2025 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
2025 season
President Andrew Gowers
Coach Sam Mitchell
Captain(s) James Sicily
Home ground Melbourne Cricket Ground
University of Tasmania Stadium

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

Contents

Kits

Manufacturer: ISC [1] [2]
Sponsers: Tasmania, [3] Nissan, [4] KFC, [5] Skechers, [6] Superhero [7]

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Key personnel

PositionName
Board members
President Andrew Gowers
DirectorAnne-Marie Pellizzer
Ian Silk
James Merlino
Katie Hudson
Luke Stambolis
Owen Wilson
Tim Shearer
Luke McCabe
Coaches
Senior coach Sam Mitchell [8]
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 coachZane Littejohn
Leadership group
Captain James Sicily
Vice–captain Luke Breust
Dylan Moore
Leadership group member Sam Frost
Jarman Impey
Mitchell Lewis
Will Day

Playing list changes

Draft

AFL draft

RoundOverall pickPlayerRecruited fromref
235 Noah Mraz Dandenong Stingrays [9]
464 Cody Anderson (NGA) Eastern Ranges [10]

Pre–season draft

RoundOverall pickPlayerRecruited fromref
11 Jack Gunston Hawthorn [11]

Trades

11 October 2024To Hawthorn
1st round pick, 2025 AFL draft
2nd round pick, 2025 AFL draft
To Carlton
Pick 14, 2024 AFL draft
[12]
16 October 2024To Hawthorn
Tom Barrass
4th round pick, 2025 AFL draft
To West Coast
1st round pick, 2025 AFL draft
2nd round pick, 2025 AFL draft
3rd round pick, 2025 AFL draft
[13]

Additions

DatePlayerTypeOld clubDealRef
4 October 2024 Josh Battle Unrestricted F/A St Kilda 6–year deal [14]
30 October 2024 Matt Hill Category B rookie Dandenong Rangers (NBL1) [15]
Jaime Uhr-Henry Category B rookie Melbourne Storm (NRL)

Departures

DatePlayerReasonRef
2 September 2024 Chad Wingard Retired [16]
18 September 2024 Cooper Stephens Delisted [17]
Clay Tucker Delisted
18 October 2024 Denver Grainger-Barras Delisted [18]
Jack O'Sullivan Delisted
Ethan Phillips Delisted
28 October 2024 Josh Bennetts Delisted [19]

2025 player squad

Senior listRookie listCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Arrow-up.png Upgraded rookie(s)
  • (ret) Retired
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • (FA) Free agent

Updated: 22 November 2024
Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Season

Home and Away

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendancePosistionReport
HomeAwayResult
ORFriday, 7 March (7:40 pm) Sydney Sydney Cricket Ground
1Friday, 14 March (7:40 pm) Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground
2Thursday, 20 March (7:30 pm) Carlton Melbourne Cricket Ground
3Saturday, 29 March (7:35 pm) Greater Western Sydney University of Tasmania Stadium
4 Bye
5Sunday, 13 April (6:50 pm) Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval
6 Monday, 21 April (3:20 pm) Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground
7Sunday, 27 April (4:40 pm) West Coast Marvel Stadium
8Sunday, 4 May (3:20 pm) Richmond Melbourne Cricket Ground
9Saturday, 10 May (1:20 pm) Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
10Thursday, 15 May (7:00 pm) Gold Coast TIO Stadium
11Saturday, 24 May (4:15 pm) Brisbane Lions Melbourne Cricket Ground
12Friday, 30 May (7:40 pm) Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground
13Thursday, 5 June (7:30 pm) Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium
14Friday, 13 June (7:40 pm) Adelaide University of Tasmania Stadium
15 Bye
16TBC North Melbourne University of Tasmania Stadium
17TBC St Kilda Marvel Stadium
18TBC Fremantle Optus Stadium
19TBC Port Adelaide University of Tasmania Stadium
20TBC Carlton Melbourne Cricket Ground
21TBC Adelaide Adelaide Oval
22TBC Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground
23TBC Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
24TBC Brisbane Lions The Gabba

Injury list

NameInjuryStatusSourceMatchInjury dateReturn date
James Blanck ACL Injury icon 2.svg [20] 2024 pre-season 15 February 2024
Sam Butler Broken leg Injury icon 2.svg [21] 2024 season 28 April 2024
Mitchell Lewis ACL Injury icon 2.svg [22] 2024 season 6 July 2024
Will Day SC joint Injury icon 2.svg [23] 2024 season 18 August 2024
Cameron Mackenzie Hamstring Injury icon 2.svg [24] 2024 season 6 September 2024
Sam Frost Foot Injury icon 2.svg [25] 2024 season 6 September 2024

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