2026 AFL Season Round 20: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 2026 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round twenty of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Toby Nankervis captained the hosts with Tim Taranto as vice-captain. 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 visitors. The hosts were coached by Adem Yze and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

Richmond (6.16.52) were defeated by Hawthorn (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 19 July 2026
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,127

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Hawthorn
Score: 6.16.52 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 5 2 . 6 3 . 11 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Hawthorn 5 . 4 12 . 9 16 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin HWTH by 29 HWTH by 63 HWTH by 78 HWTH by 70 HWTH by 70
Duration 31:52 33:05 30:28 30:06 2:05:31

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Richmond) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Hawthorn) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Toby Nankervis
Vice-Captain: Tim Taranto
Coach: Adem Yze

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jarman Impey HWTH 4 3
Connor MacDonald HWTH 9 2
Mitch Lewis HWTH 2 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Annand, Kye BPR 89% 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 7 0
21 Balta, Noah BPL 79% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 2 0 5 0 3 5 0
6 Banks, Sam WR 76% 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1
35 Broad, Nathan FB 91% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 4 1
30 Brown, Tom INT 70% 1 0 16 11 5 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 3
44 Campbell, Seth HFFR 78% 0 3 21 11 10 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 4
22 Cumming, Sam RR 75% 0 1 19 7 12 4 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 3
48 Green, Steely INT 59% 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2
24 Grlj, Sam CHB 82% 0 1 15 5 10 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 3
10 Hotton, Taj RO 55% 0 0 12 2 10 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 2
4 Lalor, Sam FPL 70% 1 0 14 6 8 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 3
42 Lefau, Mykelti INT 87% 1 0 10 7 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 0 3
19 Lynch, Tom FF 91% 1 1 9 4 5 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
7 Mansell, Rhyan FPR 84% 0 2 12 8 4 4 0 3 1 4 1 1 0 3
28 McAuliffe, Kane INT 71% 1 0 14 7 7 1 0 3 4 3 1 2 2 0
25 Nankervis, Toby (c) RU 76% 0 1 18 7 11 1 22 3 7 3 1 2 1 3
3 Prestia, Dion CHF 81% 0 0 25 17 8 5 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 5
13 Ralphsmith, Hugo HFFL 84% 0 1 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 4
33 Retschko, Patrick WL 81% 1 1 19 12 7 6 0 4 1 1 1 0 2 1
15 Short, Jayden INT 78% 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
14 Taranto, Tim (vc) C 85% 0 1 27 13 14 4 0 8 5 1 0 0 1 3
36 Trezise, James HBFR 82% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1
1 Vlastuin, Nick HBFL 78% 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 4 3 3
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 6 16 329 187 142 69 26 50 35 52 11 23 41 51

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Barrass, Tom FB 82% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
24 Battle, Josh HBFR 91% 1 0 27 13 14 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 2
18 Chol, Mabior CHF 84% 1 0 8 6 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 1 0 3
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo HFFR 81% 0 0 27 11 16 4 0 5 1 1 1 0 3 2
33 Ginnivan, Jack WL 41% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
35 Greeves, Ollie INT 67% 1 0 14 7 7 8 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 2
19 Gunston, Jack FPR 93% 1 1 8 5 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
15 Hardwick, Blake BPR 85% 0 0 21 14 7 9 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
4 Impey, Jarman HBFL 83% 1 0 34 26 8 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 3
2 Lewis, Mitch FF 84% 5 2 13 11 2 5 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 1
42 Macdonald, Bailey INT 70% 0 0 18 6 12 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2
9 MacDonald, Connor INT 75% 0 0 33 13 20 10 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 6
28 Mackenzie, Cam RO 73% 0 0 20 7 13 2 0 4 3 4 0 1 2 3
27 McCabe, Will INT 72% 1 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4
17 Meek, Lloyd RU 65% 0 0 14 5 9 3 24 7 2 0 1 0 0 2
8 Moore, Dylan HFFL 89% 0 1 24 12 12 6 0 4 1 2 4 0 3 6
1 Morrison, Harry WR 87% 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2
21 Mraz, Noah INT 88% 1 2 16 13 3 2 2 6 2 1 2 1 2 2
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 74% 0 1 19 10 9 2 0 5 6 9 0 4 1 5
6 Sicily, James BPL 76% 1 0 26 15 11 6 0 1 0 6 3 1 9 2
25 Ward, Josh C 78% 0 1 20 11 9 2 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 3
5 Watson, Nick FPL 74% 5 2 11 8 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2
23 Weddle, Josh CHB 88% 0 1 20 10 10 3 0 7 1 3 1 0 3 5
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 18 14 431 230 201 107 31 68 29 45 23 11 44 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

Richmond Coach: Adem Yze
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
6 J. Sicily 37 T. Barrass 15 B. Hardwick 25 T. Nankervis (c) 30 T. Brown
7 R. Mansell 19 T. Lynch 4 S. Lalor 22 S. Cumming 48 S. Green
FORWARD 10 T. Hotton 42 M. Lefau
HALF-BACK

28 K. McAuliffe
4 J. Impey 23 J. Weddle 24 J. Battle

15 J. Short
44 S. Campbell 3 D. Prestia 13 H. Ralphsmith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 J. Ginnivan 25 J. Ward 1 H. Morrison



6 S. Banks 14 T. Taranto (vc) 33 P. Retschko FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 L. Meek 35 O. Greeves
HALF-FORWARD 3 J. Newcombe 42 B. Macdonald
8 D. Moore 18 M. Chol 16 M. D'Ambrosio 28 C. Mackenzie 9 C. MacDonald
36 J. Trezise 24 S. Grlj 1 N. Vlastuin

27 W. McCabe
HALF-BACK

21 N. Mraz
FORWARD



5 N. Watson 2 M. Lewis 19 J. Gunston



41 K. Annand 35 N. Broad 21 N. Balta



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:25
RICH Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 05:19
HWTH Nick Watson goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:32
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 10:57
RICH Seth Campbell behind 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 12:27
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 0.2.2 - 3.1.19 14:57
RICH Patrick Retschko behind 0.3.3 - 3.1.19 18:35
HWTH Rushed behind 0.3.3 - 3.2.20 20:19
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 0.3.3 - 3.3.21 22:08
HWTH Nick Watson goal 0.3.3 - 4.3.27 23:45
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 0.3.3 - 5.3.33 25:41
RICH Seth Campbell behind 0.4.4 - 5.3.33 30:04
RICH Rushed behind 0.5.5 - 5.3.33 30:34
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 0.5.5 - 5.4.34 31:48
Q2 RICH Rushed behind 0.6.6 - 5.4.34 02:09
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 0.6.6 - 5.5.35 04:19
HWTH Jai Newcombe behind 0.6.6 - 5.6.36 05:09
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 0.6.6 - 6.6.42 06:40
RICH Patrick Retschko goal 1.6.12 - 6.6.42 08:53
RICH Mykelti Lefau goal 2.6.18 - 6.6.42 11:19
HWTH Will McCabe goal 2.6.18 - 7.6.48 14:19
HWTH Josh Battle goal 2.6.18 - 8.6.54 15:34
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 2.6.18 - 9.6.60 17:35
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 2.6.18 - 9.7.61 19:47
HWTH Jarman Impey goal 2.6.18 - 10.7.67 20:34
HWTH Nick Watson behind 2.6.18 - 10.8.68 24:00
HWTH Nick Watson goal 2.6.18 - 11.8.74 25:12
HWTH Rushed behind 2.6.18 - 11.9.75 28:56
HWTH Nick Watson goal 2.6.18 - 12.9.81 31:51
Q3 HWTH James Sicily goal 2.6.18 - 13.9.87 02:12
HWTH Nick Watson goal 2.6.18 - 14.9.93 03:35
RICH Seth Campbell behind 2.7.19 - 14.9.93 05:53
RICH Hugo Ralphsmith behind 2.8.20 - 14.9.93 08:18
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 2.8.20 - 15.9.99 10:11
HWTH Ollie Greeves goal 2.8.20 - 16.9.105 12:58
HWTH Josh Ward behind 2.8.20 - 16.10.106 17:15
HWTH Dylan Moore behind 2.8.20 - 16.11.107 18:43
RICH Rushed behind 2.9.21 - 16.11.107 25:21
RICH Tim Taranto behind 2.10.22 - 16.11.107 26:22
RICH Rhyan Mansell behind 2.11.23 - 16.11.107 27:32
RICH Sam Lalor goal 3.11.29 - 16.11.107 28:38
Q4 RICH Rhyan Mansell behind 3.12.30 - 16.11.107 02:14
RICH Tom Lynch behind 3.13.31 - 16.11.107 02:53
HWTH Nick Watson behind 3.13.31 - 16.12.108 05:40
HWTH Noah Mraz behind 3.13.31 - 16.13.109 09:03
RICH Sam Cumming behind 3.14.32 - 16.13.109 10:14
RICH Toby Nankervis behind 3.15.33 - 16.13.109 14:49
RICH Sam Grlj behind 3.16.34 - 16.13.109 16:15
RICH Tom Brown goal 4.16.40 - 16.13.109 19:20
HWTH Noah Mraz behind 4.16.40 - 16.14.110 21:48
RICH Tom Lynch goal 5.16.46 - 16.14.110 23:02
RICH Kane McAuliffe goal 6.16.52 - 16.14.110 24:52
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 6.16.52 - 17.14.116 28:48
HWTH Noah Mraz goal 6.16.52 - 18.14.122 30:02