2009 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
2009 season
PresidentJeff Kennett
CoachAlastair Clarkson
Captain(s)Sam Mitchell
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground
Aurora Stadium
Pre-season competitionQuarter final
AFL season9–13 (9th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestSam Mitchell
Leading goalkickerLance Franklin (67)
Highest home attendance77,278 (Round 22 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance15,080 (Round 15 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance39,635

The 2009 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 85th season in the Australian Football League and 108th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending AFL Premiers

Playing list changes

Draft

AFL draft

Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref
1 16 Ryan Schoenmakers Norwood
2 34 Liam Shiels Eastern Ranges
3 50 Jordan Lisle Oakleigh Chargers
4 63 Luke Lowden Sandringham Dragons
5 75 Shane Savage Dandenong Stingrays

Rookie draft

Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref
1 16 Riley Milne Murray Bushrangers
2 32 Haydn Kiel Brisbane Lions
3 47 Luke Breust Temora
4 61 Carl Peterson Richmond
5 73 Garry Moss[note 1] Hawthorn
6 81 Matt Suckling Sandringham Dragons
7 85 Will Sierakowski NSW AFL Scholarship program
  1. ^ Moss was originally delisted by Hawthorn on 16 October 2008 but was re-drafted as a rookie

Retirements and delistings

Date Player 2009 team Reason Ref
12 March 2008 Danny Jacobs Retired
16 October 2008 Tim Clarke Delisted
16 October 2008 Zac Dawson St Kilda Delisted
16 October 2008 Luke McEntee Delisted
8 November 2008 Shane Crawford Retired

2009 Player squad

Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach



Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 29 August 2009
Source(s): Draftguru


Schedule

NAB Cup

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 21 February (4:10 pm) Melbourne 0.11.3 (69) 1.8.9 (66) Won by 3 points Aurora Stadium (H) 8,122
Quarter final Sunday, 1 March (4:40 pm) Carlton 2.13.16 (112) 2.10.10 (88) Lost by 24 points Etihad Stadium (A) 19,111

Premiership Season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record Report
Home Away Result
1 Friday, 27 March (7:40 pm) Geelong 16.7 (103) 15.21 (111) Lost by 8 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 69,593 0–1 Report
2 Saturday, 4 April (7:10 pm) Sydney 22.11 (143) 15.15 (105) Lost by 38 points ANZ Stadium (A) 36,116 0–2 Report
3 Sunday, 12 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 10.9 (69) 19.9 (123) Won by 54 points Etihad Stadium (A) 34,983 1–2 Report
4 Saturday, 18 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 12.13 (85) 17.13 (115) Lost by 30 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 33,274 1–3 Report
5 Saturday, 25 April (5:20 pm) West Coast 11.8 (74) 7.14 (56) Won by 18 points Aurora Stadium (H) 17,880 2–3 Report
6 Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 16.10 (106) 15.12 (102) Won by 4 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 69,014 3–3 Report
7 Friday, 8 May (7:40 pm) Essendon 17.14 (116) 10.12 (72) Lost by 44 points Etihad Stadium (A) 50,475 3–4 Report
8 Friday, 15 May (6:40 pm) Fremantle 9.11 (65) 13.9 (87) Won by 22 points Subiaco Oval (A) 39,135 4–4 Report
9 Sunday, 24 May (4:40 pm) Melbourne 17.12 (114) 13.14 (92) Won by 22 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 39,395 5–4 Report
10 Sunday, 31 May (1:10 pm) Adelaide 16.10 (106) 12.7 (79) Lost by 27 points AAMI Stadium (A) 40,035 5–5 Report
11 Sunday, 7 June (2:10 pm) Sydney 12.14 (86) 11.9 (75) Won by 11 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 44,464 6–5 Report
12 Sunday, 14 June (1:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 7.9 (51) 13.15 (93) Lost by 42 points Aurora Stadium (H) 16,710 6–6 Report
13 Saturday, 27 June (5:40 pm) West Coast 16.11 (107) 13.9 (87) Lost by 20 points Subiaco Oval (A) 31,441 6–7 Report
14 Saturday, 4 July (7:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 19.19 (133) 6.9 (45) Lost by 88 points Etihad Stadium (A) 36,827 6–8 Report
15 Sunday, 12 July (1:10 pm) North Melbourne 10.13 (73) 9.10 (64) Won by 9 points Aurora Stadium (H) 15,080 7–8 Report
16 Saturday, 18 July (7:10 pm) Collingwood 11.10 (76) 18.13 (121) Won by 45 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 66,149 8–8 Report
17 Saturday, 25 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 15.9 (99) 14.14 (98) Lost by 1 point Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 64,803 8–9 Report
18 Sunday, 2 August (2:40 pm) Port Adelaide 18.13 (121) 14.19 (103) Lost by 18 points AAMI Stadium (A) 25,154 8–10 Report
19 Saturday, 8 August (2:10 pm) St Kilda 7.7 (49) 10.14 (74) Lost by 25 points Aurora Stadium (H) 20,011 8–11 Report
20 Friday, 14 August (7:40 pm) Adelaide 9.13 (67) 13.16 (94) Lost by 27 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 32,583 8–12 Report
21 Saturday, 22 August (7:10 pm) Richmond 14.9 (93) 20.15 (135) Won by 42 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 34,779 9–12 Report
22 Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 14.15 (99) 16.20 (116) Lost by 17 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 77,278 9–13 Report

Ladder

2009 AFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 St Kilda 22 20 2 0 2197 1411 155.7 80 Finals series
2 Geelong (P) 22 18 4 0 2312 1815 127.4 72
3 Western Bulldogs 22 15 7 0 2378 1940 122.6 60
4 Collingwood 22 15 7 0 2174 1778 122.3 60
5 Adelaide 22 14 8 0 2104 1789 117.6 56
6 Brisbane Lions 22 13 8 1 2017 1890 106.7 54
7 Carlton 22 13 9 0 2270 2055 110.5 52
8 Essendon 22 10 11 1 2080 2127 97.8 42
9 Hawthorn 22 9 13 0 1962 2120 92.5 36
10 Port Adelaide 22 9 13 0 1990 2244 88.7 36
11 West Coast 22 8 14 0 1893 2029 93.3 32
12 Sydney 22 8 14 0 1888 2027 93.1 32
13 North Melbourne 22 7 14 1 1680 2015 83.4 30
14 Fremantle 22 6 16 0 1747 2259 77.3 24
15 Richmond 22 5 16 1 1774 2388 74.3 22
16 Melbourne 22 4 18 0 1706 2285 74.7 16
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References