Hawthorn became just the second team in the AFL era to … Hawthorn experienced an average start to the year, with a record of 4–4 after eight matches (including losses to non-finals teams Essendon, Port Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney), but would lose just twice more for the remainder of the regular season to finish in the top three for the fifth consecutive year. Updated: 21 July 2015Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches. Young Hawk Billy Hartung (right) has suffered the agony of being dropped for a grand final. Hawthorn clearly beat the opposition across the ground, with 19 more inside 50s, 16 more contested possessions, 115 more disposals and 14 more tackles. The club played three practice matches as part of the 2015 NAB Challenge, and were played under modified pre-season rules, including nine-point goals. [2][3], Hawthorn and West Coast also met once during the home-and-away season, in round 19, also at West Coast's home ground Domain Stadium, with Hawthorn winning by 14 points. In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge will play despite a hamstring scare suffered in the Hawks’ win over Fremantle last week, declaring himself 100% fit and being selected. [7] 200-gamer Brad Sewell announced his retirement shortly after the end of the club's 2014 season, in which the club won their 12th premiership but for which he was overlooked. Shuey turned the ball over by foot when he had a simple handball option available before Darling dropped a simple chest mark that would’ve given him another set shot on goal. [4], The Grand Final was held on the first Saturday in October, rather than its traditional date on the last Saturday of September, because the 2015 Cricket World Cup delayed access to some AFL grounds early in the season. The 2015 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 3 October 2015. The Hawks enjoyed a 31-point lead at half time. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. He debuted in 2014 and missed out on playing in last year’s grand final as well. [23], Cyril Rioli was named the Norm Smith Medallist (best on ground). In a moment that was said to epitomise Hawthorn's attitude on the day, full-back Brian Lake made a diving smother to prevent a certain Josh Hill goal for the Eagles, despite the game being effectively over. However this proved to be a false dawn as the Hawks then effectively killed the contest by kicking four unanswered goals through Gunston (two goals), Smith and substitute Matt Suckling, to take a commanding 50-point break into the final period. The 23-year-old has overcome the ankle injury that kept him out of the Hawks’ semi final and preliminary final victories. Coach Alastair Clarkson explained today as long as Gunston pulled up from Thursday’s training session fit, he would be selected. On 7 September 2015, it was announced that English singer Ellie Goulding, Canadian musician Bryan Adams and American musician Chris Isaak would be performing on the day. [2], The 2015 AFL Grand Final was the last AFL match to utilise substitutions, with the AFL reverting to a four-man interchange bench from the 2016 AFL season onwards. [17] Three minutes later Mark Hutchings kicked truly for the Eagles to again close the margin and give the Eagles some hope. The Club has also won premierships at other levels, including the night/pre-season, 2nd 18/reserves, 3rd 18/under 19 and junior grades. Hawthorn won their third consecutive AFL premiership, fifth AFL premiership, and thirteenth premiership overall, defeating West Coast 107–61 in the Grand Final. Many had suspected Ryan Schoenmakers would be the one to make way for Gunston given he had taken his forward line role. Hawthorn is the oldest premiership side in league ... to a replay of the 2015 premiership play-off. Clarkson also surpassed John Kennedy Sr. and Allan Jeans (3) for most premierships won as coach of Hawthorn. There were 18 teams competing in the league, the same as the previous year. Rioli emulated his uncles Maurice Rioli—who won the medal for Richmond in 1982 in their loss to Carlton—and Essendon's Michael Long, who was awarded the medal in their win over Carlton in 1993. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. [20] The next fifteen minutes of the term were goalless before the Eagles restored some respectability to the scoreline with the final three goals of the game (one to Mark LeCras and two to Jeremy McGovern).[17]. [18], After trailing by 44 points at the 14-minute mark of the term, Sam Butler and Matt Priddis missed shots at goal, but West Coast briefly threatened to get back into the game when Josh Hill and Elliot Yeo kicked the final two goals of the quarter, the latter from a set shot after the siren. This page was last edited on 29 October 2020, at 02:45. Hawthorn’s leading goalkicker for 2015 Jack Gunston will return for the grand final. [17], The two teams traded goals in the first half of the quarter as the Eagles made a challenge to get back into the game. [19] The Hawks then made the Eagles pay through the agency of Ryan Schoenmakers. [24], Chaired by Peter Bell, the voters and their choices were as follows:[25], The teams were announced on 1 October 2015. [7] Individually, it was Cometti's seventeenth grand final and McAvaney's fifteenth. [8] In addition, Mitch Hallahan, Kyle Cheney and Luke Lowden were all traded away from the club,[9] while Jordan Kelly, Derick Wanganeen and Ben Ross were all delisted.[10]. Gunston, Hawthorn’s leading goalkicker in 2015, has kicked 53 goals from 23 matches this season and will add another dimension to the team’s potent forward line. [11] On 17 September 2015, the league announced that Australian singer Kate Ceberano would perform the national anthem, while musician Mike Brady would perform his famous football song, "Up There Cazaly". Hawthorn became just the second team in the AFL era to win three-consecutive premierships; joining the Brisbane Lions (2001–2003); and the sixth team in VFL/AFL history to win three consecutive premierships; joining Carlton (1906–1908), Collingwood (1927–1930), and Melbourne (twice; 1939–1941, 1955–1957). It was the 119th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the premiers for the 2015 AFL season. Defender James Frawley is the latest Hawthorn premiership player to call it quits. The Eagles have no major injury concerns, but Selwood and McGinnity look the most likely to come into the side if a late change is required given they played in the qualifying final win over the Hawks. VFA in recess from 1916–1917, Hawthorn did not participate in the 1918 VFA season due to World War I (indicated in grey), Grimley was originally delisted by Hawthorn on 9 October 2014 but was re-drafted as a, won their third consecutive AFL premiership, James Frawley joins Hawthorn as a free agent, Melbourne receives pick 3 as compensation, "Brad Sewell says goodbye to Hawthorn with stirring speech", "Hawk six-gamer takes up three-year offer from Suns", "First trade off the rank: O'Rourke now a Hawk", "Mitch Hallahan, Kyle Cheney and Luke Lowden traded from Hawthorn", "James Frawley joins Hawthorn as a free agent, Melbourne receives pick 3 as compensation", "Match Review Panel full statement: round five", "Hodge, May fail to convince Tribunal, both out for three weeks", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season&oldid=985980875, Use Australian English from December 2017, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Luke Hodge joined Michael Voss as the only players to captain three premierships in the AFL era. [17], The Hawks became only the fifth club and sixth team in VFL/AFL history to win a hat-trick of premierships, and the first to do so since the Brisbane Lions in 2001, 2002 and 2003 Grand Finals. The MCG serves as Hawthorn's main home ground for the home and away season, and media commentators suggested that Hawthorn would have an advantage playing there over West Coast who had only played there once during the season compared to Hawthorn's 11 matches. More than 180 brewery workers at the Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) factory in Abbotsford, Victoria voted to go on strike in the lead up to the 2015 AFL Grand Final. The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2014 season and the beginning of the 2015 season. Hawthorn entered the season as the two-time defending AFL premiers, having won back-to-back AFL premierships. [17] Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli responded only 90 seconds later and the Hawks kicked the next four goals of the quarter, with Ben McEvoy, Rioli, Grant Birchall and Bradley Hill each kicking majors. [31], 2015 AFL premiership at MCG moments after the final siren, VFA in recess from 1916–1917, Hawthorn did not participate in the 1918 VFA season due to World War I (indicated in grey), Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924.
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