2010 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

2010 season
President	Jeff Kennett
Coach	Alastair Clarkson
Captain(s)	Sam Mitchell
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground Aurora Stadium
Pre-season competition	Quarter final
AFL season	12–9–1 (7th)
Finals series	Elimination final (lost to Fremantle 64–94)
Best and Fairest	Luke Hodge
Leading goalkicker	Lance Franklin (64)
Highest home attendance	76,218 (Round 22 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance	15,532 (Round 21 vs. Fremantle)
Average home attendance	37,876
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The 2010 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 86th season in the Australian Football League and 109th overall.

Playing list changes

The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2009 season and the beginning of the 2010 season.

Trades

5 October 2009	To Hawthorn Josh Gibson Pick 69, 2009 AFL draft	To North Melbourne Pick 25, 2009 AFL draft Pick 41, 2009 AFL draft
9 October 2009	To Hawthorn Pick 39, 2009 AFL draft Pick 46, 2009 AFL draft Pick 70, 2009 AFL draft	To Sydney Josh Kennedy Ben McGlynn
9 October 2009	To Hawthorn Shaun Burgoyne (From Port Adelaide)	To Port Adelaide Jay Nash (From Essendon) Pick 9, 2009 AFL draft (From Hawthorn) Pick 16, 2009 AFL draft (From Essendon) Pick 97, 2009 AFL draft (From Geelong)
	To Essendon Mark Williams (From Hawthorn) Pick 24, 2009 AFL draft (From Port Adelaide) Pick 33, 2009 AFL draft (From Geelong)	To Geelong Pick 40, 2009 AFL draft (From Port Adelaide) Pick 42, 2009 AFL draft (From Essendon) Pick 56, 2009 AFL draft (From Port Adelaide)
9 October 2009	To Hawthorn Pick 58, 2009 AFL draft	To Essendon Pick 89, 2009 AFL draft

Draft

AFL draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
3	39	Sam Grimley	Northern Knights
3	46	Ben Stratton	East Perth
4	57	Jordan Williams	Bendigo Pioneers
4	58	Rhan Hooper	Brisbane Lions
5	69	Taylor Duryea	Murray Bushrangers
5	70	Matt Suckling (Promoted Rookie)

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	13	Wayde Skipper	Western Bulldogs
2	29	Jarrod Kayler-Thomson	Perth
3	42	Michael Johnston	East Coast Eagles

Retirements and delistings

Date	Player	2010 team	Reason	Ref
11 August 2009	Stuart Dew	—	Retired
7 September 2009	Tim Boyle	—	Retired
3 October 2009	Robert Campbell	—	Retired
28 October 2009	Mitch Thorp	—	Delisted
28 October 2009	Tim Walsh	—	Delisted
28 October 2009	Haydn Kiel	—	Delisted

2010 player squad

2010 Hawthorn Football Club squad

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Max Bailey  2 Jarryd Roughead  3 Jordan Lewis  4 Rick Ladson  5 Sam Mitchell (C)  6 Josh Gibson  7 Michael Osborne  8 Xavier Ellis  9 Shaun Burgoyne 10 Chance Bateman 11 Clinton Young 12 Brad Sewell 13 Simon Taylor 14 Grant Birchall 15 Luke Hodge (VC) 16 Beau Dowler 17 Beau Muston 18 Brent Guerra 19 Jarryd Morton 20 Rhan Hooper		21 Shane Savage 22 Travis Tuck 23 Lance Franklin 24 Trent Croad (ret) 25 Ryan Schoenmakers 26 Liam Shiels 27 Stephen Gilham 29 Thomas Murphy 30 Campbell Brown 31 Matt Suckling 33 Cyril Rioli 34 Brent Renouf 35 Sam Grimley 36 Jordan Lisle 37 Brendan Whitecross 38 Luke Lowden 39 Ben Stratton 40 Jordan Williams 41 Taylor Duryea				28 Garry Moss 32 Riley Milne 42 Wayde Skipper 43 Will Sierakowski 44 Cameron Stokes 45 Jarrod Kayler-Thomson 46 Michael Johnston 47 Luke Breust 48 Carl Peterson		Head coach Alastair Clarkson Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (ret) Retired Updated: 9 September 2010 Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Fixture

NAB Cup

See also: 2010 NAB Cup

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 13 February (7:40 pm)	Richmond	3.16.12 (135)	0.9.8 (62)	Won by 73 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	11,217
Quarter final	Friday, 26 February (7:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	0.7.12 (54)	1.15.12 (111)	Lost by 57 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	17,222

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	TV	Attendance	Record	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	8.13 (61)	17.15 (117)	Won by 56 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Fox Sports	45,615	1–0	Report
2	Monday, 5 April (2:10 pm)	Geelong	13.13 (91)	14.16 (100)	Lost by 9 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Ten	68,628	1–1	Report
3	Sunday, 11 April (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	14.16 (100)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 16 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	Seven	35,933	1–2	Report
4	Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	17.21 (123)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 64 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Ten	67,688	1–3	Report
5	Sunday, 25 April (5:40 pm)	North Melbourne	10.10 (70)	12.10 (82)	Lost by 12 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Sports	16,301	1–4	Report
6	Saturday, 1 May (7:10 pm)	Essendon	15.16 (106)	9.9 (63)	Lost by 43 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Ten	61,006	1–5	Report
7	Saturday, 8 May (1:10 pm)	West Coast	15.12 (102)	14.10 (94)	Lost by 8 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	Ten	35,864	1–6	Report
8	Sunday, 16 May (1:10 pm)	Richmond	13.8 (86)	13.11 (89)	Won by 3 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Fox Sports	41,563	2–6	Report
9	Sunday, 23 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	8.12 (60)	16.14 (110)	Won by 50 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	Seven	47,484	3–6	Report
10	Sunday, 30 May (1:10 pm)	Sydney	10.19 (79)	11.11 (77)	Won by 2 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Fox Sports	36,003	4–6	Report
11	Sunday, 6 June (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	10.14 (74)	8.15 (63)	Won by 11 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	21,287	5–6	Report
12	Saturday, 12 June (2:10 pm)	Adelaide	19.10 (124)	11.11 (77)	Won by 47 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Sports	16,167	6–6	Report
13	Friday, 18 June (7:40 pm)	Essendon	14.18 (102)	13.8 (86)	Won by 16 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	54,148	7–6	Report
14	Friday, 2 July (7:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	12.7 (79)	11.10 (76)	Won by 3 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	47,454	8–6	Report
15	Saturday, 10 July (2:10 pm)	Geelong	12.13 (85)	11.17 (83)	Lost by 2 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Ten	69,220	8–7	Report
16	Saturday, 17 July (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	17.16 (118)	7.1 (43)	Won by 75 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Sports	16,690	9–7	Report
17	Friday, 23 July (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	14.3 (87)	13.9 (87)	Draw	Etihad Stadium (A)	Seven	49,373	9–7–1	Report
18	Saturday, 31 July (2:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	13.14 (92)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 8 points	AAMI Stadium (A)	Fox Sports	22,340	9–8–1	Report
19	Saturday, 7 August (2:10 pm)	Sydney	19.15 (129)	13.7 (85)	Lost by 44 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	Ten	29,431	9–9–1	Report
20	Sunday, 15 August (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	15.9 (99)	12.6 (78)	Won by 21 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	48,211	10–9–1	Report
21	Saturday, 21 August (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	24.11 (155)	5.9 (39)	Won by 116 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Sports	15,532	11–9–1	Report
22	Saturday, 28 August (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	15.8 (98)	13.17 (95)	Won by 3 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Ten	76,218	12–9–1	Report

Ladder

2010 AFL ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Collingwood (P)	22	17	4	1	2349	1658	141.7	70	Finals series
2	Geelong	22	17	5	0	2518	1702	147.9	68
3	St Kilda	22	15	6	1	1935	1591	121.6	62
4	Western Bulldogs	22	14	8	0	2174	1734	125.4	56
5	Sydney	22	13	9	0	2017	1863	108.3	52
6	Fremantle	22	13	9	0	2168	2087	103.9	52
7	Hawthorn	22	12	9	1	2044	1847	110.7	50
8	Carlton	22	11	11	0	2143	1983	108.1	44
9	North Melbourne	22	11	11	0	1930	2208	87.4	44
10	Port Adelaide	22	10	12	0	1749	2123	82.4	40
11	Adelaide	22	9	13	0	1763	1870	94.3	36
12	Melbourne	22	8	13	1	1863	1971	94.5	34
13	Brisbane Lions	22	7	15	0	1775	2158	82.3	28
14	Essendon	22	7	15	0	1930	2402	80.3	28
15	Richmond	22	6	16	0	1714	2348	73.0	24
16	West Coast	22	4	18	0	1773	2300	77.1	16

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

See also: 2010 AFL finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	TV	Attendance	Report
			Home	Away	Result
Elimination final	Saturday, 4 September (1:20 pm)	Fremantle	14.10 (94)	8.16 (64)	Lost by 30 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	Ten	42,719	Report

External links

• Official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• Official website of the Australian Football League Archived 22 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine