Does Anyone Want To Finish 8th? Anyone?

With 3 rounds left in the AFL season, the big question remaining is - who will finish 8th and snag the last finals spot?

Hawthorn - An Unlikely Run To The Finals?

Can the Hawks make an unlikely run at the 2009 AFL Finals series? Or are last year’s premiers not going to get the shot at defending their crown?

2008 AFL Draft Review - Hawthorn Hawks

Last years Premiers Hawthorn were last cab off the rank come Draft day holding Pick 16 as their top pick. They also had Picks 34, 50, 63, and 75 to go along with 16. When you have just come off a Premiership there are generally not too many areas of the field you are deficient [...]

2009 NAB Cup Game Notes - Hawthorn Hawks v Melbourne Demons

On paper - it couldn’t be any more of a mismatch - last year’s premiers at their second home in Launceston, ready to give last year’s cellar dwellars another pantsing.
But this isn’t real football. It’s NAB Cup. So no one was any more than a little surprised when the Dees skipped 5 goals [...]

Hawthorn champion Shane Crawford calls it quits

We interupt our draft month coverage to bring you some big non-draft news. Shane Crawford has changed his mind regarding his future and decided to retire from the Hawthorn Football Club, and AFL Football altogether:
Hawthorn veteran Shane Crawford has announced his retirement from AFL football.
Crawford, 34, told Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson and general manager [...]