Cooper Hodge has chosen Hawthorn as his preferred home ahead of this year’s AFL Draft. The son of 4x premiership Hawk Luke, Cooper also had the option of joining Brisbane via the Lions Academy. The Hawks will have first rights on draft night
Max Beattie has been rewarded with a contract for 2027 after just two games for Hawthorn. On Thursday night, the 22yo will play his first final against the team that released him at the end of the 2024 SSP.
Hawthorn has had ‘Tasmania’ or ‘Tasmanian’ emblazoned across the front of its guernsey since 2007, but it won’t be there for the final year of the Hawks’ partnership with the state.
Ned Reeves, Calsher Dear, Sam Butler and Jack Dalton have been named in Hawthorn's extended squad to take on West Coast at Optus Stadium on Sunday evening.
Conor Nash has been ruled out for the rest of 2026. Hawthorn has booked him in for surgery in Sydney to resolve the complicated nerve issue in his neck.