# 2025 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 2025 Hawthorn Football Club season will be the club's 101st season in the Australian Football League and 124th overall.

## Kits

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## Key personnel

| Position | Name |
| Board members ||
| President | Andrew Gowers |
| Director | Anne-Marie Pellizzer |
| Director | Ian Silk |
| Director | James Merlino |
| Director | Katie Hudson |
| Director | Luke Stambolis |
| Director | Owen Wilson |
| Director | Tim Shearer |
| Director | Luke McCabe |
| Coaches ||
| Senior coach | Sam Mitchell |
| Backline coach | Kade Simpson |
| Midfield coach | David Hale |
| Contest coach | Adrian Hickmott |
| Head of coaching performance & development | Brett Ratten |
| Head of development | Andrew Collins |
| Development coach | Zane Littejohn |
| Leadership group ||
| Captain | James Sicily |
| Vice–captain | Luke Breust |
| Vice–captain | Dylan Moore |
| Leadership group member | Sam Frost |
| Leadership group member | Jarman Impey |
| Leadership group member | Mitchell Lewis |
| Leadership group member | Will Day |

## Playing list changes
### Additions

| Date | Player | Reason | Old club |
| 4 October 2024 | Josh Battle | Unrestricted Free agent | St Kilda |
| 16 October 2024 | Tom Barrass | Trade | West Coast |
| 30 October 2024 | Matt Hill | Category B rookie | Dandenong Rangers (NBL1) |
| 30 October 2024 | Jaime Uhr-Henry | Category B rookie | Melbourne Storm (NRL) |
| 21 November 2024 | Noah Mraz | Draft | Dandenong Stingrays |
| 21 November 2024 | Cody Anderson (NGA) | Draft | Eastern Ranges |

### Departures

| Date | Player | Reason | New club |
| 2 September 2024 | Chad Wingard | Retired | — |
| 18 September 2024 | Cooper Stephens | Delisted | — |
| 18 September 2024 | Clay Tucker | Delisted | — |
| 18 October 2024 | Denver Grainger-Barras | Delisted | — |
| 18 October 2024 | Jack O'Sullivan | Delisted | — |
| 18 October 2024 | Ethan Phillips | Delisted | — |
| 28 October 2024 | Josh Bennetts | Delisted | — |

## Season
### Pre–season

| 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 | Report |
| Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Report |
| Monday, 17 February (2:00 pm) | Geelong | 15.16 (106) | 13.8 (86) | Lost by 20 points | GMHBA Stadium | — | Report |
| Thursday, 27 February (5:20 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 9.12 (66) | 11.11 (77) | Lost by 11 points | University of Tasmania Stadium | — | Report |

### Home and Away

| 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 | Position | Report |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Position | Report |
| OR | Friday, 7 March (7:40 pm) | Sydney | 11.10 (76) | 14.12 (96) | Won by 20 points | Sydney Cricket Ground | 40,310 | 2nd | Report |
| 1 | Friday, 14 March (7:40 pm) | Essendon | 17.9 (111) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 26 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 80,735 | 2nd | Report |
| 2 | Thursday, 20 March (7:30 pm) | Carlton | | | | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | | |
| 3 | Saturday, 29 March (7:35 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | | | | University of Tasmania Stadium | | | |
| 4 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 5 | Sunday, 13 April (6:50 pm) | Port Adelaide | | | | Adelaide Oval | | | |
| 6 | Monday, 21 April (3:20 pm) | Geelong | | | | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | | |
| 7 | Sunday, 27 April (4:40 pm) | West Coast | | | | Marvel Stadium | | | |
| 8 | Sunday, 4 May (3:20 pm) | Richmond | | | | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | | |
| 9 | Saturday, 10 May (1:20 pm) | Melbourne | | | | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | | |
| 10 | Thursday, 15 May (7:00 pm) | Gold Coast | | | | TIO Stadium | | | |
| 11 | Saturday, 24 May (4:15 pm) | Brisbane Lions | | | | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | | |
| 12 | Friday, 30 May (7:40 pm) | Collingwood | | | | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | | |
| 13 | Thursday, 5 June (7:30 pm) | Western Bulldogs | | | | Marvel Stadium | | | |
| 14 | Friday, 13 June (7:40 pm) | Adelaide | | | | University of Tasmania Stadium | | | |
| 15 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 16 | TBC | North Melbourne | | | | University of Tasmania Stadium | | | |
| 17 | TBC | St Kilda | | | | Marvel Stadium | | | |
| 18 | TBC | Fremantle | | | | Optus Stadium | | | |
| 19 | TBC | Port Adelaide | | | | University of Tasmania Stadium | | | |
| 20 | TBC | Carlton | | | | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | | |
| 21 | TBC | Adelaide | | | | Adelaide Oval | | | |
| 22 | TBC | Collingwood | | | | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | | |
| 23 | TBC | Melbourne | | | | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | | |
| 24 | TBC | Brisbane Lions | | | | The Gabba | | | |

## Ladder

Updated to the end of round 1.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 126 | 143.7 | 8 | Finals series |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 162 | 127.8 | 8 | Finals series |
| 3 | Gold Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 49 | 277.6 | 4 | Finals series |
| 4 | Geelong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 69 | 213.0 | 4 | Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 72 | 187.5 | 4 | Finals series |
| 6 | Collingwood | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 149 | 126.2 | 4 | Finals series |
| 7 | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 69 | 118.8 | 4 | Finals series |
| 8 | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 97 | 116.5 | 4 | Finals series |
| 9 | Brisbane Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 82 | 104.9 | 4 | |
| 10 | Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 77 | 96.1 | 0 | |
| 11 | Sydney | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 182 | 86.8 | 0 | |
| 12 | North Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 113 | 85.8 | 0 | |
| 13 | Carlton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 82 | 84.1 | 0 | |
| 14 | Essendon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 111 | 77.5 | 0 | |
| 15 | St Kilda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 135 | 53.3 | 0 | |
| 16 | Fremantle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 147 | 46.9 | 0 | |
| 17 | West Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 136 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 136 | 33.1 | 0 | |

## Goalkickers

| Name | OR | R1 | Total |
| Dylan Moore | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Will Day | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Mabior Chol | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Nick Watson | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Jack Ginnivan | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Blake Hardwick | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Connor Macdonald | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Finn Maginness | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lloyd Meek | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Karl Amon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Massimo D'Ambrosio | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Conor Nash | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jai Newcombe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| James Sicily | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Weddle | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Injury list

| Name | Injury | Match | Injury date | Return date |
| James Blanck | ACL | 2024 pre-season | 15 February 2024 | |
| Sam Butler | Broken leg | 2024 season | 28 April 2024 | |
| Mitchell Lewis | ACL | 2024 season | 6 July 2024 | |
| Will Day | SC joint | 2024 season | 18 August 2024 | 17 February 2025 |
| Cameron Mackenzie | Hamstring | 2024 season | 6 September 2024 | 17 February 2025 |
| Sam Frost | Foot | 2024 season | 6 September 2024 | 17 February 2025 |
| Calsher Dear | Lower back bone stress | In training | 20 December 2024 | |
| Changkuoth Jiath | Hip | In training | 26 February 2025 | 8 March 2025 |
| James Worpel | Ankle | Opening round vs. Sydney | 7 March 2025 | |
| Jack Scrimshaw | Concussion | Round 1 vs. Essendon | 14 March 2024 | |

## Disciplinary record

| Round | Name | Opponent | Reason | Result | Ref |
| 1 | Jack Scrimshaw | Essendon | Striking | 3 games | |

## Milestones
### 100th game

| Round | Name | Opponent | Score | Ground |
| 1 | Conor Nash | Essendon | 17.9 (111) – 12.13 (85) | Melbourne Cricket Ground |

### 50th goal

| Round | Name | Opponent | Score | Ground |
| OR | Connor Macdonald | Sydney | 14.12 (96) – 11.10 (76) | Sydney Cricket Ground |

### Debut

| Round | Name | Opponent | Score | Ground |
| OR | Tom Barrass (club) | Sydney | 14.12 (96) – 11.10 (76) | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| OR | Josh Battle (club) | Sydney | 14.12 (96) – 11.10 (76) | Sydney Cricket Ground |