2026 AFL Season Round 8: Hawthorn v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2026 between Hawthorn and Gold Coast during round eight of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Gold Coast at University of Tasmania Stadium. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Hawthorn (16.16.112) defeated Gold Coast (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Hawthorn v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 25 April 2026
Time: 12:30 PM
Venue: University of Tasmania Stadium
Attendance: 8,263

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Gold Coast
Score: 16.16.112 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 9 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Gold Coast 2 . 2 6 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin HWTH by 14 HWTH by 23 HWTH by 21 HWTH by 49 HWTH by 49
Duration 29:22 33:28 31:35 28:47 2:03:12

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 (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Battle HWTH 24 3
Jai Newcombe HWTH 3 2
Noah Anderson GCST 15 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 1 31 20 11 8 0 3 0 2 0 0 8 2
37 Barrass, Tom FB 87% 1 0 8 3 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
24 Battle, Josh CHB 95% 0 0 29 16 13 7 0 0 0 6 1 1 7 2
34 Dalton, Jack FPL 62% 0 1 10 3 7 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 1
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo HBFL 79% 1 1 24 16 8 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 5
13 Dear, Calsher FF 80% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 1
33 Ginnivan, Jack INT 85% 1 0 16 12 4 7 0 7 0 1 0 0 2 4
19 Gunston, Jack HFFR 87% 5 4 15 13 2 9 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2
15 Hardwick, Blake HBFR 93% 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 1
4 Impey, Jarman BPR 80% 1 0 28 17 11 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 4
2 Lewis, Mitch CHF 81% 1 1 10 9 1 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
9 MacDonald, Connor INT 79% 1 2 22 13 9 7 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 3
28 Mackenzie, Cam RO 72% 0 0 22 11 11 1 0 4 3 6 2 3 0 2
20 Maginness, Finn WL 81% 2 0 24 6 18 5 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 1
17 Meek, Lloyd INT 52% 0 0 15 5 10 2 18 5 6 6 1 2 2 3
1 Morrison, Harry HFFL 76% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 4 1 6 2 2 2 2
11 Nash, Conor C 63% 1 0 21 7 14 2 0 5 4 4 2 0 1 1
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 81% 0 1 30 11 19 3 0 6 12 3 4 2 3 3
7 Reeves, Ned RU 55% 0 0 5 2 3 0 24 4 2 4 0 2 0 2
14 Scrimshaw, Jack INT 83% 0 0 24 9 15 5 0 4 0 6 0 2 3 0
25 Ward, Josh INT 78% 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 3 3 3 1 2 1 4
5 Watson, Nick FPR 82% 2 1 14 8 6 5 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 4
23 Weddle, Josh BPL 86% 0 1 19 9 10 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 5 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 16 16 437 227 210 99 42 82 40 68 13 22 49 54

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
48 Adams, Oscar BPL 84% 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
15 Anderson, Noah (c) RR 84% 0 1 31 16 15 4 0 3 5 4 0 1 5 5
1 Andrew, Mac BPR 95% 0 0 20 15 5 7 3 4 0 0 1 0 7 1
25 Collins, Sam FB 96% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1
26 Graham, Will INT 74% 0 1 20 7 13 2 0 2 2 5 2 3 1 4
19 Humphrey, Bailey CHF 80% 2 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 4
34 King, Ben FF 77% 2 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Lombard, Leo HFFR 75% 0 2 13 6 7 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 2
22 Long, Ben FPR 85% 2 0 11 4 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Miller, Touk HFFL 80% 0 0 21 10 11 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 1 8
2 Noble, John INT 71% 0 1 23 14 9 6 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 4
3 Petracca, Christian C 84% 0 0 28 14 14 5 0 5 10 2 1 0 2 7
27 Powell, Wil CHB 79% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 3
20 Read, Ethan INT 76% 0 0 11 5 6 1 2 0 2 5 4 0 0 1
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFR 83% 0 1 21 9 12 2 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 2
29 Rogers, Jake INT 55% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
18 Rowell, Matt RO 83% 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 10 5 9 3 2 2 2
9 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra FPL 69% 1 0 7 6 1 5 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 3
6 Uwland, Bodhi HBFL 92% 0 1 21 15 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 1
32 Uwland, Zeke WR 61% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
4 Walter, Jed INT 59% 0 0 9 5 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 3
14 Weller, Lachie WL 81% 2 0 17 8 9 4 0 4 2 3 0 1 0 3
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 77% 0 0 10 8 2 0 26 2 6 5 1 1 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 9 345 184 161 67 32 64 37 51 22 13 38 60

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
48 O. Adams 25 S. Collins 1 M. Andrew 7 N. Reeves 33 J. Ginnivan
5 N. Watson 13 C. Dear 34 J. Dalton 3 J. Newcombe 9 C. MacDonald
FORWARD 28 C. Mackenzie 17 L. Meek
HALF-BACK

14 J. Scrimshaw
6 B. Uwland 27 W. Powell 17 D. Rioli

25 J. Ward
19 J. Gunston 2 M. Lewis 1 H. Morrison



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 L. Weller 3 C. Petracca 32 Z. Uwland



10 K. Amon 11 C. Nash 20 F. Maginness FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 26 W. Graham
HALF-FORWARD 15 N. Anderson (c) 2 J. Noble
11 T. Miller 19 B. Humphrey 8 L. Lombard 18 M. Rowell 20 E. Read
15 B. Hardwick 24 J. Battle 16 M. D'Ambrosio

29 J. Rogers
HALF-BACK

4 J. Walter
FORWARD



9 J. Ugle-Hagan 34 B. King 22 B. Long



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



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Lachie Weller goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:09
HWTH Nick Watson goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:43
GCST Leo Lombard behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 04:57
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 06:13
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 3.0.18 - 1.1.7 09:49
HWTH Jai Newcombe behind 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 12:37
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 14:29
HWTH Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 18:37
GCST Daniel Rioli behind 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 20:22
HWTH Finn Maginness goal 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 21:55
GCST Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 25:53
HWTH Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 2.2.14 27:34
Q2 HWTH Massimo D'Ambrosio behind 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 01:53
HWTH Massimo D'Ambrosio goal 5.5.35 - 2.2.14 03:15
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 6.5.41 - 2.2.14 05:32
HWTH Jarman Impey goal 7.5.47 - 2.2.14 07:18
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 8.5.53 - 2.2.14 11:00
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 8.6.54 - 2.2.14 14:03
HWTH Connor MacDonald goal 9.6.60 - 2.2.14 16:27
GCST Lachie Weller goal 9.6.60 - 3.2.20 20:12
GCST Ben Long goal 9.6.60 - 4.2.26 23:45
GCST Will Graham behind 9.6.60 - 4.3.27 25:56
HWTH Jack Dalton behind 9.7.61 - 4.3.27 26:47
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 9.8.62 - 4.3.27 29:51
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 9.8.62 - 5.3.33 31:28
GCST Ben Long goal 9.8.62 - 6.3.39 32:32
Q3 GCST Leo Lombard behind 9.8.62 - 6.4.40 01:18
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 9.8.62 - 7.4.46 03:44
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 9.9.63 - 7.4.46 07:09
GCST Ben King goal 9.9.63 - 8.4.52 08:34
HWTH Conor Nash goal 10.9.69 - 8.4.52 10:29
GCST Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 8.5.53 11:53
GCST Bodhi Uwland behind 10.9.69 - 8.6.54 14:31
GCST Ben King goal 10.9.69 - 9.6.60 16:12
HWTH Tom Barrass goal 11.9.75 - 9.6.60 26:34
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 12.9.81 - 9.6.60 28:30
Q4 HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 13.9.87 - 9.6.60 01:13
GCST Noah Anderson behind 13.9.87 - 9.7.61 02:31
HWTH Karl Amon behind 13.10.88 - 9.7.61 03:42
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 13.11.89 - 9.7.61 04:37
GCST Ben King behind 13.11.89 - 9.8.62 06:23
HWTH Rushed behind 13.12.90 - 9.8.62 07:29
HWTH Nick Watson goal 14.12.96 - 9.8.62 08:51
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 14.13.97 - 9.8.62 12:00
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 14.14.98 - 9.8.62 14:47
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 15.14.104 - 9.8.62 18:01
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 15.15.105 - 9.8.62 19:07
HWTH Finn Maginness goal 16.15.111 - 9.8.62 19:34
GCST John Noble behind 16.15.111 - 9.9.63 21:39
HWTH Nick Watson behind 16.16.112 - 9.9.63 23:23