| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 2020 |
| President: | Jeff Kennett |
| Coach: | Alastair Clarkson |
| Captain: | Ben Stratton |
| Home Ground: | Melbourne Cricket Ground (Round 1) Marvel Stadium (Round 4) Giants Stadium (Round 7) Adelaide Oval (Rounds 14, 15, 17 and 18) |
| Regularseason Comp: | Record |
| Regularseason Result: | 5–12 (15th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals Series |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Jack Gunston |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Jack Gunston (31) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2020 Hawthorn Football Club season was the club's 96th season in the Australian Football League and 119th overall, the 21st season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 20th season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium, the 16th season under head coach Alastair Clarkson,[1] and the 2nd season with Ben Stratton as club captain.[2] With Jarryd Roughead and Grant Birchall departing this season will be the first to not have any player from Hawthorn's 2008 premiership team on the list.
On 16 March 2020, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan announced that the season would be shortened to 17 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] During Hawthorn's round 1 match with the Brisbane Lions, it was announced that the season would be suspended following the conclusion of the round, with the suspension to last until 31 May 2020. The season recommenced on 11 June 2020. Due to COVID-19, Hawthorn would only play two matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and no matches at the University of Tasmania Stadium. From round 13 until the end of the season, the Hawks would base themselves in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, playing home games at the Adelaide Oval.[4]
A 10–point loss to Port Adelaide in round 13 meant that Hawthorn would fail to win 10 games in a season since 2009.
Hawthorn finished in fifteenth–place with a 5–12 record. Meaning for the first time since 2006 the club would fail to qualify for finals in consecutive seasons. This was also the first time since 2005, Hawthorn would finish in the bottom four.
The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 96th season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania and iiNet continued as the club's two major sponsors, as they have done since 2006 and 2013 respectively,[5] [6] while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they have done since 2013.[7] Hawthorn continued its alignment with the Box Hill Hawks Football Club in the Victorian Football League, however due to COVID-19, the VFL season was cancelled.
On 26 August 2019, the club announced that assistant coach Darren Glass would be leaving the club to join West Coast as the club's list manager.[8] A couple of days laters it was announced that former assistant coach and Carlton coach, Brendon Bolton would return to the club as director of coaching.[9] On 23 May 2020, Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The club was forced to stand down all but 25 staff members. This included head of development and learning Damian Carroll, VFL coach Max Bailey, VFLW coach Bec Goddard and development coaches Torin Baker, Marco Bello and Brett Deledio.
| 11 October 2019 | To Sam Frost Pick 42, 2019 AFL draft Pick 61, 2019 AFL draft 4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft | To Pick 50, 2019 AFL draft 2nd round pick, 2020 AFL draft | [10] | |
| 15 October 2019 | To Jonathon Patton | To 4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft (via) | [11] | |
| 16 October 2019 | To Pick 54, 2019 AFL draft (via) Pick 63, 2019 AFL draft (via) | To Marc Pittonet Pick 61, 2019 AFL draft (via) | [12] | |
| 20 November 2019 | To Pick 50, 2019 AFL draft Pick 73, 2019 AFL draft 2nd round pick, 2020 AFL draft | To Pick 30, 2019 AFL draft | ||
| 28 November 2019 | To 3rd round pick, 2020 AFL draft (via) | To Pick 43, 2019 AFL draft | ||
| 28 November 2019 | To 4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft | To Pick 62, 2019 AFL draft |
| Date | Player | F/A Type | Former Club | Deal | Compensation | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 2019 | Michael Hartley | Essendon | N/A | None | |||
| 29 November 2019 | Harry Pepper | N/A | N/A | None | |||
| 6 March 2020 | Keegan Brooksby | West Coast | 1-year deal | none |
See also: 2019 AFL draft.
| Round | Overall pick | Player | Recruited from | ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Will Day | West Adelaide | ||
| 2 | 29 | Finn Maginness | Sandringham Dragons | ||
| 4 | 57 | Josh Morris | Woodville-West Torrens |
| Date | Player | 2020 team | Reason | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 October 2018 | Will Langford | Retired | [14] [15] | ||
| 12 August 2019 | Jarryd Roughead | Retired | [16] | ||
| 17 October 2019 | Kaiden Brand | Sydney | Delisted | [17] | |
| 17 October 2019 | Teia Miles | Delisted | |||
| 17 October 2019 | David Mirra | Delisted | |||
| 17 October 2019 | Tim Mohr | Retired | |||
| 18 October 2019 | Ryan Schoenmakers | Retired | [18] |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Report | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | ||||||
| 1 | Thursday, 20 February (7:10 pm) | St Kilda | 17.9 (111) | 13.12 (90) | Lost by 21 points | RSEA Park | Report | |
| 2 | Friday, 6 March (7:40 pm) | Melbourne | 6.13 (49) | 12.9 (81) | Lost by 32 points | University of Tasmania Stadium | Report | |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Record | Report | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Sunday, 22 March (3:20 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 14.6 (90) | 9.8 (62) | Won by 28 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1–0 | Report | |
| 2 | Friday, 12 June (7:50 pm) | Geelong | 17.6 (108) | 7.5 (47) | Lost by 61 points | GMHBA Stadium | 1–1 | Report | |
| 3 | Thursday, 18 June (7:40 pm) | Richmond | 5.9 (39) | 11.5 (71) | Won by 32 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2–1 | Report | |
| 4 | Sunday, 28 June (6:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 8.10 (58) | 8.6 (54) | Won by 4 points | Marvel Stadium | 3–1 | Report | |
| 5 | Sunday, 5 July (6:10 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 13.5 (83) | 7.7 (49) | Lost by 34 points | GIANTS Stadium | 3–2 | Report | |
| 6 | Friday, 10 July (7:50 pm) | Collingwood | 8.11 (59) | 3.9 (27) | Lost by 32 points | GIANTS Stadium | 3–3 | Report | |
| 7 | Sunday, 19 July (3:35 pm) | Melbourne | 7.6 (48) | 14.7 (91) | Lost by 43 points | GIANTS Stadium | 3–4 | Report | |
| 8 | Saturday, 25 July (3:35 pm) | Sydney | 9.6 (60) | 7.11 (53) | Lost by 7 points | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3–5 | Report | |
| 9 | Friday, 31 July (3:40 pm) | Carlton | 9.4 (58) | 14.5 (89) | Won by 31 points | Optus Stadium | 4–5 | Report | |
| 10 | Bye | ||||||||
| 11 | Monday, 10 August (6:40 pm) | Fremantle | 7.6 (48) | 4.8 (32) | Lost by 16 points | Optus Stadium | 4–6 | Report | |
| 12 | Sunday, 16 August (4:10 pm) | West Coast | 12.9 (81) | 7.7 (49) | Lost by 32 points | Optus Stadium | 4–7 | Report | |
| 13 | Saturday, 22 August (4:05 pm) | Port Adelaide | 9.14 (68) | 9.4 (58) | Lost by 10 points | Adelaide Oval | 4–8 | Report | |
| 14 | Thursday, 27 August (4:10 pm) | Essendon | 10.11 (71) | 13.9 (87) | Lost by 16 points | Adelaide Oval | 4–9 | Report | |
| 15 | Tuesday, 1 September (5:10 pm) | Adelaide | 7.6 (48) | 12.11 (83) | Lost by 35 points | Adelaide Oval | 4–10 | Report | |
| 16 | Sunday, 6 September (1:05 pm) | St Kilda | 11.14 (80) | 9.12 (66) | Lost by 14 points | Metricon Stadium | 4–11 | Report | |
| 17 | Sunday, 13 September (3:05 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 6.4 (40) | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 36 points | Adelaide Oval | 4–12 | Report | |
| 18 | Sunday, 20 September (12:35 pm) | Gold Coast | 17.6 (108) | 8.9 (57) | Won by 51 points | Adelaide Oval | 5–12 | Report | |
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