It’s been well documented that Hawthorn has long averaged one of the oldest lists in the league.

But that narrative is now beginning to change as the club continues to bring in incredible young talent to its list.

With 42 Hawks currently committed for 2022 - including an arrival of a crop of young draftees - we've crunched the numbers to see where they all sit in age, experience and position.

The demographics of our list heading into season 2022. 

By age

Average age: 23

Age bracket

 

Names

 

30-34 years of age (5)

 

Luke Breust (31)

Jack Gunston (30)

Kyle Hartigan (30)

Ben McEvoy (32)

Liam Shiels (30)

 

 

26-29 years of age (7)

 

Sam Frost (28)

Daniel Howe (26)

Jarman Impey (26)

Tom Mitchell (28)

Jaeger O’Meara (27)

James Sicily (26)

Chad Wingard (28)

 

 

22-25 years of age (12)

 

Blake Hardwick (24)

Changkuoth Jiath (22)

Mitch Lewis (23)

Max Lynch (23)

Tom Phillips (25)

Ned Reeves (23)

Dylan Moore (22)

Harry Morrison (23)

Conor Nash (23)

Jack Scrimshaw (23)

James Worpel (22)

Lachlan Bramble (23)

 

 

18-21 years of age (18)

 

Connor MacDonald (18)

Sam Butler (18)

Ned Long (18)

Tyler Brockman (19)

Will Day (20)

Connor Downie (19)

Denver Grainger-Barras (19)

Emerson Jeka (20)

Finn Maginness (20)

Jacob Koschitzke (21)

Seamus Mitchell (19)

Josh Morris (20)

Jai Serong (18)

Josh Ward (18)

Jackson Callow (19)

Jai Newcombe (20)

Jack Saunders (19)

Fionn O’Hara (19)

 

By experience

Average games: 61

Age bracket

 

Names

 

 

200-249 games

 

 

Ben McEvoy (244)

Liam Shiels (242)

Luke Breust (239)

Jack Gunston (209)

 

 

150-199 games

 

 

Chad Wingard (194)

Tom Mitchell (150)

 

 

 

 

100-149 games

 

 

Jarman Impey (134)

Kyle Hartigan (132)

Sam Frost (129)

Jaeger O’Meara (122)

Tom Phillips (111)

Blake Hardwick (102)

 

 

50-99 games

 

 

James Sicily (93)

Daniel Howe (87)

James Worpel (68)

Harry Morrison (57)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0-49 games

 

 

Jack Scrimshaw (47)

Mitch Lewis (36)

Dylan Moore (30)

Conor Nash (29)

Changkuoth Jiath (23)

Jacob Koschitzke (20)

Will Day (16)

Tyler Brockman (11)

Lachlan Bramble (10)

Josh Morris (9)

Jai Newcombe (7)

Denver Grainger-Barras (5)

Ned Reeves (5)

Emerson Jeka (4)

Max Lynch (3)

Finn Maginness (3)

Connor Downie (2)

 

 

 

 

 

Yet to debut

 

 

Jackson Callow

Ned Long

Jack Saunders

Fionn O’Hara

Josh Ward

Sam Butler

Connor MacDonald

Jai Serong

Seamus Mitchell

 

 

By position

Age bracket

 

Names

 

Midfield (15)

 

 

Josh Ward

James Worpel

Tom Mitchell

Jaeger O’Meara

Liam Shiels

Harry Morrison

Conor Nash

Daniel Howe

Tom Phillips

Jai Newcombe

Connor Downie

Finn Maginness

Sam Butler

Connor MacDonald

Ned Long

 

 

Defence (10)

 

 

Blake Hardwick

Kyle Hartigan

Sam Frost

Denver Grainger-Barras

Jack Scrimshaw

Changkuoth Jiath

James Sicily

Jarman Impey

Will Day

Lachlan Bramble

 

 

Forwards (12)

 

 

 

Luke Breust

Tyler Brockman

Jacob Koschitzke

Mitch Lewis

Jack Gunston

Chad Wingard

Josh Morris

Dylan Moore

Emerson Jeka

Seamus Mitchell

Jack Saunders

Jackson Callow

 

 

Ruckman (3)

 

 

Ned Reeves

Ben McEvoy

Max Lynch

 

Utilities (2)

Jai Serong

Fionn O’Hara