GWS Giants v Hawthorn – Opening Round 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLOpening RoundSat, 7 Mar, 4:15 pm AEDT

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19.814.11

GWS by 27

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GWS	8.3 51	13.4 82	18.6 114	19.8 122
HAW	5.2 32	7.5 47	11.7 73	14.11 95

ENGIE Stadium, SydneyRain, 30°Lead changes 2

Recap

GWS 19.8 (122) beat Hawthorn 14.11 (95) at ENGIE Stadium in Opening Round, a 27-point win.

GWS led at every change.

Jake Stringer kicked five goals for GWS and Jake Riccardi three; Jack Gunston kicked four for Hawthorn.

A run of five straight goals in the first quarter turned a 6-point deficit into a 24-point lead.

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GWS Giants19.8122

Hawthorn14.1195

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

0:59BehindJ. StringerGWS0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
2:19GoalJ. RiccardiGWS1.1 (7) – 0.0 (0)
3:27RushedHawthornHAW1.1 (7) – 0.1 (1)
4:16GoalJ. GinnivanHAWLevel1.1 (7) – 1.1 (7)
8:26GoalL. MeekHAWLead change1.1 (7) – 2.1 (13)
13:49GoalM. GruzewskiGWSLevel2.1 (13) – 2.1 (13)
15:30GoalJ. RiccardiGWSLead change3.1 (19) – 2.1 (13)
18:08GoalC. BrownGWS4.1 (25) – 2.1 (13)
19:55GoalJ. StringerGWS5.1 (31) – 2.1 (13)
21:36GoalJ. HoganGWS6.1 (37) – 2.1 (13)
23:05GoalN. WatsonHAW6.1 (37) – 3.1 (19)
26:23GoalJ. GunstonHAW6.1 (37) – 4.1 (25)
28:39GoalJ. HoganGWS7.1 (43) – 4.1 (25)
30:04BehindD. MooreHAW7.1 (43) – 4.2 (26)
31:29BehindJ. StringerGWS7.2 (44) – 4.2 (26)
33:16GoalJ. HoganGWS8.2 (50) – 4.2 (26)
35:18GoalS. ButlerHAW8.2 (50) – 5.2 (32)
36:32BehindP. GothardGWS8.3 (51) – 5.2 (32)

3:16RushedGWSGWS8.4 (52) – 5.2 (32)
4:13GoalJ. GunstonHAW8.4 (52) – 6.2 (38)
7:21GoalM. GruzewskiGWS9.4 (58) – 6.2 (38)
9:35GoalJ. StringerGWS10.4 (64) – 6.2 (38)
11:35BehindJ. WardHAW10.4 (64) – 6.3 (39)
19:03GoalS. ConiglioGWS11.4 (70) – 6.3 (39)
21:55GoalM. CholHAW11.4 (70) – 7.3 (45)
23:44BehindJ. GunstonHAW11.4 (70) – 7.4 (46)
25:48GoalJ. StringerGWS12.4 (76) – 7.4 (46)
28:24BehindN. WatsonHAW12.4 (76) – 7.5 (47)
30:06GoalJ. RiccardiGWS13.4 (82) – 7.5 (47)

1:28BehindN. WatsonHAW13.4 (82) – 7.6 (48)
2:34GoalJ. GinnivanHAW13.4 (82) – 8.6 (54)
5:05GoalS. ConiglioGWS14.4 (88) – 8.6 (54)
11:45GoalJ. StringerGWS15.4 (94) – 8.6 (54)
13:04GoalS. ButlerHAW15.4 (94) – 9.6 (60)
15:08BehindM. CholHAW15.4 (94) – 9.7 (61)
16:34GoalM. LewisHAW15.4 (94) – 10.7 (67)
20:50GoalM. CholHAW15.4 (94) – 11.7 (73)
21:58GoalH. RowstonGWS16.4 (100) – 11.7 (73)
23:14BehindS. ConiglioGWS16.5 (101) – 11.7 (73)
28:32GoalJ. StringerGWS17.5 (107) – 11.7 (73)
30:34GoalC. OliverGWS18.5 (113) – 11.7 (73)
32:11BehindJ. StringerGWS18.6 (114) – 11.7 (73)