2026 AFL Season Round 18: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 2026 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne 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. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Hawthorn (14.6.90) were defeated by Melbourne (19.11.125).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 July 2026
Time: 1:15 PM
Venue: University of Tasmania Stadium
Attendance: 9,377

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.6.90 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 2 1 . 3 5 . 5 14 . 6 14 . 6 (90)
Melbourne 7 . 5 13 . 8 17 . 11 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Margin MELB by 39 MELB by 77 MELB by 78 MELB by 35 MELB by 35
Duration 34:05 30:23 33:09 32:57 2:10:34

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jacob van Rooyen MELB 2 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Changkuoth Jiath MELB 14 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
37 Barrass, Tom FB 88% 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
18 Chol, Mabior CHF 86% 5 0 17 15 2 7 2 0 2 5 2 2 0 3
34 Dalton, Jack INT 65% 1 0 9 7 2 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 4
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WL 79% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 0 1 3 3 0 3 4
12 Day, Will C 74% 1 0 20 12 8 5 0 1 3 8 1 4 1 5
33 Ginnivan, Jack HFFR 74% 2 1 17 14 3 5 0 2 0 5 2 2 3 1
19 Gunston, Jack FPR 86% 1 0 5 4 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
15 Hardwick, Blake BPR 83% 0 0 25 19 6 9 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 2
41 Hill, Matt FPL 57% 0 1 8 2 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2
2 Lewis, Mitch FF 79% 1 0 15 9 6 7 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 4
42 Macdonald, Bailey INT 76% 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 5 1 3 2 2 2 4
9 MacDonald, Connor INT 68% 1 0 15 8 7 4 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 5
28 Mackenzie, Cam INT 66% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 2
27 McCabe, Will WR 72% 0 1 6 6 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
17 Meek, Lloyd RU 83% 0 0 15 7 8 1 38 2 5 4 2 2 1 3
8 Moore, Dylan HFFL 88% 0 0 16 5 11 4 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 4
1 Morrison, Harry HBFR 89% 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 0
21 Mraz, Noah CHB 80% 0 0 16 12 4 12 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 1
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 78% 0 0 27 13 14 6 1 1 6 7 1 4 1 6
39 Perez, Flynn INT 82% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
26 Ryan, Bodie HBFL 80% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
6 Sicily, James BPL 92% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 7 0
25 Ward, Josh RO 76% 2 0 25 11 14 7 0 4 5 2 0 0 1 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 14 6 345 216 129 111 42 44 31 61 20 23 35 59

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 82% 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 6 2
37 Chandler, Kade CHF 83% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 6 0 3 0 1 0 5
47 Fitzgerald, Joel INT 59% 0 1 24 11 13 1 0 4 2 6 0 1 0 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 67% 5 0 13 10 3 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 83% 0 0 22 8 14 5 31 1 10 4 2 3 1 3
22 Howes, Blake INT 75% 0 0 13 6 7 8 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
21 Jefferson, Matthew INT 75% 1 2 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
14 Jiath, Changkuoth CHB 75% 0 0 23 16 7 9 0 2 1 3 2 2 3 7
15 Langdon, Ed HFFR 88% 1 2 20 14 6 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 2
4 Langford, Harvey RO 78% 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 1 2 4 0 3 2 0
16 Laurie, Bailey INT 56% 1 1 7 2 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 9 5 4 5 0 2 0 3 1 2 3 2
35 Petty, Harry HBFR 84% 2 1 7 5 2 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 82% 0 1 25 19 6 4 0 5 7 6 2 0 5 5
33 Pickett, Latrelle INT 59% 2 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 2 2 3 1 0 4
24 Rivers, Trent HBFL 81% 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 7 2
30 Sharp, Harry FPL 79% 2 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
32 Sparrow, Tom C 80% 0 0 26 14 12 2 0 7 8 4 3 2 4 6
9 Steele, Jack RR 80% 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 8 3 3 1 1 0 5
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn WL 87% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 1
10 Turner, Daniel FB 100% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 81% 5 1 24 14 10 8 5 2 4 4 1 0 1 4
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 66% 0 1 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 19 11 349 207 142 89 36 64 46 54 23 20 43 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
17 J. Bowey 10 D. Turner 8 J. Lever 17 L. Meek 34 J. Dalton
19 J. Gunston 2 M. Lewis 41 M. Hill 3 J. Newcombe 42 B. Macdonald
FORWARD 25 J. Ward 9 C. MacDonald
HALF-BACK

28 C. Mackenzie
24 T. Rivers 14 C. Jiath 35 H. Petty

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



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 K. Tholstrup 32 T. Sparrow 6 C. Windsor



27 W. McCabe 12 W. Day 16 M. D'Ambrosio FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 47 J. Fitzgerald
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. Steele 22 B. Howes
36 K. Pickett 37 K. Chandler 15 E. Langdon 4 H. Langford 21 M. Jefferson
1 H. Morrison 21 N. Mraz 26 B. Ryan

16 B. Laurie
HALF-BACK

33 L. Pickett
FORWARD



30 H. Sharp 2 J. van Rooyen 31 B. Fritsch



15 B. Hardwick 37 T. Barrass 6 J. Sicily



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:59
MELB Ed Langdon goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 04:17
HWTH Matt Hill behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 05:33
MELB Caleb Windsor behind 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 07:54
MELB Harry Petty behind 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 09:07
MELB Harry Petty goal 0.1.1 - 3.2.20 10:20
HWTH Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 3.2.20 13:24
MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 0.2.2 - 4.2.26 14:28
MELB Bailey Laurie behind 0.2.2 - 4.3.27 16:42
MELB Ed Langdon behind 0.2.2 - 4.4.28 19:17
HWTH Josh Ward goal 1.2.8 - 4.4.28 20:40
MELB Matthew Jefferson behind 1.2.8 - 4.5.29 23:20
MELB Bailey Laurie goal 1.2.8 - 5.5.35 24:57
MELB Latrelle Pickett goal 1.2.8 - 6.5.41 26:55
MELB Harry Sharp goal 1.2.8 - 7.5.47 29:23
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 7.6.48 00:46
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.2.8 - 8.6.54 07:28
MELB Harry Petty goal 1.2.8 - 9.6.60 09:34
MELB Matthew Jefferson behind 1.2.8 - 9.7.61 15:30
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 1.2.8 - 10.7.67 16:55
HWTH Will McCabe behind 1.3.9 - 10.7.67 20:12
MELB Ed Langdon behind 1.3.9 - 10.8.68 22:55
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.3.9 - 11.8.74 25:47
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 1.3.9 - 12.8.80 28:45
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.3.9 - 13.8.86 30:17
Q3 HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 2.3.15 - 13.8.86 01:13
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 2.3.15 - 13.9.87 02:23
MELB Harry Sharp goal 2.3.15 - 14.9.93 03:29
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 2.3.15 - 15.9.99 08:45
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 2.3.15 - 16.9.105 10:23
MELB Latrelle Pickett goal 2.3.15 - 17.9.111 13:10
HWTH Jack Dalton goal 3.3.21 - 17.9.111 14:43
MELB Joel Fitzgerald behind 3.3.21 - 17.10.112 18:08
HWTH Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 17.10.112 19:24
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 3.4.22 - 17.11.113 20:49
HWTH Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 17.11.113 23:19
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 4.5.29 - 17.11.113 25:11
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 5.5.35 - 17.11.113 29:04
Q4 HWTH Josh Ward goal 6.5.41 - 17.11.113 00:27
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 7.5.47 - 17.11.113 02:49
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 8.5.53 - 17.11.113 05:12
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 9.5.59 - 17.11.113 06:41
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 10.5.65 - 17.11.113 09:54
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 11.5.71 - 17.11.113 13:58
HWTH Connor MacDonald goal 12.5.77 - 17.11.113 17:10
HWTH Will Day goal 13.5.83 - 17.11.113 21:37
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 14.5.89 - 17.11.113 26:59
HWTH Jack Ginnivan behind 14.6.90 - 17.11.113 28:11
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 14.6.90 - 18.11.119 30:01
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 14.6.90 - 19.11.125 31:35