2020 Hawthorn Football Club season

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.

Hawthorn Football Club
2020 season
PresidentJeff Kennett
CoachAlastair Clarkson
Captain(s)Ben Stratton
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground
University of Tasmania Stadium
Record5–12 (15th)
Best and FairestJack Gunston
Leading goalkickerJack Gunston (31)
← 2019 2021 →

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.

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 qualify for finals in consecutive seasons. This was also the first time since 2005, Hawthorn would finish in the bottom four.

Club summary

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,[4][5] while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they have done since 2013.[6] 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.

Senior personnel

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.

Playing list changes

Trades
11 October 2019 To Hawthorn
Sam Frost
Pick 42, 2019 AFL draft
Pick 61, 2019 AFL draft
4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft		 To Melbourne
Pick 50, 2019 AFL draft
2nd round pick, 2020 AFL draft		 [9]
15 October 2019 To Hawthorn
Jonathon Patton		 To Greater Western Sydney
4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft (via Melbourne)		 [10]
16 October 2019 To Hawthorn
Pick 54, 2019 AFL draft (via West Coast)
Pick 63, 2019 AFL draft (via Sydney)		 To Carlton
Marc Pittonet
Pick 61, 2019 AFL draft (via Melbourne)		 [11]
20 November 2019 To Hawthorn
Pick 50, 2019 AFL draft
Pick 73, 2019 AFL draft
2nd round pick, 2020 AFL draft		 To North Melbourne
Pick 30, 2019 AFL draft
28 November 2019 To Hawthorn
3rd round pick, 2020 AFL draft (via Essendon)		 To Collingwood
Pick 43, 2019 AFL draft
28 November 2019 To Hawthorn
4th round pick, 2020 AFL draft		 To Western Bulldogs
Pick 62, 2019 AFL draft

Additions
Date Player F/A Type Former Club Deal Compensation Ref
29 November 2019 Michael Hartley PSD Essendon N/A None
29 November 2019 Harry Pepper CB N/A N/A None
6 March 2020 Keegan Brooksby SSP West Coast 1-year deal none

Departures
Date Player F/A Type New Club Deal Compensation Ref
10 October 2019 Grant Birchall Unrestricted Brisbane Lions Signed 1-year deal None [12]

Draft
See also: 2019 AFL draft

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

Rookie draft
Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref
1 9 Emerson Jeka Western Jets

Retirements and delistings
Date Player 2020 team Reason Ref
29 October 2018 Will Langford N/A Retired [13][14]
12 August 2019 Jarryd Roughead N/A Retired [15]
17 October 2019 Kaiden Brand Sydney Delisted [16]
17 October 2019 Teia Miles N/A Delisted [16]
17 October 2019 David Mirra N/A Delisted [16]
17 October 2019 Tim Mohr N/A Retired [16]
18 October 2019 Ryan Schoenmakers N/A Retired [17]

2020 player squad
2020 Hawthorn Football Club squad
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)
  • Injured
  • Upgraded rookie(s)
  • (ret) Retired
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • (FA) Free agent

Updated: 19 September 2020
Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Marsh Community series
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

Home & Away season
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

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Port Adelaide 17 14 3 0 1185 869 136.4 56 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 17 14 3 0 1184 948 124.9 56
3 Richmond (P) 17 12 4 1 1135 874 129.9 50
4 Geelong 17 12 5 0 1233 901 136.8 48
5 West Coast 17 12 5 0 1095 936 117.0 48
6 St Kilda 17 10 7 0 1159 997 116.2 40
7 Western Bulldogs 17 10 7 0 1103 1034 106.7 40
8 Collingwood 17 9 7 1 965 881 109.5 38
9 Melbourne 17 9 8 0 1063 986 107.8 36
10 Greater Western Sydney 17 8 9 0 1007 1053 95.6 32
11 Carlton 17 7 10 0 1017 1078 94.3 28
12 Fremantle 17 7 10 0 866 924 93.7 28
13 Essendon 17 6 10 1 938 1185 79.2 26
14 Gold Coast 17 5 11 1 996 1099 90.6 22
15 Hawthorn 17 5 12 0 1004 1194 84.1 20
16 Sydney 17 5 12 0 890 1077 82.6 20
17 North Melbourne 17 3 14 0 858 1205 71.2 12
18 Adelaide 17 3 14 0 826 1283 64.4 12
Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2020. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Club Awards

Club records

Milestones

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 13

Round 14

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

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