The Hawks are a fair way away from another flag, and the reality is that Alastair Clarkson's side are in the midst of a rebuild.

Whilst they have some youngsters coming through, they still sit almost smack bang in the middle of the pack for average squad age, meaning they could use some younger, established talent to reinforce their team.

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We continue our โ€˜Five trade targets for every clubโ€™ series withย Hawthorn.ย 

The idea of these stories is to identify potentially gettable targets who could fill roles, not just link every club to superstars, the likes of Marcus Bontempelliย orย Patrick Cripps.

In no particular order, here are five players which the Hawks recruitment team would do well to target and potentially poach.

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5. Callum Coleman-Jones

It seems every time one of these 'Five targets...' is written, CCJ steps up his game even more. In the week just gone, he was one of the Tigers' best players in their loss to the Eagles with his movement around the ground pertinent to their game-plan.

His ruck-forward style of play could be the ticket for the Hawks with Ben McEvoy not getting any younger and the need for talented youth increasing by year.

In just his three games for the Tigers, Coleman-Jones has booted eight goals boasting a rate of 80% goal accuracy. His work around the contest is also sublime, averaging 2.7 contested marks and 8.3 contested possessions per game, all elite level numbers for a man of his position.

The fact of the matter is that the Tigers aren't going to be able to keep all of their out-of-contract stars. It'll have to be one of CCJ or Mabior Chol who will be offered a contract, and Hawthorn should be in the young South Australian's ear about making the switch should his deal with Richmond not transpire.

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