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Ginnivan returns to Adelaide this week, the site of his infamous run-in with then-Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley after last year\u2019s semi-final – when the coach pretended to be an aeroplane.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also where he was involved in a bizarre airport doorstop interview earlier this season after giving the middle finger to Crows fans.<\/p>\n
Asked if he was a bad sport by a Seven reporter, Ginnivan said she was \u201cembarrassing\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you think I am going to speak to you,\u201d he said, which prompted her reply, \u201chaven\u2019t you just?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack Ginnivan of the Hawks celebrates kicking a goal during the AFL Elimination Final match between Greater Western Sydney Giants and Hawthorn Hawks at ENGIE Stadium on September 06, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Now the Hawks have warned Ginnivan to expect questioning from reporters when he arrives in Adelaide on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cPort Adelaide fans went after him in Gather Round, and then the Adelaide game is when he gave them a little middle finger salute, got a fine for that, stoked the fire again the next day and was doorstopped on he way out,\u201d the Herald Sun\u2019s Josh Barnes explained on Fox Footy\u2019s Midweek Tackle.<\/p>\n
\u201cHawthorn is preparing for a doorstop on the way in on Thursday when he arrives … they\u2019re briefing Jack Ginnivan bout how to handle that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have no issues with his behaviour at all, they love Jack Ginnivan inside and outside of the club, his work internally is marvelled at – he\u2019s the first person to speak up in team meetings, they say, and his performance on the field over the past 10 weeks has been outstanding. He\u2019s an All-Australian calibre player right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Barnes said the Crows would not tell their fans not to boo because they feared the fans would then \u201cdo the opposite\u201d.<\/p>\n
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On Wednesday Hawks coach Sam Mitchell praised Ginnivan\u2019s recent form but said he expects a hostile reception.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t imagine he\u2019s gonna be welcomed with open arms, is he?\u201d Mitchell said in his press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not concerned about the off-field thing. What\u2019s great about Jack at the moment is everyone\u2019s talking about what he\u2019s doing on the field, he\u2019s been in great form for us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll try and protect him as best we can at the airport after what I\u2019m sure is gonna be a challenging (environment).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re gonna land and there\u2019s gonna be people there and there\u2019s gonna be people wanting to discuss but we\u2019ve got a game to prepare for and that\u2019ll be our clear focus, and I hope everyone respects that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack Ginnivan of the Hawks celebrates with team mates after kicking a goal during the AFL Elimination Final match between Greater Western Sydney Giants and Hawthorn Hawks at ENGIE Stadium on September 06, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King\/AFL Photos\/via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Asked about the crowd reaction, Mitchell said: \u201cI don\u2019t worry too much about that … I don\u2019t think any of our players are the types that are gonna be effected by it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if they are, then that\u2019s resilience training that we need.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hawthorn has warned in-form forward Jack Ginnivan to prepare for a hostile reception both when he lands in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-132024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}