2026 AFL Season Round 12: Hawthorn v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 2026 between Hawthorn and Adelaide during round twelve of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Adelaide at University of Tasmania 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. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Hawthorn (10.15.75) defeated Adelaide (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Hawthorn v Adelaide
Date: Thursday 21 May 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: University of Tasmania Stadium
Attendance: 8,312

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Adelaide
Score: 10.15.75 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 9 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Adelaide 4 . 2 5 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin ADEL by 12 HWTH by 13 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 9
Duration 29:32 33:36 29:49 32:55 2:05:52

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 (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Blake Hardwick HWTH 15 3
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 2
Sam Berry ADEL 3 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 HBFL 78% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 3 1 5 0 2 3 3
24 Battle, Josh FB 100% 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 4 1 3 1 0 8 0
18 Chol, Mabior CHF 80% 1 1 8 4 4 3 2 6 3 3 0 2 0 2
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WL 83% 0 1 22 14 8 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 3 4
33 Ginnivan, Jack HFFR 80% 0 2 10 6 4 1 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 5
15 Hardwick, Blake CHB 92% 4 2 14 10 4 6 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 0
4 Impey, Jarman BPR 84% 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 1 0 6 1 0 10 5
2 Lewis, Mitch FF 85% 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 1
42 Macdonald, Bailey INT 76% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
9 MacDonald, Connor INT 76% 0 1 14 9 5 3 0 5 0 5 1 0 0 5
28 Mackenzie, Cam INT 72% 0 1 24 15 9 0 0 7 6 3 2 0 2 3
20 Maginness, Finn INT 80% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 1
17 Meek, Lloyd INT 52% 1 0 11 1 10 1 23 3 3 2 0 1 0 2
8 Moore, Dylan HFFL 78% 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 4 1 6 0 2 0 2
22 Nairn, Cam FPL 72% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0
11 Nash, Conor RO 72% 0 1 15 9 6 1 0 3 6 3 1 1 4 2
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 81% 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 6 10 6 3 3 3 1
7 Reeves, Ned RU 48% 0 1 9 9 0 0 30 2 8 2 4 1 1 4
26 Ryan, Bodie HBFR 83% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 1 5 2 2 1 0
6 Sicily, James BPL 93% 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 5 0 2 0 1 4 1
25 Ward, Josh C 75% 0 0 24 8 16 2 0 3 5 3 0 0 2 2
5 Watson, Nick FPR 75% 2 1 12 8 4 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 4
23 Weddle, Josh WR 86% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 10 15 334 199 135 60 55 78 47 73 23 24 48 50

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum HFFL 72% 2 1 11 6 5 4 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 2
3 Berry, Sam INT 70% 0 1 27 12 15 1 0 10 5 4 1 2 3 6
35 Borlase, James FB 96% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 2
41 Butts, Jordon CHB 96% 0 0 12 5 7 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
15 Cook, Brayden WR 74% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 1 3 0 0 2 3
6 Curtin, Dan WL 74% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 4
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 91% 1 1 28 21 7 5 0 9 4 8 2 2 2 7
32 Fogarty, Darcy FF 85% 1 2 14 9 5 4 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 2
2 Keays, Ben FPR 87% 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 2
29 Laird, Rory HBFL 85% 0 0 28 18 10 5 0 4 0 4 0 1 5 0
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 72% 1 0 12 7 5 2 22 5 7 5 2 4 1 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 78% 0 0 13 4 9 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 2
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 80% 0 0 32 22 10 5 0 3 4 4 2 3 11 6
39 Murray, Toby INT 69% 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 73% 0 0 15 4 11 0 0 6 1 3 0 1 1 0
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 89% 0 2 26 12 14 3 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 2
25 Peatling, James RR 68% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 5 1 3 3 0 0 0
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 83% 1 2 16 9 7 5 0 0 1 9 1 2 1 4
23 Rankine, Izak RO 48% 1 0 17 8 9 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 3
14 Soligo, Jake INT 65% 1 0 19 11 8 6 0 1 1 6 1 2 2 3
19 Taylor, Zac INT 76% 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 79% 0 0 16 7 9 2 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 3
24 Worrell, Josh BPL 92% 0 0 28 16 12 7 0 3 0 2 3 1 7 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 12 388 213 175 69 29 81 33 84 24 23 39 57

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
24 J. Worrell 35 J. Borlase 16 M. Michalanney 7 N. Reeves 42 B. Macdonald
5 N. Watson 2 M. Lewis 22 C. Nairn 3 J. Newcombe 9 C. MacDonald
FORWARD 11 C. Nash 28 C. Mackenzie
HALF-BACK

20 F. Maginness
29 R. Laird 41 J. Butts 30 W. Milera

17 L. Meek
33 J. Ginnivan 18 M. Chol 8 D. Moore



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 D. Curtin 12 J. Dawson (c) 15 B. Cook



23 J. Weddle 25 J. Ward 16 M. D'Ambrosio FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 42 L. McAndrew 3 S. Berry
HALF-FORWARD 25 J. Peatling 39 T. Murray
4 C. Ah Chee 7 R. Thilthorpe 8 J. Rachele 23 I. Rankine 27 L. Nankervis
26 B. Ryan 15 B. Hardwick 10 K. Amon

14 J. Soligo
HALF-BACK

19 Z. Taylor
FORWARD



28 A. Neal-Bullen 32 D. Fogarty 2 B. Keays



4 J. Impey 24 J. Battle 6 J. Sicily



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Callum Ah Chee goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:16
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:13
HWTH Blake Hardwick goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:43
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 09:12
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 10:39
HWTH Jack Ginnivan behind 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 15:11
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 18:38
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 1.2.8 - 4.1.25 20:39
HWTH Blake Hardwick goal 2.2.14 - 4.1.25 23:34
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 2.2.14 - 4.2.26 29:06
Q2 ADEL Lachlan McAndrew goal 2.2.14 - 5.2.32 02:27
HWTH Nick Watson goal 3.2.20 - 5.2.32 05:25
HWTH Lloyd Meek goal 4.2.26 - 5.2.32 08:32
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 5.2.32 - 5.2.32 14:18
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 5.2.32 - 5.3.33 18:46
HWTH Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 5.3.33 20:01
HWTH Nick Watson behind 5.4.34 - 5.3.33 21:21
HWTH Conor Nash behind 5.5.35 - 5.3.33 22:33
HWTH Nick Watson goal 6.5.41 - 5.3.33 24:05
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 6.5.41 - 5.4.34 28:06
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 7.5.47 - 5.4.34 30:13
Q3 ADEL Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 5.5.35 01:36
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 7.5.47 - 5.6.36 02:49
HWTH Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 5.6.36 03:31
HWTH Blake Hardwick goal 8.6.54 - 5.6.36 07:48
ADEL Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 5.7.37 10:28
HWTH Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 5.7.37 13:17
HWTH Blake Hardwick behind 8.8.56 - 5.7.37 20:36
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 9.8.62 - 5.7.37 23:08
ADEL Zac Taylor goal 9.8.62 - 6.7.43 24:53
HWTH Cam Mackenzie behind 9.9.63 - 6.7.43 28:37
Q4 ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 9.9.63 - 7.7.49 03:58
ADEL Jake Soligo goal 9.9.63 - 8.7.55 05:27
ADEL Callum Ah Chee behind 9.9.63 - 8.8.56 06:43
HWTH Jack Ginnivan behind 9.10.64 - 8.8.56 09:42
HWTH Massimo D'Ambrosio behind 9.11.65 - 8.8.56 10:15
ADEL Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 8.9.57 11:00
ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 9.11.65 - 8.10.58 13:57
HWTH Ned Reeves behind 9.12.66 - 8.10.58 20:29
ADEL Callum Ah Chee goal 9.12.66 - 9.10.64 21:34
HWTH Blake Hardwick behind 9.13.67 - 9.10.64 23:04
ADEL Sam Berry behind 9.13.67 - 9.11.65 26:04
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 9.13.67 - 9.12.66 27:49
HWTH Blake Hardwick goal 10.13.73 - 9.12.66 29:10
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 10.14.74 - 9.12.66 30:47
HWTH Rushed behind 10.15.75 - 9.12.66 31:45