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Senior Player List

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Tom J.
Hawkins

Height
197 cm
DOB
27-07-1988
Weight
105 kg
Debut
2007
Games
2013
7
Career
108
Goals
2013
19
Career
188
2013 Dream Team Points
Total
447
Avg
64
Tom J.Hawkins

Player Bio

AT A GLANCE

Junior Clubs: Finley
Clubs: Geelong
Debut: 2007
Recruited From: Melbourne Grammar 
Brownlow Votes: 12

 

Outlook

Since his breakout performance in the 2011 Grand Final, Hawkins has become one of the most dominant key forwards in the game. Enjoyed a brilliant 2012 campaign, booting 62 goals and finishing equal second in the race for the Coleman Medal. Was named at full-forward in the All-Australian team, took the most marks of any Geelong player (141) and capped off the year by winning the best and fairest.

Season by Season

Season by Season

  • Earned second premiership medal by kicking three goals and taking nine marks in GF
  • Finished third in Norm Smith medal voting
  • Played 18 games including all three finals
  • Had eight multi goal games (all in last nine games of season)
  • Kicked 100th career goal in rd 24 win over Collingwood
  • Equaled career best with five goals vs Melbourne in rd 19
  • Played 18 games and kicked 21 goals
  • Appeared in all three finals
  • Twice kicked four goals (rd 8 vs Bris; rd 10 vs Melb)
  • Spent time in ruck, getting 96 hit outs
  • Played his 50th game in rd 7 win over Sydney
  • Played in first premiership team, kicking two key goals vs. St Kilda in GF
  • Played 24 games and kicked 34 goals in his third season
  • Booted multiple goals in 12 of his 24 games
  • Had career highs with 20 possessions and 9 tackles vs. Bris in rd 5
  • Also had a career best 10 marks vs. Sydney in rd 7
  • Spent some time in the ruck, in rd 16-18, collecting 23 hit outs in those three games
  • Kicked key goal at start of final qtr of GF
  • Member of NAB Cup premiership winning team
  • Won the AFL Army award for bst individual effort as voted by supporters
  • Played in first premiership team, kicking two key goals vs. St Kilda in GF
  • Played 24 games and kicked 34 goals in his third season
  • Booted multiple goals in 12 of his 24 games
  • Had career highs with 20 possessions and 9 tackles vs. Bris in rd 5
  • Also had a career best 10 marks vs. Sydney in rd 7
  • Spent some time in the ruck, in rd 16-18, collecting 23 hit outs in those three games
  • Kicked key goal at start of final qtr of GF
  • Member of NAB Cup premiership winning team
  • Won the AFL Army award for bst individual effort as voted by supporters
  • Played nine AFL games in his first season, kicking 12 goals
  • Debut came in rd 2 vs. Carlton, kicking three goals
  • Was a NAB rising star nominee
  • Member of VFL premiership team
  • Won the Larke medal as best player and was named All Australian at U18 national championship while playing with Vic Metro
  • Played for Australia against Ireland in U17 international rules
  • Drafted to Geelong as a father-son selection

Stats

By the numbers

  • 2013   Season Average
    Games Played 7
    • Kicks 7.3
    • Handballs 4.6
    • Disposals 11.9
    • Marks 4.9
    • Hit-Outs 0.4
    • Tackles 0.9
    • Goals 2.7
    • Dream Team 63.9

2013 Highlights

Statistics Best Opponent Round
Kicks 10 Carlton Rd 3
Handballs 8 Hawthorn Rd 1
Disposals 17 Carlton Rd 3
Marks 7 Collingwood Rd 8
Hit-outs 1 Essendon Rd 7
Tackles 2 Sydney Swans Rd 4
Goals 4 Collingwood Rd 8
Dream Team 82 Carlton Rd 3

2013 Season Breakdown

Rd Opponent Result K H D M HO FF FA T G B DT
1 Hawthorn W 86 - 93 7 8 15 5 1 0 3 2 2 1 65
2 North Melbourne W 112 - 108 9 7 16 5 1 3 0 0 3 1 79
3 Carlton W 119 - 103 10 7 17 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 82
4 Sydney Swans W 103 - 124 5 4 9 5 0 1 3 2 3 0 56
5 Western Bulldogs W 86 - 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Richmond W 87 - 131 6 0 6 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 40
7 Essendon W 113 - 85 5 4 9 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 47
8 Collingwood L 102 - 96 9 2 11 7 0 2 0 0 4 0 78
9 Port Adelaide - - - - - - - - - - -
10 Gold Coast Suns - - - - - - - - - - -
11 GWS Giants - - - - - - - - - - -
13 Brisbane Lions - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Fremantle - - - - - - - - - - -
15 Hawthorn - - - - - - - - - - -
16 Melbourne - - - - - - - - - - -
17 Adelaide Crows - - - - - - - - - - -
18 St Kilda - - - - - - - - - - -
19 North Melbourne - - - - - - - - - - -
20 Port Adelaide - - - - - - - - - - -
21 West Coast Eagles - - - - - - - - - - -
22 Sydney Swans - - - - - - - - - - -
23 Brisbane Lions - - - - - - - - - - -
TOTAL W: 7 - L: 1 51 32 83 34 3 7 8 6 19 4 447

By the numbers

  • Career Average
    Games Played 108
    • Kicks 6.9
    • Handballs 5.0
    • Disposals 11.9
    • Marks 5.4
    • Hit-Outs 2.2
    • Tackles 1.8
    • Goals 1.7
    • Dream Team 65.7

Career Highlights

Statistics Best Opponent Round
Kicks 16 Hawthorn Rd 2, 2012
Handballs 12 Sydney Swans Rd 18, 2010
Disposals 22 Hawthorn Rd 2, 2012
Marks 12 Hawthorn Rd 2, 2012
Hit-outs 14 Western Bulldogs Rd 20, 2010
Tackles 9 Brisbane Lions Rd 5, 2009
Goals 6 St Kilda Rd 21, 2012
Dream Team 125 Hawthorn Rd 2, 2012

Career Breakdown

Season Club K H D M HO FF FA T G B DT
2013 Geelong Cats 51 32 83 34 3 7 8 6 19 4 447
2012 Geelong Cats 198 80 278 144 27 25 15 25 62 38 1703
2011 Geelong Cats 125 98 223 88 75 15 31 38 27 17 1163
2010 Geelong Cats 95 131 226 102 96 16 15 47 21 13 1247
2009 Geelong Cats 148 130 278 130 30 27 16 56 34 17 1548
2008 Geelong Cats 71 48 119 51 3 8 11 15 13 5 583
2007 Geelong Cats 52 25 77 32 0 5 7 9 12 10 404

Legend

K
Kicks
H
Handballs
D
Disposals
M
Marks
HO
Hit-outs
FF
Frees For
FA
Frees Against
T
Tackles
G
Goals
B
Behinds
DT
Dream Team

Milestones

AFL
Geelong: 101 games, 169 goals
NAB Cup
Geelong: 10 games, 14 goals
VFL
Geelong: 24 games, 54 goals
TAC Cup
Sandringham Dragons: 3 games, 8 goals

Milestone Games

Milestone

versus

round

venue

result

AFL debut

Carlton

rd 2, 2007

Telstra

W 78

Finals debut

Western Bulldogs

QF, 2009

MCG

W 14

50th game

Sydney

rd 7, 2010

Skilled

W 67

100th game

Sydney

rd 23, 2012

Simonds

W 34

 

Draft History

Selected by Geelong with 41st pick in 2006 national draft

VS. Opponents

Tom Hawkins history vs. opponents 2007-11

Opponent

Gms

Kicks

HB

Marks

Poss

Goals

Beh

HO

Tack

FF

FA

Adelaide

5

38

26

29

64

3

8

23

13

3

4

Brisbane

6

53

31

40

84

18

5

13

15

5

6

Carlton

7

37

27

34

64

7

5

21

12

8

5

Collingwood

12

62

62

55

124

14

17

46

31

9

11

Essendon

5

42

19

29

61

8

5

1

7

5

4

Fremantle

8

49

37

38

86

14

7

16

18

6

8

Gold Coast

3

24

14

18

38

7

2

7

5

3

6

Hawthorn

7

52

33

39

85

14

8

27

15

10

6

Melbourne

7

54

46

49

100

21

3

23

16

7

8

Nth Melb

4

19

29

18

48

6

2

3

4

2

3

Port Adel

5

45

29

35

74

6

4

3

7

5

6

Richmond

6

46

37

35

83

12

8

5

12

2

9

St Kilda

6

32

27

24

59

11

3

9

5

6

3

Sydney

8

60

51

53

111

10

9

14

17

11

11

West Coast

5

30

17

24

47

8

4

5

5

4

3

W- Bulldogs

7

46

27

29

73

10

9

15

8

8

2

 

Awards

AFL

All Australian 2012

Geelong

Best & Fairest 2012
Leading Goal Kicker 2012

Premierships

VFL 2007 (Geelong dft Coburg)
NAB Cup 2009 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)
AFL 2009 (Geelong dft. St Kilda)
AFL 2011 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)

Representative Honours

Australia vs. Ireland International Rules U17 Series 2006
All Australian U18 2006
Victoria Metro U18 2006

Under 18 Championship

Larke Medal 2006