Probably the hardest job in footy is picking the best 10 Hawthorn players from the past decade. Well, I gave it a crack!
Hawthorn played in four grand finals from 2012-2015, winning three of them, and made finals in every year apart from 2017 and 2019.
The Hawks have had many ups over the past 10 years and these 10 men have stood out from the rest.
Brian Lake
This one might cause some controversy, though for the three years Lake was at the Hawks he was one of the best defenders in the game. Oh, and he won three flags in his three years at the club.
Lake played 54 games for the Hawks during his time there and was immense down back as he always got the opposition's best tall forward, e.g. Franklin, Josh Kennedy, Drew Petrie, Matthew Pavlich. His performance in the 2013 Grand Final against Fremantle was one of the best games a defender has played in recent times.
Lake deservedly won the Norm Smith Medal that day as the best player on the ground as he time after time took contested marks and dominated the Fremantle forwards. He retired after the 2015 season along with ruckman David Hale.
Franklin was there from 2004, debut in 2005, your article is wrong.
He’s referring to the years he played in this decade.
Title of the article is Top 10 of players of last decade, not from when they started. Maybe read before commenting.