Michael Gleeson
Michael Gleeson is a sports writer with The Age, focusing primarily on AFL football, athletics, cricket and tennis. He has been awarded the Grant Hattam Trophy for outstanding journalism in football, while his cricket writing has been recognised in twice winning the Cricket Victoria cricket writer of the year award.
AFL
Hawks deserve three picks for Buddy: Dunstall
Jon Pierik and Michael Gleeson Hawthorn football director says no Melbourne-based club can match GWS' offer for Lance Franklin.
AFL
Coach relieved as Hawks finally shade dogged Suns
Michael Gleeson Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson disappointed that burst in third quarter needed at all.
AFL
Hawks count the cost
Michael Gleeson Sydney and Hawthorn square up on Saturday night, but will the stats add up to a win this time?
AFL
Fantasia exits Dogs for Hawks
Michael Gleeson Having lost its own football manager to the AFL on the eve of the season, Hawthorn has responded by poaching the Western Bulldogs' football boss two rounds into the new year.
AFL
Hawks likely to play Hodge in VFL in round one
Michael Gleeson Hawthorn captain still building his training after rehabilitation from injury.
AFL
Hawks turn their sights to NZ as a happy hunting ground
Michael Gleeson The AFL will play the first game in New Zealand for premiership points this year, but for four years Hawthorn has been steadily mining Kiwi talent.
Football
Buddy puts Hawks in 'dangerous territory'
Michael Gleeson Hawthorn chief executive Stuart Fox worried about an unsigned Lance Franklin in 2013.
AFL
Hawks star joins Magpies
Michael Gleeson Clinton Young has quit the Hawks and will play for Collingwood next year.
AFL
Lake to help Hawks shore up defence
Michael Gleeson Western Bulldogs fullback will be traded to Hawthorn for a first round draft pick.
Life goes on for shattered Hawks
Michael Gleeson In defeat, Hawthorn took solace in its ability to recover and put a game of football in perspective.
Hawks praise 'better team' but vow to bounce back
Matt Murnane and Michael Gleeson Hawthorn says that while it wasted an opportunity it did not fumble a premiership.
Hawks fine with switch
Michael Gleeson Hawthorn president Andrew Newbold says club more focused on being in preliminary final.
AFL
Ruthless Hawks play the numbers game
Michael Gleeson Hawks piled on goals against hapless GWS, knowing that the chance for a percentage spike could be season-defining with a logjam of sides trying to squeeze into the top four.
Tigers lift intensity against Hawks
Michael Gleeson The Tigers were the equal of the Hawks for pressure at the ball and the man.
Hawks get the game they wanted
Michael Gleeson The fact that this was the sort of game Hawthorn wanted was measured by the game not played at the MCG but by the one at Docklands yesterday.
AFL
Murphy's jaw for Blues as skipper felled
Michael Gleeson Carlton captain Marc Murphy was taken to hospital with a suspected broken jaw that could sideline him for more than a month.
Furious Malthouse blasts umpiring anomalies
Michael Gleeson Carlton coach Michael Malthouse has bitterly condemned umpiring, in the wake of Carlton's narrow loss to Hawthorn, claiming there had been an apparent abandonment or reinterpretation of the...
AFL
Bulldogs drop Cross after loss to Suns
Michael Gleeson Western Bulldogs veteran Daniel Cross dropped as club responds to sobering loss to Gold Coast.
AFL
Franklin puts hand up
Michael Gleeson Twenty minutes into the second quarter and Hawthorn flooded. Not its forward line, mind you, its back line.
High hopes but free agents failing to make their mark
Michael Gleeson Free agency was the tool introduced for clubs to ratchet themselves up the ladder.
