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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.

Blake Hardwick
Hardwick playing for Hawthorn in June 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 25)
Original team(s)	Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 44, 2015 national draft
Debut	Round 19, 2016, Hawthorn vs. Carlton, at Aurora Stadium
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	15
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2016–	Hawthorn	124 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
Box Hill leading goalkicker: 2016
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[6]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

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[lower-alpha 1]	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
2022	Hawthorn	15	22	0	0	267	99	366	114	42	0.0	0.0	12.1	4.5	16.6	5.2	1.9	0
Career			124	6	7	1360	688	2048	563	286	0.0	0.1	11.0	5.5	16.5	4.5	2.3	0

Notes

Honours and achievements

Individual

• Box Hill leading goalkicker: 2016
• Hawthorn most courageous player: 2022
• Hawthorn most promising player: 2018
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017

References

External links

• Blake Hardwick's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• Blake Hardwick's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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