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.
Jordan Lewis
People often forget about how good of a footballer Jordan Lewis was during the golden era of 2011-2016 for the Hawks.
Lewis played 162 games for the club from 2010-2016 before joining Melbourne on a three-year deal. Lewis’ accolades include four flags, an All-Australian and a Peter Crimmins medal in the premiership year of 2014.
His hunger for the footy allowed him and Sam Mitchell to dominate games and win a lot of the ball, allowing the likes of Roughead, Rioli, Breust and Gunston to have multiple shots on goal.
Lewis, like many on this list, saved his best performance for the big stages, such as the 2014 Grand Final against the Swans where he had the most disposals (37) on the ground and finished a close second in the Norm Smith voting behind Luke Hodge.
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.