Finn Maginness (born 23 February 2001) is an

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er who plays for the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...

in the

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(AFL). Finn is a 3rd generation Hawk as his

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and

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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 Scotch College is a private, Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys, located in Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The college was established in 1851 as The Melbourne Academy in a house in Spri ...

and was captain of the First XVIII. Prior he played community football fo
East Brighton Vampires
in the South Metro Junior Football League.

AFL career

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

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played 64 games between 1953 and 1958. Maginness currently studies a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws at

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Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team *

McClelland Trophy The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football club championship trophy, awarded each year to the club with the best aggregate performance across the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW) seasons. The trophy was inaugur ...

(): 2024

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maginness, Finn Hawthorn Football Club players 2001 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Box Hill Football Club players Sandringham Dragons players People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne 21st-century Australian sportsmen