 (12th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Tom Mitchell
Leading goalkicker	Jarryd Roughead (38)
Highest home attendance	62,360 (Round 4 vs. Geelong)
Lowest home attendance	10,553 (Round 8 vs. Brisbane Lions)
Average home attendance	33,257
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Hawthorn started the season 0–4 for the first time since 1998. Hawthorn failed to match their 17–5 record from 2016, finishing in 12th with a 10–11–1 record. With Hawthorn's 7 point loss to Carlton in round 22, they were eliminated from finals contention for this first time since 2009. This was also the first time since 2005, Hawthorn were defeated by Carlton. This was also the first time under Clarkson that no player kicked 50 goals for the season.

Club summary

The 2017 AFL season is the 121st season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was 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 continued as the club's head coach for the thirteenth consecutive season. In a surprise announcement, Jarryd Roughead replaced Luke Hodge as the club's captain on 20 January 2017 after the latter had led the club since 2011.^[4]

It was announced in December 2016 that Stuart Fox would leave his position as the club's Chief Executive Officer to take up the same position with the Melbourne Cricket Club at the end of February 2017.^[5] On 1 May, Tracey Gaudry was appointed the club's new CEO.^[6]

Playing list changes

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

Trades

13 October 2016	To Hawthorn Pick 23, 2016 AFL draft	To Fremantle Bradley Hill	[7]
14 October 2016	To Hawthorn Pick 52, 2016 AFL draft Pick 70, 2016 AFL draft Pick 88, 2016 AFL draft	To West Coast Sam Mitchell Pick 54, 2016 AFL draft Pick 72, 2016 AFL draft	[8]
14 October 2016	To Hawthorn Tom Mitchell Pick 57, 2016 AFL draft	To Sydney Pick 14, 2016 AFL draft Pick 52, 2016 AFL draft	[9]
14 October 2016	To Hawthorn Pick 10, 2016 AFL draft Pick 68, 2016 AFL draft	To St Kilda Pick 23, 2016 AFL draft Pick 36, 2016 AFL draft 1st round pick, 2017 AFL draft	[10]
18 October 2016	To Hawthorn Pick 48, 2016 AFL draft Pick 66, 2016 AFL draft	To Melbourne Jordan Lewis Pick 57, 2016 AFL draft Pick 68, 2016 AFL draft	[11]
20 October 2016	To Hawthorn 2nd round pick, 2017 AFL draft (via Greater Western Sydney)	To Carlton Pick 48, 2016 AFL draft Pick 66, 2016 AFL draft Pick 70, 2016 AFL draft	[12]
20 October 2016	To Hawthorn Jaeger O'Meara	To Gold Coast Pick 10, 2016 AFL draft 2nd round pick, 2017 AFL draft	[12]

Free agency

Additions

Date	Player	Type	2016 team	Deal	Compensation	Ref
9 October 2016	Ty Vickery	RFA	Richmond	Signed 2-year deal	2nd round pick, 2016 AFL draft	[13]
30 October 2016	Conor Nash	N/A	Meath GAA	N/A	N/A	[14]
8 November 2016	Ricky Henderson	DFA	Adelaide	N/A	None	[15]

Draft

See also: 2016 AFL draft

AFL draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
5	74	Harry Morrison	Murray Bushrangers	[16]
5	76	Mitchell Lewis	Calder Cannons	[16]

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	14	Oliver Hanrahan	St Kevin's College	[17]
2	31	Jack Fitzpatrick[note 1]	Hawthorn	[17]
3	46	James Cousins	Murray Bushrangers	[17]

1. Fitzpatrick was originally delisted by Hawthorn on 28 October 2016 but was re-drafted as a rookie

Retirements and delistings

Date	Player	2017 team	Reason	Ref
15 March 2016	Shem-Kalvin Tatupu	—	Retired	[18]
28 October 2016	Matt Spangher	—	Delisted	[19][20]
28 October 2016	Angus Litherland	—	Delisted	[19]
28 October 2016	Zac Webster	—	Delisted	[19]
28 October 2016	Lachlan Langford	—	Delisted	[19]
28 October 2016	Alex Woodward	—	Delisted	[19]
28 October 2016	Jermaine Miller-Lewis	—	Delisted	[19]

2017 player squad

2017 Hawthorn Football Club squad

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
2 Jarryd Roughead (C)  3 Tom Mitchell  4 Billy Hartung  5 Ryan Burton  6 Josh Gibson  7 Ben McEvoy  8 Taylor Duryea  9 Shaun Burgoyne 10 Jaeger O'Meara 11 Brendan Whitecross 12 James Frawley 13 Jonathan O'Rourke 14 Grant Birchall 15 Luke Hodge 16 Isaac Smith (VC) 17 Daniel Howe 18 Jonathon Ceglar 19 Jack Gunston 20 Dallas Willsmore 21 James Sicily		22 Luke Breust 23 Tim O'Brien 24 Ben Stratton 25 Ryan Schoenmakers 26 Liam Shiels (VC) 27 Ty Vickery 28 Paul Puopolo 29 Will Langford 30 Kaiden Brand 31 Ricky Henderson 33 Cyril Rioli 34 Kurt Heatherley 35 Harry Morrison 36 Kieran Lovell 37 Blake Hardwick 39 Mitchell Lewis 40 Kade Stewart 42 Teia Miles 43 Marc Pittonet				32 Jack Fitzpatrick (ret) 41 Oliver Hanrahan 44 Conor Glass (B) 45 Conor Nash (B) 46 James Cousins		Head coach Alastair Clarkson Assistant coaches Brett Ratten (stoppages coach) Cameron Bruce (midfield coach) Adem Yze (backline coach) Damian Monkhorst (ruck coach) Damian Carroll (forward coach) David Neitz (key position coach) Max Bailey (development coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie(s) (B) Category B rookie (ret) Retired Updated: 21 August 2017 Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Season summary

Pre-season matches

The club played three practice matches as part of the 2017 JLT Community Series, and will be played under modified pre-season rules, including nine-point goals.

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Friday, 17 February (7:40 pm)	Geelong	0.15.8 (98)	1.13.7 (94)	Won by 4 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	Report
2	Sunday, 26 February (2:05 pm)	North Melbourne	0.14.11 (95)	0.11.8 (74)	Lost by 21 points	Arden Street (A)	Report
3	Sunday, 12 March (12:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	0.14.12 (96)	1.8.11 (68)	Lost by 28 points	Hickinbotham Oval (A)	Report
Source

Premiership season

Fixture summary

See also: 2017 AFL season

The full fixture was announced on 27 October 2016.^[21] The Melbourne Cricket Ground once again acted as Hawthorn's primary home ground, hosting six of the club's eleven home games, with four home games played at their secondary home ground, University of Tasmania Stadium, in Launceston, and one home game played at Etihad Stadium against the Western Bulldogs in round 23.^[22] The club's opponents for the four games in Launceston were St Kilda, Brisbane Lions, Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne in rounds six, eight, 16 and 21 respectively, while the club played Adelaide, Collingwood, Geelong, Gold Coast and Sydney twice during the regular season.^[21]

The Hawks began the 2017 season with a 25-point loss to Essendon, which welcomed six 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;^[23] due to the weighted rule, it was the only time the clubs met during the regular season. The club's first home game came the following round, when it hosted 2016 finalists Adelaide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round two.^[21] It travelled to Adelaide twice for matches against Port Adelaide and Adelaide (for a second time) in rounds 11 and 14 respectively, while it also travelled to the Gold Coast, Sydney and Perth once each, in rounds three, ten and eighteen respectively. Additionally, it played three Friday night matches (two against Sydney and one against the Western Bulldogs) and two Thursday night matches (both at the Adelaide Oval) during the regular season, while ten of the club's 21 matches were broadcast on free-to-air.^[21]

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 was the fifth consecutive season in which it has been dealt either the most or second-most difficult fixture of any club.^[24]

Fixture

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Record	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 25 March (7:25 pm)	Essendon	17.14 (116)	12.19 (91)	Lost by 25 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	0–1	Report
2	Saturday, April 1 (1:45 pm)	Adelaide	13.11 (89)	16.17 (113)	Lost by 24 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	0–2	Report
3	Sunday, April 9 (4:40 pm)	Gold Coast	21.13 (139)	7.11 (53)	Lost by 86 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	0–3	Report
4	Monday, April 17 (3:20 pm)	Geelong	6.12 (48)	20.14 (134)	Lost by 86 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	0–4	Report
5	Sunday, 23 April (4:40 pm)	West Coast	19.11 (125)	11.8 (74)	Won by 51 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	1–4	Report
6	Saturday, April 29 (1:45 pm)	St Kilda	8.7 (55)	19.16 (130)	Lost by 75 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	1–5	Report
7	Sunday, 7 May (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	14.7 (91)	14.10 (94)	Won by 3 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	2–5	Report
8	Saturday, 13 May (1:45 pm)	Brisbane Lions	17.11 (113)	11.9 (75)	Won by 38 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	3–5	Report
9	Saturday, 20 May (7:25 pm)	Collingwood	13.12 (90)	11.6 (72)	Lost by 18 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	3–6	Report
10	Friday, 26 May (7:50 pm)	Sydney	11.9 (75)	12.9 (81)	Won by 6 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	4–6	Report
11	Thursday, 1 June (7:20 pm)	Port Adelaide	13.20 (98)	7.5 (47)	Lost by 51 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	4–7	Report
12	Saturday, 10 June (1:45 pm)	Gold Coast	12.7 (79)	13.17 (95)	Lost by 16 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	4–8	Report
13	Bye
14	Thursday, 22 June (7:20 pm)	Adelaide	12.10 (82)	14.12 (96)	Won by 14 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	5–8	Report
15	Sunday, 2 July (3:20 pm)	Collingwood	18.10 (118)	14.10 (94)	Won by 24 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	6–8	Report
16	Saturday, 8 July (1:45 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	14.13 (97)	15.7 (97)	Draw	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	6–8–1	Report
17	Saturday, 15 July (1:45 pm)	Geelong	13.10 (88)	12.13 (85)	Lost by 3 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	6–9–1	Report
18	Saturday, 22 July (5:40 pm)	Fremantle	7.6 (48)	15.10 (100)	Won by 52 points	Domain Stadium (A)	7–9–1	Report
19	Friday, 28 July (7:50 pm)	Sydney	10.12 (72)	9.12 (66)	Won by 6 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	8–9–1	Report
20	Sunday, 6 August (3:20 pm)	Richmond	13.15 (93)	9.10 (64)	Lost by 29 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	8–10–1	Report
21	Sunday, 13 August (3:20 pm)	North Melbourne	18.8 (116)	14.5 (89)	Won by 27 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	9–10–1	Report
22	Saturday, 19 August (7:25 pm)	Carlton	12.5 (77)	10.10 (70)	Lost by 7 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	9–11–1	Report
23	Friday, 25 August (7:50 pm)	Western Bulldogs	15.9 (99)	13.12 (90)	Won by 9 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	10–11–1	Report
Source

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide	22	15	6	1	2415	1776	136.0	62	2017 finals
2	Geelong	22	15	6	1	2134	1818	117.4	62
3	Richmond (P)	22	15	7	0	1992	1684	118.3	60
4	Greater Western Sydney	22	14	6	2	2081	1812	114.8	60
5	Port Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2168	1671	129.7	56
6	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2093	1651	126.8	56
7	Essendon	22	12	10	0	2135	2004	106.5	48
8	West Coast	22	12	10	0	1964	1858	105.7	48
9	Melbourne	22	12	10	0	2035	1934	105.2	48
10	Western Bulldogs	22	11	11	0	1857	1913	97.1	44
11	St Kilda	22	11	11	0	1925	1986	96.9	44
12	Hawthorn	22	10	11	1	1864	2055	90.7	42
13	Collingwood	22	9	12	1	1944	1963	99.0	38
14	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	1607	2160	74.4	32
15	North Melbourne	22	6	16	0	1983	2264	87.6	24
16	Carlton	22	6	16	0	1594	2038	78.2	24
17	Gold Coast	22	6	16	0	1756	2311	76.0	24
18	Brisbane Lions	22	5	17	0	1877	2526	74.3	20

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

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

• Peter Crimmins Medal: Tom Mitchell
• All-Australian team: Tom Mitchell
• 22 Under 22 team: Ryan Burton, James Sicily

Records

• Round 7:
  • Alastair Clarkson won his 182nd game as coach, which is the most of any Hawthorn coach.
  • Ben McEvoy had 53 hitouts, which is the most recorded by a Hawthorn player
• Round 9:
  • Tom Mitchell had 50 disposals, which is the most recorded by a Hawthorn player.
• Round 18:
  • Alastair Clarkson coached his 300th game, which is the most of any Hawthorn coach.

Milestones

• Round 1:
  • Ricky Henderson – Hawthorn debut
  • Tom Mitchell – Hawthorn debut
  • Jaeger O'Meara – Hawthorn debut
  • Ty Vickery – Hawthorn debut
• Round 2:
  • Teia Miles – AFL debut
  • Josh Gibson – 150th game for Hawthorn
  • Tom Mitchell – 1st goal for Hawthorn
  • Ty Vickery – 1st goal for Hawthorn
• Round 3:
  • Jaeger O'Meara – 1st goal for Hawthorn
• Round 4:
  • Ben McEvoy – 150th AFL game
  • Will Langford – 50th AFL game
• Round 5:
  • Jarryd Roughead – 500th AFL goal
  • Liam Shiels – 50th AFL goal
• Round 7:
  • Billy Hartung – 50th AFL game
• Round 8:
  • Liam Shiels – 150th AFL game
  • Ricky Henderson – 1st goal for Hawthorn
• Round 10:
  • Luke Breust – 150th AFL game
  • Brendan Whitecross – 100th AFL game
  • James Cousins – AFL debut
  • Dallas Willsmore – AFL debut
  • James Cousins – 1st AFL goal
• Round 14:
  • Ricky Henderson – 100th AFL game
• Round 15:
  • Ricky Henderson – 50th AFL goal
• Round 16:
  • Isaac Smith – 150th AFL game
• Round 17:
  • Luke Hodge – 300th AFL game
• Round 18:
  • Alastair Clarkson – 300th AFL game as coach
  • Conor Glass – AFL debut
• Round 19:
  • Shaun Burgoyne – 100th goal for Hawthorn
• Round 20:
  • Jarryd Roughead – 250th AFL game
  • Teia Miles – 1st AFL goal
• Round 21:
  • Luke Breust – 300th AFL goal
• Round 22:
  • Taylor Duryea – 100th AFL game
• Round 23:
  • Jaeger O'Meara – 50th AFL game

Brownlow Medal

See also: 2017 Brownlow Medal

Results

Round	1 vote	2 votes	3 votes
1	Zach Merrett (Essendon)	Orazio Fantasia (Essendon)	Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
2	Tom Lynch (Adelaide)	Sam Jacobs (Adelaide)	Rory Sloane (Adelaide)
3	Brandon Matera (Gold Coast)	Aaron Hall (Gold Coast)	Gary Ablett Jr. (Gold Coast)
4	Zach Tuohy (Geelong)	Mitch Duncan (Geelong)	Steven Motlop (Geelong)
5	Liam Shiels (Hawthorn)	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)	Ben McEvoy (Hawthorn)
6	Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)	Sebastian Ross (St Kilda)	Jack Steven (St Kilda)
7	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)	Ben McEvoy (Hawthorn)	Jack Viney (Melbourne)
8	Ryan Burton (Hawthorn)	Stefan Martin (Brisbane Lions)	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
9	Taylor Adams (Collingwood)	Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
10	Dan Hannebery (Sydney)	Lance Franklin (Sydney)	Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn)
11	Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide)	Charlie Dixon (Port Adelaide)	Brad Ebert (Port Adelaide)
12	Jack Gunston (Hawthorn)	Steven May (Gold Coast)	Gary Ablett Jr. (Gold Coast)
13	Bye
14	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)	Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn)	Ricky Henderson (Hawthorn)
15	Ryan Burton (Hawthorn)	Jordan De Goey (Collingwood)	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
16	Jonathon Patton (Greater Western Sydney)	Josh Kelly (Greater Western Sydney)	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
17	Liam Shiels (Hawthorn)	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)	Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)
18	Liam Shiels (Hawthorn)	Jack Gunston (Hawthorn)	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
19	Luke Parker (Sydney)	Liam Shiels (Hawthorn)	Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
20	James Sicily (Hawthorn)	Dion Prestia (Richmond)	Josh Caddy (Richmond)
21	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)	Isaac Smith (Hawthorn)	Jack Gunston (Hawthorn)
22	Sam Docherty (Carlton)	Marc Murphy (Carlton)	Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
23	Jaeger O'Meara (Hawthorn)	Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs)	Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)

Brownlow Medal tally

Player	1 vote games	2 vote games	3 vote games	Total votes
Tom Mitchell	3	2	6	25
Jack Gunston	1	1	1	6
Jarryd Roughead	0	0	2	6
Shaun Burgoyne	0	1	1	5
Ben McEvoy	0	1	1	5
Liam Shiels	3	1	0	5
Ricky Henderson	0	0	1	3
Ryan Burton	2	0	0	2
Isaac Smith	0	1	0	2
Jaeger O'Meara	1	0	0	1
James Sicily	1	0	0	1
Total	11	7	12	61

Tribunal cases

Player	Round	Charge category	Verdict	Result	Victim	Club	Ref(s)
Ben Stratton	2	Striking	Guilty	Fine	Eddie Betts	Adelaide
Josh Gibson	4	Rough conduct	Not Guilty	Cleared	Tom Ruggles	Geelong
Cyril Rioli	5	Striking	Guilty	Fine	Brad Sheppard	West Coast
Isaac Smith	8	Striking	Guilty	Fine	Nick Robertson	Brisbane Lions
Shaun Burgoyne	10	Rough conduct	Not Guilty	Cleared	Sam Reid	Sydney
Luke Hodge	11	Rough conduct	Guilty	Fine	Aaron Young	Port Adelaide
Brendan Whitecross	12	Striking	Guilty	Fine	Gary Ablett Jr.	Gold Coast
Luke Hodge	16	Rough conduct	Guilty	Fine	Jeremy Cameron	Greater Western Sydney
Luke Hodge	19	Striking	Guilty	1 week	Tom Papley	Sydney	[25]
James Sicily	22	Striking	Guilty	Fine	Jed Lamb	Carlton
Blake Hardwick	23	Rough conduct	Not Guilty	Cleared	Marcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs