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Perth Now
3 days ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
AFL great has big day out in lowly amateur division
The AFL great was in fine form, kicking the first goal of the game and ending the day with five and plenty of assists. As expected, AFL great Tom Hawkins has starred in a division 4 thirds competition on Saturday. The hulking Geelong champion was playing in the lowly VAFA competition at Elsternwick Park, and terrorised defenders with his size and skills. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Tom Hawkins stars in VAFA division 4 thirds. Hawkins booted the first goal of the game, then banged through another four and set up plenty. Hawkins clearly enjoyed himself and started to share it around after his four first-half goals. Tom Hawkins enjoyed himself at Elsternwick Park. Credit: @VAFA Some unsuspecting fans who went out to watch the clash between Old Melburnians and Mazenod, were left a little shocked when they saw the famous full-forward standing in the goalsquare for Old Melburnians. 'Hahaha, I was just down there watching this and was wondering who this enormous lad at full forward was 😂,' one fan said on social media. Others were also shocked by his sheer size (Tomahawk, who retired at the end of last year, was 197cm and 105kg during his playing days for Geelong). 'Haha looks like he's playing against under 9s. 😂,' one fan said 'Like a Great White in a fish pond 😅,' another said. And another: 'I know he's big but Geez he looks huge out there!!' Others wondered why Hawkins was playing in 'such a low quality' competition. But the answer to that question was simple: he just wanted to play with some mates. After one play, when Hawkins took a strong contested mark and then passed it to an Old Melburnians teammate, Cench Footy commented: '296 goal assists in his AFL career 👑 Never change, Tomahawk.' Hawkins is one of the all-time greats of the AFL, playing 359 games and booting 796 goals. He is a three-time premiership player, a Coleman medallist (leading goalkicker in an AFL season), and a five-time All-Australian (and was AA captain in 2022). But the goal-assist number blew people's minds, 'That stat along with almost 800 goals is absolutely wild 👏,' one fan said. Old Melburnians comfortably won the game, 116-34. The addition of Hawkins in the team was arguably an unnecessary coup, given OMs were already on top of the ladder with a massive percentage.
7NEWS
4 days ago
- Sport
- 7NEWS
AFL great Tom Hawkins has big day out for Old Melburnians in lowly VAFA division
As expected, AFL great Tom Hawkins has starred in a division 4 thirds competition on Saturday. The hulking Geelong champion was playing in the lowly VAFA competition at Elsternwick Park, and terrorised defenders with his size and skills. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Tom Hawkins stars in VAFA division 4 thirds. Hawkins booted the first goal of the game, then banged through another four and set up plenty. Hawkins clearly enjoyed himself and started to share it around after his four first-half goals. Some unsuspecting fans who went out to watch the clash between Old Melburnians and Mazenod, were left a little shocked when they saw the famous full-forward standing in the goalsquare for Old Melburnians. 'Hahaha, I was just down there watching this and was wondering who this enormous lad at full forward was 😂,' one fan said on social media. Others were also shocked by his sheer size (Tomahawk, who retired at the end of last year, was 197cm and 105kg during his playing days for Geelong). 'Haha looks like he's playing against under 9s. 😂,' one fan said 'Like a Great White in a fish pond 😅,' another said. And another: 'I know he's big but Geez he looks huge out there!!' Others wondered why Hawkins was playing in 'such a low quality' competition. But the answer to that question was simple: he just wanted to play with some mates. After one play, when Hawkins took a strong contested mark and then passed it to an Old Melburnians teammate, Cench Footy commented: '296 goal assists in his AFL career 👑 Never change, Tomahawk.' Hawkins is one of the all-time greats of the AFL, playing 359 games and booting 796 goals. He is a three-time premiership player, a Coleman medallist (leading goalkicker in an AFL season), and a five-time All-Australian (and was AA captain in 2022). But the goal-assist number blew people's minds, 'That stat along with almost 800 goals is absolutely wild 👏,' one fan said. Old Melburnians comfortably won the game, 116-34. The addition of Hawkins in the team was arguably an unnecessary coup, given OMs were already on top of the ladder with a massive percentage.
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Tom Hawkins' wife Emma reveals the devastating downside of being an AFL WAG: 'Bawled my eyes out'
Emma Hawkins has revealed the heartbreaking downside of being an AFL WAG. The wife of footballer Tom Hawkins says that she is sometimes left sobbing after reading cruel online comments about her appearance. The 36-year-old says a female friend alerted her to the content, and warned her not to take it to heart - but Emma couldn't resist, and went looking for the comments. 'I just bawled my eyes out. Hundreds of people commenting on how you look,' she told Adelaide Now. 'Another time someone commented that it's so nice to see a footballer with a normal-looking girl who's not as skinny as others,' she continued. 'I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to me at times. For sure it did.' Emma says the online trolls affected her mental health, but added the AFL Facebook page, where she found most of the comments, was 'receptive' to taking them down. 'Sometimes you can lose yourself in it because there is an underlying expectation that you can't have an opinion,' Emma said of being a footballer's wife. 'You can kind of lose yourself in your own identity sometimes. Make sure you do follow your passions and they are the priority too.' Emma previously told Stellar magazine that she tries to brush off nasty comments from trolls. Having watched everyone around her with 'tiny baby bumps' snap back, the WAG said she now follows 'like-minded' people on Instagram. 'Everyone I'm around had tiny little baby bumps and seemed to snap back to their weight,' she said. '(So) I would follow women who had pregnancies like mine.' Emma went on to explain that some days she can cope with the negative comments, but on others, it gets to her. 'When I'm being trolled or someone comments on my weight - if they say that on a day I'm feeling good, it's water off a duck's back,' she explained. 'But if they say that on a day when I've had no sleep and I'm feeling crap, then it will hit me where it hurts.' Emma met her sports star husband Tom, 37, in high school and began dating in year twelve. The pair married in 2016 and share daughters Arabella, seven, and Primrose, four, as well as son Henry, two. Tom is a two-time premiership player who recorded 359 games with Geelong. Following a brief stint as an actress, Emma went on to co-found kidswear fashion label Homegrown Kids.
