Hawthorn Hawks

Having resided in the coaches’ box for the AFL’s highest-profile succession plan, Scott Watters says he’s sceptical about Hawthorn going down the same path, warning “you can only have one rooster in the hen house”.

Alastair Clarkson's manager insists the master AFL coach will see out his contract at Hawthorn but St Kilda's Brett Ratten concedes rival clubs will go hard to lure the four-time premiership winner. The Hawks on Tuesday announced their coaching succession plan,

Beyond Nat Fyfe’s 200 th AFL game, played this Saturday against Hawthorn, the Fremantle superstar plans to continue to be one of the AFL’s most dominant midfielders. A deep thinker of the game, Fyfe had previously discussed changing his style of play as he got older,

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten accepts that the spectre of Alastair Clarkson is real for coaches around the league in the wake of Hawthorn’s decision to move him on at the end of next year. The Hawks’ decision to initiate a coaching succession plan in …

Hawthorn’s succession plan announcement took Jordan Lewis by surprise. The four-time premiership Hawk admits he didn’t see the handover coming, particularly the aspect of Alastair Clarkson bowing out not fully on his terms.

Fremantle will be out to reverse one of the worst records in the league when it meets Hawthorn at UTAS Stadium on Saturday. In 12 previous visits to Launceston's AFL venue, the Dockers' solitary victory came 15 years ago,

The AFL has released the fixture details for Round 18. Hawthorn will take on Melbourne on Saturday July 17 at 4.35pm at the MCG. It will be a Demons home game, but a replacement game for Hawthorn members.

The mere phrase "coaching succession plan" is enough to make a lot of people in AFL football jittery. And there will be plenty of scepticism about Tuesday's announcement that Hawthorn's Alastair Clarkson will hand over the baton to his assistant Sam Mitchell for the 2023 season.

Hawthorn great Rodney Eade says he “can’t see” the coaching succession plan involving Alastair Clarkson and Sam Mitchell working out at his former club. Hawks assistant Mitchell will replace Clarkson as senior coach at the conclusion of the 2022 season as part of a coaching handover announced on Tuesday.

There will be several ways for families to enjoy the match between Hawthorn and Fremantle while saving a few pennies. The Examiner is giving five readers the chance to win a family pass, valued at $300 each,