2009 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

2009 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	9–13 (9th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Sam Mitchell
Leading goalkicker	Lance Franklin (67)
Highest home attendance	77,278 (Round 22 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance	15,080 (Round 15 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance	39,635
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The 2009 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 85th season in the Australian Football League and 108th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending AFL Premiers.

Playing list changes

Draft

AFL draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	16	Ryan Schoenmakers	Norwood
2	34	Liam Shiels	Eastern Ranges
3	50	Jordan Lisle	Oakleigh Chargers
4	63	Luke Lowden	Sandringham Dragons
5	75	Shane Savage	Dandenong Stingrays

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	16	Riley Milne	Murray Bushrangers
2	32	Haydn Kiel	Brisbane Lions
3	47	Luke Breust	Temora
4	61	Carl Peterson	Richmond
5	73	Garry Moss [note 1]	Hawthorn
6	81	Matt Suckling	Sandringham Dragons
7	85	Will Sierakowski	NSW AFL Scholarship program

1. Moss was originally delisted by Hawthorn on 16 October 2008 but was re-drafted as a rookie

Retirements and delistings

Date	Player	2009 team	Reason	Ref
12 March 2008	Danny Jacobs	—	Retired
16 October 2008	Tim Clarke	—	Delisted
16 October 2008	Zac Dawson	St Kilda	Delisted
16 October 2008	Luke McEntee	—	Delisted
8 November 2008	Shane Crawford	—	Retired

2009 Player squad

2009 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 Mark Williams  7 Michael Osborne  8 Xavier Ellis 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 Mitch Thorp 20 Tim Boyle		21 Ben McGlynn 22 Travis Tuck 23 Lance Franklin 24 Trent Croad 25 Ryan Schoenmakers 26 Liam Shiels 27 Stephen Gilham 29 Thomas Murphy 30 Campbell Brown 31 Stuart Dew 32 Josh Kennedy 33 Cyril Rioli 34 Brent Renouf 35 Jarryd Morton 36 Jordan Lisle 37 Brendan Whitecross 38 Luke Lowden 39 Robert Campbell 40 Shane Savage				28 Garry Moss 41 Tim Walsh 42 Matt Suckling 43 Will Sierakowski 44 Cameron Stokes 45 Riley Milne 46 Haydn Kiel 47 Luke Breust 48 Carl Peterson		Head coach Alastair Clarkson Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 29 August 2009 Source(s): Draftguru

Schedule

NAB Cup

See also: 2009 NAB Cup

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 21 February (4:10 pm)	Melbourne	0.11.3 (69)	1.8.9 (66)	Won by 3 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	8,122
Quarter final	Sunday, 1 March (4:40 pm)	Carlton	2.13.16 (112)	2.10.10 (88)	Lost by 24 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	19,111

Premiership Season

See also: 2009 AFL season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Friday, 27 March (7:40 pm)	Geelong	16.7 (103)	15.21 (111)	Lost by 8 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	69,593	0–1	Report
2	Saturday, 4 April (7:10 pm)	Sydney	22.11 (143)	15.15 (105)	Lost by 38 points	ANZ Stadium (A)	36,116	0–2	Report
3	Sunday, 12 April (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	10.9 (69)	19.9 (123)	Won by 54 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	34,983	1–2	Report
4	Saturday, 18 April (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	12.13 (85)	17.13 (115)	Lost by 30 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	33,274	1–3	Report
5	Saturday, 25 April (5:20 pm)	West Coast	11.8 (74)	7.14 (56)	Won by 18 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	17,880	2–3	Report
6	Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	16.10 (106)	15.12 (102)	Won by 4 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	69,014	3–3	Report
7	Friday, 8 May (7:40 pm)	Essendon	17.14 (116)	10.12 (72)	Lost by 44 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	50,475	3–4	Report
8	Friday, 15 May (6:40 pm)	Fremantle	9.11 (65)	13.9 (87)	Won by 22 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	39,135	4–4	Report
9	Sunday, 24 May (4:40 pm)	Melbourne	17.12 (114)	13.14 (92)	Won by 22 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	39,395	5–4	Report
10	Sunday, 31 May (1:10 pm)	Adelaide	16.10 (106)	12.7 (79)	Lost by 27 points	AAMI Stadium (A)	40,035	5–5	Report
11	Sunday, 7 June (2:10 pm)	Sydney	12.14 (86)	11.9 (75)	Won by 11 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	44,464	6–5	Report
12	Sunday, 14 June (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	7.9 (51)	13.15 (93)	Lost by 42 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	16,710	6–6	Report
13	Saturday, 27 June (5:40 pm)	West Coast	16.11 (107)	13.9 (87)	Lost by 20 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	31,441	6–7	Report
14	Saturday, 4 July (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	19.19 (133)	6.9 (45)	Lost by 88 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	36,827	6–8	Report
15	Sunday, 12 July (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne	10.13 (73)	9.10 (64)	Won by 9 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	15,080	7–8	Report
16	Saturday, 18 July (7:10 pm)	Collingwood	11.10 (76)	18.13 (121)	Won by 45 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	66,149	8–8	Report
17	Saturday, 25 July (2:10 pm)	Geelong	15.9 (99)	14.14 (98)	Lost by 1 point	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	64,803	8–9	Report
18	Sunday, 2 August (2:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	18.13 (121)	14.19 (103)	Lost by 18 points	AAMI Stadium (A)	25,154	8–10	Report
19	Saturday, 8 August (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	7.7 (49)	10.14 (74)	Lost by 25 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	20,011	8–11	Report
20	Friday, 14 August (7:40 pm)	Adelaide	9.13 (67)	13.16 (94)	Lost by 27 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	32,583	8–12	Report
21	Saturday, 22 August (7:10 pm)	Richmond	14.9 (93)	20.15 (135)	Won by 42 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	34,779	9–12	Report
22	Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm)	Essendon	14.15 (99)	16.20 (116)	Lost by 17 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	77,278	9–13	Report

Ladder

2009 AFL ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	St Kilda	22	20	2	0	2197	1411	155.7	80	Finals series
2	Geelong (P)	22	18	4	0	2312	1815	127.4	72
3	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	2378	1940	122.6	60
4	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	2174	1778	122.3	60
5	Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2104	1789	117.6	56
6	Brisbane Lions	22	13	8	1	2017	1890	106.7	54
7	Carlton	22	13	9	0	2270	2055	110.5	52
8	Essendon	22	10	11	1	2080	2127	97.8	42
9	Hawthorn	22	9	13	0	1962	2120	92.5	36
10	Port Adelaide	22	9	13	0	1990	2244	88.7	36
11	West Coast	22	8	14	0	1893	2029	93.3	32
12	Sydney	22	8	14	0	1888	2027	93.1	32
13	North Melbourne	22	7	14	1	1680	2015	83.4	30
14	Fremantle	22	6	16	0	1747	2259	77.3	24
15	Richmond	22	5	16	1	1774	2388	74.3	22
16	Melbourne	22	4	18	0	1706	2285	74.7	16

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

External links

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