Here is the HawksTV interview with Cameron Bruce after he was selected in the 2010 AFL Preseason draft.
Hawks team for Round 2, 2010 – Stratton to debut
April 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 Birchall
HF: Jarryd Morton, Lance Franklin, Chance Bateman
F: Campbell Brown, Jarryd Roughead, Cyril Rioli
Foll: Brent Renouf, Luke Hodge, Xavier Ellis
Interchange: Moss, Peterson, Stratton, Suckling
Emergencies: Duryea, Kayler-Thomson, Whitecross
In: Moss, Stratton, Whitecross, Kayler-Thomson, Duryea, Suckling
Out: Osborne (suspended), Shiels (suspended), Hooper (hamstring)
New player:
Ben Stratton, 21 years old, 189cm, 82kg – selection 46 in 2009 AFL draft. Drafted from East Perth (WA).
Taylor Duryea, 18 years old, 179cm, 74kg – selection 69 in the 2009 AFL Draft. Drafted from Murray U18/Caulfield Grammar.
Western Bulldogs
B: Jarrod Harbrow, Brian Lake, Dale Morris
HB: Ryan Hargrave, Tom Williams, Lindsay Gilbee
C: Brodie Moles, Matthew Boyd, Ryan Griffen
HF: Robert Murphy, Mitch Hahn, Shaun Higgins
F: Daniel Giansiracusa, Barry Hall, Jason Akermanis
Foll: Ben Hudson, Adam Cooney, Daniel Cross
I/C: Andrejs Everitt, Josh Hill, Will Minson, Liam Picken
Emg: Dylan Addison, Jordan Roughead, Easton Wood
No change
Hawks win means I win!
March 28, 2010 By
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, if the Demons win, I change my logo on twitter to the Demons logo. If the Hawks win, Jeff wears the Hawks logo on Twitter for the week.
Jeff saw me tweet and gracefully accepted the bet. I have to admit a slight bit of nervousness about the game, but the boys came through. Jeff came through with his bet and tweeted this after the game:
@mollyfud good win by the hawks. I will commit to the bet and change my avatar
He then changed it and tweeted this:
Lost the bet with @mollyfud so this is my new profile pic for 1 week ONLY. Bad luck to the demons, great courage AGAIN from Greeny.
Jeff took a little bit of flack for the change in logo from Demon fans (including one joking that they would unfollow him for the week, but might have a better way around the issue:
This bet is only for this week. You know the way to fix it..no tweets for a week, haha. Don’t worry, I thought it through
I want to thank Jeff for agreeing on the bet and going through with it (which I had no doubt he would).
If the Hawks are playing your team coming up and you want to make the same twitter bet, let me know.
UPDATE:
Jeff White is a bet welcher! By Monday morning (the bet was for a week) he had already changed his logo back. While I applaud him for changing his logo so quickly, I am disappointed he didn’t follow through the bet. If you want to let him know your disappointment you can by sending your message on twitter by using @jeffwhite34 ! I would (and have before) changed my logo for the week if the Hawks had of lost, which makes Jeff’s actions more disappointing!
Photos – Hawks training before Round 1, 2010
March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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?
Teams – Round 1 v Melbourne – Gibo, Hoops, Carl and KT!
March 26, 2010 By 4 Comments
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 monsters. He had a rough game against Barry Hall in the NAB Cup, but from all reports, improved in the NAB Challenge. Rhan Hooper comes after a ruff few years in Brisbane. He shows flashes of brillance but trouble off the field and with efforts on the field probably mean he hasn’t reach his full potential.
Then we have the upgraded rookies. Carl Peterson, who we probably saw as a fillin for Rioli, now (to me anyway) looks like the answer to the question “who will replace Willo in the side”. He is 3cms taller and has the speed and leap. Injury/fitness will be the concern, but I think he is a sneaky pick to hold his spot through out the year. Jarrod Kayler-Thompson is a mature age recruit orginially from Victoria but who comes to us after playing well in the WAFL. He looks (even down to carrying the number 45) and plays a little bit like Clinton Young and could fill in that spot for a few weeks.
A quick couple of game notes. It is a replacement game, so Hawks members get in free and the big one, as I understand it, we will be able to go onto the field after the game and have a kick on the MCG. What a great move as long as it happens!
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Anyway, Onto the side:
Hawthorn
B: Grant Birchall, Josh Gibson, Tom Murphy
HB: Brent Guerra, Stephen Gilham, Rick Ladson
C: Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Xavier Ellis
HF: Michael Osborne, Ryan Schoenmakers, Rhan Hooper
F: Jarryd Morton, Jarryd Roughead, Campbell Brown
Foll: Brent Renouf, Luke Hodge, Garry Moss
I/C: Jarrod Kayler-Thomson, Carl Peterson, Liam Shiels, Matt Suckling
Emg: Taylor Duryea, Ben Stratton, Jordan Williams
New: Josh Gibson (North Melbourne), Rhan Hooper (Brisbane Lions), Carl Peterson (St Mary’s), Jarrod Kayler-Thomson (Perth)
And our oppenents:
Melbourne
B: Jamie Bennell, Matthew Warnock, Jared Rivers
HB: Jack Grimes, James Frawley, Joel Macdonald
C: Aaron Davey, Cameron Bruce, Nathan Jones
HF: James McDonald, Matthew Bate, Ricky Petterd
F: Brad Green, Brad Miller, Jack Trengove
Foll: Mark Jamar, Lynden Dunn, Brent Moloney
I/C: James Strauss, Jake Spencer, Jordie McKenzie, Tom Scully
Emg: Addam Maric, Rohan Bail, Clint Bartram
New: Joel Macdonald (Brisbane Lions), Tom Scully (Dandenong), James Strauss (Oakleigh), Jack Trengove (Sturt)
Video – Hawks membership Ad pokes fun at Myki
March 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Check out the Hawks membership ad poking fun at Victoria’s struggling Myki ticketing system!
Love your work Hawks! If you haven’t already, go get your memberships now!
Photos from NAB Cup, Round 2 vs Bulldogs
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Video – Jeff Kennett's speech From Hawks Family Day, 2010
March 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As always happens, Hawks President, Jeff Kennett gave a speech at the start of the Official Presentation session at the Hawthorn Family day 2010. Here it is: [Read more...]
Video – Jumper Presentation From Hawks Family Day, 2010
March 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
This is the first in the group of videos from the Hawks Family Day 2010. This first video is the first 44 players recieving there jumpers. They did a nice thing were they had a member that had been to every MCG game presenting the player with their Jumper and the fan got the players training top. More videos to come (Second half of the presentation here): [Read more...]
