Hawks Insiders

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. It was cold, it was wet, it was grey and it was lacklustre. But poking out through the dark clouds were periodic rays of sunshine. Moments of light and warmth that even the hardest of supporter could reflect on and use as encouraging stepping stones in the pathway forward...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. It started out like any other pod - promising that no-one would be spared as the ratings gavel got set to come down with full force. It ended with virtual hugs and a few laughs after an hour and 19 minutes of enjoyable brown and gold chatter. Join HI’s Ashley Browne, Andr...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. It was a huge welcome back to our Wednesday night Space this week as we looked back pre-bye at the Freo performance and glanced ahead at the Dogs game coming up on Friday night. But sandwiched between our Round 13 and 15 match discussions, we finally got some answers to one of the most pressing...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. Another solid, honourable loss as we took it right up to Fremantle in Perth in one of the toughest road-trips on the AFL fixture. Plenty of standouts, a couple of lowlights and so much to discuss as we talk through every player that made it onto the Optus Stadium and how...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. We shifted our Space to Wednesday night this week to accomodate the fact that there was actually real footy to watch on TV on Thursday. And wasn’t it a ripper - thanks mainly to the wonderful chat we had with the absolute star that is Akec Makur Chuot. In the episode we spoke to Akec about: *...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. What a contrast from the Darwin Debacle! And despite the final scoreboard, it’s an incredibly positive player review pod from your Insiders this week, following the narrow Pies loss at the MCG.So much to like, so much to discuss, and confirmation that we are without a dou...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Our Hawthorn Safe Space via Twitter Spaces on Thursday night featured the best of both worlds - the horrific showing that was our game against the Suns, and the exciting future ahead for our two latest draftees. In another cracking episode we covered plenty including: * The good, the bad, and t...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. Who in their right mind wants to do player ratings after a forgettable 67-point loss against the Suns in Darwin? Who in their right mind would even want to listen to it? But at Hawks Insiders we’re committed to the process  - even though it’s hard to think of too many pla...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Our Hawthorn Safe Space via Twitter Spaces on Thursday night was an absolute ripper this week, full of positivity and warm and fuzzy feels. We covered so much in our slightly longer episode (despite being a few soldiers down), including the following feel good topics of conversation: * The outs...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. The Hawks Insiders team were certainly up and about following an unexpected win against a Premiership-contending side. Despite a nervy final minutes, the Hawks ran out five point winners against the second placed Lions at our ‘other’ spiritual home: UTAS in Launceston. Th...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Our Hawthorn Safe Space was back via Twitter Spaces on Thursday night, and it was an episode you do not want to miss as we got a comprehensive HFC AFLW update. A full range of topics were discussed on the episode including: * The ‘honourable loss’ against the Tigers; * The Sicily re-signing; *...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. A week is a long time in football and despite the final result, Ashley Browne, Andrew Weiss and Darren Levin had a lot of fun rating every player that took to the field against the Tigers on Saturday. A lot more optimism, a much higher pass rate, and a few surprises scori...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Our Hawthorn Safe Space was back via Twitter Spaces on Thursday night, and it prompted some great debate and discussion around a host of topics. Listen as the full Hawks Insiders line-up were on hand to discuss: * The final dissection of the Essendon capitulation; * The lack of leadership on th...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. We let the dust settle for an extra 24 hours after our disappointing loss to the Bombers before Ashley Browne, Andrew Weiss and Darren Levin rated every player on the ground. It was definitely slim pickings in terms of giving players a rating of 6/10 or above, and this po...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. In the hours following our “honourable loss” to the Dees on Saturday, Ashley Browne, Daniel Prins and Darren Levin rated every player on the ground - from an elite forward who keeps adding more strings to his bow to a much maligned player who has gone from zero to hero in...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Our Hawthorn Safe Space return to Twitter Spaces at the traditional time of Thursday night, 8.25pm - and for the first time in the history of HI, was breached by an intruder! Listen as the Hawks Insiders team of Ashley Browne, Darren Levin, Daniel Prins and Brad Klibansky: * Fend off an unwante...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. Not quite the same result or feeling after this public holiday special as the ones we had last week, but it was pretty special to play for the second year in a row on Anzac Day at our home away from home in Tasmania. The result was not ideal. Some players put in, some can...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Enjoy the full podcast episode from last night’s HI Safe Space, and continue to enjoy and bask in the full analysis of our brilliant win against the Cats. We continued our weekly review of all things brown and gold in our Tuesday night Safe Space on Twitter, where we were joined by Hawks fans w...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. What a special Easter win against the Cats on Monday, for what is fast becoming a special group of footballers representing our proud club. The kids can play, the experienced soldiers have a new outlook on life, and our coaching panel seems to be settled and working well...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Enjoy the full podcast episode from last night’s HI Safe Space, where our group therapy session helped so many fans to move on from the St Kilda car crash that took place at the MCG on Sunday. Our Tuesday night slot for our Space in no longer as we revert back to Thursday night next week, and i...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. Back to back losses in 2022 which means the player ratings pod for round four is generally slightly more melancholy than usual. Despite looking promising early, it was a good old-fashioned thrashing delivered to us by the rampaging Saints, and there were not too many play...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Enjoy the full podcast episode form last night’s HI Safe Space where we unpacked and talked at length about our narrow one point loss to the Blues - from how it looked at the ground to the good, bad and votes from the game. One more round of a Tuesday night slot for our Space as Thursday night...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. In a first for 2022 we’ve had to record our snap player ratings after a loss, but we certainly didn’t go down without a fight. After a first quarter in which Carlton looked like winning by eight goals, this young Hawthorn side fought back admirably going down by just a po...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for match recaps, exclusive pods, player ratings, and all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses. Sometimes you just have to ask and the internet delivers. When Buddy lined up for his 1000th goal, an enthusiastic Hawks fan (to say the least) was standing right behind him on the boundary line. Seeing the famous brown and gold in prime position as Buddy was about to mak...

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for all the news through Hawthorn-tinted glasses and more exclusive content. Enjoy the full podcast episode form last night’s HI Safe Space where we unpacked and talked at length about our Port Adelaide win - from how it looked at the ground to the good, bad and votes from the game. Our Twitter Space remains on a Tuesday night for the next few weeks as Thursday night fo...