2013 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

2013 season
President	Andrew Newbold
Coach	Alastair Clarkson
Captain(s)	Luke Hodge
Home ground	Aurora Stadium (Capacity: 23,000) MCG (Capacity: 100,018)
Pre-season competition	Last (18th out of 18)
AFL season	1st (Minor Premiers)
Finals Series	Premiers
Best and Fairest	Josh Gibson
Leading goalkicker	Jarryd Roughead (72)
Highest home attendance	100,007 (Grand Final vs. Fremantle)
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The Hawthorn Football Club's 2013 season is its 89th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Overview

After losing the 2012 AFL Grand Final against the Sydney Swans, Hawthorn participated in the 2012 AFL Draft and traded Tom Murphy and Clinton Young to the Gold Coast and Collingwood respectively via the free agency system. The club also picked up Jonathan Simpkin from Geelong. During the main trade period, the Hawks picked up former Western Bulldogs backman Brian Lake and Sydney Swans forward Matthew Spangher and offloaded Stephen Gilham to Greater Western Sydney.^[1]

Player draft

Draftee	Pick selection	Original Club
Tim O'Brien	28	Glenelg
Kaiden Brand	66	West Adelaide
Michael Osborne	70	Hawthorn

Rookie	Pick selection	Original Club
John Ceglar	15	Collingwood

Pre-season

NAB Cup

Round	Opposition Team	Venue	Result	Game Summary
First round	Gold Coast	Metricon Stadium	Lost 0.4.6. (30) - 0.4.5.(29)
First round	Brisbane Lions	Metricon Stadium	Lost 0.4.8. (32) - 0.1.5.(11)
Second round	Western Bulldogs	Etihad Stadium	Lost 1.10.6.(75) - 2.8.8.(74)
Third round	Richmond	Aurora Stadium	Lost 0.13.7. (85) - 13.6.(84)

Premiership Season

Home and away season

Round	Opposition team	Venue	Result (Hawthorn's score shown first)	Game summary	Report	Position on ladder
1	Geelong Cats	MCG	Lost 12.14 (86) - 13.15 (93)	The Kennett curse continued as Hawthorn gave up a 30-point lead to lose their tenth straight game against the Cats since the 2008 AFL Grand Final.		10th
2	West Coast Eagles	Patersons Stadium	Won 23.10 (148) - 15.8 (98)	In hot conditions in Perth, and with accurate goal-kicking displays by both teams, Hawthorn won by fifty points.		9th
3	Collingwood Magpies	MCG	Won 22.13 (145) - 13.12 (90)	After a close first half, the Hawks went on to win by 55 points. Taylor Duryea played his first game. Jed Anderson got a rising star nomination		6th
4	Fremantle Dockers	Aurora Stadium	Won 18.10 (118) - 11.10(76)	Hawthorn opened a five-goal lead at quarter time. Ryan Schoenmakers damaged his ACL.		4th
5	North Melbourne Kangaroos	MCG	Won 14.15 (99) - 13.18(96)	A close game all night. Cyril Rioli kicked four goals and Max Bailey kicked three goals in the first quarter.		4th
6	Adelaide Crows	AAMI Stadium	Won 13.11 (89) - 11.12(78)	Jack Gunston kicked three goals in a gritty win.		5th
7	Sydney Swans	MCG	Won 18.11 (119) - 12.10(82)	Jack Gunston kicked three goals in a gritty win. Jarryd Roughead and Luke Hodge were dominate.		3rd
8	Greater Western Sydney	Aurora Stadium	Won 21.14 (140) - 9.3(57)	Jarryd Roughead kicked five goals in a game that didn't raise high standards. Jack Gunston kicked three goals and the Hawks moved to the top of the ladder.		1st
9	Gold Coast Suns	MCG	Won 18.10 (118) - 14.8(92)	Sam Grimley made his debut and Gold Coast lead at half time. Franklin kicked four second half goals to finish with five as the Hawks got on top at the end.		1st
10	Melbourne Demons	MCG	Won 21.17 (143) - 6.12(48)	Luke Breust finished with five as the Hawks led from start to finish.		1st
11	Bye
12	Carlton Blues	Etihad Stadium	Won 15.12 (102) - 13.9(87)	The Hawks won ten games in a row for the fourth time in their history. Jarryd Roughead and Lance Franklin finished with four each as the Hawks kicked 9 goals to 5 after half time.		1st
13	West Coast Eagles	Etihad Stadium	Won 19.9 (123) - 16.7(103)	Jarryd Roughead and Jack Gunston finished with five each as the Hawks set up their win in the second quarter		1st
14	Brisbane Lions	Aurora Stadium	Won 21.17 (143) - 12.13(85)	The Hawks won twelve games in a row for the second time in their history. Jarryd Roughead and Lance Franklin finished with four Brendan Whitecross played his first game since injuring his ACL last year. John Ceglar made his debut.		1st
15	Geelong Cats	MCG	Lost 10.12 (72) - 11.16 (82)	The Kennett curse continued as Hawthorn lost their 11th straight game against Geelong.		1st
16	Port Adelaide Power	AAMI Stadium	Won 19.10 (124) - 12.7(79)	Jarryd Roughead and Jack Gunston finished with five goals each as the Hawks set up the win in the third quarter		1st
17	Western Bulldogs	Aurora Stadium	Won 13.17 (95) - 11.10(76)	A scrappy game in Launceston, Jarryd Roughead kicked three goals		1st
18	Essendon Bombers	Etihad Stadium	Won 22.11 (143) - 13.9 (87)	Jarryd Roughead kicked four goals and Lance Franklin finished with eight goals		1st
19	Richmond Tigers	MCG	Lost 9.12 (66) - 16.11 (107)	The Hawks were outplayed as Richmond dominated in wet conditions.		1st
20	St Kilda Saints	Etihad Stadium	Won 14.18 (102) - 7.14 (56)	Jarryd Roughead kicked five goals.		1st
21	Collingwood Magpies	MCG	Won 18.11 (119) - 12.12(84)	The first half was high scoring, and Hawthorn kicked six goals to three after half time. Lance Franklin finished with four goals.		1st
22	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Etihad Stadium	Won 17.15 (117) - 15.13 (103)	A strong third quarter after trailing by two goals at half time Jarryd Roughead kicked four goals and Lance Franklin finished with five goals		1st
23	Sydney Swans	ANZ Stadium	Won 17.10 (112) - 16.4(100)	A come from behind win after trailing for most of the game. Jarryd Roughead kicked four goals and Lance Franklin got reported. Hawthorn were minor premiers for the year.		1st

2013 finals Series

First Qualifying Final

	First Qualifying Final
Friday, 6 September 7:50pm	Hawthorn	def.	Sydney	MCG (Crowd: 59,615)
	3.4 (22) 4.7 (31) 9.9 (63) 15.15 (105)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.3 (21) 4.7 (31) 5.8 (38) 7.9 (51)	Umpires: Margetts, Stewart, Rosebury Television broadcast: Seven Network
Gunston 3, Hale 2, Roughead 2, Bruest, Spangher, Puopolo, Bailey, Shiels, Lake, Anderson		Goals	Tippett 2, Rohan, Pyke, Jetta, White, O'Keefe
Hodge, Sewell, Mitchell, Hale, Burgoyne, Lake, Birchall, Gunston		Best	Jack, Kennedy, Pyke, Bird, Parker, Mitchell
		Injuries	Nil

A tight game in the first half, Hawthorn cracked the game open after half time to kick 11 goals to 3 to run out easy winners.

First Preliminary Final

	First Preliminary Final
Friday, 20 September 7:50pm	Hawthorn	def.	Geelong	MCG (Crowd: 85,569)
	3.5 (23) 7.8 (50) 10.10 (70) 14.18 (102)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.0 (24) 7.4 (46) 14.6 (90) 15.7 (97)	Umpires: Margetts, Rosebury, Nicholls Television broadcast: Seven Network
Gunston 4, Burgoyne 3, Hale 2, Hill 2, Guerra, Breust, Franklin		Goals	Johnson 4, Motlop 2, Christensen, Hawkins, Vardy, Bartel, Selwood, Guthrie, Taylor, Murdoch, Caddy
Mitchell, Burgoyne , Gunston, Hale, Birchall, Guerra, Hill		Best	Johnson, Motlop, Guthrie, Selwood, Taylor, Stokes, Duncan
Whitecross (Knee), Franklin (Elbow), Puopolo (Ankle)		Injuries

Hawthorn missed a lot of set shots at goal, before finally overtaking Geelong late in the last quarter. Shaun Burgoyne set up all the Hawks last quarter goals.

Grand Final

	Grand Final
Saturday, 28 September (2:30 pm)	Hawthorn	def.	Fremantle	MCG (Crowd: 100,007)
	2.3 (15) 5.5 (35) 8.8 (56) 11.11 (77)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.3 (3) 1.6 (12) 6.10 (46) 8.14 (62)	Umpires: Brett Rosebury, Mathew Nicholls, Simon Meredith Norm Smith Medal: Brian Lake Television broadcast: Seven Network National anthem: Tina Arena
Gunston 4, Roughead 2, Franklin, Rioli, Smith, Breust, Hill		Goals	Pavlich 3, Walters 2, Mzungu, Mayne, Pearce
Lake, Gunston, Lewis, Rioli, Hodge, Birchall		Best	Mundy, Fyfe, Crowley, Johnson, Barlow
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil
On a cool, wet and windy afternoon, the Hawks started with high pressure intensity that the Dockers are renowned for, and they led by 23 points at half-time after restricting their opponents to just one goal. Gunston kicked three of Hawthorn's five goals in the first half and finished with four. Lake did a superb job in restricting Freo skipper Matthew Pavlich while Hodge and Birchall were rock solid across half-back.

Ladder

2013 AFL Ladder
	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Hawthorn (P)	22	19	3	0	2523	1859	135.72	76
2	Geelong	22	18	4	0	2409	1776	135.64	72
3	Fremantle	22	16	5	1	2035	1518	134.06	66
4	Sydney	22	15	6	1	2244	1694	132.47	62
5	Richmond	22	15	7	0	2154	1754	122.81	60
6	Collingwood	22	14	8	0	2148	1868	114.99	56
7	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	2051	2002	102.45	48
8	Carlton	22	11	11	0	2125	1992	106.68	44
9	Essendon	22	14	8	0	2145	2000	107.25	56^*
10	North Melbourne	22	10	12	0	2307	1930	119.53	40
11	Adelaide	22	10	12	0	2064	1909	108.12	40
12	Brisbane Lions	22	10	12	0	1922	2144	89.65	40
13	West Coast	22	9	13	0	2038	2139	95.28	36
14	Gold Coast	22	8	14	0	1918	2091	91.73	32
15	Western Bulldogs	22	8	14	0	1926	2262	85.15	32
16	St Kilda	22	5	17	0	1751	2120	82.59	20
17	Melbourne	22	2	20	0	1455	2691	54.07	8
18	GWS	22	1	21	0	1524	2990	50.97	4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against ^*Essendon was relegated to ninth due to irregularities in its supplements program during the 2012 season

Awards, Records & Milestones

Awards

• Round 3 - Jed Anderson - 2013 AFL Rising Star nomination
• Round 6 - Brad Hill - 2013 AFL Rising Star nomination
• Round 23 - Jarryd Roughead - Coleman Medallist
• All Australian Selection - Sam Mitchell, Jarryd Roughead
• Coleman Medal - Jarryd Roughead
• Norm Smith Medal - Brian Lake

Records

• 300th goal - Jarryd Roughead
• 150th goal - Luke Hodge
• 150th goal - Cyril Rioli
• 100th goal - Jordan Lewis
• 100th goal - Luke Breust
• 100th goal - Jack Gunston
• 50th goal - Isaac Smith

Hawthorn win 12 games in a row from round 2 to 14. Equal 1961 as club's longest winning run. ^[2]

Milestones

• Round 1 - Jed Anderson ( AFL debut)
• Round 3 - Taylor Duryea (AFL debut)
• Round 5 - Brian Lake (Debut at Hawthorn)
• Round 6 - Jonathan Simpkin (Debut at Hawthorn)
• Round 6 - David Hale (50th AFL game for Hawthorn)
• Round 7 - Brian Lake (200th AFL game)
• Round 8 - Matthew Spangher (Debut at Hawthorn)
• Round 9 - Sam Grimley (AFL debut)
• Round 9 - Luke Breust (50th AFL game)
• Round 9 - Paul Puopolo (50th AFL game)
• Round 13 - Brent Guerra (150th AFL game for Hawthorn)
• Round 14 - John Ceglar (AFL debut)
• Round 14 - Isaac Smith (50th AFL game)
• Round 17 - Will Langford (AFL debut)
• Round 17 - Shane Savage (50th AFL game)
• Round 19 - Brent Guerra (250th AFL game)
• Round 20 - Jack Gunston (50th AFL game)
• Qual Final - First time ever, Hawthorn's all-time 'points for' tally was greater than their all-time 'points against' tally.^[3]

References

1. Brian Lake hungry to win a premiership at Hawthorn | Herald Sun
2. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-09-09/100-up-milestone-for-hawks
3. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-09-09/100-up-milestone-for-hawks