2026 AFL Season Round 17: Hawthorn v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 2026 between Hawthorn and Greater Western Sydney during round seventeen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Greater Western Sydney 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. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Hawthorn (14.12.96) defeated Greater Western Sydney (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Hawthorn v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Friday 26 June 2026
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,238

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 14.12.96 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 5 9 . 6 13 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Greater Western Sydney 2 . 4 4 . 6 10 . 6 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin HWTH by 7 HWTH by 30 HWTH by 21 HWTH by 14 HWTH by 14
Duration 31:28 35:13 33:02 30:26 2:10:09

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 (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Toby Greene
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Ginnivan HWTH 33 3
Will Day HWTH 12 2
Finn Callaghan GWSY 17 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 80% 0 1 21 13 8 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 5 3
37 Barrass, Tom CHB 84% 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
24 Battle, Josh FB 96% 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
18 Chol, Mabior CHF 85% 2 1 9 8 1 6 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3
34 Dalton, Jack FPL 79% 2 0 13 4 9 2 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 1
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WL 87% 0 2 21 15 6 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 5
12 Day, Will C 70% 0 0 27 14 13 2 0 4 8 5 2 2 2 7
13 Dear, Calsher INT 86% 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1
33 Ginnivan, Jack HFFR 81% 2 0 23 14 9 6 0 7 2 3 1 1 0 8
15 Hardwick, Blake BPR 88% 0 0 20 16 4 10 0 3 0 3 1 0 4 1
2 Lewis, Mitch FF 84% 2 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 3
42 Macdonald, Bailey HBFR 83% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 2
9 MacDonald, Connor INT 78% 1 1 25 17 8 3 0 2 3 7 0 2 0 6
28 Mackenzie, Cam INT 69% 1 1 27 12 15 3 0 7 7 5 2 0 2 4
17 Meek, Lloyd INT 66% 0 0 11 4 7 0 34 2 4 2 2 0 1 0
8 Moore, Dylan HFFL 87% 0 1 13 8 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
1 Morrison, Harry WR 82% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 2
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 83% 0 0 31 12 19 3 0 4 15 2 4 0 2 2
39 Perez, Flynn INT 72% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0
7 Reeves, Ned RU 53% 0 0 5 4 1 0 31 2 4 0 3 0 0 0
6 Sicily, James BPL 91% 0 0 22 16 6 10 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 5
25 Ward, Josh RO 78% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 3 4 3 0 2 0 7
5 Watson, Nick FPR 37% 3 1 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 14 12 373 219 154 79 65 69 54 53 22 15 26 63

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aleer, Leek INT 61% 0 0 9 5 4 0 8 7 2 2 0 2 1 1
9 Angwin, Ryan INT 79% 0 1 16 9 7 3 0 5 3 2 1 1 3 1
7 Ash, Lachie HBFL 87% 1 0 28 14 14 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 5 2
14 Bedford, Toby HFFR 83% 0 1 12 3 9 0 0 9 1 3 2 3 0 1
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 88% 0 0 11 2 9 0 17 4 1 4 0 2 4 1
46 Brown, Callum INT 65% 3 0 11 8 3 5 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1
5 Cadman, Aaron FF 89% 2 0 10 8 2 6 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
17 Callaghan, Finn RO 82% 1 0 34 20 14 5 0 5 4 9 1 3 7 4
3 Coniglio, Stephen INT 86% 1 0 14 7 7 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2
16 Daniels, Brent RR 30% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 Fonti, Joe HBFR 83% 0 0 21 14 7 10 0 4 0 5 1 3 3 0
11 Gothard, Phoenix HFFL 79% 0 1 20 7 13 0 0 9 3 1 0 0 1 1
4 Greene, Toby (c) FPR 84% 2 2 24 20 4 3 0 1 4 4 1 1 1 7
35 Gruzewski, Max CHF 40% 0 2 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
27 Himmelberg, Harry BPR 97% 0 0 19 10 9 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1
39 Idun, Connor BPL 100% 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 1
10 Oliver, Clayton C 87% 1 0 34 15 19 3 0 9 3 5 1 2 2 7
19 Oliver, Harry INT 62% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
18 Stone, Conor WL 83% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0
20 Stringer, Jake FPL 81% 1 2 11 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Taylor, Sam FB 89% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 0
1 Thomas, Harvey WR 82% 0 0 17 4 13 3 0 5 3 2 1 1 2 1
6 Whitfield, Lachie CHB 81% 0 0 33 17 16 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 7 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 12 10 383 198 185 74 27 84 30 54 15 22 49 40

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
39 C. Idun 15 S. Taylor 27 H. Himmelberg 7 N. Reeves 13 C. Dear
5 N. Watson 2 M. Lewis 34 J. Dalton 3 J. Newcombe 9 C. MacDonald
FORWARD 25 J. Ward 28 C. Mackenzie
HALF-BACK

17 L. Meek
7 L. Ash 6 L. Whitfield 37 J. Fonti

39 F. Perez
33 J. Ginnivan 18 M. Chol 8 D. Moore



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 C. Stone 10 C. Oliver 1 H. Thomas



1 H. Morrison 12 W. Day 16 M. D'Ambrosio FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 K. Briggs 21 L. Aleer
HALF-FORWARD 16 B. Daniels 9 R. Angwin
11 P. Gothard 35 M. Gruzewski 14 T. Bedford 17 F. Callaghan 46 C. Brown
42 B. Macdonald 37 T. Barrass 10 K. Amon

3 S. Coniglio
HALF-BACK

19 H. Oliver
FORWARD



20 J. Stringer 5 A. Cadman 4 T. Greene (c)



15 B. Hardwick 24 J. Battle 6 J. Sicily



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:13
HWTH Jack Dalton goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:39
HWTH Massimo D'Ambrosio behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 03:56
GWSY Toby Greene behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 08:07
GWSY Lachie Ash goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 09:18
HWTH Nick Watson behind 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 10:28
HWTH Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 1.1.7 12:31
HWTH Calsher Dear goal 2.4.16 - 1.1.7 14:07
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 2.4.16 - 2.1.13 15:16
GWSY Max Gruzewski behind 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 17:21
HWTH Connor MacDonald goal 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 18:46
HWTH Cam Mackenzie behind 3.5.23 - 2.2.14 21:31
GWSY Toby Greene behind 3.5.23 - 2.3.15 29:05
GWSY Toby Bedford behind 3.5.23 - 2.4.16 31:20
Q2 GWSY Toby Greene goal 3.5.23 - 3.4.22 03:54
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 4.5.29 - 3.4.22 06:24
GWSY Phoenix Gothard behind 4.5.29 - 3.5.23 11:47
GWSY Max Gruzewski behind 4.5.29 - 3.6.24 13:25
HWTH Nick Watson goal 5.5.35 - 3.6.24 16:57
HWTH Cam Mackenzie goal 6.5.41 - 3.6.24 21:48
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 7.5.47 - 3.6.24 23:02
HWTH Nick Watson goal 8.5.53 - 3.6.24 27:48
HWTH Nick Watson goal 9.5.59 - 3.6.24 29:31
GWSY Callum Brown goal 9.5.59 - 4.6.30 32:05
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 9.6.60 - 4.6.30 34:12
Q3 HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 10.6.66 - 4.6.30 01:14
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 11.6.72 - 4.6.30 03:16
HWTH Calsher Dear behind 11.7.73 - 4.6.30 06:50
GWSY Toby Greene goal 11.7.73 - 5.6.36 08:46
GWSY Callum Brown goal 11.7.73 - 6.6.42 12:17
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 11.8.74 - 6.6.42 14:09
GWSY Callum Brown goal 11.8.74 - 7.6.48 15:22
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 11.8.74 - 8.6.54 17:34
HWTH Jack Dalton goal 12.8.80 - 8.6.54 20:08
HWTH Massimo D'Ambrosio behind 12.9.81 - 8.6.54 24:08
GWSY Finn Callaghan goal 12.9.81 - 9.6.60 26:29
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 13.9.87 - 9.6.60 29:12
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 13.9.87 - 10.6.66 31:24
Q4 GWSY Ryan Angwin behind 13.9.87 - 10.7.67 05:19
HWTH Rushed behind 13.10.88 - 10.7.67 07:06
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 14.10.94 - 10.7.67 08:08
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 14.10.94 - 10.8.68 10:34
HWTH Karl Amon behind 14.11.95 - 10.8.68 11:57
GWSY Rushed behind 14.11.95 - 10.9.69 13:48
GWSY Clayton Oliver goal 14.11.95 - 11.9.75 22:26
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 14.11.95 - 11.10.76 27:17
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 14.11.95 - 12.10.82 28:07
HWTH Dylan Moore behind 14.12.96 - 12.10.82 30:20