Blake Hardwick

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Blake Hardwick
Hardwick playing for Hawthorn in June 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)
Original team(s) Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 44, 2015 national draft
Debut Round 19, 2016, Hawthorn vs. Carlton, at Aurora Stadium
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 15
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2016– Hawthorn 149 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 2, 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Blake Hardwick (born 5 February 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He grew up in Mitcham attending Nunawading Primary School and Mullauna Secondary College.

Early career

Hardwick was the leading goal kicker in the 2015 TAC Cup season,[1] and kicked twelve, ten and eight goals against the Bendigo Pioneers, Geelong Falcons and Western Jets respectively.[2] He was drafted by the Hawthorn Football Club with their third selection and forty-fourth overall in the 2015 national draft.[3]

AFL career

He made his debut in the nineteen point win against Carlton in round 19, 2016 at Aurora Stadium in Launceston, he recorded eight disposals and kicked a behind.[4]

Hardwick earned a Rising Star nomination in Round 15, 2017 after a string of solid performances. Finishing the game with 19 disposals at 94 percent efficiency, 5 tackles, and 3 marks, in a 24 point win over Collingwood.

On August 14, 2017, Hardwick signed a two-year contract extension keeping him at Hawthorn until the end of 2019.[5]

Entering into his third season, Hardwick's guernsey number was changed from 37 to the 15 previously worn by Luke Hodge following the latter's move to Brisbane at the end of the 2017 season.

He played every game of the 2018 AFL season kicking his first goal at AFL level and finishing second in Hawthorn's best and fairest award, the Peter Crimmins Medal behind 2018 Brownlow medallist, Tom Mitchell.

In 2021 Hardwick played his 100th career game for Hawthorn. He once again finished runner up in the Peter Crimmins medal behind Tom Mitchell.

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 2, 2024.[6]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2016 Hawthorn 37 1 0 1 5 3 8 1 3 0.0 1.0 5.0 3.0 8.0 1.0 3.0 0
2017 Hawthorn 37 19 0 1 160 114 274 89 53 0.0 0.1 8.4 6.0 14.4 4.7 2.8 0
2018 Hawthorn 15 24 3 1 219 175 394 107 57 0.1 0.0 9.1 7.3 16.4 4.5 2.4 0
2019 Hawthorn 15 22 2 2 258 124 382 99 69 0.1 0.1 11.7 5.6 17.4 4.5 3.1 0
2020[a] Hawthorn 15 16 1 0 139 67 206 45 21 0.1 0.0 8.7 4.2 12.9 2.8 1.3 0
2021 Hawthorn 15 20 0 2 312 106 418 108 41 0.0 0.1 15.6 5.3 20.9 5.4 2.1 0
2022 Hawthorn 15 22 0 0 267 99 366 114 42 0.0 0.0 12.1 4.5 16.6 5.2 1.9 0
2023 Hawthorn 15 23 2 1 314 153 467 147 45 0.1 0.0 13.7 6.7 20.3 6.4 2.0 0
2024 Hawthorn 15 2 0 0 22 8 30 10 4 0.0 0.0 11.0 4.0 15.0 5.0 2.0
Career 149 8 8 1696 849 2545 720 335 0.1 0.1 11.4 5.7 17.1 4.8 2.3 0

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Individual

References

  1. ^ Beveridge, Riley (10 November 2015). "AFL draft 2015: 14 smokies that could be steals for clubs late in the draft order". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Player Profile—Blake Hardwick". TacCup.com.au. TAC Cup. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ^ O'Molloy, Eamonn (25 November 2015). "Eastern Ranges boys Sam Weideman, Ryan Clarke and Blake Hardwick secure dream AFL moves". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ^ Warren, Stu (30 July 2016). "Hawks lose Rioli for Blues, Hardwick in for debut". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Hardwick here to stay". Hawthorn Football Club. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Blake Hardwick's player profile at AFL Tables". AFL Tables.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blake Hardwick.
  • Blake Hardwick's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
  • Blake Hardwick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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