Hawthorn Football Club (AFL Women's)

Hawthorn Football Club
Names
Full nameHawthorn Football Club Limited[1]
Nickname(s)Hawks, The Family Club
MottoSpectemur Agendo
2025 season
After finals5th
Home-and-away season4th
Leading goalkickerÁine McDonagh (22 goals)
Club details
Colours  Brown   Gold
CompetitionAFL Women's
PresidentAndrew Gowers
CEOAsh Klein
CoachDaniel Webster
CaptainEmily Bates
PremiershipsVFLW (1)
GroundFrankston Park
Other information
Official websitehawthornfc.com.au

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and, from 2018 until 2022, the VFL Women's (VFLW). The team is associated with the Hawthorn men's team.

History

2021–present: Foundation

In 2016, The AFL announced the creation of the AFL Women's league with all 18 clubs asked to submit a bid to become one of the inaugural clubs. Hawthorn would be one of five clubs who chose not to submit a bid. In 2017, following a successful debut season the AFL would announce the league would expand from the 2019 season. Unlike 2016, Hawthorn would this time submit a bid to join the league. They would ultimately be unsuccessful.[2]

On 12 August 2021, Hawthorn along with Essendon, Port Adelaide, and Sydney were granted licences to join the AFL Women's from 2022 season 7.[3] Bec Goddard who was in charge of the club's VFL Women's side was appointed as Hawthorns inaugural AFLW coach immediately following the announcement.[4]

Sponsorship

Year Kit Manufacturer Major Sponsor Shorts Sponsor Bottom Back Sponsor Top Back Sponsor Neckline Sponsor
2022–2024 Cotton On Nature Valley KFC Nissan KFC —
2025– Telstra

Players

Current AFLW squad

Hawthorn Football Club · AFL Women's personnel
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff
  • 17 Mackenzie Eardley
  • 19 Bridie Hipwell
  • 20 Laura Elliot
  • 21 Elli Symonds
  • 22 Laura Stone
  • 23 Jess Vukic
  • 24 Tamara Smith
  • 25 Emily Everist
  • 27 Mikayla Williamson
  • 31 Lucy Wales
  • Maya Dear
  • Jacqui Dupuy
  • Hannah Looney
  • Niamh Martin

Head coach

  • Daniel Webster

Assistant coaches

  • Steph Binder (defence)
  • Keegan Brooksby (midfield)
  • Cameron Howat (forwards)
  • Jack Gunston (specialist)
  • Michael Ericson (development)
  • Cam McKinlay (development)
  • Jake Ireland (development)
  • Kai Baker-Hill (development)
  • Devina Lai (development)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 10 December 2025
Source(s): Hawthorn AFLW, AFL Women's

Staff

Coaching staff

Coach Assistant coaches Development coaches
Daniel Webster Ben Cavarra (backline)
Alana Thomas (tackling)
Lou Wotton (forwards) 		Keegan Brooksby
Catherine Chatelier
Max Lynch
David Mackay

Club honour board

Achievements

Premierships
Competition Level Wins Years won
VFL Women's Seniors 1 2018

Finishing positions (after finals)

Note: bold indicates finals appearance

Finishing Position Year Tally
Premiers — 0
Grand Finalist — 0
3 — 0
4 — 0
5 2024, 2025 2
6 — 0
7 — 0
8 — 0
9 — 0
10 — 0
11 — 0
12 — 0
13 — 0
14 2023 1
15 2022 (S7) 1
16 — 0
17 — 0
18 — 0

Best and fairest

Season Winner Ref.
2022 (S7) Tilly Lucas-Rodd [5]
2023 Emily Bates [6]
2024 Eliza West [7]
2025 Áine McDonagh

Players' individual honours and awards

All–Australian team
Awarded since 2017
22under22 team
Awarded since 2017

Coaches

Main article: List of Hawthorn Football Club coaches
Correct as of the end of 2025
Category Total Name Years
Most games 27 Daniel Webster 2024–
Most games won 19 Daniel Webster 2024–
Most home and away games 23 Daniel Webster 2024–
Most home and away games won 19 Daniel Webster 2024–
Most finals 4 Daniel Webster 2024–

Records

Current Hawthorn players are shown in bold.

Games played

Correct as of the end of finals week 2, 2025[8]
No. Name Years Total
1 Tilly Lucas-Rodd 2022–2025 47
2 Tamara Smith 2022– 45
3 Áine McDonagh 2022– 44
4 Jasmine Fleming 2022– 43
5 Kaitlyn Ashmore 2022– 42
Aileen Gilroy 2022– 42
7 Lucy Wales 2022– 41
8 Jenna Richardson 2022– 40
9 Laura Elliott 2022– 39
10 Mackenzie Eardley 2022– 38

Goals kicked

Correct as of the end of finals week 2, 2025[8]
No. Name Years Total
1 Áine McDonagh 2022– 52
2 Greta Bodey 2023– 32
3 Aileen Gilroy 2022– 23
4 Bridie Hipwell 2022– 15
5 Tahlia Fellows 2022–2024 10
6 Kaitlyn Ashmore 2022– 9
7 Emily Bates 2023– 7
Jess Duffin 2022 7
Jasmine Fleming 2022– 7
Laura Stone 2024– 7
Kristy Stratton 2023–2025 7

Playing records

Correct as of finals week 2, 2025[9]
Disposals
Player Total
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 932
Jasmine Fleming 715
Emily Bates 632
Eliza West 601
Aileen Gilroy 535
Lucy Wales 511
Kaitlyn Ashmore 500
Jenna Richardson 481
Tamara Smith 480
Áine McDonagh 455
Kicks
Player Total
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 642
Aileen Gilroy 465
Jasmine Fleming 435
Kaitlyn Ashmore 345
Tamara Smith 306
Áine McDonagh 296
Emily Bates 289
Jenna Richardson 285
Lucy Wales 283
Greta Bodey 237
Handballs
Player Total
Eliza West 391
Emily Bates 343
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 290
Jasmine Fleming 280
Lucy Wales 228
Jenna Richardson 196
Tamara Smith 174
Áine McDonagh 159
Kaitlyn Ashmore 155
Greta Bodey 134
Marks
Player Totals
Jenna Richardson 170
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 137
Kaitlyn Ashmore 119
Áine McDonagh 108
Tamara Smith 95
Lucy Wales 82
Laura Elliott 81
Mackenzie Eardley 74
Emily Everist 71
Jasmine Fleming 70
Hitouts
Player Total
Lucy Wales 826
Jess Vukic 134
Tamara Luke 132
Mackenzie Eardley 79
Áine McDonagh 43
Elli Symonds 40
Tegan Cunningham 24
Mattea Breed 22
Louise Stephenson 9
Sarah Perkins 3
Tackles
Player Total
Tamara Smith 269
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 240
Emily Bates 227
Lucy Wales 200
Jasmine Fleming 195
Eliza West 180
Aileen Gilroy 171
Kaitlyn Ashmore 165
Mackenzie Eardley 134
Greta Bodey 133
Rebound 50's
Player Total
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 158
Jenna Richardson 81
Emily Everist 79
Mackenzie Eardley 74
Laura Elliott 70
Catherine Brown 69
Tamara Smith 62
Ainslie Kemp 60
Jasmine Fleming 53
Lucy Wales 50
Inside 50s
Player Total
Aileen Gilroy 160
Jasmine Fleming 141
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 102
Emily Bates 93
Lucy Wales 69
Eliza West 69
Áine McDonagh 65
Greta Bodey 64
Kaitlyn Ashmore 63
Mackenzie Eardley 48
Clearances
Player Total
Emily Bates 126
Eliza West 126
Lucy Wales 118
Jasmine Fleming 114
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 110
Aileen Gilroy 74
Mattea Breed 64
Tamara Smith 42
Kaitlyn Ashmore 38
Laura Stone 34
Contested possessions
Player Total
Eliza West 376
Lucy Wales 351
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 348
Emily Bates 326
Jasmine Fleming 320
Áine McDonagh 253
Tamara Smith 232
Aileen Gilroy 227
Jenna Richardson 220
Kaitlyn Ashmore 187
Uncontested possessions
Player Total
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 476
Jasmine Fleming 421
Emily Bates 331
Kaitlyn Ashmore 290
Aileen Gilroy 274
Tamara Smith 264
Jenna Richardson 243
Eliza West 241
Áine McDonagh 210
Greta Bodey 182
Contested marks
Player Total
Áine McDonagh 28
Lucy Wales 22
Jenna Richardson 21
Jess Duffin 12
Mackenzie Eardley 12
Ainslie Kemp 10
Greta Bodey 8
Bridie Hipwell 7
Kaitlyn Ashmore 6
Mattea Breed 6
Laura Elliott 6
Marks inside 50
Player Total
Áine McDonagh 51
Greta Bodey 29
Kaitlyn Ashmore 19
Jess Duffin 10
Mackenzie Eardley 10
Jasmine Fleming 10
Bridie Hipwell 10
Kristy Stratton 9
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 7
Tahlia Fellows 6
Aileen Gilroy 6
1 percenters
Player Total
Emily Everist 110
Jenna Richardson 110
Lucy Wales 104
Mackenzie Eardley 77
Áine McDonagh 69
Aileen Gilroy 65
Tamara Smith 65
Laura Elliott 55
Ainslie Kemp 47
Emily Bates 41
Goal assists
Player Total
Áine McDonagh 19
Jasmine Fleming 14
Greta Bodey 10
Aileen Gilroy 10
Mackenzie Eardley 9
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 7
Kaitlyn Ashmore 6
Lucy Wales 6
Emily Bates 5
Tahlia Fellows 5

Season records

Statistic Total Name Year
Disposals 316 Eliza West 2025
Kicks 215 Tilly Lucas-Rodd 2025
Handballs 212 Eliza West 2025
Marks 70 Jenna Richardson 2024
Goals 22 Áine McDonagh 2025
Behinds 22 Áine McDonagh 2025
Hitouts 336 Lucy Wales 2024
Tackles 102 Eliza West 2024
Rebounds 65 Tilly Lucas-Rodd 2025
Inside 50s 62 Aileen Gilroy 2024
Clearances 73 Eliza West 2024
Contested possessions 194 Eliza West 2025
Uncontested possessions 166 Tilly Lucas-Rodd 2025
Contested marks 12 Jess Duffin 2022 S7
Marks inside 50 25 Áine McDonagh 2024
One percenters 51 Emily Everist 2025
Goal assists 10 Áine McDonagh 2024

Game records

Statistic Total Name Game
Disposals 34 Emily Bates vs. Greater Western Sydney, Round 8, 2024 at Frankston Park
Kicks 20 Tilly Lucas-Rodd vs. Geelong, Round 7, 2025 at Kardinia Park
Handballs 23 Eliza West vs. Carlton, Round 1, 2024 at Frankston Park
Marks 13 Jenna Richardson vs. Geelong, Round 7, 2025 at Kardinia Park
Goals 6 Greta Bodey vs. St Kilda, Round 4, 2024 at Moorabbin Oval
Behinds 4 Greta Bodey vs. Carlton, Round 1, 2024 at Frankston Park
Áine McDonagh vs. Gold Coast, Round 9, 2025 at Frankston Park
Hitouts 43 Lucy Wales vs. Fremantle, Round 6, 2024 at Fremantle Oval
Tackles 16 Eliza West vs. Geelong, Round 5, 2024 at Kardinia Park
Rebounds 11 Catherine Brown vs. Greater Western Sydney, Round 8, 2022 (S7) at Henson Park
Inside 50s 9 Aileen Gilroy vs. Brisbane, Qualifying final, 2024 at Princes Park
vs. Port Adelaide, Semi-final, 2024 at Princes Park
Clearances 11 Mattea Breed vs. Greater Western Sydney, Round 8, 2024 at Frankston Park
Contested possessions 25 Eliza West vs. Carlton, Round 1, 2024 at Frankston Park
Uncontested possessions 21 Emily Bates vs. Greater Western Sydney, Round 8, 2024 at Frankston Park
Contested marks 3 Jess Duffin vs. West Coast, Round 6, 2022 (S7) at Frankston Park
Áine McDonagh vs. Port Adelaide, Round 7, 2022 (S7) at Frankston Park
vs. Geelong, Round 5, 2024 at Kardinia Park
Lucy Wales vs. St Kilda, Round 4, 2024 at Moorabbin Oval
vs. Fremantle, Round 8, 2025 at Frankston Park
Mackenzie Eardley vs. Geelong, Round 5, 2024 at Kardinia Park
Marks inside 50 5 Greta Bodey vs. St Kilda, Round 4, 2024 at Moorabbin Oval
Áine McDonagh vs. Geelong, Round 7, 2025 at Kardinia Park
One percenters 9 Emily Everist vs. North Melbourne, Qualifying final, 2025 at Princes Park
Najwa Allen vs. Carlton, Semi-final, 2025 at Princes Park
Goal assists 2 Ainslie Kemp vs. West Coast, Round 6, 2022 (S7) at Frankston Park
Tahlia Fellows vs. Fremantle, Round 10, 2022 (S7) at Fremantle Oval
Áine McDonagh vs. Fremantle, Round 10, 2022 (S7) at Fremantle Oval
vs. Richmond, Round 8, 2023 at Cazalys Stadium
vs. St Kilda, Round 4, 2024 at Moorabbin Oval
vs. Geelong, Round 5, 2024 at Kardinia Park
vs. Essendon, Round 11, 2025 at Windy Hill
Tilly Lucas-Rodd vs. Port Adelaide, Round 9, 2023 at Frankston Park
Jasmine Fleming vs. Collingwood, Round 2, 2024 at Victoria Park
vs. St Kilda, Round 4, 2024 at Moorabbin Oval
Lucy Wales vs. Collingwood, Round 2, 2024 at Victoria Park
Aileen Gilroy vs. Geelong, Round 5, 2024 at Kardinia Park
Louise Stephenson vs. Geelong, Round 5, 2024 at Kardinia Park
Sophie Butterworth vs. Greater Western Sydney, Round 8, 2024 at Frankston Park
vs. St Kilda, Round 4, 2025 at Cazalys Stadium
Greta Bodey vs. Geelong, Round 7, 2025 at Kardinia Park
Daisy Flockart vs. Gold Coast, Round 9, 2025 at Frankston Park
Eliza West vs. Essendon, Round 11, 2025 at Windy Hill

Team records

Record Total Game
Highest score 12.7 (79) vs. Geelong, Round 5, 2024 at Kardinia Park
Lowest score 0.3 (3) vs. North Melbourne, Qualifying final, 2025 at Princes Park
Highest score conceded 15.4 (94) vs. Port Adelaide, Round 10, 2025 at Alberton Oval
Lowest score conceded 1.2 (8) vs. West Coast, Round 7, 2024 at Frankston Park
Biggest win 66 points vs. West Coast, Round 7, 2024 at Frankston Park
Biggest loss 59 points vs. Melbourne, Round 4, 2023 at Frankston Park
Consecutive wins 8 Round 4, 2024 – Round 10, 2024
Consecutive losses 4 Round 1, 2022 (S7) – Round 4, 2022 (S7)
Round 8, 2022 (S7) – Round 1, 2023
Round 3, 2023 – Round 6, 2023
Consecutive finals lost 4 Qualifying final, 2024 – Semi-final, 2025 (ongoing)
Highest attendance 12,092 vs. Essendon, Round 1, 2022 (S7) at Docklands Stadium
Highest home-and-away attendance 12,092 vs. Essendon, Round 1, 2022 (S7) at Docklands Stadium

Seasons

This section is an excerpt from List of Hawthorn Football Club seasons § Women's.[edit]

Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of 2025.

Premiers Runners–up Minor premiers Finals appearance Wooden spoon AFLW leading goalkicker AFLW best and fairest
Year League W L D Finish Finals Coach Captain Leading goalkicker Best and fairest Ref
2018 VFLW 12 2 0 1st Won Semi-final (Collingwood) 32–21
Won Grand Final (Geelong) 30–19 		Patrick Hill Emma Mackie Sarah Perkins Jayde Van Dyk [10]
2019 VFLW 7 6 1 7th Bec Goddard Tamara Luke Phoebe McWilliams Rosie Dillon [11]
2020 VFLW (No season) Bec Goddard Tamara Luke (No season)
2021 VFLW 5 9 0 9th Bec Goddard Meg Hutchins Jessie Williams Tamara Luke [12]
2022 VFLW 12 1 1 2nd Lost Qualifying final (Essendon) 7–60
Lost Semi-final (Southern Saints) 39–55 		Bec Goddard Tamara Luke Kristy Stratton
Jessie Williams 		Jordan Mifsud [13]
2022 (S7) AFLW 3 7 0 15th Bec Goddard Tilly Lucas-Rodd Jess Duffin Tilly Lucas-Rodd [14]
2023 AFLW 3 7 0 14th Bec Goddard Tilly Lucas-Rodd Áine McDonagh Emily Bates [15]
2024 AFLW 10 1 0 2nd Lost Qualifying final (Brisbane) 32–38
Lost Semi-final (Port Adelaide) 49–50 		Daniel Webster Emily Bates Áine McDonagh Eliza West [16]
2025 AFLW 9 3 0 4th Lost Qualifying final (North Melbourne) 3–42
Lost Semi-final (Carlton) 33–79 		Daniel Webster Emily Bates Áine McDonagh Áine McDonagh [17]

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