On the weekend Hawthorn were crowned Premiers for 2023 in the Robert Rose Foundation Victorian Wheelchair Football League Grand Final, overcoming an experienced Richmond team to take out the win by 63 points at MSAC. Heading into the game, Hawthorn Captain Jo Argaet was the only member of the...
Category: Talking Hawks
Hawks enter the finals race humming
With the AFL season coming to an end after the loss to Fremantle on the weekend, supporters attention now turns to the Box Hill Hawks whose chase to win the VFL premiership starts this week in the first round of the Smithy’s VFL final series. The Premiership Hunt The Hawks...
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...
Smithy’s Player Review (ft. Daz): Collingwood
Best win of the season! Best win of the last four years! Best win under Sam Mitchell! WHAT A WIN! If you’re not still on cloud nine, skip this and go down to the ratings because oh my goodness! Two premiership contenders have been knocked off which does open up...
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!...
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...
Can Grundy Solve Hawks’ Ruck Woes?
When the rumour mill told us that Collingwood was planning on moving on from Brodie Grundy towards the end of 2022, it seemed unimaginable, considering the resume Grundy had built in black and white. What made things even more confusing was the eventual destination, with a Max Gawn-led Melbourne deciding...
Classic Game Review: North Melbourne Part 2
For the second week in a row, we have a double up in the classic game review series, covering a classic between North Melbourne for the second time in 2023! Earlier in the season, we looked at the Jonathan Hay tackle during the 2001 season, saving us the game (go...
Smithy’s Player Ratings: Port Adelaide
Well, what a truly bizarre experience that was. At half time it was doom and gloom, with a half of footy as bad as we have seen this season, rivaling the second half disaster on Easter Monday against the Cats. When looking through the half time stats, there was three...