Hawthorn v GWS Giants – Round 16 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 16Fri, 26 June, 7:40 pm AEST

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14.1212.10

Hawthorn by 14

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
HAW	3.5 23	9.6 60	13.9 87	14.12 96
GWS	2.4 16	4.6 30	10.6 66	12.10 82

MCG, MelbourneOvercast, 14°Lead changes 0

Recap

Hawthorn 14.12 (96) beat GWS 12.10 (82) at MCG in Round 16, a 14-point win.

Hawthorn led at every change.

Nick Watson kicked three goals for Hawthorn and Mabior Chol two; Callum Brown kicked three for GWS.

Jai Newcombe led the way with 31 disposals and 15 clearances.

A run of six straight goals in the second quarter stretched the lead from 1 to 35.

Hawthorn won the inside-50 count 63–40 and won the clearances 54–30.

Best on ground

Hawthorn · #3 · 83% game time

8.4

More from Round 16

Hawthorn14.1296

GWS Giants12.1082

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

1:13RushedHawthornHAW0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
2:39GoalJ. DaltonHAW1.1 (7) – 0.0 (0)
3:56BehindM. D'AmbrosioHAW1.2 (8) – 0.0 (0)
8:07BehindT. GreeneGWS1.2 (8) – 0.1 (1)
9:18GoalL. AshGWS1.2 (8) – 1.1 (7)
10:28BehindN. WatsonHAW1.3 (9) – 1.1 (7)
12:31RushedHawthornHAW1.4 (10) – 1.1 (7)
14:07GoalC. DearHAW2.4 (16) – 1.1 (7)
15:16GoalS. ConiglioGWS2.4 (16) – 2.1 (13)
17:21BehindM. GruzewskiGWS2.4 (16) – 2.2 (14)
18:46GoalC. MacdonaldHAW3.4 (22) – 2.2 (14)
21:31BehindC. MackenzieHAW3.5 (23) – 2.2 (14)
29:05BehindT. GreeneGWS3.5 (23) – 2.3 (15)
31:20BehindT. BedfordGWS3.5 (23) – 2.4 (16)

3:54GoalT. GreeneGWS3.5 (23) – 3.4 (22)
6:24GoalJ. GinnivanHAW4.5 (29) – 3.4 (22)
11:47BehindP. GothardGWS4.5 (29) – 3.5 (23)
13:25BehindM. GruzewskiGWS4.5 (29) – 3.6 (24)
16:57GoalN. WatsonHAW5.5 (35) – 3.6 (24)
21:48GoalC. MackenzieHAW6.5 (41) – 3.6 (24)
23:02GoalJ. GinnivanHAW7.5 (47) – 3.6 (24)
27:48GoalN. WatsonHAW8.5 (53) – 3.6 (24)
29:31GoalN. WatsonHAW9.5 (59) – 3.6 (24)
32:05GoalC. BrownGWS9.5 (59) – 4.6 (30)
34:12BehindM. CholHAW9.6 (60) – 4.6 (30)

1:14GoalM. LewisHAW10.6 (66) – 4.6 (30)
3:16GoalM. CholHAW11.6 (72) – 4.6 (30)
6:50BehindC. DearHAW11.7 (73) – 4.6 (30)
8:46GoalT. GreeneGWS11.7 (73) – 5.6 (36)
12:17GoalC. BrownGWS11.7 (73) – 6.6 (42)
14:09BehindC. MacdonaldHAW11.8 (74) – 6.6 (42)
15:22GoalC. BrownGWS11.8 (74) – 7.6 (48)
17:34GoalA. CadmanGWS11.8 (74) – 8.6 (54)
20:08GoalJ. DaltonHAW12.8 (80) – 8.6 (54)
24:08BehindM. D'AmbrosioHAW12.9 (81) – 8.6 (54)
26:29GoalF. CallaghanGWS12.9 (81) – 9.6 (60)
29:12GoalM. LewisHAW13.9 (87) – 9.6 (60)
31:24GoalA. CadmanGWS13.9 (87) – 10.6 (66)