Former Hawthorn fitness boss Andrew Russell urged Sydney star Lance Franklin to lose some weight to help prolong his career. Russell, who worked with Franklin for nine years at the Hawks, believes the veteran forward’s training program needs modifying after his latest hamstring setback. Speaking on...
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Hawthorn star Chad Wingard says he will continue to fight to stamp out racism in Australia as he placed a temporary media ban on himself citing “mainstream media” coverage of protests across the US.
An Alastair Clarkson-coached side is never out of the race and the Hawks made sure to hit the ground running in Round 1 with a commanding win over the Lions. They made last year’s second-place side look second-rate after the first quarter, powering away to a 28-point win. It’s an interesting...
The man who was Hawthorn’s fitness boss during Lance Franklin’s entire nine-year stint at the club has urged the star forward to shed weight in order to prolong his career. Franklin suffered a serious hamstring injury at Sydney training last week, with the Swans confirming he faces multiple months on...
With an overwhelming show of strength on the raw and passionate night of September 16, 1996, at the Camberwell Civic Centre, Hawthorn members rejected the proposition of a merger with Melbourne. Don Scott, the fiery former Hawthorn skipper and outspoken leader of the anti-merger forces, ripped a Velcro...
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Hawthorn great Dermott Brereton says his former club expected Lance Franklin wouldn’t play out his entire contract, expecting him to only make it to 2020, when he left them for Sydney.
The Hawks have re-affirmed their desire to join the competition as early as next season while the Bombers beleive they can have an AFLW side the season after, in 2022.
Hawthorn GM of Football Graham Wright has provided an injury update on four key Hawks heading into the resumption of the season. Star midfielder Jaeger O’Meara remains in doubt to make it to Round 2 after copping a fracture above his eyebrow at training. “Obviously Jaeger the other day had a small...
What ignited the intense rivalry between Hawthorn and Essendon? There are many moments that could have kickstarted the deep hatred which dates back to the late 1970s. Many believe the rivalry turned nasty when Robert Dipierdomenico broke Alan Stoneham’s nose with a flying elbow at Princes Park in 1983. It...
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Sam Mitchell is happy Hawthorn will be playing fierce rivals Geelong at GMHBA Stadium behind closed doors. The Hawks are preparing for their first trip down the highway in 14 years to play the Cats in what is the first Friday night match of the revised 2020 fixture. Mitchell says Geelong will miss playing...
Game 2 of Round 2 is not as I predicted (based on the original fixture), which was Geelong versus Gold Coast, but instead Geelong versus Hawthorn. These two teams have turned on some classic matches in the 166 times they have met, with Geelong having a 15-game advantage across the board, but with Hawthorn...
The AFL is contemplating a heavyweight round-two match-up between traditional rivals Hawthorn and Geelong to kick-start the season again.
Hawthorn's Ricky Henderson has seen his football life flash before his eyes more than once but he knows he can repeat last year's form for many years to come.
HAWTHORN will take a wary approach to next week’s return to full contact training as the AFL edges closer to its June 11 season restart. AFL players were able to train at their clubs in groups of eight this week but can resume full training from May 25 – giving teams a handful of full-contact sessions...
It's a question that has bugged hime for 50 years! What on earth happened to Hawthorn in that 12 months between May 1970 and May 1971?
Hawthorn assistant coach Sam Mitchell has opened up on two exchanges, one with premiership coach Luke Beveridge and the other with Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan, that stick with the premiership captain years after the trio went their separate ways.
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