The 2023 Hawthorn Football Club season is the club's 2nd season in the AFL Women's, the 2nd season playing home games at Frankston Park, Bec Goddard's 2nd second season as coach of Hawthorn, and Tilly Lucas-Rodd's 2nd season as captain.

Club summary The 2023 AFL Women's season will be the 8th season of the AFL Women's competition since its inception in 2017; having entered the competition in 2022 (S7), it is the 2nd season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. KFC, and Nature Valley are the club's two major partners.

Playing list changes

Trades 16 February 2023 To Hawthorn Pick 33, 2023 AFL Women's draft To Eliza Shannon Pick 40, 2023 AFL Women's draft

Free agency Date Player Old club Ref 28 April 2023 Casey Dumont

Priority signing period Date Player Old club Ref 2 March 2023 Emily Bates Greta Bodey

Retirements and delistings Date Player Reason Ref 18 October 2023 Jess Duffin Retired 12 January 2023 Kate McCarthy Retired 16 February 2023 Dominique Carbone Delisted Isabelle Porter Delisted

Draft

Round Overall pick Player Recruited from ref 1 4 Mattea Breed North Adelaide 2 19 Kristy Stratton

2023 player squad

Injury list

Name Injury Status Catherine Brown Knee Season Bridget Deed Ankle Season Casey Dumont Ankle Season

Season

Home & Away season Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record Report Home Away Result 1 Saturday, 2 September (7:15 pm) 4.6 (30) 7.7 (49) Lost by 19 points Kinetic Stadium 3,778 0–1 Report 2 Sunday, 10 September (1:05 pm) 5.9 (39) 6.10 (46) Won by 7 points Mars Stadium 1,564 1–1 Report 3 Saturday, 16 September (5:05 pm) 5.5 (35) 3.4 (22) Lost by 13 points Fremantle Community Bank Oval 2.092 1–2 Report 4 Friday, 22 September (5:05 pm) 1.5 (11) 10.10 (70) Lost by 59 points Kinetic Stadium 2,817 1–3 Report 5 Sunday, 1 October (3:05 pm) 5.2 (32) 8.11 (59) Lost by 27 points Kinetic Stadium 1,755 1–4 Report 6 Saturday, 7 October (3:05 pm) 7.3 (45) 5.6 (36) Lost by 9 points RSEA Park 2,812 1–5 Report 7 Saturday, 14 October (3:05 pm) 3.8 (26) 5.10 (40) Won by 14 points Henson Park 4,514 2–5 Report 8 Friday, 20 October (7:45 pm) 4.6 (30) 6.5 (41) Lost by 11 points Cazalys Stadium 2–6 Report 9 Sunday, 29 October (5:05 pm) 6.4 (40) 5.2 (32) Won by 8 points Kinetic Stadium 1,771 3–6 Report 10 Saturday, 4 November (5:05 pm) 9.6 (60) 3.2 (20) Lost by 40 points GMHBA Stadium 3,948 3–7 Report

Ladder

Results by round

Statistics

! No. !! Player !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! |- | 1 || style=text-align:left | Tegan Cunningham | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2 || style=text-align:left | Janet Baird | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 3 || style=text-align:left | Greta Bodey | 10 || 59 || 24 || 83 || 17 || 46 || 0 || 7 || 6 || 2 || 42 || 37 || 18 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 7 || 3 || 9 || 4 |- | 4 || style=text-align:left | Mattea Breed | 8 || 34 || 20 || 54 || 9 || 12 || 21 || 3 || 8 || 14 || 34 || 18 || 9 || 0 || 13 || 3 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 5 || style=text-align:left | Jasmine Fleming | 10 || 92 || 68 || 160 || 12 || 41 || 0 || 7 || 9 || 20 || 67 || 103 || 35 || 0 || 12 || 0 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 0 |- | 6 || style=text-align:left | Zoe Barbakos | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 7 || style=text-align:left | Aileen Gilroy | 10 || 94 || 21 || 115 || 16 || 41 || 0 || 9 || 7 || 11 || 50 || 63 || 17 || 0 || 17 || 0 || 24 || 0 || 4 || 4 |- | 8 || style=text-align:left | Tahlia Fellows | 8 || 26 || 23 || 49 || 9 || 27 || 0 || 4 || 5 || 5 || 31 || 23 || 6 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 3 || 5 |- | 9 || style=text-align:left | Charlotte Baskaren | 10 || 65 || 50 || 115 || 14 || 54 || 0 || 8 || 6 || 12 || 54 || 61 || 13 || 0 || 17 || 0 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | 10 || style=text-align:left | Kaitlyn Ashmore | 10 || 105 || 45 || 150 || 36 || 38 || 0 || 8 || 7 || 12 || 50 || 81 || 13 || 4 || 24 || 2 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | 11 || style=text-align:left | Jenna Richardson | 10 || 69 || 48 || 117 || 37 || 19 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 54 || 47 || 3 || 0 || 22 || 7 || 37 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 12 || style=text-align:left | Louise Stephenson | 6 || 32 || 16 || 48 || 15 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 20 || 25 || 4 || 0 || 14 || 2 || 11 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- | 13 || style=text-align:left | Áine McDonagh | 10 || 75 || 35 || 110 || 26 || 21 || 17 || 10 || 5 || 6 || 54 || 59 || 15 || 7 || 5 || 6 || 15 || 2 || 10 || 4 |- | 15 || style=text-align:left | Bridgit Deed | 1 || 4 || 5 || 9 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 16 || style=text-align:left | Ainslie Kemp | 4 || 15 || 4 || 19 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 12 || 7 || 2 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 17 || style=text-align:left | MacKenzie Eardley | 9 || 62 || 22 || 84 || 19 || 30 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 32 || 43 || 10 || 0 || 22 || 2 || 28 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- | 18 || style=text-align:left | Tilly Lucas-Rodd | 10 || 124 || 69 || 193 || 24 || 66 || 0 || 9 || 8 || 48 || 101 || 94 || 20 || 2 || 15 || 0 || 7 || 4 || 1 || 4 |- | 19 || style=text-align:left | Bridie Hipwell | 10 || 36 || 27 || 63 || 14 || 29 || 2 || 8 || 5 || 2 || 46 || 29 || 8 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 8 || 1 || 6 || 0 |- | 20 || style=text-align:left | Laura Elliott | 8 || 61 || 15 || 76 || 23 || 16 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 4 || 31 || 41 || 7 || 0 || 21 || 3 || 15 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- | 21 || style=text-align:left | Sophie Locke | 8 || 24 || 10 || 34 || 9 || 15 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 18 || 20 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 |- | 22 || style=text-align:left | Tamara Luke | 7 || 26 || 14 || 40 || 12 || 23 || 115 || 10 || 9 || 10 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 3 || 5 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | 23 || style=text-align:left | Sarah Perkins | 1 || 5 || 1 || 6 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 0|| 0 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | 24 || style=text-align:left | Tamara Smith | 9 || 48 || 32 || 80 || 17 || 48 || 0 || 5 || 6 || 5 || 35 || 47 || 8 || 1 || 6 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | 25 || style=text-align:left | Emily Everist | 9 || 38 || 39 || 77 || 16 || 39 || 0 || 8 || 3 || 8 || 39 || 39 || 8 || 1 || 10 || 0 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 26 || style=text-align:left | Casey Dumont | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 31 || style=text-align:left | Lucy Wales | 9 || 52 || 42 || 94 || 13 || 45 || 142 || 10 || 9 || 24 || 70 || 23 || 12 || 1 || 5 || 4 || 17 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 34 || style=text-align:left | Akec Makur Chuot | 7 || 41 || 6 || 47 || 15 || 12 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 15 || 29 || 10 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 39 || style=text-align:left | Emily Bates | 10 || 104 || 104 || 208 || 18 || 97 || 0 || 15 || 18 || 49 || 130 || 87 || 29 || 0 || 16 || 0 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 3 |- | 41 || style=text-align:left | Kristy Stratton | 10 || 55 || 48 || 103 || 20 || 70 || 0 || 16 || 12 || 14 || 69 || 35 || 18 || 6 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 5 |- | 42 || style=text-align:left | Catherine Brown | 6 || 32 || 15 || 47 || 9 || 12 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 1 || 14 || 22 || 6 || 0 || 12 || 0 || 17 || 0 || 1 || 0

Awards, records and milestones

AFLW records Most games played: Emily Bates – 76

Club records Highest score: 6.10 (46) Highest score conceded: 10.10 (70) Lowest score conceded: 3.8 (26) Biggest win: 14 points Biggest loss: 59 points Consecutive loses: 4 (Tied) Most games played: Charlotte Baskaran, Aileen Gilroy, Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 20 Most goals: Áine McDonagh – 14 Most behinds: Aileen Gilroy – 9 Most disposals: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 369 Most kicks: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 242 Most handballs: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 127 Most marks: Kaitlyn Ashmore – 61 Most hitouts: Lucy Wales – 310 Most tackles: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 150 Most rebound 50s: Catherine Brown – 69 Most inside 50s: Jasmine Fleming – 56 Most clearances: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 89 Most contested possessions: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 198 Most uncontested possessions: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 164 Most one perceneters: Jenna Richardson – 46 Most goal assists: Jasmine Fleming, Áine McDonagh – 5 Most games coached: Bec Goddard – 20 Most home and away games coached: Bec Goddard – 20 Most games won as coach: Bec Goddard – 6 Most home and away games won as coach: Bec Goddard – 6 Most goals in a season: Áine McDonagh – 10 Most behinds in a season: Tahlia Fellows, Kristy Stratton – 5 (Tied with Aileen Gilroy) Most disposals in a season: Emily Bates – 208 Most kicks in a season: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 124 Most handballs in a season: Emily Bates – 104 Most marks in a season: Jenna Richardson – 37 Most contested possessions in a season: Emily Bates – 130 Most uncontested possessions in a season: Jasmine Fleming – 103 Most one percenters in a season: Jenna Richardson – 37 Most goal assists in a season: Jasmine Fleming, Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 4 Most disposals in a game: Emily Bates – 31 Most handballs in a game: Emily Bates – 18 (Twice) Most marks in a game: Kaitlyn Ashmore – 9 Most behinds in a game: Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Tahlia Fellows – 3 Most hitouts in a game: Tamara Luke – 42 Most tackles in a game: Emily Bates – 15 Most uncontested possessions in a game: Kaitlyn Ashmore – 18 Most marks inside 50 in a game: Áine McDonagh – 4 Most clearances in a game: Emily Bates – 10 Most contested possessions in a game: Emily Bates – 23 Most uncontested possessions in a game: Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 15 Most one percenters in a game: Jenna Richardson, Mackenzie Eardley, Aileen Gilroy – 7 (Tied with Emily Everist) Most goal assists in a game: Áine McDonagh – 2 (Tied with Ainslie Kemp, Tahlia Fellows, and Áine McDonagh)

Milestones Round 1 Mattea Breed – AFLW debut. Emily Bates – Hawthorn debut. Greta Bodey – Hawthorn debut. Kristy Stratton – Hawthorn debut.

Round 2 Greta Bodey – 1st goal for Hawthorn.

Round 6 Kristy Stratton – 1st goal for Hawthorn.

Round 8 Greta Bodey – 50th AFLW game.

References