The dust has finally settled on AFL post-season activity and all 18 clubs have completed their lists for 2019.
Who’s come in via trades, free agency and the national and rookie drafts? Who’s gone out the other way?
And, most importantly, how does the list look after all the changes?
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This week, Sporting News is going through each club’s changes to analyse whether steps have been taken forwards, backwards or if they’re just treading water.
Hawthorn Hawks
In
Trade:
Jack Scrimshaw (Gold Coast), Tom Scully (GWS Giants), Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide)
Free agency:
NA
Draft:
Jacob Koschitzke (52 – Murray Bushrangers), Mathew Walker (63 – GWS Academy)
Rookie:
Damon Greaves (East Perth), Will Golds (Oakleigh Chargers), Tim Mohr (GWS Giants), Will Langford (Hawthorn)
Out
Traded:
Ryan Burton (Port Adelaide), Taylor Duryea (Western Bulldogs)
Delisted:
Kurt Heatherley, Kieran Lovell, Jonathan O'Rourke, Brendan Whitecross, Dallas Willsmore
Retired:
Will Langford (redrafted as a rookie), Cyril Rioli, Ty Vickery
Hawthorn’s 2019 list
Just about all of the Hawks’ list moves are a roll of the dice: can Scrimshaw get his attitude in shape for AFL football, can Scully do the same with his body, is the Koschitzke name a genetic plus or just a spell-check nightmare?
Kozzy got cosy at the Ricoh Centre today. 😝
— Hawthorn FC (@HawthornFC) November 27, 2018
We spoke to our first selection Jacob Koschitzke about what it's like to become a Hawk. pic.twitter.com/X0mEboiWcF
Even the guaranteed class and excitement Wingard brings is offset by what Burton does at Port Adelaide, and that could be plenty.
Duryea and Whitecross are also losses that will have an impact, and then there’s Rioli …
Verdict
If Scully can return to his best and Scrimshaw become a contributor then the Hawks have nailed it, but if both fail then this off-season could be the nail in the coffin of Hawthorn’s golden era.