2020 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 2020 Hawthorn Football Club season is the club's 96th season in the Australian Football League and 119th overall, the 21st season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 20th season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium, the 16th season under head coach Alastair Clarkson,[1] and the 2nd season with Ben Stratton as club captain.[2] With Jarryd Roughead and Grant Birchall departing this season will be the first to not have any player from Hawthorn's 2008 premiership team on the list.

Hawthorn Football Club
2020 season
PresidentJeff Kennett
CoachAlastair Clarkson
Captain(s)Ben Stratton
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground
University of Tasmania Stadium
Record4–7 (16th)
Leading goalkickerJack Gunston (18)
Lowest home attendance0 vs. Brisbane Lions (Round 1), North Melbourne (Round 4)
Average home attendance0

On 16 March 2020, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan announced that the season would be shortened to 17 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] During Hawthorn's round 1 match with the Brisbane Lions, it was announced that the season would be suspended following the conclusion of the round, with the suspension to last until 31 May 2020. The season recommenced on 11 June 2020.

Club summary

The 2020 AFL season is the 124th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it is the 96th season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania and iiNet will continue as the club's two major sponsors, as they have done since 2006 and 2013 respectively,[4][5] while Adidas will continue to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they have done since 2013.[6] Hawthorn will continue 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 26 August 2019, the club announced that assistant coach Darren Glass would be leaving the club to join West Coast as the club's list manager. [7] A couple of days laters it was announced that former assistant coach and Carlton coach, Brendon Bolton would return to the club as director of coaching. [8] On 23 May 2020, Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Club was forced to stand down all but 25 staff members. This included head of development and learning Damian Carroll, ruck coach Damian Monkhorst, VFL coach Max Bailey, VFLW coach Bec Goddard and development coaches Torin Baker, Marco Bello and Brett Deledio.

Playing list changes

Trades

11 October 2019 To Hawthorn
Sam Frost
Pick 42, 2019 AFL draft
Pick 61, 2019 AFL draft
4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft
To Melbourne
Pick 50, 2019 AFL draft
2nd round pick, 2020 AFL draft
[9]
15 October 2019 To Hawthorn
Jonathon Patton
To Greater Western Sydney
4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft (via Melbourne)
[10]
16 October 2019 To Hawthorn
Pick 54, 2019 AFL draft (via West Coast)
Pick 63, 2019 AFL draft (via Sydney)
To Carlton
Marc Pittonet
Pick 61, 2019 AFL draft (via Melbourne)
[11]
20 November 2019 To Hawthorn
Pick 50, 2019 AFL draft
Pick 73, 2019 AFL draft
2nd round pick, 2020 AFL draft
To North Melbourne
Pick 30, 2019 AFL draft
28 November 2019 To Hawthorn
3rd round pick, 2020 AFL draft (via Essendon)
To Collingwood
Pick 43, 2019 AFL draft
28 November 2019 To Hawthorn
4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft
To Western Bulldogs
Pick 62, 2019 AFL draft

Free agency

Additions

Date Player F/A Type Former Club Deal Compensation Ref
29 November 2019 Michael Hartley PSD Essendon N/A None
29 November 2019 Harry Pepper CB N/A N/A None
6 March 2020 Keegan Brooksby SSP West Coast 1-year deal none

Departures

Date Player F/A Type New Club Deal Compensation Ref
10 October 2019 Grant Birchall Unrestricted Brisbane Lions Signed 1-year deal None [12]

Draft

AFL draft

Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref
1 13 Will Day West Adelaide
2 29 Finn Maginness Sandringham Dragons
4 57 Josh Morris Woodville-West Torrens

Rookie draft

Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref
1 9 Emerson Jeka Western Jets

Retirements and delistings

Date Player 2020 team Reason Ref
29 October 2018 Will Langford N/A Retired [13][14]
12 August 2019 Jarryd Roughead N/A Retired [15]
17 October 2019 Kaiden Brand Sydney Delisted [16]
17 October 2019 Teia Miles N/A Delisted [16]
17 October 2019 David Mirra N/A Delisted [16]
17 October 2019 Tim Mohr N/A Retired [16]
18 October 2019 Ryan Schoenmakers N/A Retired [17]

2020 player squad

2020 Hawthorn Football Club squad
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)
  • Injured
  • Upgraded rookie(s)
  • (ret) Retired
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • (FA) Free agent

Updated: 18 August 2020
Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Marsh Community series

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Report
Home Away Result
1 Thursday, 20 February (7:10 pm) St Kilda 17.9 (111) 13.12 (90) Lost by 21 points RSEA Park Report
2 Friday, 6 March (7:40 pm) Melbourne 6.13 (49) 12.9 (81) Lost by 32 points University of Tasmania Stadium Report

Home & Away season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Record Report
Home Away Result
1 Sunday, 22 March (3:20 pm) Brisbane Lions 14.6 (90) 9.8 (62) Won by 28 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 1–0 Report
2 Friday, 12 June (7:50 pm) Geelong 17.6 (108) 7.5 (47) Lost by 61 points GMHBA Stadium 1–1 Report
3 Thursday, 18 June (7:40 pm) Richmond 5.9 (39) 11.5 (71) Won by 32 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 2–1 Report
4 Sunday, 28 June (6:10 pm) North Melbourne 8.10 (58) 8.6 (54) Won by 4 points Marvel Stadium 3–1 Report
5 Sunday, 5 July (6:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney 13.5 (83) 7.7 (49) Lost by 34 points GIANTS Stadium 3–2 Report
6 Friday, 10 July (7:50 pm) Collingwood 8.11 (59) 3.9 (27) Lost by 32 points GIANTS Stadium 3–3 Report
7 Sunday, 19 July (3:35 pm) Melbourne 7.6 (48) 14.7 (91) Lost by 43 points GIANTS Stadium 3–4 Report
8 Saturday, 25 July (3:35 pm) Sydney 9.6 (60) 7.11 (53) Lost by 7 points Sydney Cricket Ground 3–5 Report
9 Friday, 31 July (3:40 pm) Carlton 9.4 (58) 14.5 (89) Won by 31 points Optus Stadium 4–5 Report
10 Bye
11 Monday, 10 August (6:40 pm) Fremantle 7.6 (48) 4.8 (32) Lost by 16 points Optus Stadium 4–6 Report
12 Sunday, 16 August (4:10 pm) West Coast 12.9 (81) 7.7 (49) Lost by 32 points Optus Stadium 4–7 Report
13 Saturday, 22 August (4:05 pm) Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval
14 Thursday, 27 August (4:10 pm) Essendon Adelaide Oval
15 Tuesday, 1 September (5:10 pm) Adelaide Adelaide Oval
16 Sunday, 6 September (1:05 pm) St Kilda Metricon Stadium
17 Sunday, 13 September (3:05 pm) Western Bulldogs Adelaide Oval
18 TBD Gold Coast Adelaide Oval

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Port Adelaide 12 9 3 0 826 648 127.5 36 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 12 9 3 0 853 721 118.3 36
3 Geelong 12 8 4 0 888 641 138.5 32
4 West Coast 11 8 3 0 752 621 121.1 32
5 St Kilda 12 8 4 0 850 734 115.8 32
6 Richmond 12 7 4 1 784 659 119.0 30
7 Collingwood 12 6 5 1 681 649 104.9 26
8 Melbourne 11 6 5 0 733 620 118.2 24
9 Greater Western Sydney 11 6 5 0 668 680 98.2 24
10 Western Bulldogs 12 6 6 0 763 779 97.9 24
11 Essendon 11 5 5 1 625 726 86.1 22
12 Carlton 11 5 6 0 696 729 95.5 20
13 Gold Coast 12 4 7 1 732 747 98.0 18
14 Fremantle 11 4 7 0 544 616 88.3 16
15 Sydney 11 4 7 0 601 709 84.8 16
16 Hawthorn 11 4 7 0 613 743 82.5 16
17 North Melbourne 12 3 9 0 684 823 83.1 12
18 Adelaide (E) 12 0 12 0 542 990 54.7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(E) Eliminated.

Awards, records and milestones

Records

Club records

Milestones

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

  • Harrison Jones – AFL debut.

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

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References

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  2. "Hawthorn unveils popular defender Ben Stratton as 2019 skipper". Fox Sports. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. "AFL cuts fixture back to 17 rounds but Round 1 may still be played this weekend". Fox Sports Australia. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. "Tasmania". Hawthorn Football Club official website. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. "iiNet". Hawthorn Football Club official website. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  6. "A unique partnership announcement". hawthornfc.com.au. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  7. Waterworth, Ben (26 August 2019). "Darren Glass to depart Hawthorn and become West Coast Eagles list manager". Fox Sports. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. Harrington, Anna (29 August 2019). "Brendon Bolton returns to Hawthorn four years after leaving to join Carlton". Fox Sports. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  9. Balmer, Matt (11 October 2019). "Trade! Big Demon Sam Frost on the move as Hawks pull trigger". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  10. "Another Giant bargain: GWS forward Jon Patton becomes a Hawk at basement price". Fox Sports Australia. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  11. Navaratnam, Dinny (16 October 2019). "Blues make their Marc: Hawthorn ruckman joins Carlton". afl.com.au. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  12. "First they got Luke Hodge. Now another premiership Hawk heads to Brisbane". Fox Sports Australia. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  13. "Hawthorn Cut Trio". Triple M. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  14. "List management plan outlined". Hawthorn Football Club. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  15. Harrington, Anna (12 August 2019). "Going out in style: Hawks confirm farewell game for retiring club great Jarryd Roughead". Fox Sports. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  16. "Hawks confirm list changes". hawthornfc.com.au. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  17. "'It's time to pursue the next step': Schoenmakers retires". The Age. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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