2024 Hawthorn Football Club women's season

Hawthorn Football Club

2024 season
President	Andrew Gowers
Coach	Daniel Webster
Captain(s)	Emily Bates
Home ground	Frankston Park
Home and Away	2nd
Finals	Semi-finals
Best and fairest	Eliza West
Leading goalkicker	Aine McDonagh (16)
Highest home attendance	4,985
Lowest home attendance	2,106
Average home attendance	2,387
←  2023 2025  →

The 2024 Hawthorn Football Club season will be the club's 3rd season in the AFL Women's, the 3rd season playing home games at Frankston Park, Daniel Webster's 1st season as coach, and Emily Bates's 1st season as captain.

Key personnel

Position	Name
Board members
President	Andrew Gowers
Director	Anne-Marie Pellizzer
	Ian Silk
	James Merlino
	Katie Hudson
	Luke Stambolis
	Owen Wilson
	Tim Shearer
	Luke McCabe
Coaches
Senior coach	Daniel Webster
Backline coach	Steph Binder
Forwards coach	Mitch Cashion
Midfield coach/List manager	Keegan Brooksby
Specialist coach	Jack Gunston
Development coach/tackling coach	Alana Thomas
Development coach	Michael Ericson
	Kathryn Chatelier
	Cam McKinlay
	Matt Dussin
	Catherine Brown
Leadership group
Captain	Emily Bates
Vice–captain	Eliza West
Leadership group member	Jasmine Fleming
	Tilly Lucas-Rodd
	Jenna Richardson

Playing list changes

Trades

8 December 2023

To Hawthorn Casey Sherriff Eliza West Pick 16, 2023 AFL Women's draft

To Melbourne Pick 5, 2023 AFL Women's draft Pick 26, 2023 AFL Women's draft

[1]

Draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	17	Mikayla Williamson	Dandenong Stingrays	[2]
3	45	Sophie Butterworth	Mornington	[3]

AFLW expansion Under 18 talent patheway signing period

Date	Player	From	Ref
14 November 2023	Laura Stone	Eastern Rangers	[4]
	Hayley McLaughlin	Eastern Rangers	[5]
	Jess Vukic	Eastern Rangers	[6]

Retirements and delistings

Date	Player	Reason	Ref
26 October 2023	Akec Makur Chuot	Retired	[7]
31 October 2023	Tegan Cunningham	Retired	[8]
2 November 2023	Tamara Luke	Retired	[9]
3 November 2023	Catherine Brown	Retired	[10]
10 November 2023	Janet Baird	Delisted	[11]
	Sarah Perkins	Delisted

2024 player squad

2024 Hawthorn Football Club squad

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Emily Bates (C)  2 Eliza West (VC)  3 Greta Bodey  4 Mattea Breed  5 Jasmine Fleming  6 Hayley McLaughlin  7 Aileen Gilroy  8 Tahlia Fellows  9 Charlotte Baskaran 10 Kaitlyn Ashmore 11 Jenna Richardson 12 Louise Stephenson 14 Casey Sherriff 15 Bridget Deed		16 Ainslie Kemp 17 Mackenzie Eardley 18 Tilly Lucas-Rodd 19 Bridie Hipwell 20 Laura Elliot 21 Sophie Locke 22 Laura Stone 23 Jess Vukic 24 Tamara Smith 25 Emily Everist 27 Mikayla Williamson 28 Sophie Butterworth 31 Lucy Wales 41 Kristy Stratton				13 Aine McDonagh 26 Casey Dumont		Head coach Daniel Webster Assistant coaches Steph Binder (defence) Keegan Brooksby (midfield) Mitch Cashion (forwards) Jack Gunston (specialist) Michael Ericson (development) Kathryn Chatelier (development) Cam McKinlay (development) Matt Dussin (development) Catherine Brown (development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 15 November 2024 Source(s): Hawthorn AFLW, AFL Women's

Season

Pre-Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Report
			Home	Away	Result
—	Saturday, 10 August (1:00 pm)	Essendon	9.1 (55)	6.4 (40)	Won by 15 points	Caulfield Grammar	—	Report
—	Saturday, 17 August (2:00 pm)	Sydney	4.4 (28)	11.11 (77)	Won by 49 points	Sydney Cricket Ground	—	Report

Home & Away season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 1 September (1:05 pm)	Carlton	9.12 (66)	4.4 (28)	Won by 38 points	Kinetic Stadium	2,794	1–0	Report
2	Saturday, 7 September (1:05 pm)	Collingwood	3.8 (26)	11.7 (73)	Won by 47 points	Victoria Park	3,283	2–0	Report
3	Sunday, 15 September (1:05 pm)	Adelaide	9.4 (58)	4.8 (32)	Lost by 26 points	Thomas Farms Oval	3,142	2–1	Report
4	Saturday, 21 September (2:05 pm)	St Kilda	2.5 (17)	11.8 (74)	Won by 57 points	RSEA Park	2,822	3–1	Report
5	Thursday, 26 September (7:15 pm)	Geelong	9.7 (61)	12.7 (79)	Won by 18 points	GMHBA Stadium	2,771	4–1	Report
6	Wednesday, 2 October (5:15 pm)	Gold Coast	4.11 (35)	3.4 (22)	Won by 13 points	Kinetic Stadium	2,291	5–1	Report
	Sunday, 6 October (5:05 pm)	Fremantle	3.7 (25)	5.4 (34)	Won by 9 points	Fremantle Community Bank Oval	2,259	6–1	Report
7	Saturday, 12 October (1:05 pm)	West Coast	11.8 (74)	1.2 (8)	Won by 66 points	Kinetic Stadium	2,357	7–1	Report
8	Saturday, 19 October (1:05 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	9.7 (61)	3.6 (24)	Won by 37 points	Kinetic Stadium	2,106	8–1	Report
9	Thursday, 24 October (7:45 pm)	Melbourne	3.5 (23)	2.5 (17)	Won by 6 points	Cazalys Stadium	2,602	9–1	Report
10	Sunday, 3 November (3:05 pm)	Richmond	3.5 (23)	6.10 (46)	Won by 23 points	Swinburne Centre	2,087	10–1	Report

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	North Melbourne (P)	11	10	0	1	656	208	315.4	42	Finals series
2	Hawthorn	11	10	1	0	597	309	193.2	40
3	Brisbane	11	9	2	0	611	335	182.4	36
4	Adelaide	11	8	3	0	494	285	173.3	32
5	Fremantle	11	8	3	0	404	297	136.0	32
6	Port Adelaide	11	7	4	0	431	364	118.4	28
7	Richmond	11	6	4	1	442	337	131.2	26
8	Essendon	11	6	4	1	376	359	104.7	26
9	Melbourne	11	6	5	0	369	420	87.9	24
10	Geelong	11	4	6	1	479	437	109.6	18
11	St Kilda	11	4	7	0	379	396	95.7	16
12	Western Bulldogs	11	4	7	0	291	461	63.1	16
13	West Coast	11	4	7	0	320	509	62.9	16
14	Carlton	11	4	7	0	266	532	50.0	16
15	Sydney	11	3	8	0	395	538	73.4	12
16	Greater Western Sydney	11	1	9	1	374	531	70.4	6
17	Gold Coast	11	1	9	1	311	569	54.7	6
18	Collingwood	11	1	10	0	245	553	44.3	4

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

Finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Report
			Home	Away	Result
Qualifying final	Sunday, 10 November (1:05 pm)	Brisbane	4.8 (32)	6.2 (38)	Lost by 6 points	IKON Park	4,985	Report
Semi-final	Saturday, 16 November (7:30 pm)	Port Adelaide	6.13 (49)	7.8 (50)	Lost by 1 point	IKON Park	3,680	Report

Statistics

Correct as of finals week 2 ^[12]

Name	Position	Games	Kicks	Handballs	Disposals	Marks	Tackles	Hitouts	Goals	Behinds
Kaitlyn Ashmore	Midfielder	13	98	47	145	37	44	0	4	3
Charlotte Baskaran	Forward	5	13	23	36	1	16	0	3	1
Emily Bates	Midfielder	12	126	126	252	30	85	0	5	4
Greta Bodey	Forward	11	100	50	150	25	36	0	12	10
Mattea Breed	Midfielder	12	82	80	162	20	63	1	3	5
Sophie Butterworth	Forward	1	2	5	7	1	3	0	0	0
Mackenzie Eardley	Forward	10	51	25	76	22	37	15	4	8
Laura Elliott	Defender	11	57	25	82	21	14	0	0	0
Emily Everist	Defender	11	60	36	96	28	25	0	0	0
Tahlia Fellows	Forward	2	2	1	3	0	4	0	1	0
Jasmine Fleming	Midfielder	13	157	85	242	30	58	0	5	4
Aileen Gilroy	Forward	13	156	17	173	18	45	0	14	11
Bridie Hipwell	Forward	11	48	30	78	17	42	0	5	5
Ainslie Kemp	Defender	13	106	24	130	45	12	0	0	0
Sophie Locke	Forward	3	12	8	20	2	11	0	2	3
Tilly Lucas-Rodd	Defender	13	185	79	264	48	36	0	0	1
Aine McDonagh	Forward	13	94	37	131	40	28	11	16	19
Hayley McLaughlin	Forward	6	11	21	32	2	21	0	0	0
Jenna Richardson	Defender	13	104	66	170	70	28	0	0	0
Casey Sherriff	Midfielder	6	39	10	49	7	19	0	3	1
Tamara Smith	Defender	13	93	60	153	40	63	0	1	0
Louise Stephenson	Forward	8	39	24	63	9	28	9	5	3
Laura Stone	Forward	7	22	19	41	4	11	0	3	1
Kristy Stratton	Forward	3	7	10	17	3	7	0	1	0
Jess Vukic	Ruck	11	28	26	54	2	26	96	1	0
Lucy Wales	Ruck	13	83	72	155	30	58	336	0	1
Eliza West	Midfielder	13	106	179	285	16	102	0	4	1
Mikayla Williamson	Midfielder	13	72	60	132	24	46	0	3	1

Goalkickers

Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6		R7	R8	R9	R10	QF	SF	Total
Aine McDonagh	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	16
Aileen Gilroy	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	14
Greta Bodey	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	1	–	–	0	0	2	12
Emily Bates	1	–	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5
Jasmine Fleming	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	5
Bridie Hipwell	0	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	2	1	0	0	0	5
Kaitlyn Ashmore	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4
Mackenzie Eardley	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	–	0	1	1	0	4
Eliza West	0	1	–	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Louise Stephenson	–	–	–	0	1	–	–	2	0	0	0	1	1	5
Charlotte Baskaran	–	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	3
Mattea Breed	1	1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Casey Sherriff	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	3
Laura Stone	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Mikayla Williamson	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Sophie Locke	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	–	–	–	2
Tahlia Fellows	–	–	–	–	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Tamara Smith	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Kristy Stratton	–	–	–	1	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Jess Vukic	0	0	0	–	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	0	1

Awards

Name	Award	Ref.
Aileen Gilroy	AFL Women's All-Australian team (1st selection)	[13]
Tilly Lucas-Rodd
Jasmine Fleming	22under22 team (2nd selection)	[14]
Eliza West	Hawthorn best and fairest (1st award – shared record)	[15]
Lucy Wales	Hawthorn world class award (1st award – record)
Emily Everist	Hawthorn competitor award (1st award – record)
Ainslie Kemp	Hawthorn Unbreakable award (1st award – record)
Emily Bates	Hawthorn best player in finals (1st award – shared record)
Jasmine Fleming
Greta Bodey	Hawthorn players' player (1st award – record)

Milestones

Names in bold indicate Hawthorn only.

50th game played

Round	Name	Opponent	Score	Ground
2	Aileen Gilroy	Collingwood	3.8 (26) – 11.7 (73)	Victoria Park
	Casey Sherriff
Semi–final	Louise Stephenson	Port Adelaide	6.13 (49) – 7.8 (50)	IKON Park

50th goal kicked

Round	Name	Opponent	Score	Ground
4	Greta Bodey	St Kilda	2.5 (17) – 11.8 (74)	RSEA Park

Debuts

Round	Name	Opponent	Score	Ground
1	Casey Sherriff	Carlton	9.12 (66) – 4.4 (28)	Kinetic Stadium
	Laura Stone
	Jess Vukic
	Eliza West
	Mikayla Williamson
8	Sophie Butterworth	Greater Western Sydney	9.7 (61) – 3.6 (24)	Kinetic Stadium

First goals

Round	Name	Opponent	Score	Ground
1	Mattea Breed	Carlton	9.12 (66) – 4.4 (28)	Kinetic Stadium
	Casey Sherriff
2	Eliza West	Collingwood	3.8 (26) – 11.7 (73)	Victoria Park
	Mikayla Williamson
3	Tamara Smith	Adelaide	9.4 (58) – 4.8 (32)	Thomas Farms Oval
5	Mackenzie Eardley	Geelong	9.7 (61) – 12.7 (79)	GMHBA Stadium
	Jasmine Fleming
	Louise Stephenson
	Laura Stone

Injury list

Name	Injury	Status	Source	Match	Injury date	Return date
Mackenzie Eardley	Quad		[16]	Pre-season vs. Sydney	17 August 2024	7 September 2024
Greta Bodey	Hand		[16]	—	27 August 2024	1 September 2024
Sophie Locke	Knee		[16]	—	27 August 2024	7 September 2024
Kristy Stratton	Hamstring		[16]	—	27 August 2024	17 September 2024
Aine McDonagh	Shoulder		[17]	Round 1 vs. Carlton	1 September 2024	7 September 2024
Emily Bates	Calf		[18]	—	7 September 2024	13 September 2024
Aine McDonagh	Wrist		[18]	Round 2 vs. Collingwood	7 September 2024	13 September 2024
Casey Sherriff	Ankle		[18]	Round 2 vs. Collingwood	7 September 2024	22 October 2024
Bridie Hipwell	Lower leg		[19]	Round 3 vs. Adelaide	15 September 2024	1 October 2024
Mattea Breed	Foot		[20]	Round 6 vs. Gold Coast	2 October 2024	9 October 2024
Mackenzie Eardley	Concussion		[20]	Round 6 vs. Fremantle	6 October 2024	22 October 2024
Kristy Stratton	Ankle		[20]	Round 6 vs. Fremantle	6 October 2024	3 November 2024
Laura Stone	Ankle		[20]	Round 6 vs. Fremantle	6 October 2024
Greta Bodey	Toe		[21]	—	15 October 2024	29 October 2024
Lucy Wales	Lower leg		[22]	Round 10 vs. Richmond	3 November 2024	6 November 2024

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