Hawthorn and the Phantom Draft

Co-authored by Rebecca Connell and Ollie TisburyIt's August and the 2024 home and away season is nearing its end. While clubs focus on closing their seasons, many (like Hawthorn) making one last push for finals, recruiters continue scouting the next crop of talent who will feature in the 2024 National...

Talking Hawks MVP: Round 13

The Hawks hosted the Giants at UTas in Launceston with an unchanged line up in front of 11,568 fans and showed what they're made of.  After a low scoring first half to trail by 19 points, Ned Reeves didn't return after the half time break, and Hawthorn responded with a six goal...

Talking Hawks MVP: Round 12

On a sunny afternoon at the MCG in front of 36,086 people and a vocal Hawthorn supporter base, Hawthorn led from start to finish to end victors over Adelaide by 27 points to celebrate Jack Gunston's 250th AFL match.The Hawks kicked away early and scored more than the Crows in...

Talking Hawks MVP: Round 9

The Hawks led from start to finish, despite the Saints coming hard through the day, to clinch a meaningful five point victory on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at UTas Stadium. The crowd of 15,112 witnessed a gritty Hawthorn take home the four points with Dylan Moore captaining for a second time...

Talking Hawks MVP: Round 7

As Buddy graced the MCG he bid farewell to a crowd of 38,052 Hawthorn and Sydney faithful on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, the "Bud factor" warmed the hearts of many. The Hawks were in the mix for two thirds of the first quarter in a low scoring tussle, and then Sydney put...

Our AFLW Preview!

By Liam McAlary After a long off season, the AFLW crew are almost back in action and we here at Talking Hawks cannot wait for the upcoming 2023 AFLW season.  Led by the club’s best recruit in at least half a decade in coach Bec Goddard, and our captain courageous...

Seamus Mitchell: Scrapheap to Star

By Liam McAlary  After the most unusual footy season in any of our memories (at all levels), the 2020 AFL Draft was unlike any other, with many of the top talents having been barely seen all season due to a variety of pandemic induced shutdowns across Australia, especially in Victoria.  ...

A VFL & VFLW Introspective

The results haven't been the most flattering for the AFL side, with the lads sitting at 1-4 with a clash with Adelaide coming up tomorrow.  However, the VFL side are currently 3-0 with an outstanding percentage and a clash with bottom placed side Coburg incoming and the VFLW side are...

BOTP: Cool Hand Luke

We are back for another classic game review and this week I have gone into the archives to look at all of our clashes against the Adelaide Crows. Whilst there have been some awesome finals against the Crows and while they would have been fantastic to review, this series is...