Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Connor MacDonald! Extended to 2026!

[moginie]

Kid is just all class. Have really enjoyed watching him this season.

 

[MrPremiership]

Have been happy to see him get more midfield minutes. He's class with ball in hands and we need to get him using it to deliver inside 50 more.

 

[Mississippi]

Huge fan of this bloke.
just getting better and classier each game.

Taken at 26, he could be the steal of the 2021 draft.
When they revisit the 2021 draft in a few years’ time, he could be rated around 4 or 5.

 

[Mississippi]

Anyone still wishing we’d taken Sonsie before MacDonald?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[WWSD]

I like how he was able to make a amends minutes later after that errant kick inside 50.

 

[The Chad and I]

He's an arrogant little fart and I love it.

 

[Mississippi]

He's an arrogant little fart and I love it.

Depends how you define little, I guess.
He’s taller than JOM, and Mitch and Bruest but next to Nashy, he’s a squirt.

And as for farting, Uncle Henry, especially after a large lunch, would put him to shame.

 

[CHUBBSS]

His a jet, just keep him in the team

 

[Symons]

He's so impressive. Love the way he goes about it.

 

[Dewnior]

Outside of Lewis, he's the most exciting thing to have happened this season.

 

[PenAndPaper]

Will be an absolute jet. Can't wait to get a couple preseasons into him, Butler and Ward...exciting!

 

[Brant]

Was a goal so it doesn't matter, but reckon Lewis was a due a handball on this one

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Was a goal so it doesn't matter, but reckon Lewis was a due a handball on this one

Think it was Jars telling him to head for home.

 

[MrPremiership]

Has a bit of flair, a bit of figjam, a bit of mongrel.....and a lot of talent.

Glad we've pumped 15 games into him this year.

 

[toomanysquibs]

That goal running back with the flight was way higher level than he made it look. Super brave, but then super skillful to avoid a collision and take the mark, and keep moving into the goal mouth.

So many players would have marked and taken the collision.

He's just a level above most AFL players in the skill and class stakes, and plenty tough to boot. Best thing about it is, he and Butler are almost clones of each other. Going to be a lot of fun watching them do this kind of thing for the next decade or more.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Seeing him in the flesh made the Robbie Gray

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Robbie Gray

Age

36

Ht

183cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.9

5star

K

9.8

4star

HB

10.1

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.4

5star

D

13.3

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

4star

D

10.4

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

comparison standout a lot more IMO.

I thought we had drafted a solid, ball winning midfielder but CMac has plenty of other weapons.

 

[cryptor]

Was surprised to see after the game that he only registered 13 disposals. Felt like he was far more prolific than that. I've had that same feeling in multiple games this year with him where I'm shocked he's had less than 15 disposals.

Can't quite put my finger on why either. Might be the team-high 7 tackles? Might just be bobbing up and doing a lot of noticeable things? Or he might just be around the action a lot without actually ending up with the ball? Maybe a combination of all of the above. Either way once he starts getting more of it he'll be an absolute force.

Type of player I could see having a 20 & 3 season one day.

 

[PenAndPaper]

Was surprised to see after the game that he only registered 13 disposals. Felt like he was far more prolific than that. I've had that same feeling in multiple games this year with him where I'm shocked he's had less than 15 disposals.

Can't quite put my finger on why either. Might be the team-high 7 tackles? Might just be bobbing up and doing a lot of noticeable things? Or he might just be around the action a lot without actually ending up with the ball? Maybe a combination of all of the above. Either way once he starts getting more of it he'll be an absolute force.

Type of player I could see having a 20 & 3 season one day.

Its the bright boots

Nah, I've had the same thoughts too. I think its just that he consistently does something good and we just keep going back to those good things.

 

[theiaofseed]

Its the bright boots

Nah, I've had the same thoughts too. I think its just that he consistently does something good and we just keep going back to those good things.

Must be I thought he would've racked up 20.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Going to be very interesting when he fills out, builds more of an engine and has 50 games under his belt.

 

[Billyc]

Was surprised to see after the game that he only registered 13 disposals. Felt like he was far more prolific than that. I've had that same feeling in multiple games this year with him where I'm shocked he's had less than 15 disposals.

Can't quite put my finger on why either. Might be the team-high 7 tackles? Might just be bobbing up and doing a lot of noticeable things? Or he might just be around the action a lot without actually ending up with the ball? Maybe a combination of all of the above. Either way once he starts getting more of it he'll be an absolute force.

Type of player I could see having a 20 & 3 season one day.

It’s because his touches are damaging, something very rare in our midfield over the last 5 years

 

[Jazzfan]

Was surprised to see after the game that he only registered 13 disposals. Felt like he was far more prolific than that. I've had that same feeling in multiple games this year with him where I'm shocked he's had less than 15 disposals.

Can't quite put my finger on why either. Might be the team-high 7 tackles? Might just be bobbing up and doing a lot of noticeable things? Or he might just be around the action a lot without actually ending up with the ball? Maybe a combination of all of the above. Either way once he starts getting more of it he'll be an absolute force.

Type of player I could see having a 20 & 3 season one day.

For me it's that he's always finding space between the arks when no-one else has... just feels like he sees the game so well.

Just class with and without the footy. Serious talent.

 

[rei154]

Going to be very interesting when he fills out, builds more of an engine and has 50 games under his belt.

Season 2024 is going to be a big one for us I reckon.