Hawthorn Football Club
2017 season
PresidentRichard Garvey
CoachAlastair Clarkson
Captain(s)Jarryd Roughead
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground
University of Tasmania Stadium
AFL season10–11–1 (12th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestTom Mitchell
Leading goalkickerJarryd Roughead (38)
Highest home attendance62,360 (Round 4 vs. Geelong)
Lowest home attendance10,553 (Round 8 vs. Brisbane Lions)
Average home attendance33,257
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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 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

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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
 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

Records

Milestones

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

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