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

The 2026 Hawthorn Football Club season will be 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
Heritage

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
Matt LeRay Central District
21 November 2025 Ollie Greeves Eastern Ranges

Departures

Date Player Type To Ref
14 August 2025 Luke Breust Retired [10][11]
24 September 2025 Sam Frost Delisted [12]
Jasper Scaife [12]
3 October 2025 James Worpel Free agent Geelong [13][14]
15 October 2025 Changkuoth Jiath Trade Melbourne [15][16]
Jai Serong Sydney [17][18]
21 October 2025 Seamus Mitchell Delisted [19][20]

Contract extensions

Date Player Contract length Contract ends Ref
1 October 2025 Sam Butler Two years 2027 [21]
10 October 2025 Connor Macdonald Three years 2029 [22]
22 October 2025 Bodie Ryan One year 2026 [23]
Jaime Uhr-Henry One year 2026
27 November 2025 Ned Reeves Three years 2029 [24]

2026 player squad

2026 Hawthorn Football Club squad
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff
  • 35 Ollie Greeves
  • 38 Max Ramsden
  • 41 Matt Hill (B)
  • 43 Jaime Uhr-Henry (B)

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: 9 December 2025
Source(s): HFC Website; Coaches

Season

Pre–season

Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Report
Home Away Result
Monday, 16 February (3:15 pm) Geelong Kennedy Community Centre
Friday, 27 February (7:10 pm) Western Bulldogs Mission Whitten Oval

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 ENGIE Stadium
1 Friday, 13 March (7:40 pm) Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground
2 Thursday, 19 March (7:30 pm) Sydney Melbourne Cricket Ground
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

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Carlton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Collingwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Essendon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Fremantle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Geelong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gold Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Greater Western Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hawthorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 North Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Port Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 St Kilda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 West Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Western Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Mitchell Lewis FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jai Newcombe MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Jarman Impey DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Nick Watson FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 James Sicily DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ned Reeves RU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dylan Moore FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Connor Macdonald FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Karl Amon DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Conor Nash MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Blake Hardwick DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Massimo D'Ambrosio MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Lloyd Meek RU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mabior Chol FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Jack Gunston FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Finn Maginness FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Josh Battle DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Josh Ward MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Aidan Schubert FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Sam Butler MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Max Ramsden FW 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



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