2026 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 2026 between Hawthorn and the Brisbane Lions in the first preliminary final of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. With the presence of multiple Hawthorn co-captains, namely Jai Newcombe and James Sicily, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. With the presence of multiple Brisbane Lions co-captains, namely Harris Andrews, Josh Dunkley and Hugh McCluggage, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Hawthorn (19.8.122) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions (20.11.131).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 19 September 2026
Time: 5:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 97,835

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 19.8.122 - 20.11.131

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Hawthorn	5	.	1	11	.	1	12	.	5	19	.	8	19	.	8	(122)
Brisbane Lions	5	.	2	8	.	5	15	.	7	20	.	11	20	.	11	(131)
Margin	BRIL by 1			HWTH by 14			BRIL by 20			BRIL by 9			BRIL by 9
Duration	33:53			33:07			30:52			36:18			2:14:10

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Hawthorn) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Nick Watson	HWTH	5	10	2	0	0	0	0
Hugh McCluggage	BRIL	6	7	0	1	1	0	0
Will Ashcroft	BRIL	8	6	0	1	0	1	0
Josh Ward	HWTH	25	5	0	0	1	1	0
Kai Lohmann	BRIL	1	2	0	0	0	0	2

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Amon, Karl	HBFL	81%	0	0	11	9	2	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	5	0
37	Barrass, Tom	FB	84%	0	0	6	5	1	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	5	0
24	Battle, Josh	HBFR	100%	0	0	10	9	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	2
40	Beattie, Max	INT	41%	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
18	Chol, Mabior	CHF	55%	1	0	2	1	1	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
16	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	WR	74%	0	1	22	14	8	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	3
12	Day, Will	C	65%	0	0	13	11	2	6	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	6
33	Ginnivan, Jack	HFFR	73%	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	2	1	1	2	0	1	5
19	Gunston, Jack	FPR	100%	5	1	9	7	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
15	Hardwick, Blake	BPR	92%	0	0	11	9	2	4	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	0
4	Impey, Jarman	CHB	82%	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	2	1	5	1	3	3	1
2	Lewis, Mitch	FF	83%	4	0	7	5	2	4	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	2
42	Macdonald, Bailey	INT	66%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	2
9	MacDonald, Connor	INT	77%	0	0	16	9	7	3	0	2	3	2	0	1	1	7
28	Mackenzie, Cam	INT	55%	0	0	15	7	8	2	0	0	4	3	0	1	2	1
17	Meek, Lloyd	RU	81%	0	0	10	5	5	3	37	2	3	1	1	0	0	1
8	Moore, Dylan	HFFL	86%	1	1	17	10	7	4	0	2	2	1	2	0	1	4
1	Morrison, Harry	WL	82%	0	0	14	12	2	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	4
3	Newcombe, Jai	RR	82%	0	2	20	10	10	4	0	9	6	5	2	3	1	3
6	Sicily, James	BPL	87%	1	0	15	10	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	3
25	Ward, Josh	RO	84%	0	0	25	14	11	5	0	9	11	2	0	2	2	5
5	Watson, Nick	FPL	86%	6	2	16	15	1	2	0	0	5	4	3	1	0	3
23	Weddle, Josh	INT	84%	1	0	12	6	6	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				19	8	282	190	92	83	44	52	40	51	15	20	41	55

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Allen, Oscar	INT	57%	0	0	6	4	2	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
31	Andrews, Harris	FB	93%	0	0	11	8	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	66%	1	0	10	7	3	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
8	Ashcroft, Will	INT	83%	1	0	28	18	10	4	0	1	8	2	2	0	1	10
33	Bailey, Zac	WR	88%	0	1	18	16	2	7	0	5	4	2	2	0	0	7
7	Berry, Jarrod	WL	80%	1	0	15	12	3	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	4
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	80%	3	1	13	10	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
2	Draper, Sam	RU	63%	0	0	9	8	1	3	26	0	2	6	0	2	0	4
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	79%	0	0	19	8	11	3	0	9	5	6	2	2	2	1
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	HBFL	76%	0	0	14	10	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	3
32	Fort, Darcy	INT	48%	0	1	10	7	3	1	19	1	4	2	0	2	0	2
22	Gallop, Ty	BPL	90%	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	5	0	2	1	1	2	1
27	Gardiner, Darcy	CHB	93%	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	Hipwood, Eric	FPL	76%	3	2	11	8	3	6	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	1
35	Lester, Ryan	BPR	82%	0	0	20	14	6	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	1
1	Lohmann, Kai	FPR	81%	5	1	11	9	2	5	0	5	0	1	3	1	0	1
6	McCluggage, Hugh	C	80%	3	2	23	18	5	5	0	6	1	5	3	0	1	6
26	McKenna, Conor	HFFR	75%	1	0	19	13	6	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
13	Morris, Logan	CHF	79%	2	2	7	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	80%	0	0	26	17	9	4	0	5	9	2	1	0	4	2
16	Rayner, Cam	FF	86%	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	1	6
44	Wilmot, Darcy	INT	84%	0	0	11	7	4	5	0	2	2	2	0	2	4	0
15	Zorko, Dayne	HBFR	82%	0	0	21	17	4	5	0	0	0	4	1	2	6	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				20	11	327	235	92	104	45	48	41	50	20	15	35	62

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
	22	T. Gallop	31	H. Andrews	35	R. Lester	17	L. Meek	40	M. Beattie
	19	J. Gunston	2	M. Lewis	5	N. Watson	3	J. Newcombe	42	B. Macdonald
FORWARD							25	J. Ward	9	C. MacDonald
HALF-BACK									28	C. Mackenzie
	3	J. Fletcher	27	D. Gardiner	15	D. Zorko			23	J. Weddle
	33	J. Ginnivan	18	M. Chol	8	D. Moore
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	J. Berry	6	H. McCluggage	33	Z. Bailey
	16	M. D'Ambrosio	12	W. Day	1	H. Morrison	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	S. Draper	4	O. Allen
HALF-FORWARD							5	J. Dunkley	10	L. Ashcroft
	23	C. Cameron	13	L. Morris	26	C. McKenna	9	L. Neale	8	W. Ashcroft
	24	J. Battle	4	J. Impey	10	K. Amon			32	D. Fort
HALF-BACK									44	D. Wilmot
FORWARD
	30	E. Hipwood	16	C. Rayner	1	K. Lohmann
	15	B. Hardwick	37	T. Barrass	6	J. Sicily
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:36
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	03:00
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	05:51
	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft goal	2.0.12	-	2.0.12	09:43
	HWTH	Mitch Lewis goal	3.0.18	-	2.0.12	11:30
	HWTH	Mitch Lewis goal	4.0.24	-	2.0.12	13:19
	BRIL	Darcy Fort behind	4.0.24	-	2.1.13	16:55
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood behind	4.0.24	-	2.2.14	20:56
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft goal	4.0.24	-	3.2.20	21:40
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	4.0.24	-	4.2.26	23:02
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	5.0.30	-	4.2.26	27:13
	BRIL	Conor McKenna goal	5.0.30	-	5.2.32	29:21
	HWTH	Jai Newcombe behind	5.1.31	-	5.2.32	33:49
Q2	HWTH	James Sicily goal	6.1.37	-	5.2.32	00:44
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	7.1.43	-	5.2.32	03:13
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	7.1.43	-	6.2.38	04:47
	BRIL	Logan Morris behind	7.1.43	-	6.3.39	07:38
	HWTH	Mitch Lewis goal	8.1.49	-	6.3.39	09:41
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	9.1.55	-	6.3.39	13:17
	HWTH	Josh Weddle goal	10.1.61	-	6.3.39	19:43
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood behind	10.1.61	-	6.4.40	23:49
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	10.1.61	-	7.4.46	26:15
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	10.1.61	-	8.4.52	27:28
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	10.1.61	-	8.5.53	28:59
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	11.1.67	-	8.5.53	31:47
Q3	HWTH	Jai Newcombe behind	11.2.68	-	8.5.53	02:22
	HWTH	Massimo D'Ambrosio behind	11.3.69	-	8.5.53	03:24
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	11.4.70	-	8.5.53	04:11
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	11.4.70	-	8.6.54	06:17
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry goal	11.4.70	-	9.6.60	06:53
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	12.4.76	-	9.6.60	11:15
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	12.4.76	-	10.6.66	13:00
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	12.4.76	-	11.6.72	15:30
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	12.4.76	-	12.6.78	17:05
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	12.5.77	-	12.6.78	19:34
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann behind	12.5.77	-	12.7.79	21:51
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	12.5.77	-	13.7.85	22:26
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	12.5.77	-	14.7.91	24:11
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	12.5.77	-	15.7.97	27:16
Q4	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	12.5.77	-	16.7.103	01:26
	BRIL	Logan Morris behind	12.5.77	-	16.8.104	02:49
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	12.5.77	-	16.9.105	03:56
	HWTH	Dylan Moore goal	13.5.83	-	16.9.105	05:23
	HWTH	Dylan Moore behind	13.6.84	-	16.9.105	07:13
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	13.6.84	-	16.10.106	08:47
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	13.6.84	-	17.10.112	09:34
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	14.6.90	-	17.10.112	11:57
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	15.6.96	-	17.10.112	13:25
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	15.7.97	-	17.10.112	14:31
	BRIL	Rushed behind	15.7.97	-	17.11.113	16:41
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	16.7.103	-	17.11.113	18:24
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	17.7.109	-	17.11.113	19:59
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	18.7.115	-	17.11.113	22:40
	HWTH	Rushed behind	18.8.116	-	17.11.113	26:34
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	18.8.116	-	18.11.119	27:31
	HWTH	Mitch Lewis goal	19.8.122	-	18.11.119	29:45
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	19.8.122	-	19.11.125	34:48
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	19.8.122	-	20.11.131	36:16

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