Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Features

Photos – Super Saturday training before round 3

Photos – Super Saturday training before round 3

A few years ago the Hawks started up Super Saturday training on the days before they played on a Sunday in Melbourne. It is a great day for the family with Hawka, BBQ and players training and signing autographs. Here are photos from this weeks version. (More photos over here too!!!)  Read More →


Hawks team for Round 2, 2010 – Stratton to debut

Hawks team for Round 2, 2010 – Stratton to debut

Benjamin Stratton gets his chance to play AFL after 3 players missed out, 2 due to suspension and 1 injury. Hooper got injured early in round 2 and Ozzie and Shiels were suspended. Here is the sides (rest of the teams from around the league available here): Hawthorn B: Josh Gibson, Stephen Gilham, Tom Murphy HB: Rick Ladson, Ryan Schoenmakers, Brent Guerra C: Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Grant... [Read more]


Hawks team for Round 2, 2010 – Buddy, Bateman and Rioli

Hawks team for Round 2, 2010 – Buddy, Bateman and Rioli

Three good ins (Buddy, Bateman and Cyril) but no outs. Three players are going to be unlucky to miss out. Here is the squads for Mondays games (Rest of the AFL Teams for Round 2, 2010 here): UPDATE Final teams named. Three big ins for the Hawks which will add a lot of pace to the Hawks. Three unlucky outs in KT, Mossy and Suckers. You can see the Hawks are getting much stronger just by the... [Read more]


Hawks win means I win!

Hawks win means I win!

Review of the game to come later, but just wanting to point out a win in a bet I had. Former Demon ruckman, now on the Gold Coast, Jeff White is a pretty big user of Social Media site, Twitter. I have been following his tweets for some time and was surprised when in his tips for the week, he picked Melbourne (okay, so not that strange). I decided to challenge him to a little twitter bet. The bet being,... [Read more]


Photos – Hawks training before Round 1, 2010

Photos – Hawks training before Round 1, 2010

Public training was held Friday before the Round 1 clash with the Demons. Here are some photos (more available here and you can Click for larger copies). Who looks impressive?  Read More →


Teams – Round 1 v Melbourne – Gibo, Hoops, Carl and KT!

Teams – Round 1 v Melbourne – Gibo, Hoops, Carl and KT!

Can’t wait! Footy is back and only one sleep away. I don’t know about you but apart from just seeing the boys in the full flight of competition, I think the other exciting thing about round 1 is seeing the new guys, and we have 4. Josh Gibson comes to us after a stellar career so far at North. He will slot into the backline and I see him taking the dangerous forwards that aren’t... [Read more]


Video – Hawks membership ad 2 – Jeff is doing what?

Video – Hawks membership ad 2 – Jeff is doing what?

So after the viral success of the first Hawks membership ad, they have released a second one. Again centered around hawk fan and comedian, Lemo. This time Lemo is joined by some famous Hawk people. I also love the way they also incorporate some of the Hawks sponsors in a sutle kind of away. Here it is:  Read More →


What the Ruck?

What the Ruck?

Just a week after learning that Simon Taylor would miss 4 months with a broken leg and knowing that Luke Lowden (developing ruckman who was placed on the Long Term Injury list) and Max Bailey (who injured his knee in round 22 last year) would both not be available till well into the season, more bad news has been released. In a press release today, the Hawks have announced that Rookie upgrade target,... [Read more]