2026 AFL Season Round 6: Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 2026 between Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs during round six of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted the Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval. 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. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Hawthorn (15.14.104) defeated the Western Bulldogs (8.16.64).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 11 April 2026
Time: 7:05 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 48,451

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 15.14.104 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 2 7 . 5 10 . 10 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 3 2 . 7 6 . 13 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin HWTH by 11 HWTH by 28 HWTH by 21 HWTH by 40 HWTH by 40
Duration 30:41 27:12 32:11 31:12 2:01:16

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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jai Newcombe HWTH 3 3
Josh Battle HWTH 24 2
Jack Ginnivan HWTH 33 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 WR 80% 0 0 24 17 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1
37 Barrass, Tom FB 83% 0 0 12 10 2 9 0 2 0 4 1 3 1 1
24 Battle, Josh HBFL 95% 0 0 23 18 5 13 0 1 0 3 0 1 7 1
30 Butler, Sam INT 75% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 7 0 4 0 1 1 2
18 Chol, Mabior FF 19% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WL 76% 0 0 21 20 1 8 0 4 2 0 0 0 3 8
33 Ginnivan, Jack CHF 87% 1 1 28 19 9 9 0 1 4 3 0 0 2 6
19 Gunston, Jack FPR 81% 3 2 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 Hardwick, Blake HBFR 93% 0 0 25 19 6 10 0 6 0 0 2 0 3 3
4 Impey, Jarman BPR 78% 0 0 26 17 9 10 0 0 0 6 0 1 5 2
2 Lewis, Mitch INT 81% 3 2 18 12 6 10 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4
9 MacDonald, Connor HFFL 84% 1 1 23 15 8 6 0 3 6 2 1 1 1 6
28 Mackenzie, Cam INT 71% 0 1 17 9 8 3 0 4 3 2 2 1 0 1
17 Meek, Lloyd INT 64% 1 0 16 6 10 3 24 5 4 0 1 0 0 1
8 Moore, Dylan FPL 94% 2 1 23 8 15 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 2
11 Nash, Conor C 81% 0 0 18 7 11 4 0 4 5 3 0 2 2 2
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 76% 1 0 28 11 17 3 0 4 14 2 3 1 1 4
39 Perez, Flynn INT 80% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Reeves, Ned RU 63% 1 0 4 2 2 0 40 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
6 Sicily, James CHB 95% 0 0 24 18 6 13 0 2 0 2 2 0 9 3
25 Ward, Josh RO 77% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
5 Watson, Nick HFFR 84% 1 2 12 7 5 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2
23 Weddle, Josh BPL 84% 1 2 15 8 7 3 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 14 402 250 152 126 64 61 43 42 18 13 43 54

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Baker, Oskar INT 53% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 83% 0 1 26 17 9 5 0 4 2 5 1 0 6 7
29 Bramble, Lachie HBFL 80% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
19 Budarick, Connor BPL 79% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0
16 Croft, Jordan INT 72% 1 1 10 5 5 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 3
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 84% 0 0 20 18 2 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 8 0
10 Darcy, Sam CHF 80% 2 2 11 8 3 5 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1
42 Davidson, Sam INT 81% 0 2 11 10 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
26 Dolan, Josh FPL 74% 1 1 10 5 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
25 Emmett, Louis RU 52% 0 0 8 2 6 0 5 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
27 Freijah, Joel HFFR 84% 1 0 17 6 11 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 2 0
12 Gallagher, Harvey WL 75% 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
6 Hynes, Cooper INT 71% 1 1 15 6 9 1 0 5 0 4 0 2 1 1
8 Kennedy, Matthew RR 79% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 8 7 4 0 2 0 5
24 Khamis, Buku FB 94% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0
7 Lobb, Rory BPR 95% 0 0 8 6 2 3 11 3 0 1 0 1 3 2
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 76% 1 3 7 6 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
18 O'Donnell, James CHB 91% 0 0 12 9 3 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2
20 Richards, Ed RO 72% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 7 3 2 0 2 0 7
9 Sanders, Ryley HFFL 80% 0 0 25 7 18 4 0 7 7 5 2 2 1 2
37 Sellwood, Michael INT 75% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 4 4
14 West, Rhylee FPR 78% 0 4 21 16 5 4 0 2 2 3 1 3 1 3
34 Williams, Bailey WR 91% 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 16 337 201 136 81 17 58 31 46 13 18 38 53

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
19 C. Budarick 24 B. Khamis 7 R. Lobb 7 N. Reeves 30 S. Butler
19 J. Gunston 18 M. Chol 8 D. Moore 3 J. Newcombe 2 M. Lewis
FORWARD 25 J. Ward 28 C. Mackenzie
HALF-BACK

17 L. Meek
29 L. Bramble 18 J. O'Donnell 31 B. Dale

39 F. Perez
5 N. Watson 33 J. Ginnivan 9 C. MacDonald



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 H. Gallagher 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 34 B. Williams



10 K. Amon 11 C. Nash 16 M. D'Ambrosio FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 L. Emmett 13 O. Baker
HALF-FORWARD 8 M. Kennedy 16 J. Croft
9 R. Sanders 10 S. Darcy 27 J. Freijah 20 E. Richards 42 S. Davidson
15 B. Hardwick 6 J. Sicily 24 J. Battle

6 C. Hynes
HALF-BACK

37 M. Sellwood
FORWARD



26 J. Dolan 33 A. Naughton 14 R. West



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



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:21
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:12
HWTH Nick Watson behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 07:22
HWTH Connor MacDonald goal 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 08:19
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 09:55
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 12:02
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 14:16
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 4.2.26 - 2.0.12 21:15
WBUL Sam Davidson behind 4.2.26 - 2.1.13 23:21
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 24:47
WBUL Rhylee West behind 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 27:20
Q2 HWTH Jack Ginnivan behind 4.3.27 - 2.3.15 03:02
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 4.4.28 - 2.3.15 04:09
WBUL Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 2.4.16 05:53
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 5.4.34 - 2.4.16 10:29
HWTH Josh Weddle goal 6.4.40 - 2.4.16 14:03
WBUL Josh Dolan behind 6.4.40 - 2.5.17 16:27
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 6.5.41 - 2.5.17 18:59
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 6.5.41 - 2.6.18 20:19
HWTH Lloyd Meek goal 7.5.47 - 2.6.18 24:58
WBUL Sam Darcy behind 7.5.47 - 2.7.19 26:39
Q3 WBUL Cooper Hynes behind 7.5.47 - 2.8.20 00:40
WBUL Joel Freijah goal 7.5.47 - 3.8.26 01:55
HWTH Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 3.8.26 03:39
HWTH Nick Watson behind 7.7.49 - 3.8.26 07:12
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 7.8.50 - 3.8.26 07:51
HWTH Cam Mackenzie behind 7.9.51 - 3.8.26 10:20
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 8.9.57 - 3.8.26 12:28
HWTH Nick Watson goal 9.9.63 - 3.8.26 14:33
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 10.9.69 - 3.8.26 16:01
HWTH Dylan Moore behind 10.10.70 - 3.8.26 19:27
WBUL Josh Dolan goal 10.10.70 - 4.8.32 20:55
WBUL Harvey Gallagher goal 10.10.70 - 5.8.38 22:29
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 10.10.70 - 5.9.39 23:44
WBUL Sam Davidson behind 10.10.70 - 5.10.40 24:44
WBUL Rhylee West behind 10.10.70 - 5.11.41 26:12
WBUL Cooper Hynes goal 10.10.70 - 6.11.47 26:57
WBUL Sam Darcy behind 10.10.70 - 6.12.48 29:13
WBUL Jordan Croft behind 10.10.70 - 6.13.49 30:38
Q4 HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 10.11.71 - 6.13.49 03:58
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 10.12.72 - 6.13.49 05:17
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 10.13.73 - 6.13.49 05:40
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 11.13.79 - 6.13.49 07:21
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 12.13.85 - 6.13.49 09:54
WBUL Rhylee West behind 12.13.85 - 6.14.50 10:56
HWTH Jai Newcombe goal 13.13.91 - 6.14.50 14:02
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 13.13.91 - 7.14.56 16:45
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 13.14.92 - 7.14.56 21:56
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 14.14.98 - 7.14.56 23:18
WBUL Jordan Croft goal 14.14.98 - 8.14.62 26:22
WBUL Rhylee West behind 14.14.98 - 8.15.63 28:00
HWTH Ned Reeves goal 15.14.104 - 8.15.63 29:27
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 15.14.104 - 8.16.64 31:07