2025 AFL Round 24: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2025 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round 24 of the 2025 AFL season. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at MCG. James Sicily captained the hosts with Dylan Moore as vice-captain. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Troy Chaplin.

Hawthorn
Back: J. Battle, T. Barrass, B. Hardwick
Half-back: J. Impey, J. Sicily (capt.), C. Jiath
Centre: K. Amon, C. Nash, D. Moore (vice-capt.)
Half-forward: M. D'Ambrosio, M. Chol, N. Watson
Forward: J. Gunston, M. Lewis, J. Ginnivan
Follower: L. Meek, J. Newcombe, J. Ward
Int.: C. Dear, C. MacDonald, J. Scrimshaw, J. Worpel
Sub.: L. Breust

Melbourne
Back: T. McDonald, S. May, B. Howes
Half-back: J. McVee, D. Turner, J. Bowey
Centre: J. Culley, C. Petracca, H. Langford
Half-forward: K. Pickett, B. Fritsch, T. Rivers
Forward: E. Langdon, J. van Rooyen, T. Sparrow
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Viney (vice-capt.)
Int.: K. Chandler, H. Petty, C. Salem, H. Sharp
Sub.: J. Melksham

Hawthorn (13.14.92) defeated Melbourne (8.8.56).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Gunston (7), D. Moore (2), L. Breust, C. Dear, C. MacDonald, N. Watson
Melbourne: H. Petty (2), J. van Rooyen (2), K. Chandler, H. Langford, C. Oliver, K. Pickett

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Melbourne were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 August 2025
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 53,871

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 13.14.92 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 3 7 . 7 10 . 10 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Melbourne 1 . 0 2 . 3 4 . 3 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin HWTH by 27 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 43 HWTH by 36 HWTH by 36
Duration 30:02 29:23 30:23 32:36 2:02:24

Honour Roll

Coaches: Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn), Troy Chaplin (Melbourne)
Captains: James Sicily (Hawthorn), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Dylan Moore (Hawthorn), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Gunston HWTH 19 3
Dylan Moore HWTH 13 2
Jarman Impey HWTH 4 1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Amon, Karl WL 81% 0 0 24 17 7 8 0 2 0 4 0 1 8 4
37 Barrass, Tom FB 87% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0
24 Battle, Josh BPL 91% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 3
22 Breust, Luke SUB↑ 47% 1 1 9 6 3 3 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 3
18 Chol, Mabior CHF 82% 0 2 8 5 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo HFFL 75% 0 1 19 11 8 3 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 0
35 Dear, Calsher INT 73% 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1
33 Ginnivan, Jack FPR 84% 0 0 21 9 12 4 0 2 3 5 1 0 2 3
19 Gunston, Jack FPL 83% 7 4 14 13 1 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
15 Hardwick, Blake BPR 92% 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 1 1 2 0 2 5 3
4 Impey, Jarman HBFL 83% 0 0 29 20 9 6 0 5 0 4 3 1 5 2
9 Jiath, Changkuoth HBFR 78% 0 1 14 6 8 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 4
2 Lewis, Mitch FF 78% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 3
31 MacDonald, Connor INT 87% 1 3 28 21 7 10 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
17 Meek, Lloyd RU 83% 0 0 10 5 5 3 31 2 4 2 0 1 0 1
13 Moore, Dylan (vc) WR 84% 2 0 32 16 16 9 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0
11 Nash, Conor C 72% 0 0 19 9 10 2 0 5 4 6 1 3 2 1
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 72% 0 0 22 8 14 5 0 5 3 6 1 1 0 2
14 Scrimshaw, Jack INT 82% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 3 0 6 0 2 2 2
6 Sicily, James (c) CHB 85% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 1 1 3 1 2 7 2
25 Ward, Josh RO 80% 0 0 22 8 14 3 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 3
34 Watson, Nick HFFR↓ 44% 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Worpel, James INT 74% 0 0 27 12 15 2 0 4 6 7 1 1 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 13 14 406 233 173 102 31 55 35 65 14 20 46 49

L. Breust replaced N. Watson.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake HBFR 80% 0 0 27 13 14 3 0 6 4 2 1 1 1 3
37 Chandler, Kade INT 79% 1 1 15 9 6 1 0 3 2 4 0 1 1 2
46 Culley, Jai WL 78% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 87% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 6 0 4 2 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 86% 0 1 27 17 10 6 35 2 5 5 2 1 2 4
22 Howes, Blake BPR 92% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
15 Langdon, Ed FPL 92% 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 1 1 10 0 1 2 3
19 Langford, Harvey WR 84% 1 1 11 4 7 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
1 May, Steven FB 77% 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 1
25 McDonald, Tom BPL↓ 46% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
4 McVee, Judd HBFL 74% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
18 Melksham, Jake SUB↑ 41% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 79% 1 0 28 18 10 3 0 4 8 5 2 1 1 6
5 Petracca, Christian C 84% 0 1 28 14 14 2 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 3
35 Petty, Harry INT 79% 2 0 11 8 3 4 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 3
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 76% 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 5 0 4 0 2 1 1
24 Rivers, Trent HFFR 77% 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 5 1 2 2 0 5 4
3 Salem, Christian INT 86% 0 0 30 18 12 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 3
30 Sharp, Harry INT 71% 0 3 8 6 2 1 0 2 0 6 1 2 1 1
32 Sparrow, Tom FPR 84% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 4 1 5 2 1 2 6
10 Turner, Daniel CHB 93% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 1 5 0 0 2 1
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 78% 2 0 13 8 5 6 7 3 0 3 1 0 0 6
7 Viney, Jack (vc) RO 77% 0 0 22 8 14 5 0 13 4 4 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 8 376 211 165 68 43 68 40 76 20 14 35 56

J. Melksham replaced T. McDonald.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 T. McDonald 1 S. May 22 B. Howes 17 L. Meek 35 C. Dear
33 J. Ginnivan 2 M. Lewis 19 J. Gunston 3 J. Newcombe 31 C. MacDonald
FORWARD 25 J. Ward 14 J. Scrimshaw
HALF-BACK

5 J. Worpel
4 J. McVee 10 D. Turner 17 J. Bowey

22 L. Breust
34 N. Watson 18 M. Chol 16 M. D'Ambrosio



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



46 J. Culley 5 C. Petracca 19 H. Langford



13 D. Moore (vc) 11 C. Nash 10 K. Amon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 37 K. Chandler
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 35 H. Petty
36 K. Pickett 31 B. Fritsch 24 T. Rivers 7 J. Viney (vc) 3 C. Salem
9 C. Jiath 6 J. Sicily (c) 4 J. Impey

30 H. Sharp
HALF-BACK

18 J. Melksham
FORWARD



15 E. Langdon 2 J. van Rooyen 32 T. Sparrow



15 B. Hardwick 37 T. Barrass 24 J. Battle



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Troy Chaplin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Dylan Moore goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:49
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 03:50
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 06:48
MELB Harry Petty goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 09:24
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 11:23
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 13:47
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 3.3.21 - 1.0.6 14:41
HWTH Nick Watson goal 4.3.27 - 1.0.6 25:08
HWTH Calsher Dear goal 5.3.33 - 1.0.6 28:17
Q2 HWTH Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 1.0.6 00:51
MELB Christian Petracca behind 5.4.34 - 1.1.7 04:36
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 6.4.40 - 1.1.7 06:28
MELB Harvey Langford behind 6.4.40 - 1.2.8 09:49
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 6.5.41 - 1.2.8 13:48
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 7.5.47 - 1.2.8 14:20
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 7.6.48 - 1.2.8 16:22
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 7.6.48 - 2.2.14 18:12
MELB Harry Sharp behind 7.6.48 - 2.3.15 20:01
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 7.7.49 - 2.3.15 25:47
Q3 MELB Kade Chandler goal 7.7.49 - 3.3.21 01:08
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 8.7.55 - 3.3.21 03:38
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 8.8.56 - 3.3.21 10:43
HWTH Luke Breust goal 9.8.62 - 3.3.21 14:55
MELB Harry Petty goal 9.8.62 - 4.3.27 16:50
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 10.8.68 - 4.3.27 24:49
HWTH Calsher Dear behind 10.9.69 - 4.3.27 29:22
HWTH Luke Breust behind 10.10.70 - 4.3.27 30:15
Q4 MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 10.10.70 - 5.3.33 01:24
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 11.10.76 - 5.3.33 03:32
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 11.11.77 - 5.3.33 06:51
HWTH Changkuoth Jiath behind 11.12.78 - 5.3.33 08:58
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 12.12.84 - 5.3.33 11:30
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 12.13.85 - 5.3.33 13:10
HWTH Massimo D'Ambrosio behind 12.14.86 - 5.3.33 14:55
MELB Rushed behind 12.14.86 - 5.4.34 18:20
MELB Harry Sharp behind 12.14.86 - 5.5.35 19:23
MELB Kade Chandler behind 12.14.86 - 5.6.36 19:57
HWTH Connor MacDonald goal 13.14.92 - 5.6.36 23:22
MELB Max Gawn behind 13.14.92 - 5.7.37 25:36
MELB Harry Sharp behind 13.14.92 - 5.8.38 26:07
MELB Harvey Langford goal 13.14.92 - 6.8.44 28:34
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 13.14.92 - 7.8.50 30:24
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 13.14.92 - 8.8.56 32:31