# 1990 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1990 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 66th season in the newly named Australian Football League and 89th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the two-time defending Premiers, having won back-to-back premierships.

## Fixture
### Premiership season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 11.11 (77) | 28.24 (192) | Won by 115 points | Waverley Park (A) | 41,694 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 24.15 (159) | 14.13 (97) | Lost by 62 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 55,311 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 15.21 (111) | 10.21 (81) | Won by 30 points | Princes Park (H) | 11,698 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Bears | 18.12 (120) | 5.8 (38) | Won by 82 points | Princess Park (H) | 8,649 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 16.12 (108) | 10.18 (78) | Won by 30 points | Princess Park (H) | 13,144 | 4–1 |
| 6 | Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 15.14 (104) | 14.17 (101) | Lost by 3 points | Moorabbin Oval (A) | 30,895 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 13.14 (92) | 13.16 (94) | Won by 2 points | Waverley Park (A) | 48,099 | 5–2 |
| 8 | Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 18.18 (126) | 9.5 (59) | Lost by 67 points | Waverley Park (A) | 36,370 | 5–3 |
| 9 | Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | 7.6 (48) | Won by 44 points | Waverley Park (H) | 39,701 | 6–3 |
| 10 | Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 15.13 (103) | 13.11 (89) | Lost by 14 points | Princes Park (A) | 11,329 | 6–4 |
| 11 | Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 19.18 (132) | 11.17 (83) | Won by 49 points | Princes Park (H) | 11,848 | 7–4 |
| 12 | Friday, 15 June (7:40 pm) | West Coast | 16.9 (105) | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 23 points | WACA (A) | 28,094 | 7–5 |
| 13 | Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 10.13 (73) | 14.7 (91) | Lost by 18 points | Waverley Park (H) | 22,388 | 7–6 |
| 14 | Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 18.10 (118) | 7.8 (50) | Won by 68 points | Waverley Park (H) | 30,211 | 8–6 |
| 15 | Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 10.7 (67) | 21.16 (142) | Lost by 75 points | Princes Park (H) | 25,159 | 8–7 |
| 16 | Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 10.8 (68) | 25.9 (159) | Won by 91 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 25,532 | 9–7 |
| 17 | Sunday, 29 July (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Bears | 14.11 (95) | 16.14 (110) | Won by 15 points | Carrara Stadium (A) | 8,768 | 10–7 |
| 18 | Friday, 3 August (7:40 pm) | North Melbourne | 14.14 (98) | 15.18 (108) | Won by 10 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 44,627 | 11–7 |
| 19 | Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 17.17 (119) | 13.5 (83) | Won by 36 points | Waverley Park (H) | 27,612 | 12–7 |
| 20 | Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 26.7 (163) | 12.8 (80) | Won by 83 points | Waverley Park (H) | 53,982 | 13–7 |
| 21 | Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 17.14 (116) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 31 points | Princes Park (H) | 23,200 | 14–7 |
| 22 | Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 17.14 (116) | 15.14 (104) | Lost by 12 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 57,247 | 14–8 |

### Finals series

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| Elimination final | Sunday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | 8.16 (64) | Lost by 9 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 74,954 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Essendon | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2526 | 1815 | 139.2 | 68 |
| 2 | Collingwood (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2376 | 1825 | 130.2 | 64 |
| 3 | West Coast | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2274 | 1920 | 118.4 | 64 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2339 | 2066 | 113.2 | 64 |
| 5 | Hawthorn | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2414 | 2002 | 120.6 | 56 |
| 6 | North Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2519 | 2210 | 114.0 | 48 |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2016 | 2031 | 99.3 | 48 |
| 8 | Carlton | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2277 | 2187 | 104.1 | 44 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2328 | 2313 | 100.6 | 36 |
| 10 | Geelong | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2248 | 2398 | 93.7 | 32 |
| 11 | Richmond | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1988 | 2530 | 78.6 | 28 |
| 12 | Fitzroy | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1874 | 2389 | 78.4 | 28 |
| 13 | Sydney | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1904 | 2704 | 70.4 | 20 |
| 14 | Brisbane Bears | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1733 | 2426 | 71.4 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 100.1 Source: AFL Tables