May 1, 2009
Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has defended his verbal attack on AFL umpires and has opted to pay a $5000 fine instead of attending umpire education. Kennett believes the issue should be resolved quickly and said he would pay the fine to avoid any risk of an AFL imposed sanction on the club, such as the deduction of premiership points. The…
Apr 29, 2009
Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has been ordered by the AFL to complete an umpiring education program following his verbal attack on AFL umpires. AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said Kennett’s comments were damaging to the best interests of the game. As a result, Kennett must now watch the laws-of-the-game DVD, observe a game review by the umpiring department, read…
Apr 3, 2009
Hawthorn’s premiership defender Rick Ladson will be sidelined for at least two-months following pre-season surgery on his left knee. The defender had surgery in January to flush out the knee, which hasn’t settled as quickly as hoped, according to Hawthorn football manager Mark Evans. Ladson averaged 19 possessions last season, and had a memorable Grand Final game, kicking a final…
Apr 1, 2009
Hawthorn goal-magnet Lance Franklin declared he wants to be a Hawk for the rest of his AFL career, at a Melbourne press conference yesterday. The 2008 Coleman Medallist said he is a one-team man, who would never dream of leaving his club, even if it meant taking a pay cut. Franklin’s contract does not expire until the end of 2010,…
Mar 14, 2009
Lance Franklin made an impressive come-back gathering 26 disposals and booting four goals in Hawthorns' 13.21 (99) to 8.13 (61) win over the Eagles at Visy Park on Friday night. In what was an even match for most of the day, Franklin inspired the Hawks to a 5.5 to 1.0 last quarter as the Eagles fizzled out and the Hawks…
Mar 10, 2009
Hawthorn are expecting to play Coleman medallist Lance Franklin and Norm Smith medallist Luke Hodge in their final pre-season game against the Eagles this weekend. The Hawks were easily defeated by the Crows on Saturday due to the fact they only had one premiership player in their team for the game. Things look to change, as skipper Sam Mitchell, Jarryd…
Feb 17, 2009
Rumors that Hawk's superstar Lance 'Buddy' Franklin has broken the thumb that was operated on at the end of last season are supposedly false. On Monday morning news was that 'Buddy' had defiantly broken his thumb, but Hawthorn's general manager of football operations, Mark Evans, set the record straight. Evans said that he did receive a heavy knock to his…
Dec 22, 2008
A drinking session on the weekend has proved costly for Hawthorn ruckman Brent Renouf. Renouf damaged two cars on Sunday morning outside a hotel in Hawthorn when under the influence of alcohol. The club fined him $5000. Renouf was also suspended for two NAB Cup matches.
Sep 26, 2008
Well it's been building since early in the season, this is the match up we all wanted isn't it? Well certainly once your own team was knocked out and it became clear the Bulldogs and St Kilda weren't good enough to match it with the two top teams it's what we all wanted. Last year's non contest has made us…
Sep 5, 2008
What was meant to have been the game of the finals series has ended in an anticlimax with Hawthorn smashing the Bulldogs by 51 points. Hawthorn got a decent break on the Bulldogs late in the first quarter and never looked back as they outclassed the opposition all over the field. Hawthorn: 4.5 10.12 15.17 18.19 (127) Western Bulldogs: 2.1…
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