# 2023 Hawthorn Football Club women's season

The 2023 Hawthorn Football Club season is the club's 2nd season in the AFL Women's, the 2nd season playing home games at Frankston Park, Bec Goddard's 2nd second season as coach of Hawthorn, and Tilly Lucas-Rodd's 2nd season as captain.

## Club summary

The 2023 AFL Women's season will be the 8th season of the AFL Women's competition since its inception in 2017; having entered the competition in 2022 (S7), it is the 2nd season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. KFC, and Nature Valley are the club's two major partners.

## Playing list changes
### Trades

| 16 February 2023 | To Hawthorn Pick 33, 2023 AFL Women's draft | To North Melbourne Eliza Shannon Pick 40, 2023 AFL Women's draft |

## Free agency

| Date | Player | Old club | Ref |
| 28 April 2023 | Casey Dumont | — | |

### Priority signing period

| Date | Player | Old club | Ref |
| 2 March 2023 | Emily Bates | Brisbane | |
| 2 March 2023 | Greta Bodey | Brisbane | |

### Retirements and delistings

| Date | Player | Reason |
| 18 October 2023 | Jess Duffin | Retired |
| 12 January 2023 | Kate McCarthy | Retired |
| 16 February 2023 | Dominique Carbone | Delisted |
| 16 February 2023 | Isabelle Porter | Delisted |

### Draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | Recruited from | ref |
| 1 | 4 | Mattea Breed | North Adelaide | |
| 2 | 19 | Kristy Stratton | Box Hill | |

## 2023 player squad

Injury list
    As of 31 October 2023
| Name | Injury | Status |
| Catherine Brown | Knee | Season |
| Bridget Deed | Ankle | Season |
| Casey Dumont | Ankle | Season |

## Season
### Home & Away 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 | Report |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record | Report |
| 1 | Saturday, 2 September (7:15 pm) | Essendon | 4.6 (30) | 7.7 (49) | Lost by 19 points | Kinetic Stadium | 3,778 | 0–1 | Report |
| 2 | Sunday, 10 September (1:05 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 5.9 (39) | 6.10 (46) | Won by 7 points | Mars Stadium | 1,564 | 1–1 | Report |
| 3 | Saturday, 16 September (5:05 pm) | Fremantle | 5.5 (35) | 3.4 (22) | Lost by 13 points | Fremantle Community Bank Oval | 2.092 | 1–2 | Report |
| 4 | Friday, 22 September (5:05 pm) | Melbourne | 1.5 (11) | 10.10 (70) | Lost by 59 points | Kinetic Stadium | 2,817 | 1–3 | Report |
| 5 | Sunday, 1 October (3:05 pm) | Brisbane | 5.2 (32) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 27 points | Kinetic Stadium | 1,755 | 1–4 | Report |
| 6 | Saturday, 7 October (3:05 pm) | St Kilda | 7.3 (45) | 5.6 (36) | Lost by 9 points | RSEA Park | 2,812 | 1–5 | Report |
| 7 | Saturday, 14 October (3:05 pm) | Sydney | 3.8 (26) | 5.10 (40) | Won by 14 points | Henson Park | 4,514 | 2–5 | Report |
| 8 | Friday, 20 October (7:45 pm) | Richmond | 4.6 (30) | 6.5 (41) | Lost by 11 points | Cazalys Stadium | | 2–6 | Report |
| 9 | Sunday, 29 October (5:05 pm) | Port Adelaide | 6.4 (40) | 5.2 (32) | Won by 8 points | Kinetic Stadium | 1,771 | 3–6 | Report |
| 10 | Saturday, 4 November (5:05 pm) | Geelong | 9.6 (60) | 3.2 (20) | Lost by 40 points | GMHBA Stadium | 3,948 | 3–7 | Report |

#### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Adelaide | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 599 | 314 | 190.8 | 36 | Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 653 | 293 | 222.9 | 32 | Finals series |
| 3 | North Melbourne | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 478 | 213 | 224.4 | 28 | Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane (P) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 505 | 339 | 149.0 | 28 | Finals series |
| 5 | Gold Coast | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 416 | 351 | 118.5 | 26 | Finals series |
| 6 | Geelong | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 449 | 318 | 141.2 | 24 | Finals series |
| 7 | Essendon | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 379 | 354 | 107.1 | 24 | Finals series |
| 8 | Sydney | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 462 | 432 | 106.9 | 24 | Finals series |
| 9 | St Kilda | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 408 | 399 | 102.3 | 24 | |
| 10 | Richmond | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 382 | 379 | 100.8 | 20 | |
| 11 | Collingwood | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 331 | 399 | 83.0 | 20 | |
| 12 | Carlton | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 361 | 420 | 86.0 | 16 | |
| 13 | Fremantle | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 289 | 402 | 71.9 | 16 | |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 307 | 456 | 67.3 | 12 | |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 404 | 538 | 75.1 | 10 | |
| 16 | Greater Western Sydney | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 316 | 596 | 53.0 | 8 | |
| 17 | West Coast | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 269 | 530 | 50.8 | 8 | |
| 18 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 320 | 595 | 53.8 | 4 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 14 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

## Statistics

    As of the end of season
| No. | Player | GM | KI | HB | DI | MK | TK | HO | FF | FA | CL | CP | UP | IF | MI | RB | CM | 1% | GA | GL | BH |
| 1 | Tegan Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Janet Baird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Greta Bodey | 10 | 59 | 24 | 83 | 17 | 46 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | Mattea Breed | 8 | 34 | 20 | 54 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jasmine Fleming | 10 | 92 | 68 | 160 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 67 | 103 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Zoe Barbakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Aileen Gilroy | 10 | 94 | 21 | 115 | 16 | 41 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 63 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Tahlia Fellows | 8 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Charlotte Baskaren | 10 | 65 | 50 | 115 | 14 | 54 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kaitlyn Ashmore | 10 | 105 | 45 | 150 | 36 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 81 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Jenna Richardson | 10 | 69 | 48 | 117 | 37 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Louise Stephenson | 6 | 32 | 16 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Aine McDonagh | 10 | 75 | 35 | 110 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 59 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| 15 | Bridgit Deed | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ainslie Kemp | 4 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MacKenzie Eardley | 9 | 62 | 22 | 84 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Tilly Lucas-Rodd | 10 | 124 | 69 | 193 | 24 | 66 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 101 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Bridie Hipwell | 10 | 36 | 27 | 63 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | Laura Elliott | 8 | 61 | 15 | 76 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Sophie Locke | 8 | 24 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Tamara Luke | 7 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 12 | 23 | 115 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Sarah Perkins | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Tamara Smith | 9 | 48 | 32 | 80 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Emily Everist | 9 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Casey Dumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Lucy Wales | 9 | 52 | 42 | 94 | 13 | 45 | 142 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 70 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Akec Makur Chuot | 7 | 41 | 6 | 47 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Emily Bates | 10 | 104 | 104 | 208 | 18 | 97 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 49 | 130 | 87 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 41 | Kristy Stratton | 10 | 55 | 48 | 103 | 20 | 70 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 69 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 42 | Catherine Brown | 6 | 32 | 15 | 47 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Awards, records and milestones
### AFLW records

* Most games played: Emily Bates – 76

### Club records

* Highest score: 6.10 (46)
* Highest score conceded: 10.10 (70)
* Lowest score conceded: 3.8 (26)
* Biggest win: 14 points
* Biggest loss: 59 points
* Consecutive loses: 4 (Tied)
* Most games played: Charlotte Baskaran, Aileen Gilroy, Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 20
* Most goals: Aine McDonagh – 14
* Most behinds: Aileen Gilroy – 9
* Most disposals: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 369
* Most kicks: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 242
* Most handballs: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 127
* Most marks: Kaitlyn Ashmore – 61
* Most hitouts: Lucy Wales – 310
* Most tackles: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 150
* Most rebound 50s: Catherine Brown – 69
* Most inside 50s: Jasmine Fleming – 56
* Most clearances: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 89
* Most contested possessions: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 198
* Most uncontested possessions: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 164
* Most one perceneters: Jenna Richardson – 46
* Most goal assists: Jasmine Fleming, Aine McDonagh – 5
* Most games coached: Bec Goddard – 20
* Most home and away games coached: Bec Goddard – 20
* Most games won as coach: Bec Goddard – 6
* Most home and away games won as coach: Bec Goddard – 6
* Most goals in a season: Aine McDonagh – 10
* Most behinds in a season: Tahlia Fellows, Kristy Stratton – 5 (Tied with Aileen Gilroy)
* Most disposals in a season: Emily Bates – 208
* Most kicks in a season: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 124
* Most handballs in a season: Emily Bates – 104
* Most marks in a season: Jenna Richardson – 37
* Most contested possessions in a season: Emily Bates – 130
* Most uncontested possessions in a season: Jasmine Fleming – 103
* Most one percenters in a season: Jenna Richardson – 37
* Most goal assists in a season: Jasmine Fleming, Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 4
* Most disposals in a game: Emily Bates – 31
* Most handballs in a game: Emily Bates – 18 (Twice)
* Most marks in a game: Kaitlyn Ashmore – 9
* Most behinds in a game: Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Tahlia Fellows – 3
* Most hitouts in a game: Tamara Luke – 42
* Most tackles in a game: Emily Bates – 15
* Most uncontested possessions in a game: Kaitlyn Ashmore – 18
* Most marks inside 50 in a game: Aine McDonagh – 4
* Most clearances in a game: Emily Bates – 10
* Most contested possessions in a game: Emily Bates – 23
* Most uncontested possessions in a game: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 15
* Most one percenters in a game: Jenna Richardson, Mackenzie Eardley, Aileen Gilroy – 7 (Tied with Emily Everist)
* Most goal assists in a game: Aine McDonagh – 2 (Tied with Ainslie Kemp, Tahlia Fellows, and Aine McDonagh)

### Milestones

Round 1
* Mattea Breed – AFLW debut.
* Emily Bates – Hawthorn debut.
* Greta Bodey – Hawthorn debut.
* Kristy Stratton – Hawthorn debut.
Round 2
* Greta Bodey – 1st goal for Hawthorn.
Round 6
* Kristy Stratton – 1st goal for Hawthorn.
Round 8
* Greta Bodey – 50th AFLW game.