The 2023 Hawthorn Football Club season was the club's 99th season in the Australian Football League and 122nd overall, the 24th season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 23rd season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium and the 2nd season under head coach Sam Mitchell, and the 1st season with James Sicily as captain.
Club summary The 2023 AFL season was the 127th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 99th season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania, iiNet, and Nissan are expected to continue as the club's three major sponsors, as they had done since 2006, 2013, and 2019 respectively, while ISC will replace Adidas as the clubs manufacturer of its on-and-off field apparel. Hawthorn will continue its alignment with the Box Hill Hawks Football Club in the Victorian Football League, allowing Hawthorn-listed players to play with the Box Hill Hawks when not selected in AFL matches.
Playing list changes Trades 11 October 2022 To Hawthorn Pick 48, 2022 AFL draft 3rd-round pick, 2023 AFL draft To Jack Gunston 12 October 2022 To Hawthorn Cooper Stephens Pick 41, 2022 AFL draft Pick 50, 2022 AFL draft To Tom Mitchell Pick 25, 2022 AFL draft To Oliver Henry 12 October 2022 To Hawthorn Lloyd Meek 2nd-round pick, 2023 AFL draft To Jaeger O'Meara 4th-round pick, 2023 AFL draft 28 November 2022 To Hawthorn Pick 36, 2022 AFL draft 3rd-round pick, 2023 AFL draft (via ) To Pick 41, 2022 AFL draft Pick 50, 2022 AFL draft Pick 52, 2022 AFL draft Pick 63, 2022 AFL draft 28 November 2022 To Hawthorn Pick 18, 2022 AFL draft To Pick 27, 2022 AFL draft 2nd-round pick, 2023 AFL draft 3rd-round pick, 2023 AFL draft
Free agency Additions Date Player F/A Type Old club Deal Ref 29 September 2022 Karl Amon Unrestricted Signed a four–year deal 3 November 2022 Fergus Greene Delisted Signed a one–year deal 30 November 2022 Josh Bennetts Catergry B rookie Eastern Ranges
Draft
AFL draft Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref 1 7 Cameron Mackenzie Sandringham Dragons 1 18 Josh Weddle Oakleigh Chargers 2 37 Henry Hustwaite Dandenong Stingrays 3 46 Jack O'Sullivan Oakleigh Chargers 3 51 Bailey Macdonald Oakleigh Chargers
Rookie draft Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref 1 6 Seamus Mitchell Hawthorn
Retirements and delistings Date Player Reason Ref 10 August 2022 Ben McEvoy Retired 1 September 2022 Liam Shiels Retired 2 September 2022 Jackson Callow Delisted 2 September 2022 Connor Downie Delisted 2 September 2022 Daniel Howe Delisted 2 September 2022 Tom Phillips Delisted 7 September 2022 Kyle Hartigan Delisted 15 October 2022 Jack Saunders Delisted
2023 player squad
Season Pre–season Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Report Home Away Result 1 Thursday, 23 February (4:00 pm) 21.12 (138) 7.11 (53) Lost by 85 points GMBHA Stadium 2 Thursday, 2 March (5:10 pm) 14.16 (100) 15.16 (106) Lost by 6 points University of Tasmania Stadium 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, 19 March (3:20 pm) 9.11 (65) 19.10 (124) Lost by 59 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 68,691 0–1 Report 2 Sunday, 26 March (1:10 pm) 17.16 (118) 4.13 (37) Lost by 81 points Sydney Cricket Ground 37,052 0–2 Report 3 Saturday, 1 April (1:45 pm) 11.14 (80) 9.7 (61) Won by 19 points University of Tasmania Stadium 11,007 1–2 Report 4 Monday, 10 April (3:20 pm) 19.13 (127) 6.9 (45) Lost by 82 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 65,335 1–3 Report 5 Sunday, 16 April (3:20 pm) 10.17 (77) 11.9 (75) Lost by 2 points Norwood Oval 9,057 1–4 Report 6 Sunday, 23 April (1:10 pm) 11.10 (76) 11.13 (79) Lost by 3 points University of Tasmania Stadium 10,119 1–5 Report 7 Saturday, 29 April (4:35 pm) 14.10 (94) 9.11 (65) Lost by 29 points Marvel Stadium 40,119 1–6 Report 8 Saturday, 6 May (7:30 pm) 18.9 (117) 7.6 (48) Lost by 69 points Optus Stadium 37,160 1–7 Report 9 Saturday, 13 May (4:35 pm) 7.7 (49) 15.13 (103) Lost by 54 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 39,818 1–8 Report 10 Sunday, 21 May (1:10 pm) 22.10 (142) 4.2 (26) Won by 116 points University of Tasmania Stadium 9,135 2–8 Report 11 Saturday, 27 May (1:45 pm) 12.6 (78) 12.16 (88) Won by 10 points Marvel Stadium 32,022 3–8 Report 12 Saturday, 3 June (1:45 pm) 23.13 (151) 14.12 (96) Lost by 55 points Adelaide Oval 34,234 3–9 Report 13 Saturday, 10 June (1:45 pm) 15.8 (98) 11.7 (73) Won by 25 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 35,869 4–9 Report 14 Bye 15 Sunday, 25 June (4:40 pm) 14.17 (101) 5.4 (34) Lost by 67 points Metricon Stadium 14,242 4–10 Report 16 Sunday, 2 July (1:10 pm) 7.10 (52) 17.10 (112) Lost by 60 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 66,337 4–11 Report 17 Saturday, 8 July (4:35 pm) 12.13 (85) 10.12 (72) Lost by 13 points GIANTS Stadium 9,007 4–12 Report 18 Sunday, 16 July (1:10 pm) 6.4 (40) 12.16 (88) Won by 48 points Marvel Stadium 30,201 5–12 Report 19 Saturday, 22 July (1:45 pm) 14.12 (96) 15.5 (95) Lost by 1 point Melbourne Cricket Ground 57,654 5–13 Report 20 Sunday, 30 July (1:10 pm) 14.9 (93) 19.8 (122) Lost by 29 points Marvel Stadium 22,769 5–14 Report 21 Saturday, 5 August (4:35pm) 16.9 (105) 11.7 (73) Won by 32 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 62,134 6–14 Report 22 Sunday, 13 August (1:10 pm) 9.13 (67) 9.10 (64) Won by 3 points University of Tasmania Stadium 12,480 7–14 Report 23 Sunday, 20 August (3:20 pm) 13.9 (87) 9.6 (60) Lost by 27 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 50,142 7–15 Report 24 Saturday, 26 August (1:45 pm) 8.8 (56) 14.9 (93) Lost by 37 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 27,951 7–16 Report
Ladder
Results summary Overall Home Away 23 7 0 16 1686 2101 80.2 28 5 0 6 883 930 94.9 2 0 10 803 1171 68.6
Results by round
Statistics
! No. !! Player !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! |- | 1 || style=text-align:left | Harry Morrison | 13 || 2 || 2 || 241 || 163 || 78 || 69 || 36 || 0 || 30 || 33 || 12 || 64 || 172 || 0 || 3 || 9 || 4 || 5 || 7 |- | 2 || style=text-align:left | Mitchell Lewis | 15 || 36 || 20 || 192 || 125 || 67 || 85 || 25 || 5 || 0 || 30 || 2 || 70 || 119 || 19 || 40 || 26 || 10 || 9 || 12 |- | 3 || style=text-align:left | Jai Newcombe | 22 || 12 || 8 || 553 || 244 || 309 || 100 || 94 || 0 || 31 || 97 || 122 || 249 || 320 || 8 || 6 || 23 || 14 || 37 || 30 |- | 4 || style=text-align:left | Jarman Impey | 22 || 3 || 4 || 461 || 299 || 162 || 120 || 48 || 0 || 62 || 50 || 12 || 106 || 346 || 6 || 0 || 33 || 4 || 18 || 13 |- | 5 || style=text-align:left | James Worpel | 23 || 10 || 9 || 600 || 286 || 314 || 52 || 92 || 0 || 25 || 118 || 149 || 285 || 333 || 2 || 6 || 19 || 8 || 22 || 39 |- | 6 || style=text-align:left | James Sicily | 19 || 2 || 4 || 501 || 324 || 177 || 189 || 29 || 0 || 115 || 34 || 11 || 154 || 301 || 35 || 0 || 88 || 5 || 21 || 20 |- | 7 || style=text-align:left | Ned Reeves | 21 || 2 || 2 || 170 || 70 || 100 || 31 || 57 || 592 || 8 || 19 || 51 || 113 || 62 || 9 || 3 || 54 || 0 || 17 || 25 |- | 8 || style=text-align:left | Sam Frost | 18 || 0 || 1 || 230 || 116 || 114 || 75 || 36 || 11 || 39 || 8 || 6 || 96 || 136 || 13 || 3 || 71 || 0 || 5 || 23 |- | 9 || style=text-align:left | Changkuoth Jiath | 8 || 1 || 0 || 136 || 77 || 59 || 28 || 10 || 0 || 22 || 14 || 5 || 40 || 93 || 2 || 0 || 30 || 2 || 6 || 11 |- | 10 || style=text-align:left | Karl Amon | 21 || 9 || 2 || 486 || 326 || 160 || 113 || 37 || 0 || 75 || 87 || 24 || 78 || 399 || 2 || 4 || 23 || 13 || 9 || 9 |- | 11 || style=text-align:left | Conor Nash | 23 || 1 || 5 || 552 || 213 || 339 || 60 || 110 || 1 || 33 || 76 || 109 || 212 || 347 || 1 || 1 || 32 || 11 || 19 || 27 |- | 12 || style=text-align:left | Will Day | 21 || 6 || 6 || 537 || 262 || 275 || 122 || 73 || 0 || 39 || 92 || 89 || 197 || 335 || 9 || 8 || 34 || 8 || 23 || 19 |- | 13 || style=text-align:left | Dylan Moore | 23 || 17 || 19 || 480 || 254 || 226 || 480 || 107 || 0 || 19 || 78 || 31 || 163 || 328 || 4 || 13 || 27 || 15 || 32 || 9 |- | 14 || style=text-align:left | Jack Scrimshaw | 16 || 4 || 1 || 276 || 157 || 119 || 85 || 26 || 0 || 45 || 16 || 5 || 77 || 189 || 11 || 3 || 50 || 1 || 7 || 12 |- | 15 || style=text-align:left | Blake Hardwick | 23 || 2 || 1 || 467 || 314 || 153 || 147 || 45 || 0 || 126 || 25 || 10 || 112 || 284 || 11 || 5 || 76 || 1 || 8 || 9 |- | 16 || style=text-align:left | Lachlan Bramble | 11 || 1 || 3 || 182 || 120 || 62 || 46 || 14 || 0 || 27 || 23 || 8 || 39 || 129 || 2 || 0 || 9 || 3 || 3 || 2 |- | 17 || style=text-align:left | Lloyd Meek | 16 || 3 || 2 || 154 || 46 || 108 || 36 || 58 || 288 || 17 || 12 || 34 || 96 || 70 || 12 || 3 || 41 || 0 || 14 || 22 |- | 18 || style=text-align:left | Max Lynch | 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 9 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 20 || style=text-align:left | Chad Wingard | 14 || 9 || 8 || 198 || 116 || 82 || 59 || 25 || 0 || 6 || 35 || 13 || 59 || 138 || 1 || 11 || 9 || 13 || 12 || 6 |- | 21 || style=text-align:left | Cooper Stephens | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 22 || style=text-align:left | Luke Breust | 21 || 47 || 23 || 225 || 144 || 81 || 77 || 44 || 0 || 2 || 37 || 12 || 102 || 131 || 12 || 46 || 15 || 6 || 20 || 19 |- | 23 || style=text-align:left | Jacob Koschitzke | 12 || 9 || 10 || 103 || 56 || 47 || 39 || 27 || 27 || 2 || 9 || 4 || 60 || 45 || 17 || 22 || 13 || 3 || 14 || 2 |- | 24 || style=text-align:left | Denver Grainger-Barras | 7 || 4 || 1 || 39 || 25 || 14 || 19 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 15 || 23 || 3 || 4 || 11 || 0 || 5 || 7 |- | 25 || style=text-align:left | Josh Ward | 16 || 2 || 3 || 332 || 181 || 151 || 76 || 31 || 0 || 31 || 31 || 32 || 85 || 252 || 1 || 2 || 9 || 6 || 10 || 8 |- | 26 || style=text-align:left | Fergus Greene | 11 || 15 || 10 || 89 || 56 || 33 || 38 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 2 || 32 || 59 || 2 || 23 || 18 || 9 || 6 || 7 |- | 27 || style=text-align:left | Ned Long | 4 || 1 || 1 || 34 || 14 || 20 || 6 || 16 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 12 || 23 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 |- | 28 || style=text-align:left | Cameron Mackenzie | 14 || 3 || 6 || 186 || 86 || 100 || 26 || 37 || 0 || 6 || 35 || 21 || 68 || 127 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 9 || 3 || 10 |- | 29 || style=text-align:left | Jai Serong | 2 || 0 || 0 || 21 || 15 || 6 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 17 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- | 30 || style=text-align:left | Sam Butler | 8 || 6 || 2 || 83 || 34 || 49 || 22 || 18 || 0 || 2 || 10 || 2 || 35 || 52 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 6 || 3 |- | 31 || style=text-align:left | Connor MacDonald | 21 || 12 || 15 || 363 || 209 || 154 || 84 || 54 || 0 || 14 || 54 || 16 || 112 || 258 || 2 || 9 || 11 || 8 || 13 || 6 |- | 32 || style=text-align:left | Finn Maginness | 13 || 1 || 2 || 134 || 65 || 69 || 41 || 26 || 0 || 12 || 15 || 4 || 34 || 101 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 3 || 4 |- | 33 || style=text-align:left | Tyler Brockman | 15 || 13 || 8 || 167 || 79 || 88 || 50 || 34 || 0 || 4 || 29 || 2 || 53 || 112 || 1 || 20 || 16 || 10 || 5 || 6 |- | 34 || style=text-align:left | Fionn O'Hara | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 35 || style=text-align:left | Josh Morris | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 36 || style=text-align:left | James Blanck | 15 || 0 || 0 || 89 || 50 || 39 || 29 || 23 || 0 || 16 || 2 || 2 || 45 || 49 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 17 |- | 37 || style=text-align:left | Josh Weddle | 17 || 4 || 0 || 294 || 135 || 159 || 87 || 23 || 0 || 38 || 36 || 8 || 80 || 210 || 7 || 1 || 42 || 2 || 5 || 3 |- | 38 || style=text-align:left | Max Ramsden | 2 || 0 || 1 || 14 || 5 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 8 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 |- | 39 || style=text-align:left | Emerson Jeka