2012 Hawthorn Football Club season explained

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.

Playing list changes

The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2011 season and the beginning of the 2012 season.

Trades

12 October 2011To
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 2011To
Pick 58, 2011 AFL draft
To
Will Sierakowski
14 October 2011To
Pick 33, 2011 AFL draft
To
Brent Renouf
17 October 2011To
Pick 29, 2011 AFL draft
To
Jordan Lisle
17 October 2011To
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 2011To
Jarrad Boumann
To
Pick 56, 2011 AFL draft

Draft

AFL draft

RoundOverall pickPlayerRecruited fromref
233Bradley HillWest Perth
238Jordan KellyDandenong Stingrays
353Alex WoodwardSandringham Dragons
477Luke Breust
(Rookie promotion)

Rookie draft

RoundOverall pickPlayerRecruited fromref
116Broc McCauley
234Amos FrankWoodville-West Torrens
352Andrew BoseleyGeelong Falcons
469Adam PattisonBox Hill Hawks

Retirements and delistings

DatePlayer2012 teamReasonRef
20 October 2011Rick LadsonDelisted
20 October 2011Jack MahonyDelisted
20 October 2011Sam MenegolaDelisted
20 October 2011Riley MilneDelisted
20 October 2011Jordan WilliamsDelisted

Fixture

NAB Cup

See also: 2012 NAB Cup.

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendance
HomeAwayResult
1Friday, 17 February (7:50 pm)0.4.4 (28)1.6.8 (53)Won by 25 pointsEtihad Stadium28,228
Friday, 17 February (8:55 pm)0.5.7 (37)0.6.4 (40)Lost by 3 pointsEtihad Stadium
2Saturday, 3 March (3:40 pm)2.12.18 (108)0.4.10 (34)Won by 74 pointsAurora Stadium (H)5,100
3Saturday, 10 March (5:40 pm)0.6.8 (44)1.17.12 (123)Won by 79 pointsEtihad Stadium (A) 10,611

Premiership season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueTVAttendanceRecordReport
HomeAwayResult
1Friday, 30 March (7:50 pm)20.17 (137)16.19 (115)Won by 22 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Seven78,4661–0Report
2Monday, 9 April (3:10 pm)14.8 (92)13.12 (90)Lost by 2 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (A)Seven69,2311–1Report
3Sunday, 15 April (3:15 pm)21.14 (140)12.12 (84)Won by 56 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Seven33,5242–1Report
4Saturday, 21 April (5:40 pm)5.21 (51)5.16 (46)Lost by 5 pointsPatersons Stadium (A)Seven40,0802–2Report
5Sunday, 29 April (1:10 pm)10.9 (69)16.10 (106)Lost by 37 pointsAurora Stadium (H)Fox Footy19,2172–3Report
6Saturday, 5 May (7:40 pm)13.10 (88)18.15 (123)Won by 35 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (A)Seven42,2903–3Report
7Friday, 11 May (7:50 pm)6.13 (49)15.25 (115)Won by 66 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (A)Seven36,4304–3Report
8Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm)17.17 (119)9.9 (63)Won by 56 pointsAurora Stadium (H)Fox Footy12,9595–3Report
9Saturday, 26 May (1:45 pm)21.11 (137)10.15 (75)Lost by 62 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (A)Seven51,6175–4Report
10Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm)27.12 (174)9.5 (59)Won by 115 pointsAurora Stadium (H)Fox Footy16,1436–4Report
11Sunday, 10 June (4:10 pm)9.8 (62)16.12 (108)Won by 46 pointsAAMI Stadium (A)Fox Footy26,6387–4Report
12Sunday, 17 June (1:10 pm)19.21 (135)11.4 (70)Won by 65 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Fox Footy35,4928–4Report
13Bye
14Friday, 29 June (7:50 pm)10.10 (70)18.12 (120)Won by 50 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (A)Seven65,0479–4Report
15Sunday, 8 July (1:10 pm)28.25 (193)4.7 (31)Won by 162 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Fox Footy26,51810–4Report
16Sunday, 15 July (3:15 pm)6.8 (44)17.14 (116)Won by 72 pointsEtihad Stadium (A)Seven24,75411–4Report
17Saturday, 21 July (1:45 pm)13.13 (91)21.12 (138)Won by 47 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (A)Seven83,71412–4Report
18Friday, 27 July (7:50 pm)12.14 (86)27.18 (180)Won by 94 pointsEtihad Stadium (A)Seven44,89913–4Report
19Friday, 3 August (7:50 pm)17.14 (116)18.10 (118)Lost by 2 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Seven65,28713–5Report
20Sunday, 12 August (1:10 pm)24.15 (159)13.9 (87)Won by 72 pointsAurora Stadium (H)Fox Footy14,43114–5Report
21Sunday, 19 August (4:40 pm)19.15 (129)10.5 (65)Won by 64 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Fox Footy23,09815–5Report
22Saturday, 25 August (4:40 pm)14.11 (95)15.12 (102)Won by 7 pointsSydney Cricket Ground (A)Fox Footy31,16716–5Report
23Friday, 31 August (7:50 pm)14.11 (95)10.10 (70)Won by 25 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Seven50,02317–5Report
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Finals series

See also: 2012 AFL finals series.

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueTVAttendanceReport
HomeAwayResult
Qualifying finalFriday, 7 September (7:50 pm)20.15 (135)15.7 (97)Won by 38 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Seven85,639Report
Semi-finalAdvanced to Preliminary final
Preliminary finalSaturday, 22 September (5:15 pm)13.19 (97)14.8 (92)Won by 5 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Seven69,146Report
Grand finalSaturday, 29 September (2:30 pm)11.15 (81)14.7 (91)Lost by 10 pointsMelbourne Cricket Ground (H)Seven99,683Report

References

  1. Web site: AFL Tables - 2012 Scores. afltables.com.

External links