2026 AFL Season Round 5: Hawthorn v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 2026 between Hawthorn and Geelong during round five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Geelong 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. In the absence of Patrick Dangerfield, vice-captain Tom Stewart captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Hawthorn (13.14.92) defeated Geelong (14.7.91).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Hawthorn v Geelong
Date: Monday 6 April 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 84,712

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Geelong
Score: 13.14.92 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 3 7 . 5 10 . 9 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Geelong 2 . 1 9 . 2 10 . 5 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Margin HWTH by 8 GEEL by 9 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 1 HWTH by 1
Duration 30:03 32:20 28:28 31:10 2:02:01

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 (Geelong) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Geelong

Captain: Tom Stewart (acting)
Coach: Chris Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 3
Josh Ward HWTH 25 2
Connor MacDonald HWTH 9 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
37 Barrass, Tom FB 90% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 0 3 2 0 5 1
24 Battle, Josh HBFL 91% 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 0 5 2 1 4 2
30 Butler, Sam INT 70% 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 7
18 Chol, Mabior CHF 73% 2 3 12 8 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
34 Dalton, Jack FF 59% 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WL 89% 0 0 23 14 9 7 0 6 2 4 1 3 2 3
33 Ginnivan, Jack HFFL 86% 2 0 19 15 4 7 0 1 2 5 0 0 4 2
19 Gunston, Jack FPR 89% 3 4 14 12 2 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2
15 Hardwick, Blake HBFR 91% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 4 2 2 1 1 6 0
4 Impey, Jarman BPR 84% 0 0 26 16 10 5 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 4
2 Lewis, Mitch INT 81% 2 1 11 7 4 8 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 1
9 MacDonald, Connor INT 84% 0 0 26 18 8 8 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 5
17 Meek, Lloyd RU 52% 0 0 9 4 5 5 16 4 1 4 0 2 1 1
8 Moore, Dylan FPL 83% 0 2 18 9 9 6 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1
11 Nash, Conor C 66% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 8 3 6 1 3 0 3
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 83% 0 0 25 11 14 1 0 4 6 4 2 2 0 5
39 Perez, Flynn WR 71% 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 6 1 2 2 1 1 1
7 Reeves, Ned INT 48% 0 1 10 5 5 1 28 1 3 2 0 1 0 2
14 Scrimshaw, Jack INT 84% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0
6 Sicily, James CHB 89% 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0
25 Ward, Josh RO 77% 0 0 29 14 15 3 0 6 3 6 0 0 1 5
5 Watson, Nick HFFR 73% 3 0 13 6 7 2 0 3 2 2 1 2 0 2
23 Weddle, Josh BPL 88% 1 0 13 5 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 14 387 232 155 90 44 63 33 72 13 24 40 53

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom RR 68% 0 0 12 1 11 1 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 1
46 Blicavs, Mark WL 73% 1 1 14 9 5 3 5 4 3 2 0 0 0 3
12 Bowes, Jack INT 62% 2 0 13 9 4 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 4
4 Bruhn, Tanner HBFL 72% 0 0 26 14 12 6 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 3
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 93% 1 2 16 12 4 7 0 3 0 6 2 1 0 3
45 Close, Brad INT 74% 0 1 9 3 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
16 De Koning, Sam BPL 76% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0
28 Dempsey, Oliver WR 82% 1 0 12 4 8 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Edwards, Mitch RU 69% 0 0 10 4 6 1 18 2 6 3 4 0 0 3
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 75% 0 0 19 9 10 5 0 5 2 1 1 0 4 0
38 Henry, Jack FB 87% 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
36 Henry, Ollie FPL 84% 3 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
9 Holmes, Max RO 82% 0 0 27 21 6 6 0 4 1 6 2 1 4 8
17 Humphries, Lawson INT 77% 0 0 20 17 3 8 0 4 2 3 1 0 5 2
7 Mannagh, Shaun HFFL 76% 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
19 Martin, Jack FPR 77% 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 2
32 Miers, Gryan INT 80% 0 1 22 12 10 6 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 5
34 Mullin, Oisin HBFR 77% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 4 0
33 Neale, Shannon FF 92% 4 0 6 5 1 4 3 4 0 5 0 3 0 1
14 O'Sullivan, Connor BPR 87% 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 3 2
3 Smith, Bailey C 86% 0 0 33 22 11 5 0 5 6 4 1 0 4 8
44 Stewart, Tom (ac) CHB 87% 0 0 22 20 2 9 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 0
21 Wiltshire, Oli HFFR 63% 1 1 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 7 342 217 125 101 26 55 28 53 24 13 40 54

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
16 S. De Koning 38 J. Henry 14 C. O'Sullivan 17 L. Meek 30 S. Butler
19 J. Gunston 34 J. Dalton 8 D. Moore 3 J. Newcombe 2 M. Lewis
FORWARD 25 J. Ward 9 C. MacDonald
HALF-BACK

7 N. Reeves
4 T. Bruhn 44 T. Stewart (ac) 34 O. Mullin

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



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



46 M. Blicavs 3 B. Smith 28 O. Dempsey



39 F. Perez 11 C. Nash 16 M. D'Ambrosio FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Edwards 12 J. Bowes
HALF-FORWARD 30 T. Atkins 45 B. Close
7 S. Mannagh 5 J. Cameron 21 O. Wiltshire 9 M. Holmes 39 Z. Guthrie
15 B. Hardwick 6 J. Sicily 24 J. Battle

17 L. Humphries
HALF-BACK

32 G. Miers
FORWARD



36 O. Henry 33 S. Neale 19 J. Martin



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



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Oli Wiltshire behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:18
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 06:56
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 10:34
GEEL Jack Martin goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 12:25
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 14:10
HWTH Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 17:04
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 20:11
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 22:56
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 24:33
Q2 GEEL Shannon Neale goal 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 01:02
GEEL Oli Wiltshire goal 3.3.21 - 4.1.25 02:57
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 04:46
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 3.3.21 - 5.2.32 05:52
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 4.3.27 - 5.2.32 07:49
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 5.3.33 - 5.2.32 10:59
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 5.4.34 - 5.2.32 12:40
HWTH Nick Watson goal 6.4.40 - 5.2.32 15:18
GEEL Jack Bowes goal 6.4.40 - 6.2.38 16:38
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 6.4.40 - 7.2.44 22:50
HWTH Nick Watson goal 7.4.46 - 7.2.44 25:15
HWTH Ned Reeves behind 7.5.47 - 7.2.44 28:02
GEEL Jack Bowes goal 7.5.47 - 8.2.50 30:35
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 7.5.47 - 9.2.56 32:14
Q3 HWTH Dylan Moore behind 7.6.48 - 9.2.56 00:45
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 7.7.49 - 9.2.56 03:18
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 8.7.55 - 9.2.56 08:16
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 8.7.55 - 10.2.62 10:02
GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 8.7.55 - 10.3.63 13:09
HWTH Jack Dalton behind 8.8.56 - 10.3.63 14:53
GEEL Brad Close behind 8.8.56 - 10.4.64 18:17
HWTH Josh Weddle goal 9.8.62 - 10.4.64 19:15
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 9.9.63 - 10.4.64 24:27
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 9.9.63 - 10.5.65 26:47
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 10.9.69 - 10.5.65 28:25
Q4 GEEL Gryan Miers behind 10.9.69 - 10.6.66 02:09
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 10.9.69 - 11.6.72 06:23
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 10.9.69 - 12.6.78 08:35
HWTH Dylan Moore behind 10.10.70 - 12.6.78 10:26
HWTH Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 12.6.78 11:59
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 10.11.71 - 13.6.84 15:05
HWTH Nick Watson goal 11.11.77 - 13.6.84 16:47
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 12.11.83 - 13.6.84 18:06
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 12.12.84 - 13.6.84 20:53
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 12.13.85 - 13.6.84 22:00
GEEL Rushed behind 12.13.85 - 13.7.85 24:58
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 12.13.85 - 14.7.91 27:29
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 13.13.91 - 14.7.91 29:01
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 13.14.92 - 14.7.91 30:30