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Hawthorn Football Club
2021 season
PresidentJeff Kennett
CoachAlastair Clarkson
Captain(s)Ben McEvoy
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground
University of Tasmania Stadium
Record7–13–2 (14th)
Best and FairestTom Mitchell
Leading goalkickerLuke Breust (33)
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Hawthorn Football Club season was the club's 97th season in the Australian Football League and 120th overall, the 22nd season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 21st season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium, the 17th season under head coach Alastair Clarkson,[1] and the 1st season with Ben McEvoy as captain.[2]

On 6 July 2021, Hawthorn announced that former premiership captain and current assistant coach Sam Mitchell would succeed Clarkson as coach when his contract expired following the 2022 season.[3] However, just a few weeks later the club announced that Clarkson would instead depart at the end of the 2021 season.[4] Clarkson will depart the club as the most decorated coach in club history, having coached the most games (home and away, finals, total), wins (home and away, finals, total), and premierships. Following the announcement, Hawthorn finished the season strongly with wins over premiership contenders, Brisbane, and the Western Bulldogs. They also defeated Collingwood, and draw with the two–time defending premiers Richmond.

Hawthorn improved on their 5–12 record from the previous season. Hawthorn finished in 14th place with a 7–13–2 record. For the first and only time under Alastair Clarkson, the club failed to qualify for finals for the third consecutive season. Luke Breust topped the club goalkicking for the third time, finishing the season with 33 goals. Tom Mitchell won his third Peter Crimmins Medal.

Club summary

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The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 97th season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania, iiNet, and Nissan continued as the club's three major sponsors, as they have done since 2006, 2013, and 2019 respectively,[5][6] while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they have done since 2013.[7] 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

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  • On 23 September 2020, Forwards coach Scott Burns departed the club after three–seasons to join Adelaide as a senior assistant coach.[8]
  • On 9 October 2020, Head of matchday strategy and opposition coach, Adem Yze departed Hawthorn after nine–seasons spent in various roles and joined Melbourne as an assistant coach. The club Yze had spent his entire playing career.[9]
  • On 17 October 2020, it was announced that Craig McRae would join the club as an assistant coach. McRae was previously an assistant coach with Richmond, and had been a part of the club's 2017, 2019, and 2020 premierships. McRae had also coached Richmond's VFL team to a premiership in 2019 and was named VFL coach of the year for the 2019 season.[10]
  • On 29 October 2020, the coaching lineup for the 2021 season was announced with numerous line coach changes due to the ongoing effects of COVID-19. After spending 2020 as the midfield coach, Sam Mitchell moved into a development while also being placed in the role of head coach of the club's VFL affiliate Box Hill Hawks. Chris Newman will take over as backline coach. Craig McRae will be in charge of the forward line filling the vacancy left by Scott Burns. Brendon Bolton will become the midfield coach, after spending the 2020 season as the director of coaching.
  • On 16 January 2021, Graham Wright departed the club after 14 years. Two days later it was confirmed that Wright joined Collingwood as the general manager of football. Rob McCartney was announced as the new Head of Football on 10 February 2021.
  • On 29 January 2021, Ben McEvoy was appointed the 45th captain of Hawthorn since joining the VFA in 1914 and 37th since joining the VFL in 1925. Jaeger O'Meara remains in his role of vice-captain which he has held since 2020. Tom Mitchell, Jack Gunston, Liam Shiels remained a part of the leadership group alongside new addition James Worpel.

Playing list changes

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Trades

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5 October 2020 To Hawthorn
Kyle Hartigan 		To Adelaide
4th round pick, 2021 AFL draft
12 October 2020 To Hawthorn
Tom Phillips 		To Collingwood
Pick 65, 2020 AFL draft
9 December 2020 To Hawthorn
Pick 66, 2020 AFL draft
Pick 69, 2020 AFL draft
2nd round pick, 2021 AFL draft 		To Collingwood
Pick 41, 2020 AFL draft
Pick 42, 2020 AFL draft
9 December 2020 To Hawthorn
Pick 54, 2020 AFL draft
4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft (via Richmond) 		To St Kilda
Pick 43, 2020 AFL draft
9 December 2020 To Hawthorn
Pick 46, 2020 AFL draft
4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft (via Richmond) 		To Melbourne
3rd round pick, 2021 AFL draft

Free agency

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Date Player F/A Type Old Club Deal Compensation Ref
5 March 2021 Lachlan Bramble SSP Box Hill Signed a 1–year rookie deal —

Departures

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Date Player F/A Type New Club Deal Compensation Ref
30 October 2020 Isaac Smith Unrestricted Geelong Signed a 2–year deal End of 3rd-round pick [11]

Draft

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See also: 2020 AFL draft

AFL draft

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Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref
1 6 Denver Grainger-Barras Swan Districts
2 29 Seamus Mitchell Bendigo Pioneers
2 35 Connor Downie Eastern Rangers
3 46 Tyler Brockman Subiaco

Rookie draft

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Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref
1 4 Jack Saunders Norwood

Mid-season rookie draft

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The Mid-season draft will take place during Hawthorns bye week. Hawthorn will have two selections due to Jonathon Pattons retirement and James Sicily being placed on the long-term injury list.

Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref
1 2 Jai Newcombe Box Hill
2 17 Jackson Callow Norwood

Retirements and delistings

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Date Player 2021 team Reason Ref
14 September 2020 Paul Puopolo — Retired [12]
14 September 2020 Ben Stratton — Retired [12]
23 September 2020 Conor Glass — Retired [13]
23 September 2020 Ricky Henderson — Retired [14]
7 October 2020 Will Golds — Delisted [15]
7 October 2020 Darren Minchington — Delisted [15]
7 October 2020 Jackson Ross — Delisted [15]
8 October 2020 James Frawley St Kilda Delisted [16]
25 November 2020 Harry Jones — Delisted
25 November 2020 Mathew Walker — Delisted

2021 player squad

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2021 Hawthorn Football Club squad
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Injured
  • Upgraded rookie(s)
  • (ret) Retired
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • (FA) Free agent

Updated: 17 August 2021
Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches


Community series

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Report
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 6 March (4:10 pm) North Melbourne 12.9 (81) 17.18 (120) Won by 39 points Arden Street Oval Report

Home & Away season

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Record Report
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 20 March (7:25 pm) Essendon 13.13 (91) 14.8 (92) Won by 1 point Marvel Stadium 1–0 Report
2 Sunday, 28 March (1:10 pm) Richmond 7.7 (49) 11.12 (78) Lost by 29 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 1–1 Report
3 Monday, April 5 (3:20 pm) Geelong 10.9 (69) 9.10 (64) Lost by 5 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 1–2 Report
4 Sunday, 11 April (2:40 pm) Fremantle 13.18 (96) 12.9 (81) Lost by 15 points Optus Stadium 1–3 Report
5 Sunday, 18 April (3:20 pm) Melbourne 8.6 (54) 15.14 (104) Lost by 50 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 1–4 Report
6 Sunday, 25 April (12:30 pm) Adelaide 15.12 (102) 16.3 (99) Won by 3 points University of Tasmania Stadium 2–4 Report
7 Saturday, 1 May (4:35 pm) St Kilda 19.14 (128) 9.5 (59) Lost by 69 points Marvel Stadium 2–5 Report
8 Sunday, 9 May (1:10 pm) West Coast 8.12 (60) 14.14 (98) Lost by 38 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 2–6 Report
9 Saturday, 15 May (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 12.8 (80) 13.9 (87) Lost by 7 points University of Tasmania Stadium 2–7 Report
10 Saturday, 22 May (1:45 pm) Carlton 13.8 (86) 9.9 (63) Lost by 23 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 2–8 Report
11 Saturday, 29 May (7:40 pm) Gold Coast 17.11 (113) 11.10 (76) Lost by 37 points Sydney Cricket Ground 2–9 Report
12 Bye
13 Friday, 11 June (7:50 pm) Sydney 7.9 (51) 14.5 (89) Won by 38 points Sydney Cricket Ground 3–9 Report
14 Sunday, 20 June (3:20 pm) Essendon 10.13 (73) 13.8 (86) Lost by 13 points University of Tasmania Stadium 3–10 Report
15 Sunday, 27 June (1:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney 11.6 (72) 13.13 (90) Won by 18 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 4–10 Report
16 Saturday, 3 July (7:40 pm) Port Adelaide 7.11 (53) 13.9 (87) Lost by 34 points Marvel Stadium 4–11 Report
17 Saturday, 10 July (1:45 pm) Fremantle 6.10 (46) 16.12 (108) Lost by 62 points University of Tasmania Stadium 4–12 Report
18 Saturday, 17 July (7:25 pm) Melbourne 11.13 (79) 12.7 (79) Draw Melbourne Cricket Ground 4–12–1 Report
19 Saturday, 31 July (7:40 pm) Adelaide 16.6 (102) 13.5 (83) Lost by 19 points Marvel Stadium 4–13–1 Report
20 Sunday, 1 August (2:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 14.8 (92) 12.8 (80) Won by 12 points University of Tasmania Stadium 5–13–1 Report
21 Sunday, 8 August (2:10 pm) Collingwood 15.7 (97) 12.6 (78) Won by 19 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 6–13–1 Report
22 Saturday, 14 August (1:45 pm) Western Bulldogs 9.10 (64) 5.7 (37) Won by 27 points University of Tasmania Stadium 7–13–1 Report
23 Saturday, 21 August (1:35 pm) Richmond 12.11 (83) 12.11 (83) Draw Melbourne Cricket Ground 7–13–2 Report

Ladder

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Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne (P) 22 17 4 1 1888 1443 130.8 70 Finals series
2 Port Adelaide 22 17 5 0 1884 1492 126.3 68
3 Geelong 22 16 6 0 1845 1456 126.7 64
4 Brisbane Lions 22 15 7 0 2131 1599 133.3 60
5 Western Bulldogs 22 15 7 0 1994 1501 132.8 60
6 Sydney 22 15 7 0 1986 1656 119.9 60
7 Greater Western Sydney 22 11 10 1 1768 1773 99.7 46
8 Essendon 22 11 11 0 1953 1790 109.1 44
9 West Coast 22 10 12 0 1752 1880 93.2 40
10 St Kilda 22 10 12 0 1644 1796 91.5 40
11 Fremantle 22 10 12 0 1578 1825 86.5 40
12 Richmond 22 9 12 1 1743 1780 97.9 38
13 Carlton 22 8 14 0 1746 1972 88.5 32
14 Hawthorn 22 7 13 2 1629 1912 85.2 32
15 Adelaide 22 7 15 0 1616 1971 82.0 28
16 Gold Coast 22 7 15 0 1430 1863 76.8 28
17 Collingwood 22 6 16 0 1557 1818 85.6 24
18 North Melbourne 22 4 17 1 1458 2075 70.3 18
Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2021. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Statistics

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No. Name GM (S) G B D K H M T HO FF FA
1 Harry Morrison 15(1) 7 2 231 124 107 67 34 0 7 14
2 Mitchell Lewis 14 22 9 142 91 51 67 28 29 13 10
3 Tom Mitchell 22 8 5 754 321 433 98 105 0 24 29
4 Jarman Impey 13 2 0 288 181 107 70 33 0 16 4
5 James Worpel 20 10 8 426 232 194 54 82 0 15 27
6 James Sicily 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ben McEvoy (c) 22 12 8 275 135 140 111 78 370 28 14
8 Sam Frost 22 0 0 333 194 139 112 44 3 7 31
9 Shaun Burgoyne 18(3) 1 1 217 133 84 46 31 0 5 5
10 Jaeger O'Meara 18 5 9 473 232 241 74 91 0 16 31
11 Conor Nash 8(1) 2 1 110 51 59 26 23 0 3 10
12 Will Day 5 0 0 99 55 44 25 8 0 5 7
13 Oliver Hanrahan 13(2) 8 6 141 71 70 31 13 0 7 4
14 Jack Scrimshaw 20(1) 4 2 412 249 163 127 29 0 8 3
15 Blake Hardwick 20 0 2 418 312 106 108 41 0 22 10
16 Lachlan Bramble 10 1 3 183 119 64 44 20 0 7 3
17 Daniel Howe 20(1) 8 5 373 249 124 109 40 0 18 17
18 Jonathon Ceglar 12 2 2 180 67 113 53 26 249 10 16
19 Jack Gunston 1 0 0 7 6 1 1 2 0 0 0
20 Chad Wingard 16 12 11 357 199 158 58 61 0 19 8
21 Tom Phillips 22 13 5 406 241 165 93 47 0 23 6
22 Luke Breust 19 33 11 238 121 117 47 62 0 12 13
23 Tim O'Brien 19(1) 12 5 219 147 72 90 32 12 18 16
24 James Cousins 10(1) 2 5 187 101 86 27 37 0 8 6
26 Liam Shiels 21 5 4 444 244 200 93 99 0 16 31
27 Michael Hartley 3 1 1 56 39 17 14 5 0 1 3
28 Kyle Hartigan 19 0 0 201 106 95 66 16 2 15 28
29 Changkuoth Jiath 16 0 2 324 172 152 93 26 0 18 22
30 Damon Greaves 7(2) 1 0 74 48 26 16 12 0 6 2
31 Keegan Brooksby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Finn Maginness 2(1) 0 0 15 5 10 1 5 0 1 1
33 Harry Pepper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Jacob Koschitzke 20 27 19 163 98 65 77 37 1 13 7
35 Josh Morris 5(4) 0 1 6 4 2 1 5 0 3 0
36 Dylan Moore 20 27 11 307 160 147 76 58 0 27 9
37 Ned Reeves 5 1 0 48 19 29 8 20 131 5 5
38 Denver Grainger-Barras 5 0 0 37 25 12 17 11 0 3 2
39 Emerson Jeka 4 2 2 26 13 13 7 4 0 1 0
40 Seamus Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Connor Downie 2(1) 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 0 0 0
42 Tyler Brockman 11(1) 10 4 98 52 46 27 23 0 2 6
43 Jack Saunders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Jai Newcombe 7(2) 1 1 62 32 30 17 39 0 4 8
45 Jackson Callow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards, records and milestones

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Awards

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AFL awards

Club awards

Club records

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Milestones

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Round 1

Round 2

Round 4

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 10

Round 11

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

References

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  1. ^ "Hawks appoint Clarkson as coach". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ Zita, David (29 January 2021). "Hawthorn announce Ben McEvoy as new captain, intent on 'making amends' for 'disappointing' 2020". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Hawthorn announces future coaching plans". 6 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Clarkson to step down as senior coach at end of 2021". 30 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Tasmania". Hawthorn Football Club official website. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. ^ "iiNet". Hawthorn Football Club official website. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ^ "A unique partnership announcement". hawthornfc.com.au. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  8. ^ Larkin, Steve (23 September 2020). "Crows lure Scott Burns as AFL assistant". 7news. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  9. ^ Zita, David (9 October 2020). "Highly-rated Hawks assistant Adem Yze confirms move to Dees". 7news. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  10. ^ Colangelo, Anthony (17 October 2020). "Tigers assistant McCrae to join Hawthorn". The Age. Retrieved 5 October 2002.
  11. ^ "Hawks winger joins Geelong, Blues land Williams". The Age. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. ^ a b Zita, David (14 September 2020). "Veteran Hawthorn pair to hang up the boots after glittering AFL careers". Fox Sports. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Hawks' Glass to head home to Ireland, Demons delist three players". 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  14. ^ Zita, David (23 September 2020). "Hawthorn farewell Ricky Henderson as crunch list calls loom". Fox Sports. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  15. ^ a b c Whiting, Michael (7 October 2020). "Hawks cut forward AGAIN as three are axed". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  16. ^ Gould, Russell (8 October 2020). "Hawthorn has lost a fourth veteran from it's [sic] ageing list with James Frawley retiring". news.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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