2023 Hawthorn Football Club season explained

Club:	Hawthorn Football Club
Season:	2023
President:	Jeff Kennett (until 13 December 2022) Andrew Gowers (from 13 December 2022)
Coach:	Sam Mitchell
Captain:	James Sicily
Home Ground:	Melbourne Cricket Ground University of Tasmania Stadium
Regularseason Comp:	Record
Regularseason Result:	7–16 (16th)
Club B&Amp;F:	Best and Fairest
Best And Fairest:	Will Day
Leading Goalscorer:	Luke Breust (47)
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024

The 2023 Hawthorn Football Club season was the club's 99th season in the Australian Football League and 122nd overall, the 24th season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 23rd season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium and the 2nd season under head coach Sam Mitchell, and the 1st season with James Sicily as captain.^[1]

Club summary

The 2023 AFL season was the 127th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 99th season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania, iiNet, and Nissan are expected to continue as the club's three major sponsors, as they had done since 2006, 2013, and 2019 respectively,^{[2] [3]} while ISC will replace Adidas as the clubs manufacturer of its on-and-off field apparel.^[4] Hawthorn will continue 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.

Playing list changes

Trades

11 October 2022	To Hawthorn Pick 48, 2022 AFL draft 3rd round pick, 2023 AFL draft	To Jack Gunston	^[5]
12 October 2022	To Hawthorn Cooper Stephens Pick 41, 2022 AFL draft Pick 50, 2022 AFL draft		^[6]
	To Tom Mitchell Pick 25, 2022 AFL draft	To Oliver Henry
12 October 2022	To Hawthorn Lloyd Meek 2nd round pick, 2023 AFL draft	To Jaeger O'Meara 4th round pick, 2023 AFL draft	^[7]
28 November 2022	To Hawthorn Pick 36, 2022 AFL draft 3rd round pick, 2023 AFL draft (via)	To Pick 41, 2022 AFL draft Pick 50, 2022 AFL draft Pick 52, 2022 AFL draft Pick 63, 2022 AFL draft
28 November 2022	To Hawthorn Pick 18, 2022 AFL draft	To Pick 27, 2022 AFL draft 2nd round pick, 2023 AFL draft 3rd round pick, 2023 AFL draft

Free agency

Additions

Date	Player	F/A Type	Old club	Deal	Ref
29 September 2022		Unrestricted		Signed a four–year deal	^[8]
3 November 2022		Delisted		Signed a one–year deal	^[9]
30 November 2022		Catergry B rookie			^[10]

Draft

See also: 2022 AFL draft.

AFL draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	7			^[11]
1	18			^[12]
2	37			^[13]
3	46			^[14]
3	51			^[15]

Rookie draft

Retirements and delistings

Date	Player	Reason	Ref
10 August 2022		Retired	^[17]
1 September 2022		Retired	^[18]
2 September 2022		Delisted	^[19]
2 September 2022		Delisted
2 September 2022		Delisted
2 September 2022		Delisted
7 September 2022		Delisted	^[20]
15 October 2022		Delisted	^[21]

Season

Pre–season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Thursday, 23 February (4:00 pm)		21.12 (138)	7.11 (53)	Lost by 85 points	GMBHA Stadium
2	Thursday, 2 March (5:10 pm)		14.16 (100)	15.16 (106)	Lost by 6 points	University of Tasmania Stadium	Report

Home & Away season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 19 March (3:20 pm)		9.11 (65)	19.10 (124)	Lost by 59 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground	68,691	0–1	Report
2	Sunday, 26 March (1:10 pm)		17.16 (118)	4.13 (37)	Lost by 81 points	Sydney Cricket Ground	37,052	0–2	Report
3	Saturday, 1 April (1:45 pm)		11.14 (80)	9.7 (61)	Won by 19 points	University of Tasmania Stadium	11,007	1–2	Report
4	Monday, 10 April (3:20 pm)		19.13 (127)	6.9 (45)	Lost by 82 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground	65,335	1–3	Report
5	Sunday, 16 April (3:20 pm)		10.17 (77)	11.9 (75)	Lost by 2 points	Norwood Oval	9,057	1–4	Report
6	Sunday, 23 April (1:10 pm)		11.10 (76)	11.13 (79)	Lost by 3 points	University of Tasmania Stadium	10,119	1–5	Report
7	Saturday, 29 April (4:35 pm)		14.10 (94)	9.11 (65)	Lost by 29 points	Marvel Stadium	40,119	1–6	Report
8	Saturday, 6 May (7:30 pm)		18.9 (117)	7.6 (48)	Lost by 69 points	Optus Stadium	37,160	1–7	Report
9	Saturday, 13 May (4:35 pm)		7.7 (49)	15.13 (103)	Lost by 54 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground	39,818	1–8	Report
10	Sunday, 21 May (1:10 pm)		22.10 (142)	4.2 (26)	Won by 116 points	University of Tasmania Stadium	9,135	2–8	Report
11	Saturday, 27 May (1:45 pm)		12.6 (78)	12.16 (88)	Won by 10 points	Marvel Stadium	32,022	3–8	Report
12	Saturday, 3 June (1:45 pm)		23.13 (151)	14.12 (96)	Lost by 55 points	Adelaide Oval	34,234	3–9	Report
13	Saturday, 10 June (1:45 pm)		15.8 (98)	11.7 (73)	Won by 25 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground	35,869	4–9	Report
14	Bye
15	Sunday, 25 June (4:40 pm)		14.17 (101)	5.4 (34)	Lost by 67 points	Metricon Stadium	14,242	4–10	Report
16	Sunday, 2 July (1:10 pm)		7.10 (52)	17.10 (112)	Lost by 60 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground	66,337	4–11	Report
17	Saturday, 8 July (4:35 pm)		12.13 (85)	10.12 (72)	Lost by 13 points	GIANTS Stadium	9,007	4–12	Report
18	Sunday, 16 July (1:10 pm)		6.4 (40)	12.16 (88)	Won by 48 points	Marvel Stadium	30,201	5–12	Report
19	Saturday, 22 July (1:45 pm)		14.12 (96)	15.5 (95)	Lost by 1 point	Melbourne Cricket Ground	57,654	5–13	Report
20	Sunday, 30 July (1:10 pm)		14.9 (93)	19.8 (122)	Lost by 29 points	Marvel Stadium	22,769	5–14	Report
21	Saturday, 5 August (4:35pm)		16.9 (105)	11.7 (73)	Won by 32 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground	62,134	6–14	Report
22	Sunday, 13 August (1:10 pm)		9.13 (67)	9.10 (64)	Won by 3 points	University of Tasmania Stadium	12,480	7–14	Report
23	Sunday, 20 August (3:20 pm)		13.9 (87)	9.6 (60)	Lost by 27 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground	50,142	7–15	Report
24	Saturday, 26 August (1:45 pm)		8.8 (56)	14.9 (93)	Lost by 37 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground	27,951	7–16	Report

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
23	7	0	16	1686	2101	80.2	28	5	0	6	883	930	94.9	2	0	10	803	1171	68.6

Results by round

Statistics

|-! No. !! Player !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! |-| 1 || style=text-align:left | Harry Morrison| 13 || 2 || 2 || 241 || 163 || 78 || 69 || 36 || 0 || 30 || 33 || 12 || 64 || 172 || 0 || 3 || 9 || 4 || 5 || 7|-| 2 || style=text-align:left | Mitchell Lewis| 15 || 36 || 20 || 192 || 125 || 67 || 85 || 25 || 5 || 0 || 30 || 2 || 70 || 119 || 19 || 40 || 26 || 10 || 9 || 12|-| 3 || style=text-align:left | Jai Newcombe| 22 || 12 || 8 || 553 || 244 || 309 || 100 || 94 || 0 || 31 || 97 || 122 || 249 || 320 || 8 || 6 || 23 || 14 || 37 || 30|-| 4 || style=text-align:left | Jarman Impey| 22 || 3 || 4 || 461 || 299 || 162 || 120 || 48 || 0 || 62 || 50 || 12 || 106 || 346 || 6 || 0 || 33 || 4 || 18 || 13|-| 5 || style=text-align:left | James Worpel| 23 || 10 || 9 || 600 || 286 || 314 || 52 || 92 || 0 || 25 || 118 || 149 || 285 || 333 || 2 || 6 || 19 || 8 || 22 || 39|-| 6 || style=text-align:left | James Sicily| 19 || 2 || 4 || 501 || 324 || 177 || 189 || 29 || 0 || 115 || 34 || 11 || 154 || 301 || 35 || 0 || 88 || 5 || 21 || 20|-| 7 || style=text-align:left | Ned Reeves| 21 || 2 || 2 || 170 || 70 || 100 || 31 || 57 || 592 || 8 || 19 || 51 || 113 || 62 || 9 || 3 || 54 || 0 || 17 || 25|-| 8 || style=text-align:left | Sam Frost| 18 || 0 || 1 || 230 || 116 || 114 || 75 || 36 || 11 || 39 || 8 || 6 || 96 || 136 || 13 || 3 || 71 || 0 || 5 || 23|-| 9 || style=text-align:left | Changkuoth Jiath| 8 || 1 || 0 || 136 || 77 || 59 || 28 || 10 || 0 || 22 || 14 || 5 || 40 || 93 || 2 || 0 || 30 || 2 || 6 || 11|-| 10 || style=text-align:left | Karl Amon| 21 || 9 || 2 || 486 || 326 || 160 || 113 || 37 || 0 || 75 || 87 || 24 || 78 || 399 || 2 || 4 || 23 || 13 || 9 || 9|-| 11 || style=text-align:left | Conor Nash| 23 || 1 || 5 || 552 || 213 || 339 || 60 || 110 || 1 || 33 || 76 || 109 || 212 || 347 || 1 || 1 || 32 || 11 || 19 || 27|-| 12 || style=text-align:left | Will Day| 21 || 6 || 6 || 537 || 262 || 275 || 122 || 73 || 0 || 39 || 92 || 89 || 197 || 335 || 9 || 8 || 34 || 8 || 23 || 19|-| 13 || style=text-align:left | Dylan Moore| 23 || 17 || 19 || 480 || 254 || 226 || 480 || 107 || 0 || 19 || 78 || 31 || 163 || 328 || 4 || 13 || 27 || 15 || 32 || 9|-| 14 || style=text-align:left | Jack Scrimshaw| 16 || 4 || 1 || 276 || 157 || 119 || 85 || 26 || 0 || 45 || 16 || 5 || 77 || 189 || 11 || 3 || 50 || 1 || 7 || 12|-| 15 || style=text-align:left | Blake Hardwick| 23 || 2 || 1 || 467 || 314 || 153 || 147 || 45 || 0 || 126 || 25 || 10 || 112 || 284 || 11 || 5 || 76 || 1 || 8 || 9|-| 16 || style=text-align:left | Lachlan Bramble| 11 || 1 || 3 || 182 || 120 || 62 || 46 || 14 || 0 || 27 || 23 || 8 || 39 || 129 || 2 || 0 || 9 || 3 || 3 || 2|-| 17 || style=text-align:left | Lloyd Meek| 16 || 3 || 2 || 154 || 46 || 108 || 36 || 58 || 288 || 17 || 12 || 34 || 96 || 70 || 12 || 3 || 41 || 0 || 14 || 22|-| 18 || style=text-align:left | Max Lynch| 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 9 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0|-| 20 || style=text-align:left | Chad Wingard| 14 || 9 || 8 || 198 || 116 || 82 || 59 || 25 || 0 || 6 || 35 || 13 || 59 || 138 || 1 || 11 || 9 || 13 || 12 || 6|-| 21 || style=text-align:left | Cooper Stephens| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|-| 22 || style=text-align:left | Luke Breust| 21 || 47 || 23 || 225 || 144 || 81 || 77 || 44 || 0 || 2 || 37 || 12 || 102 || 131 || 12 || 46 || 15 || 6 || 20 || 19|-| 23 || style=text-align:left | Jacob Koschitzke| 12 || 9 || 10 || 103 || 56 || 47 || 39 || 27 || 27 || 2 || 9 || 4 || 60 || 45 || 17 || 22 || 13 || 3 || 14 || 2|-| 24 || style=text-align:left | Denver Grainger-Barras| 7 || 4 || 1 || 39 || 25 || 14 || 19 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 15 || 23 || 3 || 4 || 11 || 0 || 5 || 7|-| 25 || style=text-align:left | Josh Ward| 16 || 2 || 3 || 332 || 181 || 151 || 76 || 31 || 0 || 31 || 31 || 32 || 85 || 252 || 1 || 2 || 9 || 6 || 10 || 8|-| 26 || style=text-align:left | Fergus Greene| 11 || 15 || 10 || 89 || 56 || 33 || 38 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 2 || 32 || 59 || 2 || 23 || 18 || 9 || 6 || 7|-| 27 || style=text-align:left | Ned Long| 4 || 1 || 1 || 34 || 14 || 20 || 6 || 16 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 12 || 23 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2|-| 28 || style=text-align:left | Cameron Mackenzie| 14 || 3 || 6 || 186 || 86 || 100 || 26 || 37 || 0 || 6 || 35 || 21 || 68 || 127 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 9 || 3 || 10|-| 29 || style=text-align:left | Jai Serong| 2 || 0 || 0 || 21 || 15 || 6 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 17 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0|-| 30 || style=text-align:left | Sam Butler| 8 || 6 || 2 || 83 || 34 || 49 || 22 || 18 || 0 || 2 || 10 || 2 || 35 || 52 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 6 || 3|-| 31 || style=text-align:left | Connor MacDonald| 21 || 12 || 15 || 363 || 209 || 154 || 84 || 54 || 0 || 14 || 54 || 16 || 112 || 258 || 2 || 9 || 11 || 8 || 13 || 6|-| 32 || style=text-align:left | Finn Maginness| 13 || 1 || 2 || 134 || 65 || 69 || 41 || 26 || 0 || 12 || 15 || 4 || 34 || 101 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 3 || 4|-| 33 || style=text-align:left | Tyler Brockman| 15 || 13 || 8 || 167 || 79 || 88 || 50 || 34 || 0 || 4 || 29 || 2 || 53 || 112 || 1 || 20 || 16 || 10 || 5 || 6|-| 34 || style=text-align:left | Fionn O'Hara| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|-| 35 || style=text-align:left | Josh Morris| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|-| 36 || style=text-align:left | James Blanck| 15 || 0 || 0 || 89 || 50 || 39 || 29 || 23 || 0 || 16 || 2 || 2 || 45 || 49 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 17|-| 37 || style=text-align:left | Josh Weddle| 17 || 4 || 0 || 294 || 135 || 159 || 87 || 23 || 0 || 38 || 36 || 8 || 80 || 210 || 7 || 1 || 42 || 2 || 5 || 3|-| 38 || style=text-align:left | Max Ramsden| 2 || 0 || 1 || 14 || 5 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 8 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1|-| 39 || style=text-align:left | Emerson Jeka| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|-| 40 || style=text-align:left | Seamus Mitchell| 14 || 0 || 1 || 233 || 131 || 102 || 66 || 25 || 0 || 33 || 20 || 1 || 54 || 170 || 2 || 0 || 22 || 3 || 6 || 7|-| 41 || style=text-align:left | Josh Bennetts| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|-| 42 || style=text-align:left | Bailey Macdonald| 2 || 0 || 0 || 25 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 21 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0|-| 43 || style=text-align:left | Jack O'Sullivan| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|-| 44 || style=text-align:left | Henry Hustwaite| 2 || 2 || 0 || 28 || 10 || 18 || 5 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 11 || 17 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 1|-| 45 || style=text-align:left | Clay Tucker| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|-| 46 || style=text-align:left | Brandon Ryan| 3 || 4 || 1 || 18 || 15 || 3 || 10 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 5 || 13 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1|}

Source: AFL tables

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

AFL awards

• All-Australian team – James Sicily^[22]

Club awards

• Peter Crimmins Medal – Will Day^[23]
  • Runner-up – Jai Newcombe
  • Third place – Conor Nash
• Lethal award – Will Day^[24]
• Best clubman – Luke Breust
• Most courageous – Dylan Moore
• Most improved – Conor Nash
• Most promising – Josh Weddle

Records

Club records

• Most goal assists: Luke Breust – 230

Milestones

Round 1

• Cameron Mackenzie – AFL debut.
• Karl Amon – Hawthorn debut, 1st goal for Hawthorn.
• Fergus Greene – Hawthorn debut, 1st goal for Hawthorn.
• Lloyd Meek – Hawthorn debut.

Round 2

• Lloyd Meek – 1st goal for Hawthorn.

Round 5

• Seamus Mitchell – AFL debut.
• Ned Long – 1st AFL goal.

Round 7

• Max Ramsden – AFL debut.
• Josh Weddle – AFL debut.

Round 9

• Sam Frost – 150th AFL game.
• Cameron Mackenzie – 1st AFL goal.
• Josh Weddle – 1st AFL goal.

Round 12

• Luke Breust – 500th AFL goal.
• Mitchell Lewis – 100th AFL goal.
• Bailey Macdonald – AFL debut.

Round 13

• Jacob Koschitzke – 50th AFL goal.

Round 17

• Denver Grainger-Barras – 1st AFL goal.

Round 20

• Chad Wingard – 300th AFL goal.
• Will Day – 50th AFL game.
• Brandon Ryan – AFL debut, 1st AFL goal.

Round 22

• James Worpel – 100th AFL game.
• Jai Newcombe – 50th AFL game.

Round 23

• Henry Hustwaite – AFL debut, 1st AFL goal.

VFL

Hawthorn continued its reserves affiliation with the Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2023 for the 24th season. This allowed Hawthorn-listed players to play with Box Hill when not selected in AFL matches.

2023 player squad

Notes and References

1. Web site: Clarkson to step down as senior coach at end of 2021 . hawthornfc.com.au . 21 August 2021 . 30 July 2021.
2. Web site: Tasmania. Hawthorn Football Club official website. 21 August 2021. 7 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190307225111/https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/club/corporate/partners/tasmania. dead.
3. Web site: iiNet. Hawthorn Football Club official website. 21 August 2021. 7 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190307225128/https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/club/corporate/partners/iinet. dead.
4. Web site: Hawks launch partnership with ISC . hawthornfc.com.au . 2 November 2022 . 2 November 2022.
5. Web site: Hawthorn secures picks for Gunston . hawthornfc.com.au . 12 October 2022.
6. Web site: Gabelich . Josh . Three-way deal lands Henry, Mitchell and Stephens at new clubs . afl.com.au . Telstra . 13 October 2022.
7. Web site: TRADE Jaeger-bomb: Hawks mid joins Freo, Meek lands at Hawthorn . afl.com.au . Telstra . 13 October 2022.
8. Web site: Amon commits to Hawks . hawthornfc.com.au . 12 October 2022.
9. Web site: VFL gun joins Hawthorn . hawthornfc.com.au . 7 November 2022 . 3 November 2022.
10. Web site: Hawks add Bennetts as rookie . hawthornfc.com.au . 30 November 2022 . 30 November 2022.
11. Web site: Hawks swoop on Mackenzie with top pick . hawthornfc.com.au . 28 November 2022 . 28 November 2022.
12. Web site: Hawks land another top 20 pick with Weddle . hawthornfc.com.au . 28 November 2022 . 28 November 2022.
13. Web site: Hustwaite becomes a Hawk . hawthornfc.com.au . 29 November 2022 . 29 November 2022.
14. Web site: Hawks lock in O'Sullivan Presented by Presented by Dawson Moving and Storage . hawthornfc.com.au . 29 November 2022 . 29 November 2022.
15. Web site: Another Macdonald joins the brown and gold . hawthornfc.com.au . 29 November 2022 . 29 November 2022.
16. Web site: Hawks finalise list . hawthornfc.com.au . 30 November 2022 . 30 November 2022.
17. Web site: Ben McEvoy calls time. Hawthorn Football Club. 10 August 2022. 28 August 2022.
18. Web site: Shiels says goodbye . hawthornfc.com.au . 4 September 2022 . 1 September 2021.
19. Web site: Hawks farewell four as list changes begin . hawthornfc.com.au . 4 September 2022 . 2 September 2022.
20. Web site: Hawthorn farewells Hartigan . hawthornfc.com.au . 7 September 2022 . 7 September 2022.
21. Web site: Hawks farewell Saunders . hawthornfc.com.au . 15 October 2022.
22. Web site: Sicily earns first All Australian nod . hawthornfc.com.au . 10 October 2023 . 30 August 2023.
23. Web site: Day claims maiden Peter Crimmins Medal . hawthornfc.com.au . 10 October 2023 . 8 October 2023.
24. Web site: Hawthorn's 2023 award winners revealed . hawthornfc.com.au . 10 October 2023 . 8 October 2023.