Finn Maginness

Finn Maginness
Maginness playing for Box Hill in 2024
Personal information
Full name Finn Maginness
Date of birth (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 (age 23)
Original team(s) Sandringham Dragons(NAB League)
Draft No. 29 (F/S), 2019 national draft
Debut Round 17, 2020, Hawthorn vs. Western Bulldogs, at Adelaide Oval
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 20
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2020– Hawthorn 45 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Finn Maginness (born 23 February 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Finn is a 3rd generation Hawk as his father and grandfather played football with the club.

Early career

Maginness played for the Sandringham Dragons in 2019 and also represented Vic Metro in four games across that year's national carnival. He also played for his school Scotch College, Melbourne and was captain of the First XVIII.[1] Prior he played community football for East Brighton Vampires in the South Metro Junior Football League.

AFL career

Hawthorn secured Maginness under the father–son rule, after matching North Melbourne's bid with Pick 29 in the 2019 AFL Draft. [2]

Maginness had to negotiate a difficult COVID-19 affected season. He showed promise during the pre-season games and with scratch matches against other AFL clubs. His patience was rewarded with a round 17 debut against Western Bulldogs.[3]

Throughout 2022 and 2023, Maginness evolved into a tagging role, and quickly became one of the best taggers in the league, shutting down players such as Josh Kelly (Australian footballer), Touk Miller, and Clayton Oliver. He gained widespread praise for his tagging effort on Nick Daicos in Round 21, 2023, restricting Daicos to a career-low 5 disposals before Daicos left the field in the third quarter injured.

Following the 2024 Season, Maginness changed his guernsey number to the number 20 that his father wore before him.

Personal life

Finn's father Scott played 131 games for Hawthorn between 1988–1996. His grandfather Norm played 64 games between 1953 and 1958.

Maginness currently studies a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws at Deakin University.[4]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2024.[5]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020[a] Hawthorn 32 1 0 0 2 8 10 0 5 0.0 0.0 2.0 8.0 10.0 0.0 5.0
2021 Hawthorn 32 2 0 0 5 10 15 1 5 0.0 0.0 2.5 5.0 7.5 0.5 2.5
2022 Hawthorn 32 16 3 7 108 93 201 41 57 0.2 0.4 6.8 5.8 12.6 2.6 3.6
2023 Hawthorn 32 13 1 2 65 69 134 41 26 0.1 0.2 5.0 5.3 10.3 3.2 2.0
2024 Hawthorn 32 13 6 6 94 88 182 37 23 0.5 0.5 7.2 6.8 14.0 2.9 1.8
Career 45 10 15 274 268 542 120 116 0.2 0.3 6.1 6.0 12.0 2.7 2.6

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Hawthorn

References

  1. ^ "How potential Hawks father–son's greatest day turned to devastation".
  2. ^ "The Maginness name returns to Hawthorn".
  3. ^ "Debutant alert: Finn's in!".
  4. ^ "Elite Athlete Program Profiles". Deakin University. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Finn Maginness Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 September 2020.