2026 AFL Season Round 25: West Coast v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 2026 between West Coast and Hawthorn during round twenty-five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Hawthorn at Optus 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 visitors. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

West Coast (6.9.45) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.11.107).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: West Coast v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 23 August 2026
Time: 5:20 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 43,066

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Hawthorn
Score: 6.9.45 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 1 . 2 3 . 7 4 . 7 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Hawthorn 6 . 1 10 . 4 13 . 7 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin HWTH by 29 HWTH by 39 HWTH by 54 HWTH by 62 HWTH by 62
Duration 30:36 38:00 30:39 30:21 2:09:36

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Will Day HWTH 12 3
Jack Gunston HWTH 19 2
Milan Murdock WCST 47 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Allan, Bo WR 79% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 2 5 0 2 2 2
3 Baker, Liam HBFL 78% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 1 5 0 2 2 4
33 Bazzo, Rhett FB 90% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 0
28 Cole, Tom HFFL 77% 0 1 13 7 6 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
38 Davis, Hamish WL 72% 0 1 17 8 9 4 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 3
21 Duff-Tytler, Cooper FPR 66% 0 0 6 2 4 1 11 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
1 Duursma, Willem HFFR 83% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1
17 Graham, Jack INT 76% 0 0 21 11 10 1 0 7 2 7 1 3 3 1
27 Gross, Tom INT 63% 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
51 Herbert, Marcus INT 75% 0 0 20 8 12 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 4 2
19 Hough, Brady BPR 84% 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 4 0 3 3 1 4 1
11 Kelly, Tim C 73% 0 0 28 12 16 4 0 5 4 5 1 0 5 1
5 Lindsay, Josh INT 74% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 2
18 McCarthy, Tom HBFR 81% 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
47 Murdock, Milan FPL 84% 3 0 24 11 13 1 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 4
9 Reid, Harley RR 77% 1 1 21 11 10 4 0 3 3 5 1 3 0 5
35 Shanahan, Jobe CHF 92% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
4 Starcevich, Brandon BPL 72% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2
2 Waterman, Jake FF 88% 1 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
32 Williams, Bailey RU 78% 0 0 13 5 8 1 36 2 7 1 1 1 6 2
34 Williams, Jack INT 73% 1 1 15 8 7 5 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
6 Yeo, Elliot RO 76% 0 1 25 11 14 0 0 5 7 6 1 1 1 3
20 Young, Tylar CHB 89% 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 10 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 6 9 362 196 166 62 48 56 32 67 21 20 49 46

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Amon, Karl CHB 76% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 6 0
37 Barrass, Tom FB 88% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Battle, Josh HBFR 95% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
40 Beattie, Max INT 67% 2 2 15 11 4 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 5
18 Chol, Mabior CHF 67% 0 0 9 4 5 1 3 6 2 2 0 2 0 0
34 Dalton, Jack HFFR 72% 0 1 14 6 8 5 0 4 1 4 0 1 5 1
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WR 77% 0 1 18 12 6 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 4
12 Day, Will C 68% 2 1 23 16 7 5 0 3 6 4 1 2 1 2
19 Gunston, Jack FPR 97% 5 1 8 8 0 6 0 2 0 5 0 4 0 0
15 Hardwick, Blake BPR 84% 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 4 0 1 3 1 5 2
4 Impey, Jarman HBFL 77% 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2
2 Lewis, Mitch FF 82% 2 0 14 10 4 10 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 5
42 Macdonald, Bailey INT 78% 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 2 0
9 MacDonald, Connor INT 75% 0 1 23 17 6 6 0 5 4 2 2 1 0 3
28 Mackenzie, Cam INT 75% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 4 4 0 2 2 3
17 Meek, Lloyd RU 77% 0 0 16 7 9 2 31 3 4 3 1 1 1 5
8 Moore, Dylan HFFL 82% 1 0 22 13 9 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 9
1 Morrison, Harry WL 86% 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 77% 1 1 19 13 6 2 0 4 4 6 3 2 2 7
6 Sicily, James BPL 88% 0 1 19 16 3 5 0 1 1 4 1 0 4 5
25 Ward, Josh RO 80% 0 0 24 10 14 3 0 6 5 2 1 0 1 3
5 Watson, Nick FPL 54% 3 1 12 8 4 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 4
23 Weddle, Josh INT 78% 0 0 11 6 5 4 2 6 1 3 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 16 11 368 236 132 87 36 72 40 66 20 21 38 66

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

West Coast Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
6 J. Sicily 37 T. Barrass 15 B. Hardwick 32 B. Williams 17 J. Graham
21 C. Duff-Tytler 2 J. Waterman 47 M. Murdock 9 H. Reid 27 T. Gross
FORWARD 6 E. Yeo 51 M. Herbert
HALF-BACK

5 J. Lindsay
4 J. Impey 10 K. Amon 24 J. Battle

34 J. Williams
1 W. Duursma 35 J. Shanahan 28 T. Cole



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 H. Morrison 12 W. Day 16 M. D'Ambrosio



26 B. Allan 11 T. Kelly 38 H. Davis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 L. Meek 40 M. Beattie
HALF-FORWARD 3 J. Newcombe 42 B. Macdonald
8 D. Moore 18 M. Chol 34 J. Dalton 25 J. Ward 9 C. MacDonald
18 T. McCarthy 20 T. Young 3 L. Baker

28 C. Mackenzie
HALF-BACK

23 J. Weddle
FORWARD



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



19 B. Hough 33 R. Bazzo 4 B. Starcevich



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Jack Gunston goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:59
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 02:44
WCST Elliot Yeo behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 03:58
HWTH Nick Watson goal 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 14:02
WCST Milan Murdock goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 15:23
HWTH Max Beattie behind 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 16:30
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 1.1.7 - 4.1.25 20:02
WCST Tom Cole behind 1.2.8 - 4.1.25 22:10
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 1.2.8 - 5.1.31 23:01
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 1.2.8 - 6.1.37 24:43
Q2 WCST Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 6.1.37 01:47
WCST Jack Williams behind 1.4.10 - 6.1.37 05:37
WCST Milan Murdock goal 2.4.16 - 6.1.37 08:11
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 2.4.16 - 7.1.43 11:11
WCST Hamish Davis behind 2.5.17 - 7.1.43 13:12
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 2.5.17 - 7.2.44 15:33
HWTH Massimo D'Ambrosio behind 2.5.17 - 7.3.45 21:15
HWTH Max Beattie goal 2.5.17 - 8.3.51 21:48
HWTH Max Beattie goal 2.5.17 - 9.3.57 26:08
HWTH James Sicily behind 2.5.17 - 9.4.58 30:08
HWTH Nick Watson goal 2.5.17 - 10.4.64 30:57
WCST Jake Waterman behind 2.6.18 - 10.4.64 32:57
WCST Tom Gross behind 2.7.19 - 10.4.64 33:38
WCST Jake Waterman goal 3.7.25 - 10.4.64 37:57
Q3 HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 3.7.25 - 11.4.70 02:30
HWTH Max Beattie behind 3.7.25 - 11.5.71 05:25
HWTH Will Day goal 3.7.25 - 12.5.77 10:03
HWTH Nick Watson goal 3.7.25 - 13.5.83 12:59
WCST Milan Murdock goal 4.7.31 - 13.5.83 16:26
HWTH Connor MacDonald behind 4.7.31 - 13.6.84 18:30
HWTH Nick Watson behind 4.7.31 - 13.7.85 30:32
Q4 WCST Jack Williams goal 5.7.37 - 13.7.85 01:39
HWTH Jai Newcombe goal 5.7.37 - 14.7.91 04:59
WCST Harley Reid behind 5.8.38 - 14.7.91 06:15
HWTH Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 14.8.92 06:49
HWTH Will Day behind 5.8.38 - 14.9.93 07:55
WCST Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 14.9.93 09:02
HWTH Will Day goal 5.9.39 - 15.9.99 11:06
HWTH Jai Newcombe behind 5.9.39 - 15.10.100 16:19
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 5.9.39 - 16.10.106 21:12
HWTH Jack Dalton behind 5.9.39 - 16.11.107 24:01
WCST Harley Reid goal 6.9.45 - 16.11.107 27:03