I’ve watched this 20 times and still the best

there will be no more docos like this one. for those wondering, the director, Rob Dickson, and his son died in a car accident in April 2009. this is something special to have in your DVD collection if you are a Hawks supporter.

This was probably the sweetest grand final win of them all personally for me as a Hawk supporter...! I also got married the very next day !

It’s one of those grand finals that can be watched over and over my all time favourite. Thanks Rob Dixon for this wonderful documentary RIP

When you have been a supporter since 1971 like myself ? You relish all the Premierships The Mighty Hawks have won .

Just magic.."Hawks Always"..bring on 2019..were coming back baby...

I was there on the day, still on the edge of my seat 30mins into last quarter. What a great team! What a Coach! What a great day!

Amazingly I have never seen that till now. Being a hawker all my 55 years and to not have seen this beautiful doco is a travesty. Nice on rob. Rip.

What a well-made documentary. If only every premiership got one

On the precipice of Greatness. Stuart Dew sneer at 4:16 says it all.

Always felt we were a chance leading up to the game. this team will be and is my favourite to date. even the 89 team, not saying they were better then the 89 team, certainly not but they were genuine underdogs, true hawthorn spirit right there.

Best day of my life

Now i'm crying in public. Patiently awaiting the 2013 version of this. Go Hawks!

Remember watching Offsiders on ABC the weekend before the grand final & Caroline Wilson stated she thought the Hawks were "cherry ripe" to win the 2008 grand final when most experts thought it would be beyond Hawthorn. It was a big call cause Geelong has been all conquering that year in the home & away games. I've been a hawk supporter since 1961 & I must admit I thought it was going to be a very big ask to beat Geelong that day but the mighty hawks did us proud. The victory is even sweeter when you beat the raging favorite.

Im a swans supporter, and yet i even like this video, the camera angles are amazing, and so is the use of footage, someone needs to do something like this but for AFL.

2008 I knew we were going to take the flag - 2012 the disappointment - 2013 Didn't think we were going to win - 2014 I thought Sydney had our measure - 2015 Eagles by a landslide - today those great memories has me still thinking - WHAT A CLUB.

I love this and I'm a collingwood supporter

That's what we're talking about, Crawf! Go you good thing!

I was there and one of the most inspirational games of football I've ever had the pleasure to watch. And another one coming up !

Great Video!! bring back great memories of the great game, lets hope the hawks can do it again on saturday!!!! Go the mighty Hawkers!!!!

This is from the 'Essence of the Game' DVD. Absolutely brilliant. GO HAWKS!

Anyone always notice how red the sherrin was for that game. I know that sounds weird but it’s like a really strong red colour. Stronger than usual. And I like it.

I love Cyril

The 2008 and 2012 grand finals have a lot of similarities in my opinion. In both, the favoured team (Geelong in '08, Hawthorn in '12) won a lot of key statistical indicators including inside 50s by a big margin but lost two crucial ones: tackles and disposal efficiency. Hawthorn's tackling pressure and efficiency got to Geelong just like the Sydney pressure and efficiency got to us last year. Both Hawthorn and Sydney were the better team on the right day and deserved the premierships they got.

i also want to reiterate the fact that Clarkson has grown with a side over 9 years. His inspiration is prominent throughout the club, but also through the supporters. I find that lacking throughout Geelong FC in general.

love the shark analogy

Awesome video... brings back memories of the day.

Good job, Phil. Engcourge you to make more.

Thanks hawks for giving the cats another gf loss. Love from a Richmond fan

Great video, thanks heaps.

That is a quality doco ! carn the hawks saturdays ours !!!!!

The beginning of the Dynasty that became the best team of the modern era . Hawthorn .

Still my favourite footballing moment to see Crawf get the flag in his last game against Hawthorn's greatest rival. Hawthorn cruised into the GF with demolition jobs on the WB and Saints. When Cyril won that contest when he was against three on the wing, I knew we had it in the bag.

Lewis loved that little Crawford cry at the end

Im having a bad season this year and I just sometimes feel like giving up and taking that easy option of quiting. But this made me want to push harder so hopfully one day soon I can be with of a group of my mates celebrating like this!

Got to admit, that was pretty sick! Though you forgot to include the 11 rush behinds from the Hawks xD

can you make one for 2014

Man I’m going to miss hearing clarkos pep talks:(

Yes I can. Hawthorn were better on the day. Geelong have been better since, but in the 2008 GF Hawthorn were better. Geelong played well that day, could have kicked straighter at goal, but they were still a great side. The pressure they applied to Hawthorn in the last quarter was massive, but Hawthorn were good enough to withstand it. It was a great GF between 2 great sides. I hope this year's GF is Hawthorn vs Geelong, as it'll be a ripper

GO THE HAWKS!!!PREMIERS 08,13,14

well done hawks

Super cool. 👌

One for the ages , DELICIOUS

I always liked the way they wore the suits with the Jumper and that showed class and I thought Buddy was team player ? well I was wrong.

Still my favourite flag ...up the mighty hawkers!

look, i understand that you support Geelong. Don't get me wrong, Geelong are a fantastic side and have proved that over the last decade in particular. Albeit the fact that a few comments may have been incorrect; i feel as if that your comment that 'Geelong have won more flags than Hawthorn' was severely wrong. Before you make vicious comments like that, get your facts right. I admire Geelong FC as a team - as for their supporters..

Rioli 😃

the song in the end made me upset because geelong lost and i feel upset. But hawthorn played well. go cats.

Imagine Stewie Dew doing the Kokoda Trail omfg

I was there!!

wow

Hoping for something similar this year someone has to beat geelong

Mr Reality Check, I'm getting back to you about flags, AFL flags now equal, VFL and AFL flags Hawthorn 2 ahead...despite Geelong being in the comp 28 years longer. Bow down before your overlords! WHEN IT MATTERS!!!

doesn't change the end result

I reckon you're still hurting after 2008

Wasn't that Geelong played "shit" at all, some of them played selfish (not including Ablett) which took them out of the game in the end.

now for 2013?

Remember also it wasn't that long ago those 'inspirational' supporters were calling for Clarkson's head, not to mention your ex president. In 9 years with the team Hawthorn has/had they should have won 2-3 flags.

haha thanks for the laugh, but it's only an opinion

Rush behind. Rush behind. Walk behind. Kick behind. Rushed behind

In my top GF's since the turn of the century

7:32 ... well its not exactly john kennedy

*WHO* *IS* *AUSTRALIA*

***** What have we done since then? Finished top 4 for 4 straight seasons won back 2 back flags for the second time in our History did geelong go back to back in there dominant era? Oh don't worry i already know the answer and its a no because the Hawks out played them haha

1:28 practising diving lol

The mutha fuckas made me cry that day...up the hawks💪

mate don't act like you Geelong supporters are goodies mate there is good and bad in all supporters but us hawkers just don't give a fuck. we're loyal and we'll stay by the hawks no matter what.

Mates for life ? Is Buddy a mate of any of these guys today ?

You probably couldn't see it but the abuse we coped from Hawthorn supporters was ridiculous, they were not good sports after the 2008 GF. Most of us would have moved on and congratulated you guys if your supporters weren't such pricks. The rivalry between our two teams was created by Hawthorn supporters after the GF (which I never understood as you guys won). Imagine how the Hawthorn supporters would have behaved if they lost?

No I said AFL flags not AFL/VFL flags, it's tongue in cheek to Hawks supporters who keep claiming they are a better side because they have more total flags. I can see you admire this man (Clarkson) but from this video and hearing him make 'speeches' I didn't feel he came across very strongly, passionately or much of an inspiration (that's just my opinion). Nothing in my comments that I said makes me a 'fuckwit' as you put it. Hawks supporters aren't exactly the greatest supporters either.....

OMG! @MrRealityCheck88 you are prophetic. Everything you have said in the comments has come true, except all of it. Geelong - the club with the worst supporters in the entire country.

Worst grand final i ever watched. Cats were awesome in the centre. Hawks couldnt control geelongs momentum in the first half. Would of slaughted hawks if it wernt for their horrible accuracy towards goals. 23 points... it was painful. Hawks however had spot on accuracy, 18 goals it was pretty good.

Sorry but Clarkson isn't inspirational at all