2008 AFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 131.9%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Lance Franklin (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Lance Franklin (102)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Lance Franklin

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Sam Mitchell
Vice-Captain(s): Luke Hodge

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bateman, Chance #10 21 R01-R06, R08-R12, R16-R22, QF, PF, GF 9 9
Birchall, Grant #14 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 2 0
Boyle, Tim #20 6 R01-R03, R11-R13 6 0
Brown, Campbell #30 24 R02-R22, QF, PF, GF 14 1
Campbell, Robert #39 24 R01-R20, R22, QF, PF, GF 7 0
Clarke, Tim #25 8 R01, R04-R05, R09-R12, R14 3 0
Crawford, Shane #9 14 R04-R08, R14-R15, R18-R21, QF, PF, GF 5 0
Croad, Trent #24 20 R01, R05-R11, R14-R22, QF, PF, GF 0 1
Dew, Stuart #31 15 R01-R02, R07-R09, R12-R13, R18-R22, QF, PF, GF 7 1
Ellis, Xavier #8 23 R01-R20, R22, PF, GF 3 1
Franklin, Lance #23 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 113 20
Gilham, Stephen #27 24 R01-R22, PF, GF 1 0
Guerra, Brent #18 21 R01-R08, R13-R22, QF, PF, GF 0 0
Hodge, Luke #15 20 R02-R07, R11-R20, R22, QF, PF, GF 20 2
Kennedy, Josh #36 3 R09-R11 0 0
Ladson, Rick #4 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 3 0
Lewis, Jordan #3 20 R03, R05-R08, R10-R14, R16-R22, QF, PF, GF 6 9
McGlynn, Ben #21 3 R06-R08 2 0
Mitchell, Sam #5 24 R01-R03, R05-R22, QF, PF, GF 4 15
Morton, Jarryd #35 8 R09-R16 0 0
Murphy, Tom #29 18 R01-R04, R09-R10, R12-R22, QF 0 0
Osborne, Michael #7 23 R01-R17, R20-R22, QF, PF, GF 27 1
Renouf, Brent #34 8 R12-R14, R21-R22, QF, PF, GF 0 0
Rioli, Cyril #33 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 24 2
Roughead, Jarryd #2 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 75 7
Sewell, Brad #12 21 R01-R10, R15-R22, QF, PF, GF 7 16
Stokes, Cameron #44 9 R01-R04, R17-R19, R21, QF 6 0
Taylor, Simon #13 18 R01-R11, R15-R21 3 0
Tuck, Travis #22 8 R01-R04, R13, R15-R17 1 0
Williams, Mark #6 22 R04-R22, QF, PF, GF 46 3
Young, Clinton #11 20 R01-R15, R21-R22, QF, PF, GF 14 3

Team Line-Up

Back: Campbell Brown Stephen Gilham Brent Guerra
Half-Back: Rick Ladson Trent Croad Grant Birchall
Centre: Clinton Young Sam Mitchell Chance Bateman
Half-Forward: Shane Crawford Lance Franklin Michael Osborne
Forward: Cyril Rioli Jarryd Roughead Mark Williams
Follower: Robert Campbell Brad Sewell Luke Hodge
Interchange: Stuart Dew Xavier Ellis Jordan Lewis
Simon Taylor

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Clarkson, Alastair 25 20 -0- 5 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/03/2008 Round 1 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 104 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
29/03/2008 Round 2 Fremantle AWAY WIN HAW by 15 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
05/04/2008 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 16 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
13/04/2008 Round 4 Adelaide HOME WIN HAW by 44 Alastair Clarkson Luke Hodge
19/04/2008 Round 5 Brisbane Lions AWAY WIN HAW by 12 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
27/04/2008 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN HAW by 12 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
03/05/2008 Round 7 Collingwood HOME WIN HAW by 65 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
17/05/2008 Round 8 Port Adelaide HOME WIN HAW by 15 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
25/05/2008 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 19 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
31/05/2008 Round 10 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 32 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
07/06/2008 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 51 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
14/06/2008 Round 12 Adelaide AWAY WIN HAW by 4 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
21/06/2008 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 27 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
27/06/2008 Round 14 West Coast HOME WIN HAW by 57 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
13/07/2008 Round 15 Sydney HOME WIN HAW by 31 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
19/07/2008 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 30 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
25/07/2008 Round 17 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 11 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
01/08/2008 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY WIN HAW by 54 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
09/08/2008 Round 19 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN HAW by 69 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
17/08/2008 Round 20 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 29 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
24/08/2008 Round 21 West Coast AWAY WIN HAW by 71 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
30/08/2008 Round 22 Carlton AWAY WIN HAW by 78 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
05/09/2008 Qualifying Final Western Bulldogs HOME WIN HAW by 51 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
20/09/2008 Preliminary Final St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 54 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell
27/09/2008 Grand Final Geelong AWAY WIN HAW by 26 Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell