Hawthorn Hawks

Former captain Sam Mitchell will become coach of Hawthorn for the 2023 AFL season, having been locked in to replace the long-serving and highly-successful Alastair Clarkson as part of a succession plan.

Hawthorn great Dermott Brereton admits the coaching succession plan involving Alastair Clarkson and Sam Mitchell at the Hawks took him by surprise. Hawthorn announced on Tuesday that four-time premiership coach Clarkson will see out the remainder of this season and the final year of his contract in 2022,

Confrere Craig Williamson acting on behalf of the Hawthorn Football Club is to be acknowledged in arranging and transporting boxes of warm fleece-lined jackets to be donated to the many families left destitute with very little warm clothing in the aftermath of the storm disaster that tore through the Dandenong …

The AFL have confirmed the Round 17 fixture with Fremantle taking on Hawthorn at UTAS Stadium in Launceston. Bouncedown will be at 1.45pm EST (11.45 WST) on Saturday afternoon. The game will be especially significant for Fremantle,

Hawthorn assistant coach Chris Newman says he is yet to be approached by Carlton. Sportsday co-host Sam McClure recently reported that the Blues are sounding out possible candidates for assistant coach positions,

Port Adelaide have produced a dominant first half to spoil Hawthorn champion Shaun Burgoyne's milestone match with a comfortable 34-point win. Burgoyne became just the fifth player in AFL/VFL history to reach 400 games and the achievement was appropriately celebrated during the build-up.

Hawthorn's Shaun Burgoyne marks his milestone appearance but Port Adelaide comes away with a 34-point triumph, as Carlton outlasts Fremantle to win by 16 points.

Shaun Burgoyne plays his 400th game on Saturday night against Port Adelaide, becoming the fifth player to reach 400 games in VFL/AFL history. Hawthorn veteran Jack Gunston joined 3AW Football to pay tribute to teammate Burgoyne.

GWS have held off a late challenge from Melbourne to upset the AFL ladder-leaders by nine points, knocking reigning premiers Richmond out of the top-eight in the process. The Giants (7-1-7) blew an opportunity to jump into eighth last week by collapsing to lowly Hawthorn at the MCG but made …

Hawthorn footballer Shaun "Silk" Burgoyne makes history today when he becomes the first First Nations player to reach his 400th game.