2017 Hawthorn Football Club season
| 2017 season | |||
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| President | Richard Garvey | ||
| Coach | Alastair Clarkson | ||
| Captain(s) | Luke Hodge | ||
| Home ground |
Melbourne Cricket Ground (Capacity: 100,018) University of Tasmania Stadum (Capacity: 23,000) | ||
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The Hawthorn Football Club's 2017 season will be its 93rd season in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Club summary
The 2017 AFL season will be the 121st season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it will be the 93rd season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania and iiNet continued as the club's two major sponsors, as they had done since 2006 and 2013 respectively,[1][2] while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they had done since 2013.[3] 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
Alastair Clarkson will continue as the club's head coach for the thirteenth consecutive season, while Luke Hodge continued as the club's captain for the seventh consecutive season. Both have held their respective positions since 2005[4] and 2011,[5] respectively.
2017 player squad
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Playing list changes
The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2016 season and the beginning of the 2017 season.
In
| Player | Previous Club | League | via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Vickery[6] | Richmond | Australian Football League | Free agency |
| Tom Mitchell[7] | Sydney | Australian Football League | Trade period |
| Jaeger O'Meara[8] | Gold Coast | Australian Football League | Trade period |
| Conor Nash[9] | N/A | N/A | International Rookie |
| Ricky Henderson[10] | Adelaide | Australian Football League | Delisted free agency period |
| Harry Morrison[11] | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | AFL Draft |
| Mitchell Lewis[11] | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup | AFL Draft |
| Oliver Hanrahan[12] | St Kevin's Old Boys | Victorian Amateur Football Association | AFL rookie draft |
| Jack Fitzpatrick[12] | Hawthorn | Australian Football League | AFL rookie draft |
| James Cousins[12] | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | AFL rookie draft |
Out
| Player | New Club | League | via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shem-Kalvin Tatupu[13] | Melbourne Storm | National Rugby League | Retirement |
| Bradley Hill[14] | Fremantle | Australian Football League | Trade period |
| Sam Mitchell[15] | West Coast | Australian Football League | Trade period |
| Jordan Lewis[16] | Melbourne | Australian Football League | Trade period |
| Matt Spangher[17] | TBD | Australian Football League | Delisted |
| Jack Fitzpatrick[17] | Hawthorn | Australian Football League | Delisted |
| Angus Litherland[17] | TBD | Australian Football League | Delisted |
| Zac Webster[17] | TBD | Australian Football League | Delisted |
| Lachlan Langford[17] | TBD | Australian Football League | Delisted |
| Alex Woodward[17] | TBD | Australian Football League | Delisted |
| Jermaine Miller-Lewis[17] | TBD | Australian Football League | Delisted |
Season summary
Premiership season
Fixture summary
The full fixture was announced on 27 October 2016.[18] The Melbourne Cricket Ground will once again act as Hawthorn's primary home ground, hosting six of the club's eleven home games, with four home games to be played at their secondary home ground, University of Tasmania Stadium, in Launceston, and one home game to be played at Etihad Stadium against the Western Bulldogs in round 23.[19] The club's opponents for the four games in Launceston are St Kilda, Brisbane Lions, Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne in rounds six, eight, 16 and 21 respectively, while the club will play Adelaide, Collingwood, Geelong, Gold Coast and Sydney twice during the regular season.[18]
The Hawks will start the 2017 season with an away match against Essendon, which is set to welcome up to ten of its banned players back from a season-long suspension which had spanned the entire 2016 season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round one;[20] due to the weighted rule, it will be the only time the clubs meet during the regular season. The club's first home game will come the following round, when it hosts 2016 finalists Adelaide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round two.[18] It will travel to Adelaide twice for matches against Port Adelaide and Adelaide (for a second time) in rounds 11 and 14 respectively, while it will also travel to the Gold Coast, Sydney and Perth once each, in rounds three, ten and eighteen respectively. Additionally, it will play two Friday night matches (both against Sydney) and two Thursday night matches (both at the Adelaide Oval) during the regular season, while nine of the club's 21 matches (with the round 23 match against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium still to be scheduled) will be broadcast on free-to-air.[18]
Based on its finishing position from 2016, Hawthorn's fixture was rated the second-most difficult (only behind Greater Western Sydney) by The Age; it is the fifth consecutive season in which it has been dealt either the most or second-most difficult fixture of any club.[21]
Fixture
References
- ↑ "Tasmania". Hawthorn Football Club official website. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ "iiNet". Hawthorn Football Club official website. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ "Hawks sign five-year deal with Adidas". mUmBRELLA. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ "Hawks appoint Clarkson as coach". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 8 September 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ↑ "Hawks Captain Luke Hodge". Hawthorn Football Club. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ↑ "Vickery becomes a Hawk". Hawthorn Football Club. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ↑ "Tom Mitchell deal finalised". Hawthorn Football Club. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "Hawks land O'Meara". Hawthorn Football Club. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "Hawks sign Nash as an international rookie". Hawthorn Football Club. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ Ryan, Peter (8 November 2016). "Hawks signs ex-Crow as delisted free agent". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Hawthorn select Morrison and Lewis". Hawthorn Football Club. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Hawthorn finalise 2017 list". Hawthorn Football Club. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ "Shem Tatupu departs". Hawthorn Football Club. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ↑ Hope, Shayne (13 October 2016). "Brothers reunite as Bradley Hill joins Fremantle". The West Australian. Seven West Media. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Sam Mitchell departs the Hawks". Hawthorn Football Club. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ Browne, Ashley (18 October 2016). "Hawthorn star Jordan Lewis becomes a Demon". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Hawthorn Delist Eight". Triple M. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Hawthorn welcome 2017 fixture". hawthornfc.com.au. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ "2017 Replacement games". hawthornfc.com.au. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ Navaratnam, Dinny (23 October 2016). "Dons-Hawks clash highlights blockbuster opening round". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ Connolly, Rohan (27 October 2016). "AFL fixture 2017: Tough for GWS Giants but difficult draw needn't mean doom and gloom". The Age. Retrieved 30 November 2016.