2008 Hawthorn Football Club season

84th season in the Australian Football League May 2024 December 2017 December 2017 Hawthorn Football Club 2008 120px Hawthorn's guernsey for the 2008 season Jeff Kennett Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell Melbourne Cricket GroundAurora Stadium Pre-season competition Semi final AFL season 17–5 (2nd) Finals series Premiers(Defeated 115–89) Best and Fairest Lance Franklin Lance Franklin (113) 86,179 (Round 16 vs. ) 15,124 (Round 4 vs. ) 45,649 2007 2009 The 2008 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 84th season in the Australian Football League and 107th overall. One of the most prominent Hawthorn players in 2008 was teenager Lance Franklin.Wilson Caroline 4 June 2008 Hawks' Franklin strategy fails to fly: Football https://www.proquest.com/docview/364055913 2024-05-26 The Age Melbourne 364055913 Playing list changes Draft AFL draft RoundOverall pickPlayerRecruited fromref 1 12 Cyril Rioli St Mary's 2 29 Brendan Whitecross Zillmere 3 45 Stuart Dew Rookie draft RoundOverall pickPlayerRecruited fromref 1 11 Hugh Sandilands Oakleigh Chargers 2 27 Tim Walsh Port Adelaide Magpies 3 42 Alex Grima Tassie Mariners 4 54 Cameron Stokes Darwin Retirements and delistings DatePlayer2008 teamReasonRef 6 September 2007 Richie Vandenberg Retired 19 September 2007 Ben Dixon Retired 25 September 2007 Joel Smith Retired 16 October 2007 Matt Little Delisted 16 October 2007 Josh Thurgood Delisted 2008 player squad 2008 Hawthorn Football Club squad #4D2004 #FBBF15 #FBBF15 #4D2004 Draftguru 27 September 2008 Senior list  1 Max Bailey  2 Jarryd Roughead  3 Jordan Lewis  4 Rick Ladson  5 Sam Mitchell (C)  6 Mark Williams  7 Michael Osborne  8 Xavier Ellis  9 Shane Crawford 10 Chance Bateman 11 Clinton Young 12 Brad Sewell 13 Simon Taylor 14 Grant Birchall 15 Luke Hodge (VC) 16 Beau Dowler 17 Beau Muston 18 Brent Guerra 19 Mitch Thorp 20 Tim Boyle 21 Ben McGlynn 22 Travis Tuck 23 Lance Franklin 24 Trent Croad 25 Tim Clarke 26 Zac Dawson 27 Stephen Gilham 28 Garry Moss 29 Tom Murphy 30 Campbell Brown 31 Stuart Dew 33 Cyril Rioli 34 Brent Renouf 35 Jarryd Morton 36 Josh Kennedy 37 Brendan Whitecross 38 Luke McEntee 39 Robert Campbell Danny Jacobs (ret) Rookie list 40 Hugh Sandilands 41 Tim Walsh 42 Matt Suckling 43 Alex Grima 44 Cameron Stokes Alastair Clarkson Fixture NAB Cup 2008 NAB Cup Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Home Away Result 1 Sunday, 17 February (3:40 pm) 3.2.13 (52) 0.7.8 (50) Won by 2 points Aurora Stadium (H) 14,778 Quarter final Saturday, 23 February (7:10 pm) 4.9.13 (103) 4.3.15 (69) Won by 34 points Telstra Dome (H) 20,940 Semi-final Saturday, 1 March (6:40 pm) 2.13.11 (107) 1.11.9 (84) Lost by 23 points AAMI Stadium (A) 14,033 Premiership season Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record Report Home Away Result 1 Sunday, 23 March (4:40 pm) 23.16 (154) 6.14 (50) Won by 104 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 40,141 1–0 Report 2 Saturday, 29 March (5:40 pm) 14.13 (97) 16.16 (112) Won by 15 points Subiaco Oval (A) 38,022 2–0 Report 3 Saturday, 5 April (2:10 pm) 13.8 (86) 15.12 (102) Won by 16 points Telstra Dome (A) 39,816 3–0 Report 4 Sunday, 13 April (1:10 pm) 17.12 (114) 10.10 (70) Won by 44 points Aurora Stadium (H) 15,124 4–0 Report 5 Saturday, 19 April (7:10 pm) 17.16 (118) 19.16 (130) Won by 12 points The Gabba (A) 30,019 5–0 Report 6 Sunday, 27 April (4:40 pm) 14.22 (106) 15.4 (94) Won by 12 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 46,076 6–0 Report 7 Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm) 24.10 (154) 13.11 (89) Won by 65 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 76,048 7–0 Report 8 Saturday, 17 May (2:10 pm) 17.15 (117) 15.12 (102) Won by 15 points Aurora Stadium (H) 15,682 8–0 Report 9 Sunday, 25 May (2:10 pm) 12.6 (78) 14.13 (97) Won by 19 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 41,341 9–0 Report 10 Saturday, 31 May (2:10 pm) 12.2 (74) 15.16 (106) Lost by 32 points Aurora Stadium (H) 19,378 9–1 Report 11 Saturday, 7 June (7:10 pm) 12.7 (79) 19.16 (130) Won by 51 points Telstra Dome (A) 46,377 10–1 Report 12 Saturday, 14 June (7:10 pm) 10.12 (72) 11.10 (76) Won by 4 points AAMI Stadium (A) 44,559 11–1 Report 13 Saturday, 21 June (2:10 pm) 10.16 (76) 15.13 (103) Lost by 27 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 42,508 11–2 Report 14 Friday, 27 June (7:40 pm) 18.18 (126) 9.15 (69) Won by 57 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 29,138 12–2 Report 15 Sunday, 13 July (1:10 pm) 15.16 (106) 10.15 (75) Won by 31 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 49,529 13–2 Report 16 Saturday, 19 July (7:10 pm) StK 18.11 (119) 13.11 (89) Lost by 30 points Telstra Dome (A) 41,886 13–3 Report 17 Friday, 25 July (7:40 pm) 11.11 (77) 12.16 (88) Lost by 11 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 86,179 13–4 Report 18 Friday, 1 August (7:40 pm) 8.14 (62) 17.14 (116) Won by 54 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 58,307 14–4 Report 19 Saturday, 9 August (2:10 pm) 16.14 (110) 5.11 (41) Won by 69 points Aurora Stadium (H) 19,929 15–4 Report 20 Sunday, 17 August (1:10 pm) 16.9 (105) 10.16 (76) Lost by 29 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 44,523 15–5 Report 21 Sunday, 24 August (2:40 pm) 9.8 (62) 19.19 (133) Won by 71 points Subiaco Oval (A) 37,040 16–5 Report 22 Saturday, 30 August (7:10 pm) 12.9 (81) 24.15 (159) Won by 78 points Telstra Dome (A) 49,057 17–5 Report Ladder Ladder Haw Finals series 2008 AFL finals series Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Report Home Away Result Qualifying final Friday, 5 September (7:50 pm) 18.19 (127) 11.10 (76) Won by 51 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 76,703 Report Semi-finalAdvanced to Preliminary final Preliminary final Saturday, 20 September (7:00 pm) StK 18.10 (118) 9.10 (64) Won by 54 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 77,002 ReportGrand Final Saturday, 27 September (2:30 pm) 11.23 (89) 18.7 (115) Won by 26 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 100,012 ReportHawthorn wins 2008 AFL Grand Final See also 2008 AFL season Hawthorn Football Club References External links Official Website of the Hawthorn Football Club Official Website of the Australian Football League https://web.archive.org/web/20110222232758/http://www.afl.com.au/ 22 February 2011 2008 Category:2008 AFL season Category:2008 in sport in Melbourne