2026 AFL Season Round 3: Hawthorn v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 19 March 2026 between Hawthorn and Sydney during round three of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Sydney 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. Callum Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

Hawthorn (14.15.99) defeated Sydney (13.4.82).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Hawthorn v Sydney
Date: Thursday 19 March 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,945

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Sydney
Score: 14.15.99 - 13.4.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 10 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Sydney 6 . 2 7 . 2 12 . 3 13 . 4 13 . 4 (82)
Margin SYDN by 5 SYDN by 1 SYDN by 11 HWTH by 17 HWTH by 17
Duration 31:59 26:42 33:52 32:59 2:05:32

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 (Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Coach: Dean Cox

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jai Newcombe HWTH 3 3
Dylan Moore HWTH 8 2
Tom Barrass HWTH 37 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Amon, Karl RO 80% 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 5 1 2 1 0 4 2
37 Barrass, Tom FB 82% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0
24 Battle, Josh HBFL 97% 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 3
30 Butler, Sam INT 66% 1 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2
18 Chol, Mabior CHF 66% 2 2 6 4 2 2 0 5 0 1 3 1 0 0
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WL 81% 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 3
33 Ginnivan, Jack HFFL 79% 0 1 22 12 10 4 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 3
19 Gunston, Jack FPR 91% 4 4 13 11 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
15 Hardwick, Blake HBFR 94% 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 3 0 5 1 3 4 1
4 Impey, Jarman BPR 83% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 0 2 7 1 2 6 4
2 Lewis, Mitch INT 83% 1 1 17 12 5 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3
9 MacDonald, Connor FF 77% 0 2 20 15 5 5 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 2
28 Mackenzie, Cam C 64% 1 0 17 8 9 1 0 6 5 1 1 1 1 4
17 Meek, Lloyd RU 53% 0 0 14 7 7 3 25 3 2 1 3 1 2 2
8 Moore, Dylan FPL 88% 3 1 22 12 10 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 5
11 Nash, Conor INT 75% 0 1 19 6 13 2 0 9 6 3 2 1 2 0
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 84% 1 0 31 15 16 3 0 2 9 3 3 1 2 3
7 Reeves, Ned INT 47% 0 0 7 2 5 0 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Scrimshaw, Jack INT 75% 0 0 22 9 13 6 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 0
6 Sicily, James CHB 93% 0 0 23 10 13 8 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 3
25 Ward, Josh WR 77% 0 0 27 13 14 4 0 4 2 8 1 2 3 5
5 Watson, Nick HFFR 76% 1 1 18 10 8 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
23 Weddle, Josh BPL 88% 0 2 20 12 8 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 14 15 417 235 182 101 46 62 35 52 27 16 45 55

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FPL 77% 1 0 7 4 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
26 Bice, Riley INT 79% 0 0 24 13 11 7 0 2 0 6 0 1 5 1
22 Blakey, Nick CHB 91% 0 0 23 18 5 5 0 2 0 5 1 1 10 4
33 Cleary, Caiden INT 49% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 2
35 Curnow, Charlie FF 91% 2 1 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 0
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 80% 1 0 19 8 11 1 29 3 7 5 1 3 1 2
17 Jordon, James RO 84% 1 0 12 5 7 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HFFR 89% 0 1 19 12 7 3 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 4
30 McCartin, Tom FB 98% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 0 4 0 3 5 1
6 McDonald, Logan INT 74% 3 0 11 7 4 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
27 McInerney, Justin C 77% 1 1 24 9 15 2 0 5 3 4 1 2 0 4
43 Melican, Lewis BPL 79% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
14 Mills, Callum (c) BPR 80% 0 0 29 16 13 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2
11 Papley, Tom FPR 76% 1 1 14 10 4 0 0 3 3 4 2 2 0 4
24 Rampe, Dane HBFR 69% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
34 Roberts, Matt WR 80% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 3
10 Rosas, Malcolm HFFL 69% 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rowbottom, James RR 79% 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 12 5 3 1 1 0 3
13 Serong, Jai WL 90% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 2 1 6 1 2 4 3
12 Sheldrick, Angus INT 61% 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 5 5 4 1 1 1 4
1 Warner, Chad CHF 77% 1 0 27 12 15 1 0 3 6 7 4 3 1 7
37 Warner, Corey INT 67% 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 5
15 Wicks, Sam HBFL 86% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 1 4 0 1 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 13 4 348 195 153 58 30 66 37 75 16 27 40 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

Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
43 L. Melican 30 T. McCartin 14 C. Mills (c) 17 L. Meek 30 S. Butler
19 J. Gunston 9 C. MacDonald 8 D. Moore 3 J. Newcombe 2 M. Lewis
FORWARD 10 K. Amon 11 C. Nash
HALF-BACK

7 N. Reeves
15 S. Wicks 22 N. Blakey 24 D. Rampe

14 J. Scrimshaw
5 N. Watson 18 M. Chol 33 J. Ginnivan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 J. Serong 27 J. McInerney 34 M. Roberts



25 J. Ward 28 C. Mackenzie 16 M. D'Ambrosio FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 B. Grundy 26 R. Bice
HALF-FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 33 C. Cleary
10 M. Rosas 1 C. Warner 44 J. Lloyd 17 J. Jordon 6 L. McDonald
15 B. Hardwick 6 J. Sicily 24 J. Battle

12 A. Sheldrick
HALF-BACK

37 C. Warner
FORWARD



36 J. Amartey 35 C. Curnow 11 T. Papley



4 J. Impey 37 T. Barrass 23 J. Weddle



BACK



Sydney Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Tom Papley goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:21
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 02:50
HWTH Cam Mackenzie goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 03:32
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 06:08
SYDN Malcolm Rosas goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 09:20
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 2.1.13 - 3.0.18 11:25
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 3.1.19 - 3.0.18 13:03
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 3.1.19 - 4.0.24 14:21
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 3.2.20 - 4.0.24 15:25
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 4.2.26 - 4.0.24 17:22
SYDN Corey Warner goal 4.2.26 - 5.0.30 18:59
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 4.3.27 - 5.0.30 20:11
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 4.3.27 - 6.0.36 21:47
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 5.3.33 - 6.0.36 23:21
SYDN Tom Papley behind 5.3.33 - 6.1.37 28:29
SYDN Charlie Curnow behind 5.3.33 - 6.2.38 30:23
Q2 HWTH Mabior Chol behind 5.4.34 - 6.2.38 06:40
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 5.5.35 - 6.2.38 11:30
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 5.6.36 - 6.2.38 12:45
HWTH Sam Butler goal 6.6.42 - 6.2.38 19:07
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 6.7.43 - 6.2.38 21:00
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 6.7.43 - 7.2.44 24:06
Q3 SYDN Justin McInerney behind 6.7.43 - 7.3.45 00:15
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 7.7.49 - 7.3.45 01:54
SYDN James Jordon goal 7.7.49 - 8.3.51 03:00
SYDN Chad Warner goal 7.7.49 - 9.3.57 05:53
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 7.7.49 - 10.3.63 08:47
SYDN Brodie Grundy goal 7.7.49 - 11.3.69 10:35
HWTH Jai Newcombe goal 8.7.55 - 11.3.69 13:42
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 8.8.56 - 11.3.69 16:06
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 9.8.62 - 11.3.69 17:32
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 9.9.63 - 11.3.69 18:59
HWTH Jack Ginnivan behind 9.10.64 - 11.3.69 23:14
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 9.10.64 - 12.3.75 31:12
Q4 HWTH Jack Gunston behind 9.11.65 - 12.3.75 02:06
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 10.11.71 - 12.3.75 03:52
HWTH Nick Watson behind 10.12.72 - 12.3.75 04:59
HWTH Dylan Moore behind 10.13.73 - 12.3.75 06:04
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 10.14.74 - 12.3.75 06:40
HWTH Conor Nash behind 10.15.75 - 12.3.75 07:26
SYDN Jake Lloyd behind 10.15.75 - 12.4.76 08:58
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 11.15.81 - 12.4.76 12:55
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 11.15.81 - 13.4.82 15:35
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 12.15.87 - 13.4.82 18:39
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 13.15.93 - 13.4.82 24:57
HWTH Nick Watson goal 14.15.99 - 13.4.82 32:45