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
President	Jeff Kennett
Coach	Alastair Clarkson
Captain(s)	Ben Stratton
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground University of Tasmania Stadium
Record	4–7 (16th)
Leading goalkicker	Jack Gunston (18)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs. Brisbane Lions (Round 1), North Melbourne (Round 4)
Average home attendance	0
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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

See also: 2019 AFL 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
1 Harry Morrison  2 Mitchell Lewis  3 Tom Mitchell (VC)  4 Jarman Impey  5 James Worpel  6 James Sicily  7 Ben McEvoy  8 Sam Frost  9 Shaun Burgoyne 10 Jaeger O'Meara (VC) 11 Conor Nash 12 James Frawley 13 Conor Glass 14 Jack Scrimshaw 15 Blake Hardwick 16 Isaac Smith 17 Daniel Howe 18 Jonathon Ceglar 19 Jack Gunston		20 Chad Wingard 21 Tom Scully 22 Luke Breust 23 Tim O'Brien 24 Ben Stratton (C) 25 Jonathon Patton 26 Liam Shiels 27 Michael Hartley 28 Paul Puopolo 30 Will Day 31 Ricky Henderson 32 Finn Maginness 33 Mathew Walker 34 Jacob Koschitzke 35 Josh Morris 36 Dylan Moore 37 Jackson Ross 41 Oliver Hanrahan 46 James Cousins				29 Changkuoth Jiath (B) 38 Darren Minchington 39 Emerson Jeka 40 Harry Jones 42 Harry Pepper (B) 43 Ned Reeves 44 Damon Greaves 45 Will Golds 47 Keegan Brooksby		Head coach Alastair Clarkson Assistant coaches Scott Burns Sam Mitchell Damian Monkhorst Chris Newman Adem Yze 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

• Most tackles: 1,274 (ongoing record) – Liam Shiels
• Most goal assists: 192 (ongoing record) – Luke Breust
• Most games coached: 362 (ongoing record) – Alastair Clarkson
• Most victories coached: 220 (ongoing record) – Alastair Clarkson
• Most home and away games coached: 336 (ongoing record) – Alastair Clarkson
• Most home and away victories coached: 204 (ongoing record) – Alastair Clarkson

Milestones

Round 1

• Tim O'Brien – 50th AFL goal.
• Sam Frost – Hawthorn debut.
• Jonathon Patton – Hawthorn debut.
• Jonathon Patton – 1st goal for Hawthorn.

Round 3

• Jack Gunston – 350th goal for Hawthorn.
• Chad Wingard – 250th AFL goal.
• Jaeger O'Meara – 50th game for Hawthorn.

Round 4

• Tom Mitchell – 50th game for Hawthorn.

Round 5

• Harrison Jones – AFL debut.

Round 6

• Will Day – AFL debut.
• Josh Morris – AFL debut.

Round 7

• Darren Minchington – Hawthorn debut.
• Josh Morris – 1st AFL goal.

Round 8

• Jack Gunston – 200th AFL game.
• Keegan Brooksby – Hawthorn debut.

Round 9

• Luke Breust – 400th AFL goal.
• Sam Frost – 100th AFL game.
• Jaeger O'Meara – 100th AFL game.
• Will Day – 1st AFL goal.

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