Hawks Insiders

Ash, Danny and Darren review the Saturday twilight loss to the Dees, and with 24 hours in the bank between the game and hitting the record button, it was a calm and mellow trio behind the mics for this pod. As always the crew went through every player that took to the field at the MCG, and discussed the good and bad - those players that earned those stripes and which ones need to hand the stripes...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Huge numbers this week with hundreds tuning in to join us in our Thursday Night Safe Space - and we were able to provide everyone with sweet, sweet relief. Relief from the Clarkson craziness from earlier in the day. Relief from some more head scratchers at the selection table. And relief from s...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. Danny, Darren and Andrew took to the mics to discuss the loss to Fremantle, and rate every player that took the field at Optus Stadium on Saturday night. The highlight of the episode was not the high ratings given to many within our midfield contingent, but rather the low...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Another Thursday night meaning another opportunity for Hawk fans to gather and have a discussion on the state of play in the world of brown and gold this week. And to help us out this week we brought in support from some of our regulars - with Shane (@smorganism), Mick (@cowan179) and Scott (@S...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. It was a two man show this week, and Danny and Darren dove deep into the promising performance of our young Hawks against a seasoned Bulldogs team under the roof at Marvel. The duo discussed the incredible returns of Mitch Lewis and Will Day, the debuts of Josh Weddle and...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Ash was back in the driver’s seat on Thursday night to lead the lines in our regular Safe Space after a couple of weeks in the wilderness. And while the Twitter gremlins did their absolute best to tear our panel apart, we pushed through and had a wonderful time chatting with plenty of fellow Ha...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. Ash was back where we all wanted him - in the driving seat, to discuss a result that none of us wanted: a heartbreaking loss to the Crows in Tasmania. Joined by Danny and Darren, our crew discussed the second consecutive three-point loss, and looked at which players made...

In an exclusive wide-ranging fireside chat, Insiders Ash and Danny caught up with our recently re-signed superstar Will Day. Having put pen to paper on a new four-year contract tying him to the club until the end of 2027, this special pod will give Hawk fans even more to be excited about just hearing his passion for the playing group and club. In the chat Day touches on a wide range of subjects in...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. The end of Thursday night footy (for now) meant the return of our Thursday night Safe Space - and back into a time-slot that just felt right. With our esteemed leader Ash Browne taking a leave pass this week it was on Andrew, Danny, Darren and Brad to lead the HI lines. With another wonderful c...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. Hosts Danny, Darren and Andrew fronted up after a devastating loss in Norwood, where our plucky young Hawks just failed to get the points at the final hurdle against the Giants. It was an encouraging performance and fantastic four-quarter effort which has resulted in plen...

Hosts Ashley, Danny and Andrew sucked in the big ones and got together to give every Hawk player who graced the MCG on Easter Monday a game rating. While almost every player flew through the first half of the game, it was the second half that showed where some individual deficiencies lie. And with those deficiencies well and truly on display, we only managed to dish out a few pass marks from our l...

The 2023 season is upon us, and there has never been a better time to join the HI community. Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for exclusive content, analysis, interviews and podcasts. It was the Easter Sunday that delivered for Hawthorn fans, and following the breaking news of the morning, Ashley Browne, Darren Levin and Danny Prins chatted all things Will Day and his shiny new 4-year deal, discussed t...

Another week and another Safe Space - but this episode had a different flavour to it. With most of our panel subbing out due to Passover, we called in for reinforcements to look at all that has been happening in the world of brown and gold. So thanks Danny Prins hosting (@daniel_prins), Nat Martin (@NatMartin30) and Andrew Johnston (@ARJ7X) it was a wonderful chat with the Hawk community as we dis...

Our first win for season 2023 has arrived, and hosts Ashley, Danny and Brad were more than happy to go through the list and discuss who caught the eye in Tasmania on Saturday. There was a lot of discussion both pre and post match that this was just another game of footy for the players and that they would not be buying into all the outside noise created on the Sammy v Clarko front. But do you beli...

Now that we have settled into Wednesday Safe Spaces for the time being, we were joined by plenty of supporters wanting to have their say. From comments through the Substack, to people joining us that were at the SCG, to random questions and thoughts on individual players on the list, it was a great group therapy session. In this week’s Safe Space we discussed: * The game itself against the Swans -...

In our second player ratings pod of season 2023, hosts Danny, Darren and Andrew had plenty to say in the wake of the massacre that unfolded at the Sydney Cricket Ground. There may have been even fewer pass marks awarded this week than were given that after round one - who did the Insiders let off the hook this week? Who did they refuse to even rate? And which player divided our hosts opinions the...

Friend of the Hawks Insiders and Box Hill Hawks President Ed Sill joins Darren Levin and Danny Prins to discuss all things Box Hill Hawks and Hawthorn Football Clubs’, including previewing the 2023 VFL season and the clubs expectations. Ed spoke in depth about: * Hawthorn’s alignment with Box Hill and how it has become the ‘gold standard’ when it comes to AFL/VFL club relationships; * The ability...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. In our first Hawks Insiders Safe Space of the season proper there was PLENTY to unpack, and we had plenty of contributions from listeners just wanting to have their say. What started off reflecting on the horror of the MCG on Sunday against the Bombers turned into a therapeutic discussion where...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. In our first match recap of season 2023, hosts Ash, Darren and Andrew were in a disheartened but chatty mood as they reflected on the opening round loss to the Bombers at the MCG. How many players were given pass marks? How did our club debutants fare? Which senior player...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Our final pre-season Space was as challenging as last year’s trade period, as we dealt with Elon and the Twitter gremlins that were out in force. But we managed to get through it all and covered a fair bit in the lead-up to our opening game against the Bombers. In this week’s Wednesday Safe Spa...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. It’s getting closer, and you could definitely feel the excitement building inside our Space on Thursday night. We spent a fair bit of time going through the season fixture to see how many wins Brad has us pegged for in 2023. But before that we had a lot to discuss including: * The return to tra...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. It was great to be back ‘home’ in Tasmania and fans were treated to a much better showing than last week, with some exciting glimpses of what the future might have in store for the Hawks. Straight after the match the HI the took to Twitter Spaces to dissect the match and focus on the big news f...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. It was a result we expected, and left us with a lot to ponder. We dissected the performance at Geelong in full, discussing which players shone and which looked like they have a lot of work to do three weeks out from the opening round of the season. There was enough to take away from the game, a...

Hawthorn’s current Head of Football, Rob McCartney believes that our club is on the right track, and that we need to be patient and stay the course. Speaking to Hawks Insiders ahead of our first practice match proper of the 2023 pre-season against Geelong, McCartney opened up to us on the wave of change that he has seen sweep through Bunjil Bagora in the past two years. And while he admitted there...

Things are starting to get a bit more serious and we now have on-field action to dissect and discuss. We had another chat about what there was to like and what was not so good - as we reported back from the intra-club practice match at Latrobe Uni which we attended. We let Brad ponder his starting 22 for round one against the Bombers, while Ash’s question without notice asked which player should n...