2019 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 2019 Hawthorn Football Club season was the club's 95th season in the Australian Football League and 118th overall, the 20th season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 19th season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium, the 15th season under head coach Alastair Clarkson,^[2] and the 1st season with Ben Stratton as club captain.^[3] A 19-point loss to Sydney in round 14 meant that Hawthorn could not match their 15–7 record from 2018. A 70-point win over Gold Coast meant that for a tenth-consecutive season Hawthorn won at least 10 games. Hawthorn finished the season in ninth-place with an 11–11 record, thus missing the finals for the second time in the last three seasons.

Hawthorn Football Club

2019 season
President	Jeff Kennett
Coach	Alastair Clarkson
Captain(s)	Ben Stratton
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground University of Tasmania Stadium
Record	11–11 (9th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Leading goalkicker	Luke Breust (34)
Highest home attendance	66,407 (Round 16 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance	11,637 (Round 10 vs. Port Adelaide)
Average home attendance	31,118
Club membership	81,211[1]
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Club summary

The 2019 AFL season was the 123rd season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 95th season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania and iiNet continued as the club's two major sponsors, as they have done since 2006 and 2013 respectively,^[4][5] while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they have done since 2013.^[6] 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

On 30 August 2018, it was announced that assistant coach Brett Ratten would be joining St Kilda as an assistant coach following the conclusion of the 2018 season.^[7] On 4 October 2018, it was announced that Chris Newman would be elevated from coach of Victorian Football League affiliate Box Hill Hawks to an assistant coach. Max Bailey was appointed as coach of Box Hill.^[8] On 6 October 2018, it was announced that coach Alastair Clarkson had signed a 3-year contract extension, keeping Clarkson at the club until the end of the 2022 season.^[9] On 8 October 2018, it was confirmed that Director of High Performance Andrew Russell would be departing the club after fourteen seasons, having accepted a position at Carlton.^[10] On 19 October 2018, it was announced that former player and 2008 AFL premiership captain Sam Mitchell would return to the club as an assistant coach, having been an assistant coach at West Coast and helping the club win the 2018 AFL Grand Final.^[11] On 3 November 2018, Torin Baker was announced as the new development coach, filling the role previously held by Max Bailey.^[12] On 27 November 2018, it was announced that Jarryd Roughead would not continue on as captain in 2019.^[13] Ben Stratton would be named as Roughead's successor on 28 February 2019.^[3]

Playing list changes

Trades

16 October 2018	To Hawthorn Jack Scrimshaw 4th round pick, 2019 AFL draft	To Gold Coast 3rd round pick, 2019 AFL draft	[14]
16 October 2018	To Hawthorn Tom Scully	To Greater Western Sydney 4th round pick, 2019 AFL draft (via Gold Coast)	[15]
16 October 2018	To Hawthorn 4th round pick, 2019 AFL draft	To Western Bulldogs Taylor Duryea	[15]
17 October 2018	To Hawthorn Chad Wingard 3rd round pick, 2019 AFL draft	To Port Adelaide Ryan Burton Pick 15, 2018 AFL draft Pick 35, 2018 AFL draft 4th round pick, 2019 AFL draft (via Western Bulldogs)	[16]
23 November 2018	To Hawthorn Pick 63, 2018 AFL draft 5th round pick, 2019 AFL draft	To Collingwood 4th round pick, 2019 AFL draft

• Draft picks accurate at the time of the trade.

Free agency

Additions

Date	Player	F/A Type	2018 team	Compensation	Ref
1 November 2018	Darren Minchington	DFA	St Kilda	None	[17]
14 March 2019	Ned Reeves	SSP	—	None	[18]

Draft

See also: 2018 AFL draft

AFL draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
3	52	Jacob Koschitzke	Murray Bushrangers
4	63	Mathew Walker	Murray Bushrangers

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	14	Damon Greaves	East Perth
2	30	Will Golds	Oakleigh Chargers
3	43	Tim Mohr	Greater Western Sydney
4	68	Will Langford [note 1]	Hawthorn	[19][20]

1. Langford was delisted by Hawthorn and subsequently retired on 29 October 2018, but was re-drafted as a rookie for list management purposes.

Retirements and delistings

Date	Player	2019 team	Reason	Ref
15 November 2017	Ty Vickery	—	Retired	[21]
4 July 2018	Cyril Rioli	—	Retired	[22]
26 September 2018	Kurt Heatherley	—	Delisted	[23]
26 September 2018	Jonathan O'Rourke	—	Delisted	[23]
26 September 2018	Dallas Willsmore	—	Delisted	[23]
29 October 2018	Kieran Lovell	—	Delisted	[24]
29 October 2018	Brendan Whitecross	—	Delisted	[24]

2019 player squad

2019 Hawthorn Football Club squad

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Harry Morrison  2 Jarryd Roughead  3 Tom Mitchell  4 Jarman Impey  5 James Worpel  6 James Sicily  7 Ben McEvoy  8 Mitchell Lewis  9 Shaun Burgoyne 10 Jaeger O'Meara 12 James Frawley 13 Conor Glass 14 Grant Birchall 15 Blake Hardwick 16 Isaac Smith 17 Daniel Howe 18 Jonathon Ceglar 19 Jack Gunston (VC) 20 Chad Wingard		21 Tom Scully 22 Luke Breust 23 Tim O'Brien 24 Ben Stratton (C) 25 Ryan Schoenmakers 26 Liam Shiels 27 Marc Pittonet 28 Paul Puopolo 30 Kaiden Brand 31 Ricky Henderson 32 David Mirra 33 Mathew Walker 34 Jacob Koschitzke 35 Jack Scrimshaw 36 Dylan Moore 37 Jackson Ross 38 Darren Minchington 42 Teia Miles 46 James Cousins				11 Conor Nash (B) 29 Changkuoth Jiath (B) 39 Tim Mohr 40 Harry Jones 41 Oliver Hanrahan 44 Damon Greaves 45 Will Golds 47 Ned Reeves Will Langford (ret)		Head coach Alastair Clarkson Assistant coaches Damian Carroll (Head of development and learning) Adem Yze (Match day strategy and opposition) Darren Glass (Defence) Scott Burns (Forwards) Chris Newman (Stoppages) Sam Mitchell (Midfield) Damian Monkhorst (Ruck) Marco Bello (Football academy & head of development) Torin Baker (Development coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Injured Upgraded rookie(s) (ret) Retired (B) Category B rookie (FA) Free agent Updated: 17 August 2019 Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

JLT Community series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 3 March (12:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	15.12 (102)	8.12 (60)	Lost by 42 points	Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex (A)	Report
2	Saturday, 9 March (7:10 pm)	Richmond	13.9 (87)	14.11 (95)	Lost by 8 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	Report
Source

Home & Away season

Hawthorn's fixture was released on November 1. ^[25]

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Record	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 23 March (4:05 pm)	Adelaide	7.13 (55)	12.15 (87)	Won by 32 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	1–0	Report
2	Sunday, 31 March (3:20 pm)	Western Bulldogs	13.9 (87)	16.10 (106)	Lost by 19 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	1–1	Report
3	Sunday, 7 April (3:20 pm)	North Melbourne	13.9 (87)	10.11 (71)	Won by 16 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	2–1	Report
4	Sunday, 14 April (3:20 pm)	St Kilda	10.14 (74)	10.9 (69)	Lost by 5 points	Marvel Stadium (A)	2–2	Report
5	Monday, 22 April (3:20 pm)	Geelong	13.12 (90)	17.11 (113)	Lost by 23 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	2–3	Report
6	Sunday, 28 April (3:20 pm)	Carlton	13.15 (93)	13.10 (88)	Won by 5 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	3–3	Report
7	Saturday, 4 May (1:45 pm)	Melbourne	11.13 (79)	11.8 (74)	Lost by 5 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	3–4	Report
8	Sunday, 12 May (3:20 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	10.11 (71)	5.8 (38)	Won by 33 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	4–4	Report
9	Sunday, 19 May (3:20 pm)	Richmond	14.11 (95)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 36 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	4–5	Report
10	Saturday, 25 May (1:45 pm)	Port Adelaide	12.8 (80)	6.13 (49)	Won by 31 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	5–5	Report
11	Saturday, 1 June (7:25 pm)	Brisbane Lions	12.13 (85)	10.6 (66)	Lost by 19 points	The Gabba (A)	5–6	Report
12	Bye
13	Friday, 14 June (7:50 pm)	Essendon	14.12 (96)	11.11 (77)	Lost by 19 points	Marvel Stadium (A)	5–7	Report
14	Friday, 21 June (7:50 pm)	Sydney	12.10 (82)	9.9 (63)	Lost by 19 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	5–8	Report
15	Saturday, 29 June (1:45 pm)	West Coast	9.17 (71)	11.11 (77)	Lost by 6 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	5–9	Report
16	Friday, 5 July (7:50 pm)	Collingwood	9.13 (67)	9.9 (63)	Won by 4 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	6–9	Report
17	Saturday, 13 July (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	12.12 (84)	8.5 (53)	Won by 31 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	7–9	Report
18	Sunday, 21 July (1:10 pm)	Geelong	8.13 (61)	12.13 (85)	Won by 24 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	8–9	Report
19	Saturday, 27 July (1:45 pm)	Brisbane Lions	7.18 (60)	13.9 (87)	Lost by 27 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (H)	8–10	Report
20	Friday, 2 August (7:50 pm)	North Melbourne	12.14 (86)	9.10 (64)	Lost by 22 points	Marvel Stadium (A)	8–11	Report
21	Friday, 9 August (7:50 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	4.5 (29)	13.7 (85)	Won by 56 points	UNSW Canberra Oval (A)	9–11	Report
22	Sunday, 18 August (4:40 pm)	Gold Coast	18.10 (118)	7.6 (48)	Won by 70 points	Marvel Stadium (H)	10–11	Report
23	Saturday, 24 August (6:10 pm)	West Coast	9.13 (67)	16.9 (105)	Won by 38 points	Optus Stadium (A)	11–11	Report

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Geelong	22	16	6	0	1984	1462	135.7	64	Finals series
2	Brisbane Lions	22	16	6	0	2004	1694	118.3	64
3	Richmond (P)	22	16	6	0	1892	1664	113.7	64
4	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	1885	1601	117.7	60
5	West Coast	22	15	7	0	1902	1691	112.5	60
6	Greater Western Sydney	22	13	9	0	1926	1669	115.4	52
7	Western Bulldogs	22	12	10	0	1941	1810	107.2	48
8	Essendon	22	12	10	0	1702	1784	95.4	48
9	Hawthorn	22	11	11	0	1742	1602	108.7	44
10	Port Adelaide	22	11	11	0	1806	1714	105.4	44
11	Adelaide	22	10	12	0	1776	1761	100.9	40
12	North Melbourne	22	10	12	0	1824	1834	99.5	40
13	Fremantle	22	9	13	0	1579	1718	91.9	36
14	St Kilda	22	9	13	0	1645	1961	83.9	36
15	Sydney	22	8	14	0	1706	1746	97.7	32
16	Carlton	22	7	15	0	1609	1905	84.5	28
17	Melbourne	22	5	17	0	1569	1995	78.6	20
18	Gold Coast	22	3	19	0	1351	2232	60.5	12

Source: AFL Tables^[26]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Club awards

• Peter Crimmins Medal: James Worpel
• Most consistent player: Jarman Impey
• Most promising player: Mitchell Lewis
• Best clubman: Jonathon Ceglar
• Best first year player (debut season): Oliver Hanrahan

Records

Club records

• Most contested marks: 317 – Jarryd Roughead
• Most marks inside 50: 633 – Jarryd Roughead
• Most tackles: 1,233 – Liam Shiels
• Most games coached: 351 – Alastair Clarkson
• Most victories coached: 216 – Alastair Clarkson
• Most home and away games coached: 325 – Alastair Clarkson
• Most home and away victories coached: 200 – Alastair Clarkson
• Most rebound 50's in a season: 137 – James Sicily
• Most rebound 50's in a single game: 15 – James Sicily (Tied with Luke Hodge)

Milestones

• Round 1
  • Jarman Impey – 100th AFL game.
  • Ben McEvoy – 50th goal for Hawthorn.
  • Jack Scrimshaw – Hawthorn debut.

• Round 2
  • Tom Scully – Hawthorn debut.

• Round 3
  • Dylan Moore – AFL debut.
  • Chad Wingard – Hawthorn debut
  • Chad Wingard – 1st goal for Hawthorn.

• Round 4
  • Ben McEvoy – 100th game for Hawthorn.
  • Tom Scully – 1st goal for Hawthorn.

• Round 5
  • Chad Wingard – 150th AFL game.
  • Mitchell Lewis – 1st AFL goal.

• Round 6
  • Blake Hardwick – 50th AFL game.

• Round 7
  • Jaeger O'Meara – 50th AFL goal.

• Round 8
  • Jack Gunston – 350th AFL goal.

• Round 9
  • Tim O'Brien – 50th AFL game.
  • Dylan Moore – 1st AFL goal.

• Round 10
  • Ricky Henderson – 50th game for Hawthorn.

• Round 13
  • Jarman Impey – 50th AFL goal.
  • Conor Glass – 1st AFL goal.

• Round 15
  • Oliver Hanrahan – AFL debut
  • Oliver Hanrahan – 1st AFL goal.

• Round 16
  • Luke Breust – 200th AFL game.
  • Ben McEvoy – 200th AFL game.

• Round 18
  • Liam Shiels – 200th AFL game.

• Round 21
  • Ricky Henderson – 150th AFL game.
  • Changkuoth Jiath – AFL debut.

• Round 22
  • Alastair Clarkson – 350th AFL game as coach.

• Round 23
  • Isaac Smith – 200th AFL game.
  • Alastair Clarkson – 200th Home and Away game won as coach.