Little and Thurgood join retirees Ben Dixon, Joel Smith and retiring captain Richie Vandenberg on exiting the Club.
Matt Little played in one senior game for the Hawks in round 16 of the 2007 season and despite performing well at VFL level for the Box Hill Hawks was unable to maintain a spot in Alastair Clarkson’s senior Hawthorn side. Little was leading goal kicker for the Hawks’ VFL affiliate club, kicking 35 goals in 17 games.
Josh Thurgood also performed admirably for the Box Hill Hawks and was amongst their better players in 2007, coming third in their Club Champion award. Thurgood had been given a second chance by the Hawthorn coaching staff in 2007, having been delisted the previous session, but picked up again in the AFL pre-season draft.
The Club has not yet made a decision regarding its Rookie listed players and is likely to finalise their position before the end of the month.