# 2011 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 2011 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 87th season in the Australian Football League and 110th overall.

## Playing list changes

The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2010 season and the beginning of the 2011 season.

### Trades

| 11 October 2010 | To HawthornDavid Hale Pick 52, 2010 AFL draft | To North MelbourneEnd of 1st round compensation draft pick, 2010 AFL draft Pick 71, 2010 AFL draft |
| 11 October 2010 | To HawthornKyle Cheney Pick 66, 2010 AFL draft | To MelbournePick 52, 2010 AFL draft |

### Draft
#### AFL draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | Recruited from |
| 1 | 19 | Isaac Smith | North Ballarat |
| 2 | 38 | Mitch Hallahan | Dandenong Stingrays |
| 3 | 55 | Angus Litherland | Claremont Football Club |
| 4 | 66 | Paul Puopolo | Norwood |

#### Pre-season draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | Recruited from | ref |
| 1 | 5 | Cameron Bruce | Melbourne | |

#### Rookie draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | Recruited from |
| 1 | 19 | Sam Menegola | East Fremantle |
| 2 | 36 | Thomas Schneider | Oakleigh Chargers |
| 3 | 52 | Derick Wanganeen | Port Adelaide Magpies |
| 6 | 85 | Will Langford | UNSW-Eastern Suburbs |
| 7 | 87 | Jack Mahony | Wollongong Lions |

### Retirements and delistings

| Date | Player | 2011 team | Reason |
| 14 September 2010 | Campbell Brown | Gold Coast | Out of contract |
| 19 October 2010 | Beau Dowler | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Rhan Hooper | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Michael Johnston | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Jarrod Kayler-Thomson | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Garry Moss | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Beau Muston | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Carl Peterson | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Wayde Skipper | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Cameron Stokes | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Simon Taylor | — | Delisted |
| 19 October 2010 | Travis Tuck | — | Delisted |

## Fixture
### NAB Cup

| 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 |
| 1 | Sunday, 13 February (4:45 pm) | West Coast | 0.5.1 (31) | 0.4.5 (29) | Lost by 2 points | Patersons Stadium | 25,776 |
| 1 | Sunday, 13 February (5:50 pm) | Fremantle | 1.4.4 (37) | 0.3.5 (23) | Won by 14 points | Patersons Stadium | – |

### 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 | TV | Attendance | Record | Report |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | TV | Attendance | Record | Report |
| 1 | Saturday, 26 March (6:40 pm) | Adelaide | 16.9 (105) | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 30 points | AAMI Stadium (A) | Ten | 43,536 | 0–1 | Report |
| 2 | Sunday, 3 April (4:40 pm) | Melbourne | 16.26 (122) | 12.5 (77) | Won by 55 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Fox Sports | 49,905 | 1–1 | Report |
| 3 | Saturday, 9 April (7:10 pm) | Richmond | 6.16 (42) | 17.13 (115) | Won by 73 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Ten | 46,368 | 2–1 | Report |
| 4 | Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm) | West Coast | 10.12 (72) | 9.11 (65) | Won by 7 points | Aurora Stadium (H) | Fox Sports | 15,063 | 3–1 | Report |
| 5 | Tuesday, 26 April (2:40 pm) | Geelong | 15.8 (98) | 17.15 (117) | Lost by 19 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 78,579 | 3–2 | Report |
| 6 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 7 | Friday, 6 May (8:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 10.12 (72) | 15.14 (104) | Won by 32 points | AAMI Stadium (A) | Seven | 21,819 | 4–2 | Report |
| 8 | Sunday, 15 May (1:10 pm) | St Kilda | 14.15 (99) | 10.9 (69) | Won by 30 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Fox Sports | 42,453 | 5–2 | Report |
| 9 | Sunday, 22 May (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 8.12 (60) | 15.16 (106) | Won by 46 points | Sydney Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 33,136 | 6–2 | Report |
| 10 | Sunday, 29 May (4:40 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 9.8 (62) | 13.13 (91) | Won by 29 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | Fox Sports | 30,747 | 7–2 | Report |
| 11 | Sunday, 5 June (1:10 pm) | Fremantle | 17.9 (111) | 13.11 (89) | Won by 22 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Fox Sports | 31,925 | 8–2 | Report |
| 12 | Saturday, 11 June (7:10 pm) | Geelong | 13.10 (88) | 13.5 (83) | Lost by 5 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Ten | 63,476 | 8–3 | Report |
| 13 | Saturday, 18 June (2:10 pm) | Gold Coast | 19.15 (129) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 71 points | Aurora Stadium (H) | Ten | 16,377 | 9–3 | Report |
| 14 | Friday, 24 June (7:40 pm) | Essendon | 23.8 (146) | 12.9 (81) | Won by 65 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 64,537 | 10–3 | Report |
| 15 | Sunday, 3 July (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 15.16 (106) | 9.11 (65) | Lost by 41 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 83,985 | 10–4 | Report |
| 16 | Saturday, 9 July (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 16.9 (105) | 9.9 (63) | Won by 42 points | Aurora Stadium (H) | Fox Sports | 14,604 | 11–4 | Report |
| 17 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 18 | Sunday, 24 July (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 12.6 (78) | 20.12 (132) | Won by 54 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 39,782 | 12–4 | Report |
| 19 | Saturday, 30 July (5:40 pm) | Fremantle | 6.8 (44) | 13.17 (95) | Won by 51 points | Patersons Stadium (A) | Ten | 30,937 | 13–4 | Report |
| 20 | Sunday, 7 August (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | 13.8 (86) | Won by 17 points | Aurora Stadium (H) | Seven | 16,820 | 14–4 | Report |
| 21 | Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 31.11 (197) | 5.2 (32) | Won by 165 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Ten | 27,532 | 15–4 | Report |
| 22 | Friday, 19 August (7:40 pm) | Carlton | 8.18 (66) | 10.18 (78) | Won by 12 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | Seven | 52,052 | 16–4 | Report |
| 23 | Saturday, 27 August (2:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 16.17 (113) | 10.7 (67) | Won by 46 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Ten | 42,198 | 17–4 | Report |
| 24 | Saturday, 3 September (1:10 pm) | Gold Coast | 14.13 (97) | 16.10 (106) | Won by 9 points | Metricon Stadium (A) | Fox Sports | 19,314 | 18–4 | Report |

### Ladder

2011 AFL ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
| 1 | Collingwood | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2592 | 1546 | 167.7 | 80 | Finals series |
| 2 | Geelong (P) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2548 | 1619 | 157.4 | 76 | Finals series |
| 3 | Hawthorn | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2355 | 1634 | 144.1 | 72 | Finals series |
| 4 | West Coast | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2235 | 1715 | 130.3 | 68 | Finals series |
| 5 | Carlton | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2225 | 1700 | 130.9 | 58 | Finals series |
| 6 | St Kilda | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1891 | 1677 | 112.8 | 50 | Finals series |
| 7 | Sydney | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1897 | 1735 | 109.3 | 50 | Finals series |
| 8 | Essendon | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2217 | 2217 | 100.0 | 46 | Finals series |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2106 | 2082 | 101.2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2060 | 2155 | 95.6 | 36 | |
| 11 | Fremantle | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1791 | 2155 | 83.1 | 36 | |
| 12 | Richmond | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2069 | 2396 | 86.4 | 34 | |
| 13 | Melbourne | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1974 | 2315 | 85.3 | 34 | |
| 14 | Adelaide | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1742 | 2193 | 79.4 | 28 | |
| 15 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1814 | 2240 | 81.0 | 16 | |
| 16 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1718 | 2663 | 64.5 | 12 | |
| 17 | Gold Coast | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1534 | 2726 | 56.3 | 12 | |

### 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 | TV | Attendance | Report |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | TV | Attendance | Report |
| Qualifying Final | Friday, 9 September (7:45 pm) | Geelong | 14.14 (98) | 9.13 (67) | Lost by 31 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 73,601 | Report |
| Semi Final | Friday, 16 September (7:45 pm) | Sydney | 19.8 (122) | 13.8 (86) | Won by 36 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | Seven | 55,198 | Report |
| Preliminary Final | Friday, 23 September (7:45 pm) | Collingwood | 10.8 (68) | 9.11 (65) | Lost by 3 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | Seven | 87,112 | Report |