2026 AFL Season Qualifying Final 1: Fremantle v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 2026 between Fremantle and Hawthorn in the first qualifying final of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Fremantle hosted Hawthorn at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. 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 visitors. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

Fremantle (5.10.40) were defeated by Hawthorn (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: First Qualifying Final
Teams: Fremantle v Hawthorn
Date: Thursday 3 September 2026
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 59,446

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. by Hawthorn
Score: 5.10.40 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fremantle	1	.	3	1	.	4	4	.	7	5	.	10	5	.	10	(40)
Hawthorn	4	.	4	6	.	7	9	.	10	10	.	12	10	.	12	(72)
Margin	HWTH by 19			HWTH by 33			HWTH by 33			HWTH by 32			HWTH by 32
Duration	30:05			26:05			29:12			27:13			1:52:35

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Josh Battle	HWTH	24	9	1	1	0	0	0
James Sicily	HWTH	6	9	1	1	0	0	0
Will Day	HWTH	12	3	0	0	1	0	0
Nick Watson	HWTH	5	3	0	0	1	0	0
Dylan Moore	HWTH	8	2	0	0	0	1	0
Alex Pearce	FREM	25	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jordan Clark	FREM	6	1	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Jackson	FREM	9	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Amiss, Jye	FPL	90%	1	1	5	5	0	4	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0
10	Bolton, Shai	RO	73%	0	0	21	12	9	2	0	1	5	6	1	1	2	5
8	Brayshaw, Andrew	C	79%	1	1	30	18	12	5	0	4	2	4	1	1	1	8
5	Chapman, Heath	HBFR	86%	0	0	22	13	9	8	0	2	1	6	0	2	7	2
6	Clark, Jordan	BPL	85%	0	1	38	24	14	11	0	0	2	5	0	1	3	7
18	Cox, Mason	INT	43%	0	0	4	3	1	3	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
43	Dudley, Isaiah	HFFL	77%	0	2	14	12	2	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	5
28	Erasmus, Neil	INT	85%	0	0	24	13	11	7	0	2	3	3	0	1	2	1
32	Frederick, Michael	WR	68%	0	0	10	4	6	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1
9	Jackson, Luke	RU	80%	1	1	22	7	15	6	26	1	6	2	2	1	1	2
44	Johnson, Matthew	WL	77%	0	1	14	6	8	2	0	5	0	5	1	0	0	3
21	McDonald, Oscar	BPR	89%	0	0	17	12	5	10	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	0
30	O'Driscoll, Nathan	INT	80%	0	0	18	9	9	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	3
25	Pearce, Alex (c)	FB	85%	0	0	18	3	15	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
16	Reid, Murphy	CHF	81%	0	0	24	11	13	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	3
13	Ryan, Luke	INT	73%	0	0	23	18	5	10	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	1
3	Serong, Caleb	RR	77%	0	0	20	8	12	3	0	2	6	1	0	1	3	3
39	Switkowski, Sam	HFFR	81%	1	1	15	6	9	4	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	3
35	Treacy, Josh	FF	91%	1	0	4	1	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0
20	Voss, Patrick	FPR	91%	0	1	11	3	8	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	1
31	Walker, Brandon	CHB	59%	0	0	12	5	7	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	1
23	Worner, Karl	HBFL	80%	0	0	22	14	8	6	0	3	1	2	3	0	7	2
26	Young, Hayden	INT	67%	0	0	15	10	5	3	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	5
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				5	10	403	217	186	106	31	48	31	59	13	13	41	57

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Amon, Karl	HBFL	78%	0	0	17	15	2	6	0	1	0	4	0	1	5	1
37	Barrass, Tom	FB	91%	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
24	Battle, Josh	HBFR	100%	0	0	16	11	5	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	5	1
40	Beattie, Max	INT	57%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1
18	Chol, Mabior	CHF	67%	1	0	5	2	3	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	2
16	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	WR	84%	0	2	24	14	10	6	0	4	2	4	2	2	1	5
12	Day, Will	C	77%	0	1	24	15	9	3	0	2	8	3	1	0	0	5
33	Ginnivan, Jack	HFFR	73%	1	1	13	10	3	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2
19	Gunston, Jack	FPR	84%	2	1	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
15	Hardwick, Blake	BPR	89%	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	0
4	Impey, Jarman	WL	82%	0	0	11	9	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3
2	Lewis, Mitch	FF	76%	1	1	14	9	5	3	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	5
42	Macdonald, Bailey	INT	67%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0
9	MacDonald, Connor	INT	71%	0	0	17	6	11	2	0	2	3	1	0	0	2	2
28	Mackenzie, Cam	INT	67%	0	0	20	10	10	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	1	7
17	Meek, Lloyd	RU	79%	0	0	8	2	6	2	26	1	5	4	1	3	4	0
8	Moore, Dylan	HFFL	77%	2	1	15	9	6	4	0	8	1	0	1	0	1	3
1	Morrison, Harry	CHB	86%	1	0	15	8	7	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	2
3	Newcombe, Jai	RR	79%	0	0	21	8	13	1	0	6	4	2	0	1	3	1
6	Sicily, James	BPL	85%	0	0	26	21	5	10	0	0	0	4	3	1	9	3
25	Ward, Josh	RO	77%	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	4	2	1	0	1	0	0
5	Watson, Nick	FPL	81%	2	2	19	15	4	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	5
23	Weddle, Josh	INT	75%	0	1	16	10	6	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				10	12	328	205	123	77	30	57	32	42	13	13	49	51

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

Fremantle							Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	6	J. Sicily	37	T. Barrass	15	B. Hardwick	9	L. Jackson	18	M. Cox
	20	P. Voss	35	J. Treacy	24	J. Amiss	3	C. Serong	28	N. Erasmus
FORWARD							10	S. Bolton	30	N. O'Driscoll
HALF-BACK									13	L. Ryan
	10	K. Amon	1	H. Morrison	24	J. Battle			26	H. Young
	39	S. Switkowski	16	M. Reid	43	I. Dudley
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	4	J. Impey	12	W. Day	16	M. D'Ambrosio
	32	M. Frederick	8	A. Brayshaw	44	M. Johnson	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	L. Meek	40	M. Beattie
HALF-FORWARD							3	J. Newcombe	42	B. Macdonald
	8	D. Moore	18	M. Chol	33	J. Ginnivan	25	J. Ward	9	C. MacDonald
	5	H. Chapman	31	B. Walker	23	K. Worner			28	C. Mackenzie
HALF-BACK									23	J. Weddle
FORWARD
	5	N. Watson	2	M. Lewis	19	J. Gunston
	21	O. McDonald	25	A. Pearce (c)	6	J. Clark
BACK
Hawthorn							Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	FREM	Luke Jackson goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:01
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	06:20
	HWTH	Massimo D'Ambrosio behind	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	08:57
	FREM	Matthew Johnson behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	10:44
	FREM	Jye Amiss behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	12:21
	FREM	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	1.1.7	13:51
	HWTH	Dylan Moore behind	1.3.9	-	1.2.8	14:35
	HWTH	Dylan Moore goal	1.3.9	-	2.2.14	16:34
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	1.3.9	-	3.2.20	19:35
	HWTH	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	3.3.21	22:29
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	1.3.9	-	4.3.27	23:54
	HWTH	Massimo D'Ambrosio behind	1.3.9	-	4.4.28	28:06
Q2	FREM	Jordan Clark behind	1.4.10	-	4.4.28	04:57
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	1.4.10	-	5.4.34	06:57
	HWTH	Will Day behind	1.4.10	-	5.5.35	09:33
	HWTH	Dylan Moore goal	1.4.10	-	6.5.41	12:18
	HWTH	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	6.6.42	14:49
	HWTH	Josh Weddle behind	1.4.10	-	6.7.43	19:11
Q3	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	2.4.16	-	6.7.43	01:04
	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan goal	2.4.16	-	7.7.49	03:28
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	2.4.16	-	7.8.50	10:14
	FREM	Isaiah Dudley behind	2.5.17	-	7.8.50	11:55
	FREM	Andrew Brayshaw behind	2.6.18	-	7.8.50	14:53
	FREM	Andrew Brayshaw goal	3.6.24	-	7.8.50	16:46
	HWTH	Mitch Lewis goal	3.6.24	-	8.8.56	18:41
	HWTH	Mitch Lewis behind	3.6.24	-	8.9.57	21:54
	FREM	Sam Switkowski goal	4.6.30	-	8.9.57	23:59
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	4.6.30	-	9.9.63	26:17
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	4.6.30	-	9.10.64	27:43
	FREM	Patrick Voss behind	4.7.31	-	9.10.64	28:35
Q4	FREM	Sam Switkowski behind	4.8.32	-	9.10.64	01:55
	HWTH	Harry Morrison goal	4.8.32	-	10.10.70	03:17
	FREM	Luke Jackson behind	4.9.33	-	10.10.70	06:13
	FREM	Isaiah Dudley behind	4.10.34	-	10.10.70	10:47
	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan behind	4.10.34	-	10.11.71	16:21
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	5.10.40	-	10.11.71	19:16
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	5.10.40	-	10.12.72	22:00

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