2011 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
2011 season
President	Jeff Kennett
Coach	Alastair Clarkson
Captain(s)	Luke Hodge
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground; Aurora Stadium
Pre-season competition	First round
AFL Season	18–4 (3rd)
Finals Series	Preliminary Final; (lost to Collingwood 65–68)
Best and Fairest	Sam Mitchell
Leading goalkicker	Lance Franklin (82)
Highest home attendance	78,579 (Round 5 vs. Geelong)
Lowest home attendance	14,604 (Round 16 vs. Brisbane Lions)
Average home attendance	37,933
← 2010	2012 →

The 2011 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 87th season in the Australian Football League and 110th overall.

Playing list changes[edit]

The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2010 season and the beginning of the 2011 season.

Trades[edit]

11 October 2010	To Hawthorn David Hale Pick 52, 2010 AFL draft	To North Melbourne End of 1st round compensation draft pick, 2010 AFL draft Pick 71, 2010 AFL draft	^[1]
11 October 2010	To Hawthorn Kyle Cheney Pick 66, 2010 AFL draft	To Melbourne Pick 52, 2010 AFL draft	^[2]

Draft[edit]

AFL draft[edit]

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from
1	19	Isaac Smith	North Ballarat
2	38	Mitch Hallahan	Dandenong Stingrays
3	55	Angus Litherland	Claremont Football Club
4	66	Paul Puopolo	Norwood

Pre-season draft[edit]

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from	ref
1	5	Cameron Bruce	Melbourne

Rookie draft[edit]

Round	Overall pick	Player	Recruited from
1	19	Sam Menegola	East Fremantle
2	36	Thomas Schneider	Oakleigh Chargers
3	52	Derick Wanganeen	Port Adelaide Magpies
6	85	Will Langford	UNSW-Eastern Suburbs
7	87	Jack Mahony	Wollongong Lions

Retirements and delistings[edit]

Date	Player	2011 team	Reason
14 September 2010	Campbell Brown	Gold Coast	Out of contract
19 October 2010	Beau Dowler	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Rhan Hooper	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Michael Johnston	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Jarrod Kayler-Thomson	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Garry Moss	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Beau Muston	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Carl Peterson	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Wayde Skipper	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Cameron Stokes	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Simon Taylor	—	Delisted
19 October 2010	Travis Tuck	—	Delisted

2011 player squad[edit]

2011 Hawthorn Football Club squad
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Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Max Bailey 2 Jarryd Roughead (VC) 3 Jordan Lewis (VC) 4 Rick Ladson 5 Sam Mitchell 6 Josh Gibson 7 Michael Osborne 8 Xavier Ellis 9 Shaun Burgoyne 10 Chance Bateman 11 Clinton Young 12 Brad Sewell 13 Kyle Cheney 14 Grant Birchall 15 Luke Hodge (C) 16 Isaac Smith 17 Cameron Bruce 18 Brent Guerra 19 Jarryd Morton 20 David Hale		21 Shane Savage 23 Lance Franklin 24 Ben Stratton 25 Ryan Schoenmakers 26 Liam Shiels 27 Stephen Gilham 28 Paul Puopolo 29 Thomas Murphy 30 Luke Lowden 31 Matt Suckling 32 Riley Milne 33 Cyril Rioli 34 Brent Renouf 35 Sam Grimley 36 Jordan Lisle 37 Brendan Whitecross 38 Mitch Hallahan 40 Jordan Williams 41 Taylor Duryea 42 Angus Litherland				43 Will Sierakowski 44 Sam Menegola 45 Thomas Schneider 46 Derick Wanganeen 47 Luke Breust 50 Paul Johnson NSW Scholarship 48 Will Langford 49 Jack Mahony International Scholarship 51 Kurt Heatherley (New Zealand) 52 Rhys Panui-Leth (New Zealand)		Head coach Alastair Clarkson Assistant coaches Leon Cameron (Forward) Brendon Bolton (Midfield) Adam Simpson (Midfield) Ross Smith (Defense) Damian Monkhorst (Ruck) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 26 September 2011 Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Fixture[edit]

NAB Cup[edit]

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	Sunday, 13 February (4:45 pm)	West Coast	0.5.1 (31)	0.4.5 (29)	Lost by 2 points	Patersons Stadium	25,776
1	Sunday, 13 February (5:50 pm)	Fremantle	1.4.4 (37)	0.3.5 (23)	Won by 14 points	Patersons Stadium	–

Premiership season[edit]

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	TV	Attendance	Record	Report
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	TV	Attendance	Record	Report
1	Saturday, 26 March (6:40 pm)	Adelaide	16.9 (105)	12.13 (85)	Lost by 30 points	AAMI Stadium (A)	Ten	43,536	0–1	Report
2	Sunday, 3 April (4:40 pm)	Melbourne	16.26 (122)	12.5 (77)	Won by 55 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Fox Sports	49,905	1–1	Report
3	Saturday, 9 April (7:10 pm)	Richmond	6.16 (42)	17.13 (115)	Won by 73 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Ten	46,368	2–1	Report
4	Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm)	West Coast	10.12 (72)	9.11 (65)	Won by 7 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Sports	15,063	3–1	Report
5	Tuesday, 26 April (2:40 pm)	Geelong	15.8 (98)	17.15 (117)	Lost by 19 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	78,579	3–2	Report
6	Bye
7	Friday, 6 May (8:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	10.12 (72)	15.14 (104)	Won by 32 points	AAMI Stadium (A)	Seven	21,819	4–2	Report
8	Sunday, 15 May (1:10 pm)	St Kilda	14.15 (99)	10.9 (69)	Won by 30 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Fox Sports	42,453	5–2	Report
9	Sunday, 22 May (2:10 pm)	Sydney	8.12 (60)	15.16 (106)	Won by 46 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	33,136	6–2	Report
10	Sunday, 29 May (4:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	9.8 (62)	13.13 (91)	Won by 29 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	Fox Sports	30,747	7–2	Report
11	Sunday, 5 June (1:10 pm)	Fremantle	17.9 (111)	13.11 (89)	Won by 22 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Fox Sports	31,925	8–2	Report
12	Saturday, 11 June (7:10 pm)	Geelong	13.10 (88)	13.5 (83)	Lost by 5 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Ten	63,476	8–3	Report
13	Saturday, 18 June (2:10 pm)	Gold Coast	19.15 (129)	8.10 (58)	Won by 71 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Ten	16,377	9–3	Report
14	Friday, 24 June (7:40 pm)	Essendon	23.8 (146)	12.9 (81)	Won by 65 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	64,537	10–3	Report
15	Sunday, 3 July (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	15.16 (106)	9.11 (65)	Lost by 41 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	83,985	10–4	Report
16	Saturday, 9 July (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	16.9 (105)	9.9 (63)	Won by 42 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Fox Sports	14,604	11–4	Report
17	Bye
18	Sunday, 24 July (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	12.6 (78)	20.12 (132)	Won by 54 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	39,782	12–4	Report
19	Saturday, 30 July (5:40 pm)	Fremantle	6.8 (44)	13.17 (95)	Won by 51 points	Patersons Stadium (A)	Ten	30,937	13–4	Report
20	Sunday, 7 August (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	15.13 (103)	13.8 (86)	Won by 17 points	Aurora Stadium (H)	Seven	16,820	14–4	Report
21	Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	31.11 (197)	5.2 (32)	Won by 165 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Ten	27,532	15–4	Report
22	Friday, 19 August (7:40 pm)	Carlton	8.18 (66)	10.18 (78)	Won by 12 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	Seven	52,052	16–4	Report
23	Saturday, 27 August (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	16.17 (113)	10.7 (67)	Won by 46 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Ten	42,198	17–4	Report
24	Saturday, 3 September (1:10 pm)	Gold Coast	14.13 (97)	16.10 (106)	Won by 9 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	Fox Sports	19,314	18–4	Report
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Ladder[edit]

2011 AFL ladder
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Collingwood	22	20	2	0	2592	1546	167.7	80	Finals series
2	Geelong (P)	22	19	3	0	2548	1619	157.4	76
3	Hawthorn	22	18	4	0	2355	1634	144.1	72
4	West Coast	22	17	5	0	2235	1715	130.3	68
5	Carlton	22	14	7	1	2225	1700	130.9	58
6	St Kilda	22	12	9	1	1891	1677	112.8	50
7	Sydney	22	12	9	1	1897	1735	109.3	50
8	Essendon	22	11	10	1	2217	2217	100.0	46
9	North Melbourne	22	10	12	0	2106	2082	101.2	40
10	Western Bulldogs	22	9	13	0	2060	2155	95.6	36
11	Fremantle	22	9	13	0	1791	2155	83.1	36
12	Richmond	22	8	13	1	2069	2396	86.4	34
13	Melbourne	22	8	13	1	1974	2315	85.3	34
14	Adelaide	22	7	15	0	1742	2193	79.4	28
15	Brisbane Lions	22	4	18	0	1814	2240	81.0	16
16	Port Adelaide	22	3	19	0	1718	2663	64.5	12
17	Gold Coast	22	3	19	0	1534	2726	56.3	12

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series[edit]

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	TV	Attendance	Report
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	TV	Attendance	Report
Qualifying Final	Friday, 9 September (7:45 pm)	Geelong	14.14 (98)	9.13 (67)	Lost by 31 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	73,601	Report
Semi Final	Friday, 16 September (7:45 pm)	Sydney	19.8 (122)	13.8 (86)	Won by 36 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	Seven	55,198	Report
Preliminary Final	Friday, 23 September (7:45 pm)	Collingwood	10.8 (68)	9.11 (65)	Lost by 3 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	Seven	87,112	Report
^[3]

References[edit]

^ Clark, Jay (8 October 2010). "North Melbourne ruckman David Hale traded to Hawthorn for compensation pick". Fox Sports. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
^ Paton, Al (11 October 2010). "Hawks pick up Cheney". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "AFL Tables - 2011 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

External links[edit]

Official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
Official website of the Australian Football League Archived 22 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Clark, Jay (8 October 2010). "North Melbourne ruckman David Hale traded to Hawthorn for compensation pick". Fox Sports. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

[2] Paton, Al (11 October 2010). "Hawks pick up Cheney". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

[afltables-3] "AFL Tables - 2011 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

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v t e 2011 AFL season
Events	NAB Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series
Awards	All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Goal of the Year Mark of the Year Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney Western Bulldogs West Coast
Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings