The Hawthorn Football Club would like to congratulate life-long Hawks supporter James Tomkins who has been named Australian Olympic flagbearer and will lead the Australian athletes into the Bird’s Nest stadium at Friday night’s opening ceremony in Beijing, China.

Tomkins is a dual gold medallist with the Oarsome Foursome and five time Olympian and will be challenging again to be amongst the medals in China for rowing.

The Hawthorn community wish James well and all those Olympians who will represent our nation over the coming weeks.