Emotional homecoming for Hawthorn’s rugby league convert
Hawthorn rookie Matt Hill was overwhelmed with emotion when he had the opportunity to take his club’s 13 premiership cups to his hometown of Katherine this week. Read what it meant to him.
Hawthorn rookie Matt Hill was overwhelmed with emotion when he had the opportunity to take his club’s 13 premiership cups to his hometown of Katherine this week. Read what it meant to him.
Despite Sam Mitchell referring to the ‘complicated situation’ during the week, club legend Cyril Rioli made a rare – and celebrated – AFL appearance on Thursday night.
A gesture from a Gold Coast Suns defender said it all as a Hawthorn star appeared to get away with a controversial act.
Short turnaround. Five team changes. A midfield smacking. The Hawks won’t leave Darwin too displeased with an eight-point loss – but is a big concern brewing?
A fiery sledge during the AFL’s most divisive incident of 2024 has come to light with two club’s privately “seething”.
Ken Hinkley says he hasn’t spoken to anyone at Hawthorn since last year’s fiery semi-final – and no-one from the Hawks had reached out. Watch the video here.
Tell us in 25 words or fewer why you want to win a pair of signed boots from your club’s star player.
James Sicily says he would be prepared to meet with rival clubs when his contract is due to expire and has defended Hawthorn’s clandestine approach to West Coast skipper Oscar Allen.
GWS got the jump on Hawthorn down in Tassie, before Will Day led a Hawks blitz that the Giants never recovered from. But that wasn’t even the most impressive part of the win.
The Hawks are playing the most exciting and skilful football the legendary David Parkin has ever seen. Jay Clark goes inside their fast-tracked rebuild with the man who first helped discover Sam Mitchell here.
Footy fans have been blown away by an AFL commentator after a sensational move that suggests his coaching career isn’t over just yet.
Right now, the Hawks are deserved premiership favourites, writes JON RALPH. But how do they do with without the big gun key forward? One factor looms as the secret to their success.
Carlton aren’t a team that typically sit on their hands when things aren’t going well. Yet another loss to the Hawks means it’s make or break time for Michael Voss, writes Scott Gullan.
The Blues’ horror start to season 2025 has continued, but coach Michael Voss said he was ‘happy with our fight’ in a dour loss to Hawthorn which leaves them on the back foot.
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