Career
Hawkins played loose forward for the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club when first arriving in the United States. In 2007 he was selected to the United States of America Eagles Sevens pool. In 2008 he made his first appearance for the United States of America Eagles at the Wellington and San Diego (now Las Vegas) stops of the Household Bank World Sevens series Tour. Hawkins captained the Sevens Team in 2009/2010 season and 2010/2011 season and was the most capped Sevens Eagle of all time.
Hawkins is a coach at Serevi Rugby.
Hawkins has devoted his time outside of playing rugby to the development of rugby with in the United States. Hawkins has been involved with youth rugby and as a coach of many different levels of rugby for many years. Hawkins is dedicated to developing talent at the youth rugby level and Collegiate level in America.
Serevi Rugby has given Hawkins the opportunity to help rugby flourish. Hawkins has been quoted as saying that his ultimate goal is help the United States of America Men"s and Women"s Sevens Team reach gold at the Olympic Games.
Hawkins started coaching the Belmont Sevens team with James Walker in 2009 after sustaining a major injury that put him out of playing for many months.
That year he coached Belmont to claim their first National Sevens Title. In 2010 Hawkins again stepped in to coach the Belmont Sevens team and he played. That year Belmont qualifyied both their A and B side to the National Sevens Championships.
That year Belmont fell at the last hurdle, finishing second.
Hawkins has been involved with youth rugby in the States and his father and a few other dedicated rugby fans join together to form the Coastal Dragons Youth Rugby Team which calls Encinitas its home base. The Coastal Dragons are a youth rugby program that has 150 registered members and is constantly growing and are spreading the game of Rugby.
Hawkins had the desire to create some form of summer program for youth kids to get kids involved in rugby for a longer period of time than what is usually allocated to them during the year, but also create an environment for athletes young and old to interact with some of the United States of America players who are now considered future Olympians. On August 1st, 2013 United States of America Rugby announced that Hawkins would take over as head coach of the Men"s Sevens National Team, after Alexander Magleby"s decision to step down.