After an unofficial match simulation meeting against the Western Bulldogs last week at the wind tunnel that was the Whitten Oval, the Hawks would face the same opponent but this time at their adopted home at UTAS stadium. Touted as the final dress rehearsal before facing one of our great...
Author: Jake Smith
2024 Match Simulation Takeaways
FOOTY IS BACK!!! After what seemed like an eternity, it was finally time to watch the Hawks back in action as the boys headed out west to face the Western Bulldogs at Whitten Oval. A howling wind to the left of TV screens resulted in a slightly messy game at...
Smithy’s Player Ratings: Fremantle
Well, that draws the curtain on season 2023 with somewhat of a disappointing effort, souring the massive amounts of progress we have seen in the last month. Expecting a bang to finish the season, the Hawks looked like a young side who were well and truly ready for the off-season...
Smithy’s Player Ratings: Melbourne
After taking two big scalps, the third time wasn’t the charm for the Hawks, going down to Melbourne by 27 points at the MCG. With the costly exclusions of Mitch Lewis, Jai Newcombe and Chad Wingard, it was always going to be a tough task against another top opponent. The...
Jai’s Half-Century Is A Nuclear Beginning
He’s known as the Prince of Poowong. He’s Talking Hawks’ very own. He’s one of the upcoming stars in the AFL. He’s a Hawk… through and through. Jai Newcombe celebrated his 50th game in the win over the Doggies, putting up a career best performance. Big time performances like this...
Classic Game: Western Bulldogs
As we draw towards the end of the 2023 season, we don’t need to stop looking back through the glorious archives. After a performance last week that will one day feature on this series, let’s keep the good times rolling and look back at a classic win against the Dogs. ...
Smithy’s Player Ratings: Western Bulldogs
After missing the best review of the year so far, I was nervous about mozzing the Hawks down in Tassie with my return, but what a win! The young Hawks did what they have struggled to do throughout the year, winning a close game that was on a knife’s edge...
BOTP: Fitzy’s Pie-Break
As the 2023 season draws to a close, it is a surprise to have a team feature for the first time on the classic game review, but here we are! Collingwood is the most followed and most talked about team in the competition and boy do we love beating them!...
Smithy’s Player Ratings: St.Kilda (Vol.2)
There is an old saying in footy that you start the game like you ended your last, and for the Hawks, that could not have been more accurate. After running out of legs against the Tigers last week, we never had them to start with, allowing a nine-goal first quarter...
BOTP: An Earlier Waverley Thriller
We are back on the classic game review and we have another double-up, looking at the second classic game between the Hawks and the Saints. Earlier in the year, we looked at the largest comeback victory in the clubs' history during the 1999 season, one not to miss! There have...