Hawthorn Hawks
Sign a star, break a curse, play finals: Your club’s 2025 wishlist
What your club needs to get right to ensure they have a happy and prosperous 2025.
- by Michael Gleeson, Scott Spits, Jon Pierik and Marc McGowan
Latest
Updated
AFL 2025
Hawthorn legend Don Scott fails in board bid
Hawthorn great Don Scott’s push to join the club’s board has fallen short as members re-elected existing directors Ian Silk and Tim Shearer in results announced at the club’s AGM on Thursday night.
- by Peter Ryan
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
One of AFLW’s biggest names wanted out of Melbourne. Here’s why her wish was denied
This star forward – one of the most recognisable figures in the competition – now has to decide whether to accept the Demons’ offer, or take her chances in the AFLW draft with no guarantee she would end up at her club of choice.
- by Peter Ryan
Exclusive
AFL 2025
Langford, Dipper, Platten: Hawks greats among 50 to sign open letter as board battle heats up
Four-time premiership Hawk Chris Langford warned that not voting for the incumbents would allow agitators to take the club back to “dark places”.
- by Peter Ryan and Jon Pierik
Inside the drama of draft night for new Hawk ‘Jason’ – and a swift lesson from James Sicily
Noah Mraz did not have to wait long for his first lesson as a Hawthorn footballer after experiencing a roller-coaster of emotions during the draft.
- by Marc McGowan
‘It’s not often us – it’s the parents’: The staggering private school dominance of the AFL draft
We crunched the numbers and they paint a telling picture of just where the AFL’s draftees are coming from.
- by Marc McGowan
Updated
AFL 2024
‘I’ll be judged by the members’: Defiant Don Scott bids to join Hawks board
The two-time premiership captain who helped save Hawthorn from a merger with Melbourne has nominated to run for the Hawks’ board – but he has not followed the club’s usual route for board nominees.
- by Jake Niall
Opinion
AFL 2024
The Hawks couldn’t win in the racism scandal. But they found an escape route
Heartfelt encounters between officials and players/partners at the Human Rights Commission over claims of racism left Hawthorn alone fighting in their corner.
- by Jake Niall
Updated
AFL 2024
Hawthorn settle Federal Court case with Indigenous players
The Hawks have settled their Federal Court case with Indigenous former players and their families, apologising for their experiences at the club and reaching a financial settlement.
- by Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall
Reality bites as crisis in the number of Indigenous AFL players gathers pace
The number of Indigenous players on AFL lists will continue its alarming decline in 2025 as few players are considered for selection in the national draft.
- by Peter Ryan
One sleep to go: The latest mail on who your club will pick in this year’s AFL draft
The best and brightest prospects in the land will learn their fate on Wednesday and Thursday in the AFL draft. We’ve studied the form and the needs of the clubs to devise our final phantom draft for the first round.
- by Marc McGowan
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