2026 AFL Season Round 22: Hawthorn v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 2026 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted North 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. Nick Larkey captained the visitors with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Hawthorn (14.15.99) defeated North Melbourne (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 August 2026
Time: 1:35 PM
Venue: University of Tasmania Stadium
Attendance: 9,420

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.15.99 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Hawthorn	1	.	3	6	.	10	9	.	14	14	.	15	14	.	15	(99)
North Melbourne	4	.	2	7	.	4	10	.	9	12	.	11	12	.	11	(83)
Margin	NMLB by 17			level			NMLB by 1			HWTH by 16			HWTH by 16
Duration	30:06			31:55			28:49			31:37			2:02:27

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 (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

North Melbourne

Captain: Nick Larkey
Vice-Captain: Harry Sheezel
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jai Newcombe	HWTH	3	3
Nick Watson	HWTH	5	2
Luke Davies-Uniacke	NMLB	9	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	89%	0	0	10	6	4	7	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	1
24	Battle, Josh	HBFR	100%	1	0	19	15	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	2
18	Chol, Mabior	CHF	82%	2	2	20	12	8	7	0	3	1	6	2	1	0	8
16	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	WR	86%	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
12	Day, Will	C	71%	1	0	20	9	11	3	0	3	4	0	2	0	0	3
33	Ginnivan, Jack	HFFR	80%	0	2	19	11	8	7	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	3
35	Greeves, Ollie	INT	22%	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Gunston, Jack	FPR	95%	2	5	9	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2
15	Hardwick, Blake	BPR	91%	0	0	23	14	9	7	0	3	0	2	0	1	4	2
4	Impey, Jarman	HBFL	79%	1	0	30	21	9	9	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	3
42	Macdonald, Bailey	INT	73%	0	1	15	4	11	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	2
9	MacDonald, Connor	INT	79%	0	1	19	7	12	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	2
28	Mackenzie, Cam	INT	74%	0	1	23	13	10	3	0	7	4	2	2	0	1	3
20	Maginness, Finn	INT	68%	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	1
17	Meek, Lloyd	RU	82%	0	1	11	5	6	3	32	4	3	0	2	0	0	1
8	Moore, Dylan	HFFL	84%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
1	Morrison, Harry	WL	80%	1	0	8	4	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3	Newcombe, Jai	RR	83%	0	0	34	20	14	6	0	3	12	3	3	0	2	9
29	Schubert, Aidan	FF	62%	0	2	9	6	3	5	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	3
6	Sicily, James	BPL	90%	0	0	18	12	6	8	0	1	0	3	1	1	3	1
25	Ward, Josh	RO	71%	1	0	22	13	9	3	0	3	5	4	0	2	1	6
5	Watson, Nick	FPL	82%	5	0	10	6	4	3	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	Weddle, Josh	CHB	79%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				14	15	371	217	154	106	36	50	33	40	16	15	27	61

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
45	Banch, Zac	BPR	68%	1	0	8	4	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2
39	Blamires, Tom	WL	66%	0	0	15	9	6	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	3
30	Comben, Charlie	FB	91%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	6	0	3	2	2	3	0
4	Corr, Aidan	BPL	95%	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	0
25	Curtis, Paul	FPR	80%	2	1	15	7	8	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	78%	0	0	27	16	11	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	1
27	Darling, Jack	HFFL	86%	0	1	14	4	10	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	85%	0	0	27	14	13	2	0	7	7	4	1	2	3	6
18	Dawson, Wil	INT	47%	0	1	8	2	6	4	7	3	1	1	0	0	2	0
31	Goater, Josh	INT	69%	0	0	21	11	10	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0
20	Larkey, Nick (c)	FF	90%	2	0	13	9	4	8	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	3
19	Logue, Griffin	HBFL	85%	0	0	14	8	6	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	0
10	McKercher, Colby	HBFR	89%	1	1	21	17	4	5	0	2	0	7	0	3	8	2
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	RR	77%	0	1	15	8	7	3	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1
26	Parker, Luke	INT	78%	0	0	27	13	14	6	0	5	4	6	0	1	2	1
8	Scott, Bailey	INT	69%	0	1	11	7	4	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	2
3	Sheezel, Harry (vc)	RO	89%	2	0	25	13	12	8	0	6	2	0	1	0	4	4
12	Simpkin, Jy	HFFR	78%	0	0	23	11	12	5	0	4	4	1	0	1	0	2
13	Spargo, Charlie	INT	58%	0	0	12	5	7	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3
15	Stephens, Dylan	WR	68%	1	0	15	11	4	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1
47	Trembath, Cooper	CHF	87%	3	0	13	7	6	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	76%	0	0	16	6	10	2	24	8	7	2	1	2	1	3
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	90%	0	0	17	5	12	6	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	1
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				12	11	377	200	177	98	34	59	35	47	15	16	46	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
	4	A. Corr	30	C. Comben	45	Z. Banch	17	L. Meek	35	O. Greeves
	19	J. Gunston	29	A. Schubert	5	N. Watson	3	J. Newcombe	42	B. Macdonald
FORWARD							25	J. Ward	9	C. MacDonald
HALF-BACK									28	C. Mackenzie
	19	G. Logue	5	C. Daniel	10	C. McKercher			20	F. Maginness
	33	J. Ginnivan	18	M. Chol	8	D. Moore
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	39	T. Blamires	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	15	D. Stephens
	16	M. D'Ambrosio	12	W. Day	1	H. Morrison	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	18	W. Dawson
HALF-FORWARD							2	F. O'Sullivan	31	J. Goater
	27	J. Darling	47	C. Trembath	12	J. Simpkin	3	H. Sheezel (vc)	26	L. Parker
	24	J. Battle	23	J. Weddle	4	J. Impey			8	B. Scott
HALF-BACK									13	C. Spargo
FORWARD
	44	C. Zurhaar	20	N. Larkey (c)	25	P. Curtis
	15	B. Hardwick	37	T. Barrass	6	J. Sicily
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:13
	HWTH	Lloyd Meek behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	03:48
	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	05:54
	HWTH	Will Day goal	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	06:21
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel goal	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	11:51
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	13:58
	NMLB	Bailey Scott behind	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	16:36
	HWTH	Cam Mackenzie behind	1.3.9	-	2.2.14	19:29
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	1.3.9	-	3.2.20	23:57
	NMLB	Zac Banch goal	1.3.9	-	4.2.26	28:15
Q2	HWTH	Mabior Chol behind	1.4.10	-	4.2.26	01:21
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	2.4.16	-	4.2.26	02:03
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	3.4.22	-	4.2.26	03:08
	NMLB	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	4.3.27	04:27
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald behind	3.5.23	-	4.3.27	08:08
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	4.5.29	-	4.3.27	09:51
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	4.6.30	-	4.3.27	11:51
	HWTH	Bailey Macdonald behind	4.7.31	-	4.3.27	13:18
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	4.7.31	-	4.4.28	13:58
	NMLB	Colby McKercher goal	4.7.31	-	5.4.34	14:50
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	5.7.37	-	5.4.34	16:29
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	5.7.37	-	6.4.40	19:01
	HWTH	Josh Ward goal	6.7.43	-	6.4.40	21:08
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	6.7.43	-	7.4.46	23:32
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	6.8.44	-	7.4.46	26:33
	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan behind	6.9.45	-	7.4.46	29:56
	HWTH	Mabior Chol behind	6.10.46	-	7.4.46	31:50
Q3	NMLB	Rushed behind	6.10.46	-	7.5.47	00:44
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	7.10.52	-	7.5.47	01:37
	NMLB	Colby McKercher behind	7.10.52	-	7.6.48	04:18
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	7.10.52	-	8.6.54	06:12
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	8.10.58	-	8.6.54	07:49
	NMLB	Rushed behind	8.10.58	-	8.7.55	10:05
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	8.11.59	-	8.7.55	11:06
	HWTH	Aidan Schubert behind	8.12.60	-	8.7.55	12:01
	HWTH	Aidan Schubert behind	8.13.61	-	8.7.55	13:32
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	9.13.67	-	8.7.55	14:58
	NMLB	Rushed behind	9.13.67	-	8.8.56	16:12
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	9.14.68	-	8.8.56	19:58
	NMLB	Wil Dawson behind	9.14.68	-	8.9.57	22:07
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	9.14.68	-	9.9.63	25:11
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	9.14.68	-	10.9.69	27:13
Q4	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	10.14.74	-	10.9.69	00:33
	HWTH	Josh Battle goal	11.14.80	-	10.9.69	03:13
	HWTH	Jarman Impey goal	12.14.86	-	10.9.69	06:16
	NMLB	Dylan Stephens goal	12.14.86	-	11.9.75	13:33
	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan behind	12.15.87	-	11.9.75	17:32
	NMLB	Jack Darling behind	12.15.87	-	11.10.76	18:40
	HWTH	Mabior Chol goal	13.15.93	-	11.10.76	21:34
	NMLB	Finn O'Sullivan behind	13.15.93	-	11.11.77	23:24
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel goal	13.15.93	-	12.11.83	24:52
	HWTH	Harry Morrison goal	14.15.99	-	12.11.83	27:07

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