2015 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
2015 season
President Andrew Newbold
Coach Alastair Clarkson
(11th season)
Captain(s) Luke Hodge
(5th season)
Home ground Aurora Stadium (Capacity: 23,000)
MCG (Capacity: 100,018)
AFL season 3rd
Finals series Premiers
Best and Fairest Josh Gibson
Leading goalkicker Jack Gunston (57 goals)
Highest home attendance 98,633 (Grand Final vs West Coast)
Lowest home attendance 11,320 (Round 9 vs Gold Coast)
Main article: 2015 AFL season

The Hawthorn Football Club's 2015 season was its 91st season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Club summary

The 2015 AFL season was be the 119th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 91st season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. The Melbourne Cricket Ground once again acted as Hawthorn's primary home ground, hosting six of the club's eleven home games,[1] with four games played at their secondary home ground, Aurora Stadium in Launceston, and one played at Etihad Stadium in Round 21. The four matches at Aurora Stadium were against the Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast Suns, Fremantle and the Brisbane Lions in rounds 3, 9, 15 and 22 respectively,[2] while the one home game at Etihad Stadium was against Port Adelaide in Round 21. The club played Geelong, Essendon, Port Adelaide, Sydney and Carlton twice during the regular season, and travelled interstate five times (twice each to Sydney and Adelaide, and once to Perth).[1]

Major sponsors Tasmania and iiNet continued as the club's two major sponsors,[3][4] while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel.[5]

Senior Personnel

Alastair Clarkson continued as the club's head coach for the eleventh consecutive season, while Luke Hodge continued as the club's captain for the fifth consecutive season. Both have held their respective positions since 2005 and 2011, respectively.

2015 player squad

Hawthorn Football Club
Senior list Rookie List Coaching staff
  • 34 Kurt Heatherley (B)
  • 35 Sam Grimley
  • 44 Jared Hardisty
  • 45 Jermaine Miller-Lewis
  • 46 Lachlan Langford
  • 47 Shem-Kalvin Tatupu (B)

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain
  • Long-term injury list
  • Upgraded rookie(s)
  • (vet) Veteran's list
  • (ret) Retired

Updated: 8 December 2014
Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Playing list changes

During the 2014 off-season, the Hawks acquired the services of Melbourne's James Frawley via the free agency system,[6] as well as those of Greater Western Sydney's Jonathan O'Rourke during the trade period.[7] 200-gamer Brad Sewell announced his retirement shortly after the end of the club's 2014 season, in which the club won their 12th premiership but for which he was overlooked.[8] In addition, Mitch Hallahan, Kyle Cheney and Luke Lowden were all traded away from the club,[9] while Jordan Kelly, Derick Wanganeen and Ben Ross were all delisted.[10]

The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2014 season and the commencement of the 2015 season.

In

Player Previous Club League via
James Frawley[6] Melbourne AFL Free agency
Jonathan O'Rourke[7] Greater Western Sydney AFL AFL Trade Period
Daniel Howe Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup AFL Draft
Teia Miles Geelong Falcons TAC Cup AFL Draft
Marc Pittonet Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup AFL Draft

Out

Player New Club League via
Jordan Kelly[10] Western Bulldogs Australian Football League 2015 Rookie Draft
Derick Wanganeen[10] Delisted N/A N/A
Ben Ross[10] Delisted N/A N/A
Brad Sewell[8] Retirement N/A N/A
Mitch Hallahan[9] Gold Coast Australian Football League AFL Trade Period
Kyle Cheney Adelaide Australian Football League AFL Trade Period
Luke Lowden Adelaide Australian Football League AFL Trade Period

Season summary

Pre-season matches

The club played three practice matches as part of the 2015 NAB Challenge, and were played under modified pre-season rules, including nine-point goals.

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Thursday, 26 February (7:10 pm) Collingwood 2.8.6 (72) 0.17.14 (116) Lost by 44 points Aurora Stadium (H) 15,422
2 Sunday, 8 March (4:10 pm) North Melbourne 2.9.13 (85) 1.9.9 (72) Lost by 13 points Deakin Reserve, Shepparton (A) 7,591
3 Thursday, 19 March (7:10 pm) St Kilda 1.4.6 (39) 22.13 (145) Won by 106 points Etihad Stadium (A) 7,077
Source

Premiership Season

Home and away season

See also: 2015 AFL season
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Monday, 6 April (3:20 pm) Geelong 17.21 (123) 8.13 (61) Won by 62 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 73,584 2nd
2 Sunday, 12 April (3:20 pm) Essendon 12.6 (78) 11.10 (76) Lost by two points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 59,866 6th
3 Sunday, 19 April (1:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 19.13 (127) 8.9 (57) Won by 70 points Aurora Stadium (H) 15,559 4th
4 Saturday, 25 April (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 15.9 (99) 13.13 (91) Lost by eight points Adelaide Oval (A) 50,675 7th
5 Saturday, 2 May (7:20 pm) North Melbourne 10.10 (70) 19.16 (130) Won by 60 points Etihad Stadium (A) 38,077 4th
6 Saturday, 9 May (4:35 pm) Greater Western Sydney 16.12 (108) 14.14 (98) Lost by 10 points Spotless Stadium (A) 13,556 8th
7 Saturday, 16 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 24.11 (155) 7.8 (50) Won by 105 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 41,935 6th
8 Saturday, 23 May (7:20 pm) Sydney 9.15 (69) 11.7 (73) Lost by four points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 63,319 7th
9 Saturday, 30 May (1:45 pm) Gold Coast 14.9 (93) 6.4 (40) Won by 53 points Aurora Stadium (H) 11,320 6th
10 Sunday, 7 June (4:40 pm) St Kilda 10.9 (69) 20.12 (132) Won by 63 points Etihad Stadium (A) 33,886 6th
11 Bye
12 Thursday, 18 June (7:20 pm) Adelaide 12.13 (85) 17.12 (114) Won by 29 points Adelaide Oval (A) 50,023 5th
13 Saturday, 27 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 16.18 (114) 11.10 (76) Won by 38 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 62,500 4th
14 Friday, July 3 (7:50 pm) Collingwood 12.19 (91) 15.11 (101) Won by 10 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 75,880 4th
15 Sunday, 12 July (3:20 pm) Fremantle 17.13 (115) 6.7 (43) Won by 72 points Aurora Stadium (H) 16,792 4th
16 Saturday, 18 July (7:20 pm) Sydney 7.15 (57) 23.8 (146) Won by 89 points ANZ Stadium (A) 37,369 3rd
17 Friday, 24 July (7:50 pm) Carlton 4.11 (35) 27.11 (173) Won by 138 points Etihad Stadium (A) 26,815 3rd
18 Friday, 31 July (7:50 pm) Richmond 7.11 (53) 10.11 (71) Lost by 18 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 66,305 3rd
19 Saturday, 8 August (5:40 pm) West Coast 11.8 (74) 13.10 (88) Won by 14 points Domain Stadium (A) 34,843 3rd
20 Saturday, 15 August (7:20 pm) Geelong 12.13 (85) 19.7 (121) Won by 36 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 55,802 3rd
21 Friday, 21 August (7:50 pm) Port Adelaide 13.8 (86) 16.12 (108) Lost by 22 points Etihad Stadium (H) 28,657 3rd
22 Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 21.8 (134) 9.8 (62) Won by 72 points Aurora Stadium (H) 11,731 3rd
23 Saturday, 5 September (4:40 pm) Carlton 17.11 (113) 8.8 (56) Won by 57 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 33,182 3rd
Source

Finals

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
Second qualifying final Friday, 11 September (6:20 pm) West Coast 14.12 (96) 9.10 (64) Lost by 32 points Domain Stadium (A) 42,663
Second semi-final Friday, 18 September (7:50 pm) Adelaide 21.9 (135) 8.13 (61) Won by 74 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 70,879
First preliminary final Friday, 25 September (6:20 pm) Fremantle 10.7 (67) 15.4 (94) Won by 27 points Domain Stadium (A) 41,508
Grand Final Saturday, 3 October (2:30 pm) West Coast 16.11 (107) 8.13 (61) Won by 46 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 98,633

Ladder

2015 AFL Ladder
Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Fremantle 22 17 5 0 1857 1564 118.7 68
2 West Coast 22 16 5 1 2330 1572 148.2 66
3 Hawthorn (P) 22 16 6 0 2452 1548 158.4 64
4 Sydney 22 16 6 0 2006 1578 127.1 64
5 Richmond 22 15 7 0 1930 1568 123.1 60
6 Western Bulldogs 22 14 8 0 2101 1825 115.1 56
7 Adelaide 21 13 8 0 2107 1821 115.7 541
8 North Melbourne 22 13 9 0 2062 1937 106.5 52
9 Port Adelaide 22 12 10 0 2002 1874 106.8 48
10 Geelong 21 11 9 1 1853 1833 101.1 481
11 Greater Western Sydney 22 11 11 0 1872 1891 99.0 44
12 Collingwood 22 10 12 0 1972 1856 106.3 40
13 Melbourne 22 7 15 0 1573 2044 77.0 28
14 St Kilda 22 6 15 1 1695 2162 78.4 26
15 Essendon 22 6 16 0 1580 2134 74.0 24
16 Gold Coast 22 4 17 1 1633 2240 72.9 18
17 Brisbane Lions 22 4 18 0 1557 2306 67.5 16
18 Carlton 22 4 18 0 1525 2354 64.8 16
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against
1The round 14 match between Adelaide and Geelong was cancelled due to the death of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, and both teams were awarded two premiership points each.

Awards, Records & Milestones

Awards

Records

Milestones

Brownlow Medal

Results

Round 1 vote 2 votes 3 votes
1 Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Luke Breust (Hawthorn) Jordan Lewis (Hawthorn)
2 Dyson Heppell (Essendon) Michael Hurley (Essendon) Jobe Watson (Essendon)
3 Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn) Luke Hodge (Hawthorn)
4 Isaac Smith (Hawthorn) Alipate Carlile (Port Adelaide) Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
5 Jack Gunston (Hawthorn) Jordan Lewis (Hawthorn) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
6 Isaac Smith (Hawthorn) Jeremy Cameron (Greater Western Sydney) Callan Ward (Greater Western Sydney)
7 Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn) Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
8 Luke Parker (Sydney) Daniel Hannebery (Sydney) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
9 Isaac Smith (Hawthorn) Bradley Hill (Hawthorn) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
10 Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) Jack Steven (St Kilda) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
11 Bye
12 Rory Sloane (Adelaide) Liam Shiels (Hawthorn) Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
13 Liam Shiels (Hawthorn) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
14 Jordan Lewis (Hawthorn) Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn) Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
15 Luke Breust (Hawthorn) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Luke Hodge (Hawthorn)
16 Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn) Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn) Luke Hodge (Hawthorn)
17 Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) Jordan Lewis (Hawthorn) Jack Gunston (Hawthorn)
18 Ivan Maric (Richmond) Dustin Martin (Richmond) Anthony Miles (Richmond)
19 Andrew Gaff (West Coast) Matt Priddis (West Coast) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
20 Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)
21 Sam Gray (Port Adelaide) Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide) Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)
22 Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions) Liam Shiels (Hawthorn) Jack Gunston (Hawthorn)
23 Josh Gibson (Hawthorn) Bradley Hill (Hawthorn) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)

Brownlow Medal tally

Player 1 vote games 2 vote games 3 vote games Total votes
Sam Mitchell 4 2 6 26
Luke Hodge 2 1 3 13
Jarryd Roughead 1 1 2 9
Jordan Lewis 1 2 1 8
Jack Gunston 1 0 2 7
Cyril Rioli 0 2 1 7
Liam Shiels 1 2 0 5
Bradley Hill 0 2 0 4
Luke Breust 1 1 0 3
Isaac Smith 3 0 0 3
Shaun Burgoyne 0 1 0 2
Josh Gibson 1 0 0 1
Total 15 14 15 88

Tribunal cases

Player Round Charge category Verdict Result Victim Club Ref(s)
Luke Hodge 5 Striking Guilty Three-match suspension Andrew Swallow North Melbourne [11][12]
Jordan Lewis 5 Striking Guilty Two-match suspension Todd Goldstein North Melbourne [11]
Sam Mitchell 8 Striking Guilty $1,000 fine Tom Mitchell Sydney
Ben Stratton 12 Striking Guilty $1,000 fine Eddie Betts Adelaide
Josh Gibson 12 Striking Guilty $1,000 fine Charlie Cameron Adelaide
Sam Mitchell 15 Misconduct Guilty $1,000 fine Nathan Fyfe Fremantle
Josh Gibson 17 Striking Guilty $1,500 fine Blaine Boekhorst Carlton
Brian Lake 18 Rough conduct Not Guilty Cleared at tribunal Tyrone Vickery Richmond
Luke Hodge 21 Rough conduct Guilty Two-match suspension Chad Wingard Port Adelaide
Jordan Lewis 23 Tripping Guilty $1,000 fine Andrew Carrazzo Carlton

References

  1. 1 2 2015 Fixture released, Hawthorn Football Club official website, 30 October 2014
  2. 2015 Tasmania matches released, Hawthorn Football Club official website, 29 October 2014
  3. Tasmania, Hawthorn Football Club official website
  4. iiNet, Hawthorn Football Club official website
  5. Hawks sign five-year deal with Adidas, mUmBRELLA, 13 September 2012
  6. 1 2 James Frawley joins Hawthorn as a free agent, Melbourne receives pick 3 as compensation, Herald Sun, 6 October 2014
  7. 1 2 O'Rourke Becomes A Hawk, GWS Giants Official Website, 9 October 2014
  8. 1 2 Ward, Roy (5 October 2014). "Brad Sewell says goodbye to Hawthorn with stirring speech". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  9. 1 2 Schmook, Nathan (16 October 2014). "Hawk six-gamer takes up three-year offer from Suns". Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Hawks announce list changes". Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Match Review Panel full statement: round five". Australian Football League. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  12. Schmook, Nathan (5 May 2015). "Hodge, May fail to convince Tribunal, both out for three weeks". Australian Football League. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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