Round 9, 1969 has a special place in Hawthorn history – to find out why it does read Footy Flashbacks next week. In 83 Round 8 matches, Hawthorn has won 40 and lost 43 (having had a bye 1992). It has ...

In the last 45 years, Hawthorn has won 25 and lost just 6. It is now almost a decade since the Hawks last lost by more than 100 points (versus Port Adelaide in Round 13 2005), with 8 victories by 100 ...