Hawthorn Hawks
Contentious free-agency compo system delivers big win for Saints
The St Kilda defender will play for Hawthorn next year, while Collingwood, Melbourne and Gold Coast have also made free agency signings.
- by Michael Gleeson, Marc McGowan and Russell Bennett
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Gambling, the Brownlow and Hinkley’s outburst: League chief on the AFL’s biggest talking points
From the pre-finals bye, to Gather Round, to mid-season trading – in a wide-ranging, frank interview, AFL CEO Andrew Dillon discusses the biggest issues currently facing the league.
- by Jake Niall
Opinion
AFL 2024
Hinkley, Ginnivan and the outrageous outrage
The Hinkley-Ginnivan imbroglio was unedifying, but the footy world has been a bit precious about the words that started it.
- by Greg Baum
Koch confirms Hinkley will coach next year, as Power fumes
The Power are privately seething over the fine handed out for Hinkley’s behaviour towards Hawks players, but the coach is locked in for next year.
- by Jake Niall
Opinion
AFL 2024
Give the outrage a rest. Hinkley’s post-match sparring was great
Ken Hinkley’s post-match sparring with Jack Ginnivan and James Sicily on Friday night was great. Less so the reaction from some ex-Hawks in the media.
- by Marc McGowan
Port Adelaide fined $20,000 over Ken Hinkley’s Jack Ginnivan sledge
The AFL has handed out a hefty fine over the Power coach’s sledge of a Hawks player on the Adelaide Oval surface after Port’s narrow win on Friday night.
- by Peter Ryan
‘He brings eyes to our game’: Grundy backs former teammate Ginnivan
The Swans ruckman could not have imagined a celebratory Instagram post after the win over GWS would lead to a war of words between Port Adelaide and Hawthorn.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Updated
AFL 2024
Port back Hinkley, Ginnivan regrets Instagram post
Ken Hinkley ignited the Hawks’ fury, and drew heavy criticism, for his confrontation with Jack Ginnivan and James Sicily, and the league has demanded an explanation.
- by Andrew Wu
Analysis
AFL 2024
Pressure gauge: How the Hawks lost the game and won the season
Port Adelaide, pumped and primed to atone for their embarrassing display against Geelong, gave Hawthorn precisely what they didn’t experience against the Western Bulldogs one week earlier.
- by Jake Niall
Analysis
AFL 2024
Old school versus Hokball: Inside Ken Hinkley’s attack on Jack Ginnivan
The most lenient view of the Ken Hinkley invective towards Jack Ginnivan is of an old-school coach unable to abide the look-at-me antics of modern footballers.
- by Jake Niall
Hinkley’s regret over post-match sprays, but Hawthorn legends slam ‘embarrassing’ behaviour
Port Adelaide prevailed in a classic final against the gallant Hawks, who had salt rubbed into their raw wounds by Ken Hinkley’s verbal jousting towards players.
- by Andrew Wu, Roy Ward and Marnie Vinall
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