2026 AFL Season Round 1: Greater Western Sydney v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 7 March 2026 between Greater Western Sydney and Hawthorn during round one of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Greater Western Sydney hosted Hawthorn at ENGIE Stadium. Toby Greene 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 Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

Greater Western Sydney (19.8.122) defeated Hawthorn (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 7 March 2026
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: ENGIE Stadium
Attendance: 16,157

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Hawthorn
Score: 19.8.122 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 8 . 3 13 . 4 18 . 6 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
Hawthorn 5 . 2 7 . 5 11 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin GWSY by 19 GWSY by 35 GWSY by 41 GWSY by 27 GWSY by 27
Duration 37:41 30:27 33:50 31:02 2:13:00

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Toby Greene
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jake Stringer GWSY 20 3
Clayton Oliver GWSY 10 2
Finn Callaghan GWSY 17 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Angwin, Ryan WL 83% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 1
7 Ash, Lachie HBFR 85% 0 0 20 15 5 8 0 1 0 4 1 0 8 2
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 70% 0 0 9 6 3 0 28 5 7 3 1 2 1 4
46 Brown, Callum HFFR 69% 1 0 10 3 7 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 1
44 Buckley, Jack FB 78% 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0
17 Callaghan, Finn RO 76% 0 0 26 15 11 1 0 4 6 3 0 0 4 9
3 Coniglio, Stephen RR 80% 2 1 22 13 9 6 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 3
38 Delana, Josaia INT 63% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2
37 Fonti, Joe HBFL 89% 0 0 22 14 8 9 0 1 3 1 1 0 4 2
11 Gothard, Phoenix HFFL 75% 1 1 10 7 3 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 3
4 Greene, Toby (c) FPL 78% 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 5 3 4 1 1 1 8
35 Gruzewski, Max INT 69% 2 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
27 Himmelberg, Harry INT 78% 0 0 19 8 11 5 0 2 1 3 0 1 3 2
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 86% 3 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
39 Idun, Connor BPR 100% 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 2 1 2 2 0 3 0
25 Laverde, Jayden BPL 83% 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 64% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 1
10 Oliver, Clayton C 85% 1 0 26 9 17 3 0 4 10 3 0 1 2 4
26 Riccardi, Jake CHF 75% 3 1 17 12 5 7 7 4 0 6 1 5 0 8
24 Rowston, Harry INT 61% 1 0 15 12 3 6 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 3
20 Stringer, Jake FPR 86% 5 4 14 13 1 5 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1
1 Thomas, Harvey WR 78% 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie CHB 86% 0 0 27 17 10 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 19 8 357 224 133 91 35 50 44 61 13 21 44 63

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Amon, Karl BPL 83% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 6 3
37 Barrass, Tom FB 82% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0
24 Battle, Josh HBFL 93% 0 1 20 13 7 7 0 1 0 4 1 1 6 2
30 Butler, Sam INT 74% 2 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2
18 Chol, Mabior FF 68% 2 1 9 8 1 3 6 1 5 2 1 1 0 1
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WR 73% 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0
33 Ginnivan, Jack CHF 77% 2 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 5
19 Gunston, Jack FPR 83% 4 1 7 6 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
15 Hardwick, Blake INT 85% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1
4 Impey, Jarman BPR 84% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 5 4
2 Lewis, Mitch FPL 62% 1 1 10 7 3 6 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 3
9 MacDonald, Connor HFFL 77% 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 4 4 2 1 0 2 4
20 Maginness, Finn INT 56% 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Meek, Lloyd RU 73% 1 0 6 3 3 2 33 3 2 2 1 1 0 2
8 Moore, Dylan WL 87% 0 1 13 5 8 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
1 Morrison, Harry C 87% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 4
11 Nash, Conor INT 75% 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 3 6 1 1 0 0 3
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 75% 0 0 25 16 9 4 0 3 4 5 2 3 3 4
14 Scrimshaw, Jack INT 73% 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 0 0 5 1 1 9 1
6 Sicily, James CHB 86% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 2 1 1 5 0 5 7
25 Ward, Josh RO 74% 0 1 18 10 8 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3
5 Watson, Nick HFFR 83% 2 2 17 11 6 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 4
23 Weddle, Josh HBFR 87% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 14 11 341 210 131 78 39 43 37 49 21 13 44 58

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 K. Amon 37 T. Barrass 4 J. Impey 32 K. Briggs 38 J. Delana
20 J. Stringer 23 J. Hogan 4 T. Greene (c) 3 S. Coniglio 35 M. Gruzewski
FORWARD 17 F. Callaghan 27 H. Himmelberg
HALF-BACK

33 X. O'Halloran
24 J. Battle 6 J. Sicily 23 J. Weddle

24 H. Rowston
46 C. Brown 26 J. Riccardi 11 P. Gothard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 D. Moore 1 H. Morrison 16 M. D'Ambrosio



1 H. Thomas 10 C. Oliver 9 R. Angwin FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 L. Meek 30 S. Butler
HALF-FORWARD 3 J. Newcombe 15 B. Hardwick
9 C. MacDonald 33 J. Ginnivan 5 N. Watson 25 J. Ward 20 F. Maginness
7 L. Ash 6 L. Whitfield 37 J. Fonti

11 C. Nash
HALF-BACK

14 J. Scrimshaw
FORWARD



2 M. Lewis 18 M. Chol 19 J. Gunston



39 C. Idun 44 J. Buckley 25 J. Laverde



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Jake Stringer behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:59
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:19
HWTH Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 03:27
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 04:16
HWTH Lloyd Meek goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 08:26
GWSY Max Gruzewski goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 13:49
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 15:30
GWSY Callum Brown goal 4.1.25 - 2.1.13 18:08
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 5.1.31 - 2.1.13 19:55
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 6.1.37 - 2.1.13 21:36
HWTH Nick Watson goal 6.1.37 - 3.1.19 23:05
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 6.1.37 - 4.1.25 26:23
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 7.1.43 - 4.1.25 28:39
HWTH Dylan Moore behind 7.1.43 - 4.2.26 30:04
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 7.2.44 - 4.2.26 31:29
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 8.2.50 - 4.2.26 33:16
HWTH Sam Butler goal 8.2.50 - 5.2.32 35:18
GWSY Phoenix Gothard behind 8.3.51 - 5.2.32 36:32
Q2 GWSY Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 5.2.32 03:16
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 8.4.52 - 6.2.38 04:13
GWSY Max Gruzewski goal 9.4.58 - 6.2.38 07:21
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 10.4.64 - 6.2.38 09:35
HWTH Josh Ward behind 10.4.64 - 6.3.39 11:35
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 11.4.70 - 6.3.39 19:03
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 11.4.70 - 7.3.45 21:55
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 11.4.70 - 7.4.46 23:44
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 12.4.76 - 7.4.46 25:48
HWTH Nick Watson behind 12.4.76 - 7.5.47 28:24
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 13.4.82 - 7.5.47 30:06
Q3 HWTH Nick Watson behind 13.4.82 - 7.6.48 01:28
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 13.4.82 - 8.6.54 02:34
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 14.4.88 - 8.6.54 05:05
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 15.4.94 - 8.6.54 11:45
HWTH Sam Butler goal 15.4.94 - 9.6.60 13:04
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 15.4.94 - 9.7.61 15:08
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 15.4.94 - 10.7.67 16:34
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 15.4.94 - 11.7.73 20:50
GWSY Harry Rowston goal 16.4.100 - 11.7.73 21:58
GWSY Stephen Coniglio behind 16.5.101 - 11.7.73 23:14
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 17.5.107 - 11.7.73 28:32
GWSY Clayton Oliver goal 18.5.113 - 11.7.73 30:34
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 18.6.114 - 11.7.73 32:11
Q4 HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 18.6.114 - 11.8.74 01:55
HWTH Rushed behind 18.6.114 - 11.9.75 05:13
HWTH Rushed behind 18.6.114 - 11.10.76 06:33
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 18.7.115 - 11.10.76 08:55
GWSY Jake Riccardi behind 18.8.116 - 11.10.76 12:15
HWTH Nick Watson goal 18.8.116 - 12.10.82 13:48
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 18.8.116 - 13.10.88 18:24
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 18.8.116 - 14.10.94 22:27
GWSY Phoenix Gothard goal 19.8.122 - 14.10.94 26:12
HWTH Josh Battle behind 19.8.122 - 14.11.95 30:09