2026 AFL Season Round 7: Hawthorn v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 2026 between Hawthorn and Port Adelaide during round seven of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium. 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. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Josh Carr.

Hawthorn (13.11.89) defeated Port Adelaide (13.8.86).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Hawthorn v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 18 April 2026
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 37,070

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Port Adelaide
Score: 13.11.89 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 7 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 6 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Port Adelaide 3 . 1 9 . 2 11 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin HWTH by 26 PADL by 9 level HWTH by 3 HWTH by 3
Duration 32:18 29:06 31:28 32:38 2:05:30

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 (Port Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Josh Carr

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nick Watson HWTH 5 3
Jason Horne-Francis PADL 18 2
Zak Butters PADL 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
10 Amon, Karl WR 87% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
37 Barrass, Tom FB 84% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 1
24 Battle, Josh HBFL 97% 0 0 19 12 7 9 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 1
30 Butler, Sam INT 71% 0 2 10 6 4 2 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 1
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WL 86% 0 1 14 9 5 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
13 Dear, Calsher FF 77% 2 2 14 9 5 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3
33 Ginnivan, Jack HFFR 78% 1 1 20 15 5 5 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 4
15 Hardwick, Blake HBFR 93% 0 0 19 12 7 8 0 3 0 2 1 1 4 2
4 Impey, Jarman BPR 85% 0 0 23 17 6 13 0 4 1 6 0 1 2 5
2 Lewis, Mitch CHF 84% 3 1 15 11 4 7 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2
9 MacDonald, Connor INT 74% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 5 0 7 0 2 0 5
28 Mackenzie, Cam INT 57% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 3
27 McCabe, Will HFFL 63% 1 1 6 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
17 Meek, Lloyd INT 48% 0 0 7 2 5 1 25 2 3 3 0 2 1 2
8 Moore, Dylan FPL 88% 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 1 7 0 2 0 4
11 Nash, Conor C 83% 0 0 20 10 10 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 3 1
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 85% 0 0 24 11 13 4 0 7 4 3 3 1 2 3
39 Perez, Flynn INT 65% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 2
7 Reeves, Ned RU 52% 0 1 10 7 3 1 24 6 5 2 1 1 0 1
6 Sicily, James CHB 94% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 4 1 4 1 2 3 1
25 Ward, Josh RO 81% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0
5 Watson, Nick FPR 80% 5 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 1
23 Weddle, Josh BPL 85% 0 2 19 14 5 8 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 5
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 13 11 349 217 132 106 49 70 31 53 19 17 31 52

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aliir, Aliir CHB 100% 0 0 14 6 8 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0
14 Bergman, Miles BPR 84% 0 0 19 13 6 9 0 2 0 3 2 1 3 2
5 Berry, Joe HFFR 81% 0 1 18 8 10 7 0 4 1 2 1 2 1 6
7 Burgoyne, Jase WL 79% 1 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 5
9 Butters, Zak RR 86% 1 0 35 17 18 4 0 5 5 4 3 1 1 2
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy HBFL 82% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 1
28 Drew, Willem RO 77% 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 5 9 2 0 0 1 3
44 Durdin, Corey HFFL 84% 1 0 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
22 Evans, Logan WR 84% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 1
6 Farrell, Kane HBFR 78% 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 2
19 Georgiades, Mitch FF 95% 2 1 10 6 4 5 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0
18 Horne-Francis, Jason C 83% 2 2 28 20 8 7 0 5 3 6 1 2 3 4
34 Jones, Lachie FB 87% 1 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 3 1
43 Lai, Josh BPL 73% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1
31 MacKinlay, Ewan INT 72% 2 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3
4 Marshall, Todd INT 79% 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 9 1
11 Moraes, Christian INT 41% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
35 Richards, Joe CHF 87% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 5
24 Sweet, Jordon RU 74% 0 2 10 6 4 1 21 2 5 1 1 0 0 1
38 Visentini, Dante FPL 67% 0 0 2 1 1 0 14 4 1 2 0 1 0 0
15 Wehr, Jacob INT 62% 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 3
17 Whitlock, Jack FPR 80% 2 1 8 5 3 4 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 0
16 Wines, Ollie INT 66% 1 0 19 8 11 4 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 13 8 325 203 122 97 35 59 35 53 17 19 38 45

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 J. Lai 34 L. Jones 14 M. Bergman 7 N. Reeves 30 S. Butler
5 N. Watson 13 C. Dear 8 D. Moore 3 J. Newcombe 9 C. MacDonald
FORWARD 25 J. Ward 28 C. Mackenzie
HALF-BACK

17 L. Meek
33 D. Byrne-Jones 21 A. Aliir 6 K. Farrell

39 F. Perez
33 J. Ginnivan 2 M. Lewis 27 W. McCabe



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 J. Burgoyne 18 J. Horne-Francis 22 L. Evans



10 K. Amon 11 C. Nash 16 M. D'Ambrosio FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 J. Sweet 31 E. MacKinlay
HALF-FORWARD 9 Z. Butters 4 T. Marshall
44 C. Durdin 35 J. Richards 5 J. Berry 28 W. Drew 11 C. Moraes
15 B. Hardwick 6 J. Sicily 24 J. Battle

15 J. Wehr
HALF-BACK

16 O. Wines
FORWARD



38 D. Visentini 19 M. Georgiades 17 J. Whitlock



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



BACK



Port Adelaide Coach: Josh Carr

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Dylan Moore goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:47
HWTH Jack Ginnivan behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 01:55
HWTH Nick Watson goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 04:03
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 05:26
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 4.1.25 - 0.0.0 07:29
PADL Ewan MacKinlay goal 4.1.25 - 1.0.6 10:32
PADL Corey Durdin goal 4.1.25 - 2.0.12 13:07
HWTH Calsher Dear goal 5.1.31 - 2.0.12 14:52
PADL Zak Butters goal 5.1.31 - 3.0.18 20:31
HWTH Nick Watson goal 6.1.37 - 3.0.18 22:01
HWTH Sam Butler behind 6.2.38 - 3.0.18 24:24
PADL Rushed behind 6.2.38 - 3.1.19 25:51
HWTH Ned Reeves behind 6.3.39 - 3.1.19 28:23
HWTH Nick Watson goal 7.3.45 - 3.1.19 29:34
Q2 PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 7.3.45 - 4.1.25 03:01
PADL Jack Whitlock goal 7.3.45 - 5.1.31 05:18
PADL Jack Whitlock behind 7.3.45 - 5.2.32 06:59
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 7.3.45 - 6.2.38 09:19
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 7.3.45 - 7.2.44 16:45
PADL Jack Whitlock goal 7.3.45 - 8.2.50 18:26
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 7.3.45 - 9.2.56 23:48
HWTH Sam Butler behind 7.4.46 - 9.2.56 26:22
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 7.5.47 - 9.2.56 29:01
Q3 PADL Jason Horne-Francis behind 7.5.47 - 9.3.57 02:45
HWTH Nick Watson goal 8.5.53 - 9.3.57 08:14
HWTH Nick Watson goal 9.5.59 - 9.3.57 09:54
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 10.5.65 - 9.3.57 13:48
PADL Ollie Wines goal 10.5.65 - 10.3.63 15:47
HWTH Calsher Dear goal 11.5.71 - 10.3.63 17:41
PADL Joe Berry behind 11.5.71 - 10.4.64 19:05
PADL Jason Horne-Francis behind 11.5.71 - 10.5.65 23:32
HWTH Calsher Dear behind 11.6.72 - 10.5.65 25:43
PADL Ewan MacKinlay goal 11.6.72 - 11.5.71 26:58
PADL Jordon Sweet behind 11.6.72 - 11.6.72 31:24
Q4 PADL Jordon Sweet behind 11.6.72 - 11.7.73 02:31
HWTH Massimo D'Ambrosio behind 11.7.73 - 11.7.73 04:10
PADL Jase Burgoyne goal 11.7.73 - 12.7.79 11:07
HWTH Will McCabe goal 12.7.79 - 12.7.79 15:37
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 13.7.85 - 12.7.79 17:23
HWTH Will McCabe behind 13.8.86 - 12.7.79 19:20
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 13.9.87 - 12.7.79 21:02
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 13.10.88 - 12.7.79 23:46
HWTH Calsher Dear behind 13.11.89 - 12.7.79 26:55
PADL Lachie Jones goal 13.11.89 - 13.7.85 28:31
PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 13.11.89 - 13.8.86 31:55