2016 Hawthorn Football Club season

92nd season in the Australian Football League December 2017 December 2017 Hawthorn Football Club 2016 120px Hawthorn's guernsey for the 2016 season Andrew Newbold(until 2 February 2016)Richard Garvey(from 2 February 2016) Alastair Clarkson Luke Hodge Melbourne Cricket GroundAurora Stadium AFL season 17–5 (3rd) Finals series Semi-finals(lost to 84–107) Best and Fairest Sam Mitchell Jack Gunston (51) 87,823 (Semi-final vs. ) 10,121 (Round 14 vs. ) 41,065 2015 2017 The 2016 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 92nd season in the Australian Football League and 115th overall, the 17th season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 16th season playing home games at Aurora Stadium, the 12th season under head coach Alastair Clarkson, and the 6th season with Luke Hodge as club captain. Hawthorn entered the season as the three-time defending AFL premiers, having won back-to-back-to-back AFL premierships. Hawthorn improved on its 16–6 record in 2015, finishing in 3rd with a 17–5 17 wins, 5 losses record. The 19 point win over in round 19 clinched a finals series appearance for the 7th consecutive season. The 1 point win over in round 23 clinched a double chance for the 6th consecutive season. Hawthorn were defeated by 83–85 in the qualifying final. Isaac Smith had the chance to win the game with a goal after the siren but hooked the kick right of the goal. This ended a three-game finals winning streak. It was also the second consecutive season Hawthorn were defeated in the Qualifying final. Hawthorn were eliminated from the finals by the eventual premiers 84–107 in the semi-final, ending their chances of a four-peat, the second four-peat in VFL/AFL history after (1927–1930), and the first four-peat in the AFL era. Hawthorn became the 6th team since the introduction of the AFL final eight system to be eliminated in straight-sets, joining (2001), (2007), and (2014), and (2015). This was the first time since 2010 Hawthorn didn't win a final, the first time since 2010 Hawthorn didn't advance to the preliminary final, and the first time since 2011 Hawthorn didn't advance to the AFL Grand Final. Club summary The 2016 AFL season is the 120th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 92nd season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania and iiNet continued as the club's two major sponsors, as they had done since 2006 and 2013 respectively,http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/club/corporate/sponsorship/tasmania Tasmania Hawthorn Football Club official website 10 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151006095335/http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/club/corporate/sponsorship/tasmania 6 October 2015 dead dmy-allhttp://www.hawthornfc.com.au/club/corporate/sponsorship/iinet iiNet Hawthorn Football Club official website 10 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151006103429/http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/club/corporate/sponsorship/iinet 6 October 2015 dead dmy-all while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they had done since 2013.http://mumbrella.com.au/hawks-sign-five-year-deal-with-adidas-115798 Hawks sign five-year deal with Adidas mUmBRELLA 13 September 2012 10 October 2015 Hawthorn continued its alignment with the Box Hill Hawks Football Club in the Victorian Football League, allowing Hawthorn-listed players to play with the Box Hill Hawks when not selected in AFL matches. Senior personnel Alastair Clarkson continued as the club's head coach for the twelfth consecutive season, while Luke Hodge continued as the club's captain for the sixth consecutive season. Both have held their respective positions since 2005https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-09-08/hawks-appoint-clarkson-as-coach/2040314 Hawks appoint Clarkson as coach ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 8 September 2004 13 October 2015 and 2011,http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2010-10-02/hawks-captain-luke-hodge Hawks Captain Luke Hodge Hawthorn Football Club 2 October 2010 13 October 2015 respectively. There were several changes to the coaching panel following the end of last season, the most notable of which was Brendon Bolton's departure from the club towards the end of the season to become the head coach of the Carlton Football Club.Herald Sun Jon Ralph 25 August 2015 29 August 2015 Melbourne, VIC http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/brendon-bolton-agrees-to-open-ended-deal-as-he-becomes-carltons-new-coach/story-fni5f5nx-1227498665736 Brendon Bolton agrees to open-ended deal as he becomes Carlton's new coach On 20 October 2015, recent retiree Chris Newman joined the club as a development coach, replacing Damian Carroll who was promoted to assistant coach alongside Alastair Clarkson.http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2015-10-20/newman-joins-hawks-in-development-role Newman joins Hawks in development role Hawthorn Football Club Nick Duxson 20 October 2015 20 October 2015 On 2 February 2016, Andrew Newbold stepped down as the club's president, and was replaced in the role by vice-captain Richard Garvey.http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-02-02/hawthorn-president-andrew-newbold-steps-down President Andrew Newbold steps down hawthornfc.com.au 2 February 2016 2 February 2016 Playing list changes The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2015 season and the beginning of the 2016 season. Trades 16 October 2015 To Pick 15, 2015 AFL draftPick 55, 2015 AFL draft To Jed AndersonPick 38, 2015 AFL draftPick 40, 2015 AFL draft http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-16/north-melbourne-snares-young-hawk-anderson North Melbourne snares young Hawk Anderson Bowen Nick 16 October 2015 AFL.com.au 3 August 2017 Telstra Media 21 October 2015 To Jack Fitzpatrick To Pick 94, 2015 AFL draft 22 October 2015 To Pick 48, 2015 AFL draft To Pick 55, 2015 AFL draftPick 58, 2015 AFL draft Free Agency Departures DatePlayerType2016 teamDealCompensationRef10 October 2015Matt SucklingUFA Unrestricted free agentWestern BulldogsSigned 3-year dealEnd of 2nd round pick, 2015 AFL draft Draft AFL draft RoundOverall pickPlayerRecruited fromref119Ryan BurtonNorth Adelaide122Kieran LovellTigers FC344Blake HardwickEastern Ranges Rookie draft RoundOverall pickPlayerRecruited fromref118Luke SurmanNorwood236Kade StewartSouth Fremantle352Alex WoodwardWoodward was originally delisted by Hawthorn on 8 October 2015 but was re-drafted as a rookie "note"Hawthorn462Conor GlassDerry GAA note Retirements and delistings DatePlayer2016 teamReasonRef6 October 2015Brian LakeN/ARetiredhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/david-hale-hawthorn-afl-retirement/6830128?section=sport Hawthorn's David Hale, Brian Lake retire from AFL following third premiership win 6 October 2015 ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 3 August 20176 October 2015David HaleN/ARetired8 October 2015Sam GrimleyEssendonDelistedhttp://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2015-10-08/hawthorn-list-changes Hawthorn list changes 8 October 2015 HawthornFC.com.au 3 August 2017 Telstra Media8 October 2015Jared HardistyN/ADelisted8 October 2015Jonathan SimpkinEssendonDelisted 2016 player squad 2016 Hawthorn Football Club squad #4D2004 #FBBF15 #FBBF15 #4D2004 HFC Website; Coaches 28 July 2016 Senior list  2 Jarryd Roughead (VC) (vet) 8px  3 Jordan Lewis (VC) (vet)  4 Billy Hartung  5 Sam Mitchell (vet)  6 Josh Gibson  7 Ben McEvoy  8 Taylor Duryea  9 Shaun Burgoyne 10 Brad Hill 11 Brendan Whitecross 12 James Frawley 13 Jonathan O'Rourke 14 Grant Birchall 15 Luke Hodge (C) (vet) 16 Isaac Smith 17 Angus Litherland 18 Jonathon Ceglar 19 Jack Gunston 20 Dallas Willsmore 21 James Sicily 22 Luke Breust 23 Tim O'Brien 24 Ben Stratton 25 Ryan Schoenmakers 26 Liam Shiels 27 Matthew Spangher 28 Paul Puopolo 29 Will Langford 30 Kaiden Brand 31 Zac Webster 32 Jack Fitzpatrick 33 Cyril Rioli 34 Kurt Heatherley 35 Ryan Burton 36 Kieran Lovell 37 Blake Hardwick 41 Daniel Howe 42 Teia Miles 43 Marc Pittonet Rookie list 38 Luke Surman 39 Alex Woodward 40 Kade Stewart8px 44 Conor Glass (B) 45 Jermaine Miller-Lewis 46 Lachlan Langford 47 Shem-Kalvin Tatupu (ret) Alastair Clarkson Brett Ratten (stoppages coach) Cameron Bruce (midfield coach) Adem Yze (backline coach) Damian Monkhorst (ruck coach) Damian Carroll (forward coach) Rob McCartney (development coach) Chris Newman (development coach) David Neitz (key position coach) 8px Long-term injury list 8px Upgraded rookie(s) (vet) Veteran's list (ret) Retired (B) Category B rookie Season summary Pre-season matches The club played three practice matches as part of the 2016 NAB Challenge, and will be played under modified pre-season rules, including nine-point goals. They finished the NAB Challenge with a record of 2–1, defeating and on either side of a heavy loss to . Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Home Away Result 1 Thursday, 18 February (7:10 pm) 0.8.5 (53) 0.4.8 (32) Won by 21 points Aurora Stadium (H) 2 Saturday, 27 February (4:40 pm) 1.15.5 (104) 0.4.9 (33) Lost by 71 points Holm Park Recreation Reserve (A) 3 Saturday, 12 March (7:10 pm) 2.16.11 (125) 0.12.8 (80) Won by 45 points Etihad Stadium (H) Source Premiership season Fixture summary 2016 AFL season The full fixture was announced on 29 October 2015.http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-29/afl-fixture-top-teams-to-light-up-friday-nights AFL Fixture: Top teams to light up Friday nights Browne Alex 29 October 2015 AFL.com.au Telstra Media 29 October 2015 The Melbourne Cricket Ground once again acted as Hawthorn's primary home ground, hosting seven of the club's eleven home games, while four games were played at their secondary home ground, Aurora Stadium, in Launceston.http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2015-10-29/hawks-face-challenging-start-to-2016 Hawks face challenging start to 2016 hawthornfc.com.au 29 October 2015 29 October 2015 The club's four games at Aurora Stadium were against StK, , and in rounds 4, 8, 14 and 19 respectively, while the club played the West Coast Eagles, , , and twice during the regular season.http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2015-10-29/2016-fixture-by-the-numbers 2016 Fixture: By the numbers hawthornfc.com.au 29 October 2015 29 October 2015 For the second consecutive year, and the third in the past four years, the club opened its season with an Easter Monday clash against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; it was also the first time since 2011 in which it started a season with an away match, http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-24/round-one-fixture-tigers-and-blues-kick-off-2016-season Round one fixture: Tigers and Blues kick off 2016 season Travis King 24 October 2015 AFL.com.au Telstra Media 24 October 2015 and, due to the weighted rule, it was the only time the two teams met during the regular season.http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-29/pies-and-bombers-to-split-anzac-day-gate Pies and Bombers to split Anzac Day gate Australian Football League Telstra Media Ashley Browne 29 October 2015 29 October 2015 Its first home game came the following round, when they faced the West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the 2015 AFL Grand Final rematch. Their match against , scheduled for Round 6, was once again played at Spotless Stadium in Sydney,http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/gws-giants-first-home-game-against-hawthorn-sydney-to-start-2016-against-collingwood/story-fni5f7qp-1227584553831 GWS Giants' first home game against Hawthorn, Sydney to start 2016 against Collingwood Herald Sun Neil Cordy 27 October 2015 27 October 2015 while the club travelled to the Gabba for the first time since 2008 to take on the Brisbane Lions in the AFL's Indigenous Round.http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2015-10-28/hawks-get-gabba-game Gabba game to celebrate newly named Indigenous Round Hawthorn Football Club 28 October 2015 28 October 2015 In addition, the club also played consecutive Thursday night away matches against PA and in Rounds 16 and 17 respectively, and played six Friday night matches throughout the regular season, the equal most of any club. Fixture Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Record Report Home Away Result 1 Monday, 28 March (3:20 pm) 18.8 (116) 12.14 (86) Lost by 30 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 0–1 Report 2 Sunday, 3 April (3:20 pm) 14.15 (99) 7.11 (53) Won by 46 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 1–1 Report 3 Sunday, 10 April (3:20 pm) 13.12 (90) 14.9 (93) Won by 3 points Etihad Stadium (A) 2–1 Report 4 Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm) StK 13.9 (87) 13.6 (84) Won by 3 points Aurora Stadium (H) 3–1 Report 5 Friday, 22 April (7:50 pm) 17.10 (112) 17.7 (109) Won by 3 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 4–1 Report 6 Saturday, 30 April (4:35 pm) 24.14 (158) 12.11 (83) Lost by 75 points Spotless Stadium (A) 4–2 Report 7 Friday, 6 May (7:50 pm) 13.12 (90) 21.10 (136) Won by 46 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 5–2 Report 8 Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) 17.14 (116) 11.9 (75) Won by 41 points Aurora Stadium (H) 6–2 Report 9 Friday, 20 May (7:50 pm) 7.13 (55) 10.9 (69) Lost by 14 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 6–3 Report 10 Saturday, May 28 (1:45 pm) 13.9 (87) 21.9 (135) Won by 48 points The Gabba (A) 7–3 Report 11 Saturday, 4 June (1:45 pm) 11.16 (82) 10.4 (64) Won by 18 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 8–3 Report 12 Friday, 10 June (7:50 pm) 6.7 (43) 23.13 (151) Won by 108 points Etihad Stadium (A) 9–3 Report 13 Friday, 17 June (7:50 pm) 11.18 (84) 14.9 (93) Won by 9 points Etihad Stadium (A) 10–3 Report 14 Sunday, 26 June (3:20 pm) 12.14 (86) 8.12 (60) Won by 26 points Aurora Stadium (H) 11–3 Report 15 Bye 16 Thursday, 7 July (7:20 pm) 12.7 (79) 15.11 (101) Won by 22 points Adelaide Oval (A) 12–3 Report 17 Thursday, 14 July (7:20 pm) 10.10 (70) 11.9 (75) Won by 5 points Sydney Cricket Ground (A) 13–3 Report 18 Sunday, 24 July (3:20 pm) 16.18 (114) 5.14 (44) Won by 70 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 14–3 Report 19 Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm) 10.14 (74) 7.13 (55) Won by 19 points Aurora Stadium (H) 15–3 Report 20 Saturday, 6 August (2:10 pm) 17.8 (110) 11.15 (81) Lost by 29 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 15–4 Report 21 Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm) 14.12 (96) 8.9 (57) Won by 39 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 16–4 Report 22 Friday, 19 August (6:10 pm) 13.14 (92) 10.7 (67) Lost by 25 points Domain Stadium (A) 16–5 Report 23 Sunday, 28 August (3:20 pm) 17.10 (112) 17.9 (111) Won by 1 point Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 17–5 Report Source Ladder HAW Finals 2016 AFL finals series Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Recap Home Away Result Qualifying final Friday, 9 September (7:50 pm) 12.13 (85) 12.11 (83) Lost by 2 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)Recap Semi-final Friday, 16 September (7:50 pm) 12.12 (84) 16.11 (107) Lost by 23 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)Recap Awards, records and milestones Awards Peter Crimmins Medal Sam Mitchell 2016 All-Australian team Cyril Rioli Round 13 James Sicily – 2016 AFL Rising Star nominee Records Round 11: Hawthorn made 109 tackles in its win over , which is the highest number of tackles it has ever recorded in an AFL premiership match.http://afltables.com/afl/stats/teamshi.html#h7 6 June 2016 AFL Tables Team Game Highs and Lows Round 20: Hawthorn's 29-point loss to Melbourne ended a 13-game winning streak against that club dating back to Round 2, 2007. Milestones Round 1: Marc Pittonet – AFL debut Paul Puopolo – 100th AFL goal Round 2: Josh Gibson – 1st AFL goal for Hawthorn Round 4: Sam Mitchell – most possessions in a single match in his career (44) Round 5: Shaun Burgoyne – 300th AFL game Round 6: Kieran Lovell – AFL debut Daniel Howe – first AFL goal Round 7: Kaiden Brand – AFL debut Round 10: Jordan Lewis – 250th AFL game Round 11: Josh Gibson – 200th AFL game Kade Stewart – AFL debut Round 12: Shaun Burgoyne – 150th club game for Hawthorn Luke Breust – 250th AFL goal Jack Gunston – 250th AFL goal Round 16: Cyril Rioli – 250th AFL goal Round 17: Shaun Burgoyne – 250th AFL goal Round 18: Sam Mitchell – 300th AFL game Round 19: Blake Hardwick – AFL debut Round 20: Kurt Heatherley – AFL debut Round 21: Ryan Burton – AFL debut Round 22: Jonathon Ceglar – 50th AFL game Round 23: Jack Fitzpatrick – first AFL game for Hawthorn (previously with ) Qualifying Final Ryan Schoenmakers – 100th AFL game Brownlow Medal 2016 Brownlow Medal Results Round 1 vote 2 votes 3 votes 1 Sam Mitchell () Joel Selwood () Patrick Dangerfield () 2 Cyril Rioli () Sam Mitchell () Josh Gibson () 3 Sam Mitchell () Marcus Adams () Luke Dahlhaus () 4 Nick Riewoldt (StK David Armitage (StK) Sam Mitchell () 5 Cyril Rioli () Scott Thompson () Paul Puopolo () 6 Steve Johnson () Callan Ward () Rory Lobb () 7 Luke Breust () Jack Gunston () Jordan Lewis () 8 Josh Gibson () Isaac Smith () Lachie Neale () 9 Jack Gunston () Luke Parker () Dan Hannebery () 10 Josh Gibson () Cyril Rioli () Jordan Lewis () 11 Nathan Jones () Josh Gibson () Bernie Vince () 12 Jack Gunston () Grant Birchall () Jordan Lewis () 13 Jordan Lewis () Daniel Wells () James Sicily () 14 Tom Lynch () Sam Mitchell () Gary Ablett, Jr. () 15 Bye 16 Robbie Gray () Cyril Rioli () Luke Hodge () 17 Josh Kennedy () Sam Mitchell () Shaun Burgoyne () 18 Dustin Martin () Sam Mitchell () Josh Gibson () 19 Jordan Lewis () Patrick Cripps () Shaun Burgoyne () 20 Cyril Rioli () Max Gawn () Jack Viney () 21 Andrew Swallow () Isaac Smith () Sam Mitchell () 22 Jeremy McGovern () Josh Kennedy () Andrew Gaff () 23 Cyril Rioli () Shaun Burgoyne () Adam Treloar () Brownlow Medal tally Player 1 vote games 2 vote games 3 vote games Total votes Sam Mitchell 3 2 3 16 Jordan Lewis 1 1 3 11 Josh Gibson 3 1 1 10 Shaun Burgoyne 0 2 2 8 Cyril Rioli 4 2 0 8 Jack Gunston 2 1 0 4 Isaac Smith 0 2 0 4 Luke Hodge 0 0 1 3 Paul Puopolo 0 0 1 3 James Sicily 0 0 1 3 Grant Birchall 0 1 0 2 Luke Breust 1 0 0 1 Total 14 12 12 73 italics denotes ineligible player Tribunal cases Player Round Charge category Verdict Result Victim Club Ref(s) Ben Stratton 1 StrikingNot GuiltyCleared Cory Gregson http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-03-29/mrp-no-case-to-answer-for-stratton MRP: No case to answer for Stratton Grant Birchall 3 Rough conductGuiltyFine Jordan Roughead http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-04-11/mrp-birchall-offered-fine-for-rough-conduct MRP: Birchall offered fine for rough conduct Ben Stratton 6 Rough ConductNot GuiltyCleared Nathan Wilson http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-05-02/mrp-no-case-to-answer-for-hodge-stratton MRP: No case to answer for Hodge, Stratton Luke Hodge 6 Rough ConductNot GuiltyCleared Nathan Wilson Taylor Duryea 8 StrikingGuiltyFine Hayden Ballantyne http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-05-16/mrp-duryea-offered-fine MRP: Duryea offered fine Sam Mitchell 9 StrikingNot GuiltyCleared Dan Hannebery Jordan Lewis 10 High ContactNot GuiltyCleared Nick Robertson Jonathon Ceglar 11 StrikingGuilty 1 week Jesse Hogan http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-06-07/mrp-ceglar-accepts-onematch-ban MRP: Ceglar accepts one-match ban Bradley Hill 13 MeleeGuiltyFine http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-06-20/mrp-four-hawks-offered-fines MRP: Four Hawks offered fines Paul Puopolo 13 MeleeGuiltyFine Isaac Smith 13 WrestlingGuiltyFine Michael Firrito Daniel Howe 13 StrikingGuiltyFine Drew Petrie Luke Hodge 17 Rough conductGuiltyFine Callum Sinclair http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-07-18/mrp-hodge-fined MRP: Hodge fined Cyril Rioli 20 Rough conductGuiltyFine Clayton Oliver http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-08-08/mrp-sicily-offered-one-rioli-cleared MRP: Sicily offered one, Rioli cleared James Sicily 20 StrikingGuilty 1 week Bernie Vince Sam Mitchell 20 StrikingNot GuiltyCleared Jack Watts Luke Hodge 21 WrestlingGuiltyFine Michael Firrito Jordan Lewis 22 StrikingNot GuiltyCleared Scott Lycett Josh Gibson 23 High ContactNot GuiltyCleared Levi Greenwood Jordan Lewis Qualifying final StrikingNot GuiltyCleared Joel Selwood Luke Hodge Qualifying final StrikingNot GuiltyCleared Joel Selwood Cyril Rioli Semi final MeleeGuiltyFine James Sicily Semi final MeleeGuiltyFine References 30em 2016 Category:2016 AFL season Category:2016 in sport in Melbourne