Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
Season: | 2012 |
President: | Andrew Newbold |
Coach: | Alastair Clarkson |
Captain: | Luke Hodge |
Home Ground: | Melbourne Cricket Ground Aurora Stadium |
Preseason Comp: | Pre-season competition |
Preseason Result: | 3rd |
Regularseason Comp: | AFL season |
Regularseason Result: | 17–5 (1st) |
Finals Series: | Finals Series |
Finals Result: | Grand Final (lost to 81–91) |
Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
Best And Fairest: | Sam Mitchell |
Leading Goalscorer: | Lance Franklin (69) |
Highest Attendance: | 99,683 (Grand Final vs.) |
Lowest Attendance: | 12,959 (Round 8 vs.) |
Average Attendance: | 44,973 |
Prevseason: | 2011 |
Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 88th season in the Australian Football League and 111th overall.
The season would prove to be Hawthorn's most dominant season in the 2012-2015 run of consecutive successful years, only to be denied the ultimate success in the 2012 AFL Grand Final due to inaccurate kicking.
The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2011 season and the beginning of the 2012 season.
12 October 2011 | To Jack Gunston Pick 52, 2011 AFL draft Pick 71, 2011 AFL draft | To Pick 24, 2011 AFL draft Pick 46, 2011 AFL draft Pick 64, 2011 AFL draft | ||
14 October 2011 | To Pick 58, 2011 AFL draft | To Will Sierakowski | ||
14 October 2011 | To Pick 33, 2011 AFL draft | To Brent Renouf | ||
17 October 2011 | To Pick 29, 2011 AFL draft | To Jordan Lisle | ||
17 October 2011 | To Pick 38, 2011 AFL draft Pick 56, 2011 AFL draft | To Pick 29, 2011 AFL draft Pick 58, 2011 AFL draft Pick 71, 2011 AFL draft | ||
17 October 2011 | To Jarrad Boumann | To Pick 56, 2011 AFL draft |
Round | Overall pick | Player | Recruited from | ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 33 | Bradley Hill | West Perth | ||
2 | 38 | Jordan Kelly | Dandenong Stingrays | ||
3 | 53 | Alex Woodward | Sandringham Dragons | ||
4 | 77 | Luke Breust (Rookie promotion) |
Round | Overall pick | Player | Recruited from | ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 16 | Broc McCauley | |||
2 | 34 | Amos Frank | Woodville-West Torrens | ||
3 | 52 | Andrew Boseley | Geelong Falcons | ||
4 | 69 | Adam Pattison | Box Hill Hawks |
Date | Player | 2012 team | Reason | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 October 2011 | Rick Ladson | Delisted | |||
20 October 2011 | Jack Mahony | Delisted | |||
20 October 2011 | Sam Menegola | Delisted | |||
20 October 2011 | Riley Milne | Delisted | |||
20 October 2011 | Jordan Williams | Delisted |
See also: 2012 NAB Cup.
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home | Away | Result | ||||||
1 | Friday, 17 February (7:50 pm) | 0.4.4 (28) | 1.6.8 (53) | Won by 25 points | Etihad Stadium | 28,228 | ||
Friday, 17 February (8:55 pm) | 0.5.7 (37) | 0.6.4 (40) | Lost by 3 points | Etihad Stadium | – | |||
2 | Saturday, 3 March (3:40 pm) | 2.12.18 (108) | 0.4.10 (34) | Won by 74 points | Aurora Stadium (H) | 5,100 | ||
3 | Saturday, 10 March (5:40 pm) | 0.6.8 (44) | 1.17.12 (123) | Won by 79 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | 10,611 |
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | TV | Attendance | Record | Report | |||
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Home | Away | Result | |||||||||
1 | Friday, 30 March (7:50 pm) | 20.17 (137) | 16.19 (115) | Won by 22 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 78,466 | 1–0 | Report | ||
2 | Monday, 9 April (3:10 pm) | 14.8 (92) | 13.12 (90) | Lost by 2 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 69,231 | 1–1 | Report | ||
3 | Sunday, 15 April (3:15 pm) | 21.14 (140) | 12.12 (84) | Won by 56 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 33,524 | 2–1 | Report | ||
4 | Saturday, 21 April (5:40 pm) | 5.21 (51) | 5.16 (46) | Lost by 5 points | Patersons Stadium (A) | Seven | 40,080 | 2–2 | Report | ||
5 | Sunday, 29 April (1:10 pm) | 10.9 (69) | 16.10 (106) | Lost by 37 points | Aurora Stadium (H) | Fox Footy | 19,217 | 2–3 | Report | ||
6 | Saturday, 5 May (7:40 pm) | 13.10 (88) | 18.15 (123) | Won by 35 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 42,290 | 3–3 | Report | ||
7 | Friday, 11 May (7:50 pm) | 6.13 (49) | 15.25 (115) | Won by 66 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 36,430 | 4–3 | Report | ||
8 | Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) | 17.17 (119) | 9.9 (63) | Won by 56 points | Aurora Stadium (H) | Fox Footy | 12,959 | 5–3 | Report | ||
9 | Saturday, 26 May (1:45 pm) | 21.11 (137) | 10.15 (75) | Lost by 62 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 51,617 | 5–4 | Report | ||
10 | Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) | 27.12 (174) | 9.5 (59) | Won by 115 points | Aurora Stadium (H) | Fox Footy | 16,143 | 6–4 | Report | ||
11 | Sunday, 10 June (4:10 pm) | 9.8 (62) | 16.12 (108) | Won by 46 points | AAMI Stadium (A) | Fox Footy | 26,638 | 7–4 | Report | ||
12 | Sunday, 17 June (1:10 pm) | 19.21 (135) | 11.4 (70) | Won by 65 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Fox Footy | 35,492 | 8–4 | Report | ||
13 | Bye | ||||||||||
14 | Friday, 29 June (7:50 pm) | 10.10 (70) | 18.12 (120) | Won by 50 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 65,047 | 9–4 | Report | ||
15 | Sunday, 8 July (1:10 pm) | 28.25 (193) | 4.7 (31) | Won by 162 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Fox Footy | 26,518 | 10–4 | Report | ||
16 | Sunday, 15 July (3:15 pm) | 6.8 (44) | 17.14 (116) | Won by 72 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | Seven | 24,754 | 11–4 | Report | ||
17 | Saturday, 21 July (1:45 pm) | 13.13 (91) | 21.12 (138) | Won by 47 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 83,714 | 12–4 | Report | ||
18 | Friday, 27 July (7:50 pm) | 12.14 (86) | 27.18 (180) | Won by 94 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | Seven | 44,899 | 13–4 | Report | ||
19 | Friday, 3 August (7:50 pm) | 17.14 (116) | 18.10 (118) | Lost by 2 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 65,287 | 13–5 | Report | ||
20 | Sunday, 12 August (1:10 pm) | 24.15 (159) | 13.9 (87) | Won by 72 points | Aurora Stadium (H) | Fox Footy | 14,431 | 14–5 | Report | ||
21 | Sunday, 19 August (4:40 pm) | 19.15 (129) | 10.5 (65) | Won by 64 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Fox Footy | 23,098 | 15–5 | Report | ||
22 | Saturday, 25 August (4:40 pm) | 14.11 (95) | 15.12 (102) | Won by 7 points | Sydney Cricket Ground (A) | Fox Footy | 31,167 | 16–5 | Report | ||
23 | Friday, 31 August (7:50 pm) | 14.11 (95) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 25 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 50,023 | 17–5 | Report | ||
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See also: 2012 AFL finals series.
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | TV | Attendance | Report | |||
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Home | Away | Result | ||||||||
Qualifying final | Friday, 7 September (7:50 pm) | 20.15 (135) | 15.7 (97) | Won by 38 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 85,639 | Report | ||
Semi-final | Advanced to Preliminary final | |||||||||
Preliminary final | Saturday, 22 September (5:15 pm) | 13.19 (97) | 14.8 (92) | Won by 5 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 69,146 | Report | ||
Grand final | Saturday, 29 September (2:30 pm) | 11.15 (81) | 14.7 (91) | Lost by 10 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 99,683 | Report | ||