Hawks premiership player dies
LES Kaine, the fullback in Hawthorn’s first premiership team in 1961, has died after a long illness.
LES Kaine, the fullback in Hawthorn’s first premiership team in 1961, has died after a long illness.
HAWTHORN coach Alastair Clarkson says star forward Lance Franklin could finish the season with an energy boost thanks to his five-game injury break.
HAWTHORN ball magnet Sam Mitchell has withdrawn from tomorrow’s clash against the Gold Coast at the MCG.
HAWTHORN has been forced to use its substitution earlier than expected with Cyril Rioli making way for Matthew Suckling.
SUPERCOACH ALERT- Jarryd Roughead has been withdrawn from Hawthorn’s clash against Port Adelaide tomorrow.
HAWTHORN says Lance Franklin is a strong chance to return from a hamstring injury against Port Adelaide on Sunday.
UPDATE: Fremantle must tackle Adelaide’s imposing tall forwards this round without key defender Luke McPharlin.
UPDATE: HAWTHORN is not considering disciplinary action against Lance Franklin over his involvement in a car collision.
HAWTHORN ruckman David Hale hopes Friday night’s heartbreaking loss to Geelong will be the Hawks’ final defeat of 2012.
THE numbers suggest Hawthorn has made up ground on the Cats, but coach Alastair Clarkson is not yet convinced.
HAWTHORN coach Alastair Clarkson says his senior players must lead the way if the Hawks are to beat Geelong for the first time since 2008.
HAWTHORN will try to break Geelong’s four-year stranglehold without superstar Lance Franklin in Friday night’s MCG blockbuster.
BRISBANE coach Michael Voss says Hawthorn is the best team in the competition.
BRAD Sewell says the Hawks won’t carry any mental scars into the finals even if they lose to Geelong for a ninth straight time.
IF evidence was needed that it’s quality above quantity, coaches rated Cyril Rioli higher than Dane Swan on the weekend.
HAWTHORN defender Jarrad Boumann injured his hand in a fight outside a city nightclub on Sunday morning.
HAWTHORN is now the shortest-priced favourite of any team in 2012 to win the premiership, firming after their thrashing of Collingwood.
HAWTHORN defender Josh Gibson says the Hawks can counter Collingwood’s born-again forward Chris Tarrant at the MCG on Saturday.
A MIGHTY return from injury-cursed Hawks big man Max Bailey helped Box Hill usurp cellar dwellers Frankston by 14 points on Sunday.
HAWTHORN champion Shane Crawford says Lance Franklin must wear some of the blame for a repeat of his hamstring injury.
HAWTHORN hasn’t given up on captain Luke Hodge being fit and firing in time for the finals.
BOX Hill has named an unprecedented all-Hawthorn line-up in its season-defining encounter with Geelong at Simonds Stadium.
HAWTHORN has not ruled out Lance Franklin and Luke Hodge lining up against GWS on Sunday.
HAWTHORN is wary of Carlton’s potential rather than recent results as it heads into Friday night’s blockbuster at the MCG.
LANCE Franklin’s form slump could end in a hurry with the Hawthorn star capable of tearing a game apart, according to Alastair Clarkson.
ALASTAIR Clarkson still feels the pain of losing his 24-year-old brother Andrew in a car accident at Ballarat 28 years ago.
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