2026 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
2026 season
PresidentAndrew Gowers
CoachSam Mitchell
CaptainsJai Newcombe
James Sicily
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground
University of Tasmania Stadium
Home and away4th
Leading goalkickerJack Gunston (13)
Average home attendance47,945

The 2026 Hawthorn Football Club season is the club's 102nd season in the Australian Football League and 125th overall.

Kits

Manufacturer: ISC,[1][2] Under Armour[3]
Sponsors: Tasmania,[4] Nissan,[5] KFC,[6] Superhero,[7]

Home
Away

Playing list changes

Additions

Date Player Type From Ref
19 November 2025 Cameron Nairn Draft Central District [8]
Aidan Schubert Central District [9]
20 November 2025 Jack Dalton Sandringham Dragons [10]
Matt LeRay Central District [11]
21 November 2025 Ollie Greeves Eastern Ranges [12]
2 March 2026 Flynn Perez Preseason Supplemental Selection Sturt Football Club [13]

Departures

Date Player Type To Ref
14 August 2025 Luke Breust Retired — [14][15]
24 September 2025 Sam Frost Delisted — [16]
Jasper Scaife — [16]
3 October 2025 James Worpel Free agent Geelong [17][18]
15 October 2025 Changkuoth Jiath Trade Melbourne [19][20]
Jai Serong Sydney [21][22]
21 October 2025 Seamus Mitchell Delisted — [23][24]

Contract extensions

Date Player Contract length Contract ends Ref
1 October 2025 Sam Butler Two years 2027 [25]
10 October 2025 Connor Macdonald Three years 2029 [26]
22 October 2025 Bodie Ryan One year 2026 [27]
Jaime Uhr-Henry One year 2026
27 November 2025 Ned Reeves Three years 2029 [28]
18 February 2026 Josh Weddle Four years 2030 [29][30]

2026 player squad

2026 Hawthorn Football Club squad
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Injured
  • Upgraded rookie(s)
  • (ret) Retired
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • (FA) Free agent

Updated: 10 March 2026
Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Season

Pre–season

Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ref.
Home Away Result
Monday, 16 February (1:45 pm) Geelong 16.15 (111) 14.10 (94) Won by 17 points Kennedy Community Centre — Recap
Friday, 27 February (7:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 18.9 (117) 11.7 (73) Lost by 44 points Mission Whitten Oval — Recap

Home and Away

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Position Report
Home Away Result
OR Saturday, 7 March (4:15 pm) Greater Western Sydney 19.8 (122) 14.11 (95) Lost by 27 points ENGIE Stadium 16,157 8th Report
1 Friday, 13 March (7:40 pm) Essendon 13.5 (83) 21.19 (145) Won by 62 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 71,384 6th Report
2 Thursday, 19 March (7:30 pm) Sydney 14.15 (99) 13.4 (82) Won by 17 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 47,945 Report
3 Bye
4 Monday, 6 April (3:15 pm) Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground
5 Saturday, 11 April (7:05 pm) Western Bulldogs Adelaide Oval
6 Saturday, 18 April (4:15 pm) Port Adelaide Marvel Stadium
7 Saturday, 25 April (12:15 pm) Gold Coast University of Tasmania Stadium
8 Thursday, 30 April (7:30 pm) Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground
9 Thursday, 7 May (6:10 pm) Fremantle Optus Stadium
10 Saturday, 16 May (4:15 pm) Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
11 Thursday, 21 May (7:30 pm) Adelaide University of Tasmania Stadium
12 Thursday, 28 May (7:30 pm) St Kilda Marvel Stadium
13 Friday, 5 June (7:40 pm) Western Bulldogs Melbourne Cricket Ground
14 Bye
15 Friday, 19 June (7:40 pm) Gold Coast People First Stadium
16 TBC Greater Western Sydney Melbourne Cricket Ground
17 TBC Melbourne University of Tasmania Stadium
18 TBC Carlton Melbourne Cricket Ground
19 TBC Richmond Melbourne Cricket Ground
20 TBC Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground
21 TBC North Melbourne University of Tasmania Stadium
22 TBC Brisbane Lions The Gabba
23 TBC Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground
24 TBC West Coast Optus Stadium

Ladder

Updated to Hawthorn v Sydney, round 2.

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Gold Coast 2 2 0 0 256 141 181.6 8 Finals series
2 Western Bulldogs 2 2 0 0 245 159 154.1 8
3 Sydney 3 2 1 0 318 228 139.5 8
4 Hawthorn 3 2 1 0 339 287 118.1 8
5 North Melbourne 1 1 0 0 113 67 168.7 4
6 Adelaide 1 1 0 0 93 79 117.7 4
7 Melbourne 1 1 0 0 120 107 112.1 4
8 Collingwood 2 1 1 0 157 159 98.7 4
9 Geelong 2 1 1 0 179 225 79.6 4
10 Greater Western Sydney 2 1 1 0 175 229 76.4 4
11 Carlton 2 1 1 0 144 203 70.9 4
12 Richmond 1 0 1 0 71 75 94.7 0
13 Fremantle 1 0 1 0 100 110 90.9 0
14 St Kilda 2 0 2 0 173 198 87.4 0
15 Brisbane Lions 2 0 2 0 166 215 77.2 0
16 Port Adelaide 1 0 1 0 67 113 59.3 0
17 Essendon 1 0 1 0 83 145 57.2 0
18 West Coast 1 0 1 0 72 131 55.0 0
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Statistics

No. Name Pos. Games Goals Behinds Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Tackles Hitouts
1 Harry Morrison MF 1 0 0 12 5 17 6 2 0
2 Mitchell Lewis FW 2 1 2 15 6 21 12 4 0
3 Jai Newcombe MF 2 1 1 27 20 47 10 7 0
4 Jarman Impey DF 2 0 0 27 14 41 15 7 0
5 Nick Watson FW 2 6 4 24 10 34 6 9 0
6 James Sicily DF 2 0 0 36 13 49 16 6 0
7 Ned Reeves RU 1 2 0 5 7 12 3 1 17
8 Dylan Moore FW 2 1 2 22 15 37 8 4 0
9 Connor Macdonald FW 2 2 2 28 16 44 6 4 0
10 Karl Amon DF 2 0 1 27 11 38 6 3 0
11 Conor Nash MF 2 1 0 14 26 40 7 7 0
12 Will Day MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Calsher Dear FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Jack Scrimshaw DF 2 0 0 26 10 36 13 3 0
15 Blake Hardwick DF 2 0 0 19 14 33 13 2 0
16 Massimo D'Ambrosio MF 2 1 0 16 13 29 6 1 0
17 Lloyd Meek RU 2 1 0 9 10 19 5 5 59
18 Mabior Chol FW 2 3 4 21 2 23 12 2 6
19 Jack Gunston FW 2 9 2 14 3 17 12 2 0
20 Finn Maginness FW 1 0 0 2 6 8 1 1 0
21 Noah Mraz DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Cameron Nairn MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Josh Weddle DF 2 2 2 15 15 30 11 5 0
24 Josh Battle DF 2 0 1 27 11 38 17 4 0
25 Josh Ward MF 2 0 1 26 18 44 12 7 0
26 Bodie Ryan DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Will McCabe FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Cameron Mackenzie MF 1 0 1 13 8 21 6 5 0
29 Aidan Schubert FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Sam Butler MF 2 2 0 15 4 19 9 1 0
31 Matthew LeRay MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Cody Anderson MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Jack Ginnivan FW 2 3 3 26 11 37 15 3 0
34 Jack Dalton MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Ollie Greeves MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 James Blanck DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Tom Barrass DF 2 0 0 9 7 16 8 0 0
38 Max Ramsden FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Flynn Perez DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Matt Hill FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Bailey Macdonald DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Jaime Uhr-Henry RU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Henry Hustwaite MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalkickers

Name Goals Games Average
Jack Gunston 9 2 4.5
Nick Watson 6 2 3.0
Mabior Chol 3 2 1.5
Jack Ginnivan 3 2 1.5
Sam Butler 2 2 1.0
Connor Macdonald 2 2 1.0
Ned Reeves 2 1 2.0
Josh Weddle 2 2 1.0
Massimo D'Ambrosio 1 2 0.5
Mitchell Lewis 1 2 0.5
Lloyd Meek 1 2 0.5
Dylan Moore 1 2 0.5
Conor Nash 1 2 0.5
Jai Newcombe 1 2 0.5

Disciplinary record

Round Name Opponent Reason Result Ref
PS Jai Newcombe Western Bulldogs Rough conduct Fine [31]


Milestones

Milestone Name Round Ref
200th AFL game Blake Hardwick 1 [32][33]
150th AFL game Josh Battle OR [34]
50th club game Jack Ginnivan 1 [33]

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