2023 Hawthorn Football Club women's season

Hawthorn Football Club
2023 season
President	Andrew Gowers
Coach	Bec Goddard
Captain(s)	Tilly Lucas-Rodd
Home ground	Frankston Park
Record	3–7 (14th)
Leading goalkicker	Aine McDonagh (10)
	← 2022 (S7) 2024 →

Last updated March 29, 2025

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,^[1] and Tilly Lucas-Rodd's 2nd season as captain.^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

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	^[5]

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	^[6]
2 March 2023	Greta Bodey	Brisbane	^[6]

Retirements and delistings

Date	Player	Reason	Ref
18 October 2023	Jess Duffin	Retired	^[7]
12 January 2023	Kate McCarthy	Retired	^[8]
16 February 2023	Dominique Carbone	Delisted	^[9]
16 February 2023	Isabelle Porter	Delisted	^[9]

Draft

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

2023 player squad

2023 Hawthorn Football Club squad
Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Tegan Cunningham 2 Janet Baird 3 Greta Bodey 4 Mattea Breed 5 Jasmine Fleming (VC) 6 Zoe Barbakos 7 Aileen Gilroy 8 Tahlia Fellows 9 Charlotte Baskaran 10 Kaitlyn Ashmore 11 Jenna Richardson 12 Louise Stephenson 15 Bridget Deed 16 Ainslie Kemp		17 Mackenizie Eardley 18 Tilly Lucas-Rodd (C) 19 Bridie Hipwell 20 Laura Elliot 21 Sophie Locke 22 Tamara Luke 23 Sarah Perkins 24 Tamara Smith 25 Emily Everist 31 Lucy Wales 34 Akec Makur Chuot 39 Emily Bates (VC) 41 Kristy Stratton 42 Catherine Brown				13 Aine McDonagh 26 Casey Dumont		Head coach Bec Goddard Assistant coaches Ben Cavarra (defence) David Mackay (midfield) Lou Wotton (forwards) Keegan Brooksby (head of development) Alana Thomas (development) Kathryn Chatelier (development) Max Lynch (development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 26 September 2023 Source(s): Hawthorn AFLW, AFL Women's

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)			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	Team v t e	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
3	North Melbourne	10	7	3	0	478	213	224.4	28
4	Brisbane (P)	10	7	3	0	505	339	149.0	28
5	Gold Coast	10	6	3	1	416	351	118.5	26
6	Geelong	10	6	4	0	449	318	141.2	24
7	Essendon	10	6	4	0	379	354	107.1	24
8	Sydney	10	6	4	0	462	432	106.9	24
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

Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers

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

Source: AFLW schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

As of the end of season^[10]

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.

References

↑ "Hawks announce Bec Goddard as inaugural AFLW coach". hawthornfc.com.au. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
↑ "Lucas-Rodd to lead Hawthorn's inaugural AFLW squad". hawthornfc.com.au. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
↑ "Hawthorn kicks off AFLW campaign with KFC partnership". hawthornfc.com.au. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
↑ "Hawthorn AFLW chasing the CRUNCH with Nature Valley". hawthornfc.com.au. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
↑ "Hawks strengthen draft hand, farewell Shannon". hawthornfc.com.au. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
↑ "Premiership stars Bodey and Bates sign for Season 8". hawthornfc.com.au. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
↑ "Duffin calls it a day". hawthornfc.com.au. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
↑ "McCarthy hangs up the boots". hawthornfc.com.au. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
↑ "Hawthorn farewells AFLW duo". hawthornfc.com.au. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
↑ "2023 stats". aflwstats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

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