AFLW Round Three Review

On Sunday afternoon the Hawthorn AFLW team took on the Tigers at the Swinburne Centre, formerly known as Punt Rd Oval, in front of a sell-out crowd.  Although the Hawthorn team had not yet recorded a victory and playing away from home, the crowd was full of brown and gold,...

AFLW Round Two Review

On Sunday afternoon, the Hawthorn AFLW side played their first home game for the year against St Kilda at Box Hill City Oval, in front of a vocal crowd.  While the final scoreline read a 53 point victory to St Kilda, the effort and endeavour shown by the team was...

The Family Club is Complete

Saturday night was a realisation of a dream for the past seven years when Hawthorn’s AFLW team ran out for their history-making clash in front of 12,092 people at Marvel Stadium against traditional rivals in Essendon. The family club finally had an AFLW team for supporters to cheer for during...

The Next Hawthorn Captain

The Hawthorn Football Club has had a cavalcade of exceptional captains throughout its history; David Parkin, Don Scott, Peter Crimmins, Michael Tuck, Shane Crawford, Jason Dunstall, Sam Mitchell and Luke Hodge.  Between 2017 and 2020, we saw premiership heroes Jarryd Roughead and Ben Stratton be given the captaincy roles as...

Late Round Draft Nuggets

For Hawks fans, who goes as the first-round pick is a very interesting point of conversation.  It's even happened here, as the pitch by this author to get Matteas Phillipou has been a passionate one.  However, with Pick 53 last year, the Hawks snagged Jai Serong, who's shown in his...

The Rising Star of Duke

When we look at the 2022 Rising Star award, you would be convinced by the AFL media that it is a fait accompli that Nick Daicos from Collingwood will romp in and collect the award. According to reputable journalists, Daicos is at the top of the Rising Star tree and...

Rnd 23 Review: A Dogged Ending

We at Talking Hawks want to give Hawthorn fans an experience. Subscribe to Talking Hawks for exclusive fan experiences and get involved in livestreams with Hawthorn players All done and dusted for 2022, are the Hawks, as are the player reviews as well after this.  It's been a wild ride but Talking...

Cashed In: Footscray

As 2022 draws to a close, a reflection on some ridiculous performances is needed on a Friday night. From memorable finals performances to big bags of regular season goals, this is going to be a cracker, as hopefully the game on Sunday is! 1970’s Leigh Matthews, Round 18 1977 This...

Big Love for Big Boy

We at Talking Hawks want to give Hawthorn fans an experience. Subscribe to Talking Hawks for exclusive fan experiences and get involved in livestreams with Hawthorn players. To trade for a player and get 160 games and two premierships is a damn amazing thing for a recruiting department to pull off and...

Rnd 22 Review: Ten Goal Tirade

We at Talking Hawks want to give Hawthorn fans an experience. Subscribe to Talking Hawks for exclusive fan experiences and get involved in livestreams with Hawthorn players. That was not a fun experience for anyone. To concede the first ten inside 50’s of the games but only went down by two but...