2012 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

2012 season
President	Andrew Newbold
Coach	Alastair Clarkson
Captain(s)	Luke Hodge
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground Aurora Stadium
Pre-season competition	3rd
AFL season	17–5 (1st)
Finals Series	Grand Final (lost to Sydney 81–91)
Best and Fairest	Sam Mitchell
Leading goalkicker	Lance Franklin (69)
Highest home attendance	99,683 (Grand Final vs. Sydney)
Lowest home attendance	12,959 (Round 8 vs. Fremantle)
Average home attendance	44,973
←  2011 2013  →

The 2012 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 88th season in the Australian Football League and 111th overall.

The season would prove to be Hawthorn's most dominant season in the 2012-2015 run of consecutive successful years, only to be denied the ultimate success in the 2012 AFL Grand Final due to inaccurate kicking.

Playing list changes

The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2011 season and the beginning of the 2012 season.

Trades

12 October 2011	To Hawthorn Jack Gunston Pick 52, 2011 AFL draft Pick 71, 2011 AFL draft	To Adelaide Pick 24, 2011 AFL draft Pick 46, 2011 AFL draft Pick 64, 2011 AFL draft
14 October 2011	To Hawthorn Pick 58, 2011 AFL draft	To North Melbourne Will Sierakowski
14 October 2011	To Hawthorn Pick 33, 2011 AFL draft	To Port Adelaide Brent Renouf
17 October 2011	To Hawthorn Pick 29, 2011 AFL draft	To Brisbane Lions Jordan Lisle
17 October 2011	To Hawthorn Pick 38, 2011 AFL draft Pick 56, 2011 AFL draft	To Fremantle Pick 29, 2011 AFL draft Pick 58, 2011 AFL draft Pick 71, 2011 AFL draft
17 October 2011	To Hawthorn Jarrad Boumann	To Greater Western Sydney Pick 56, 2011 AFL draft

Draft

AFL draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
2	33	Bradley Hill	West Perth
2	38	Jordan Kelly	Dandenong Stingrays
3	53	Alex Woodward	Sandringham Dragons
4	77	Luke Breust (Rookie promotion)

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	16	Broc McCauley	Brisbane Lions
2	34	Amos Frank	Woodville-West Torrens
3	52	Andrew Boseley	Geelong Falcons
4	69	Adam Pattison	Box Hill Hawks

Retirements and delistings

Date	Player	2012 team	Reason	Ref
20 October 2011	Rick Ladson	—	Delisted
20 October 2011	Jack Mahony	—	Delisted
20 October 2011	Sam Menegola	Fremantle	Delisted
20 October 2011	Riley Milne	—	Delisted
20 October 2011	Jordan Williams	—	Delisted

2012 player squad

2012 Hawthorn Football Club squad

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
2 Jarryd Roughead (VC)  3 Jordan Lewis (VC)  4 Matt Suckling  5 Sam Mitchell  6 Josh Gibson  7 Michael Osborne (vet)  8 Xavier Ellis  9 Shaun Burgoyne 10 Chance Bateman (vet) 11 Clinton Young 12 Brad Sewell 13 Kyle Cheney 14 Grant Birchall 15 Luke Hodge (C) 16 Isaac Smith 17 Cameron Bruce (ret) 18 Brent Guerra 19 Jack Gunston 20 David Hale 21 Shane Savage		22 Luke Breust 23 Lance Franklin 24 Ben Stratton 25 Ryan Schoenmakers 26 Liam Shiels 27 Stephen Gilham 28 Paul Puopolo 29 Tom Murphy 30 Luke Lowden 31 Jarrad Boumann 32 Bradley Hill 33 Cyril Rioli 34 Jordan Kelly 35 Sam Grimley 36 Alex Woodward 37 Brendan Whitecross 38 Mitch Hallahan 39 Max Bailey 41 Taylor Duryea 42 Angus Litherland				40 Broc McCauley 43 Amos Frank 44 Andrew Boseley 45 Tom Schneider 46 Derick Wanganeen 47 Adam Pattison 48 Will Langford		Head coach Alastair Clarkson Assistant coaches Leon Cameron (Forward) Adam Yze (Forward) Brendon Bolton (Midfield) Adam Simpson (Midfield) Luke Beveridge (Defence) Damian Monkhorst (Ruck) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie(s) (vet) Veteran's list (ret) Retired Updated: 25 July 2012 Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Fixture

NAB Cup

See also: 2012 NAB Cup

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Friday, 17 February (7:50 pm)	North Melbourne	0.4.4 (28)	1.6.8 (53)	Won by 25 points	Etihad Stadium	28,228
	Friday, 17 February (8:55 pm)	Richmond	0.5.7 (37)	0.6.4 (40)	Lost by 3 points	Etihad Stadium	–
2	Saturday, 3 March (3:40 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	2.12.18 (108)	0.4.10 (34)	Won by 74 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	5,100
3	Saturday, 10 March (5:40 pm)	Melbourne	0.6.8 (44)	1.17.12 (123)	Won by 79 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	10,611

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	TV	Attendance	Record	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Friday, 30 March (7:50 pm)	Collingwood	20.17 (137)	16.19 (115)	Won by 22 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	78,466	1–0	Report
2	Monday, 9 April (3:10 pm)	Geelong	14.8 (92)	13.12 (90)	Lost by 2 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	69,231	1–1	Report
3	Sunday, 15 April (3:15 pm)	Adelaide	21.14 (140)	12.12 (84)	Won by 56 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	33,524	2–1	Report
4	Saturday, 21 April (5:40 pm)	West Coast	5.21 (51)	5.16 (46)	Lost by 5 points	Patersons Stadium (A)	Seven	40,080	2–2	Report
5	Sunday, 29 April (1:10 pm)	Sydney	10.9 (69)	16.10 (106)	Lost by 37 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Footy	19,217	2–3	Report
6	Saturday, 5 May (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	13.10 (88)	18.15 (123)	Won by 35 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	42,290	3–3	Report
7	Friday, 11 May (7:50 pm)	Melbourne	6.13 (49)	15.25 (115)	Won by 66 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	36,430	4–3	Report
8	Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	17.17 (119)	9.9 (63)	Won by 56 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Footy	12,959	5–3	Report
9	Saturday, 26 May (1:45 pm)	Richmond	21.11 (137)	10.15 (75)	Lost by 62 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	51,617	5–4	Report
10	Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	27.12 (174)	9.5 (59)	Won by 115 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Footy	16,143	6–4	Report
11	Sunday, 10 June (4:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	9.8 (62)	16.12 (108)	Won by 46 points	AAMI Stadium (A)	Fox Footy	26,638	7–4	Report
12	Sunday, 17 June (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	19.21 (135)	11.4 (70)	Won by 65 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Fox Footy	35,492	8–4	Report
13	Bye
14	Friday, 29 June (7:50 pm)	Carlton	10.10 (70)	18.12 (120)	Won by 50 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	65,047	9–4	Report
15	Sunday, 8 July (1:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	28.25 (193)	4.7 (31)	Won by 162 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Fox Footy	26,518	10–4	Report
16	Sunday, 15 July (3:15 pm)	Western Bulldogs	6.8 (44)	17.14 (116)	Won by 72 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	Seven	24,754	11–4	Report
17	Saturday, 21 July (1:45 pm)	Collingwood	13.13 (91)	21.12 (138)	Won by 47 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	83,714	12–4	Report
18	Friday, 27 July (7:50 pm)	Essendon	12.14 (86)	27.18 (180)	Won by 94 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	Seven	44,899	13–4	Report
19	Friday, 3 August (7:50 pm)	Geelong	17.14 (116)	18.10 (118)	Lost by 2 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	65,287	13–5	Report
20	Sunday, 12 August (1:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	24.15 (159)	13.9 (87)	Won by 72 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Footy	14,431	14–5	Report
21	Sunday, 19 August (4:40 pm)	Gold Coast	19.15 (129)	10.5 (65)	Won by 64 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Fox Footy	23,098	15–5	Report
22	Saturday, 25 August (4:40 pm)	Sydney	14.11 (95)	15.12 (102)	Won by 7 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	Fox Footy	31,167	16–5	Report
23	Friday, 31 August (7:50 pm)	West Coast	14.11 (95)	10.10 (70)	Won by 25 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	50,023	17–5	Report
[1]

Ladder

2012 AFL ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Hawthorn	22	17	5	0	2679	1733	154.6	68	Finals series
2	Adelaide	22	17	5	0	2428	1833	132.5	68
3	Sydney (P)	22	16	6	0	2290	1629	140.6	64
4	Collingwood	22	16	6	0	2123	1823	116.5	64
5	West Coast	22	15	7	0	2244	1807	124.2	60
6	Geelong	22	15	7	0	2209	1886	117.1	60
7	Fremantle	22	14	8	0	1956	1691	115.7	56
8	North Melbourne	22	14	8	0	2359	2097	112.5	56
9	St Kilda	22	12	10	0	2347	1903	123.3	48
10	Carlton	22	11	11	0	2079	1925	108.0	44
11	Essendon	22	11	11	0	2091	2090	100.0	44
12	Richmond	22	10	11	1	2169	1943	111.6	42
13	Brisbane Lions	22	10	12	0	1904	2092	91.0	40
14	Port Adelaide	22	5	16	1	1691	2144	78.9	22
15	Western Bulldogs	22	5	17	0	1542	2301	67.0	20
16	Melbourne	22	4	18	0	1580	2341	67.5	16
17	Gold Coast	22	3	19	0	1509	2481	60.8	12
18	Greater Western Sydney	22	2	20	0	1270	2751	46.2	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

See also: 2012 AFL finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	TV	Attendance	Report
			Home	Away	Result
Qualifying final	Friday, 7 September (7:50 pm)	Collingwood	20.15 (135)	15.7 (97)	Won by 38 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	85,639	Report
Semi-final	Advanced to Preliminary final
Preliminary final	Saturday, 22 September (5:15 pm)	Adelaide	13.19 (97)	14.8 (92)	Won by 5 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	69,146	Report
Grand final	Saturday, 29 September (2:30 pm)	Sydney	11.15 (81)	14.7 (91)	Lost by 10 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	99,683	Report
[1]

References

1. "AFL Tables - 2012 Scores". afltables.com.

External links

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