Blake Hardwick

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Blake Hardwick
Blake Hardwick 2017.2.jpg
Hardwick playing for Hawthorn in June 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 24)
Original team(s) Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 44, 2015 national draft
Debut Round 19, 2016, Hawthorn
vs. Carlton, at Aurora Stadium
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 15
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2016– Hawthorn 102 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2021.
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[]

Statistics are correct to the end of 2021.[6]
Legend
 G  Goals  K  Kicks  D  Disposals  T  Tackles
 B  Behinds  H  Handballs  M  Marks
AFL playing statistics
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
Career 102 6 7 1093 589 1682 449 244 0.1 0.1 10.7 5.8 16.5 4.4 2.4 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.

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