Hawthorn v Sydney Swans, Round 2 2026
2026 AFLRound 2
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAW | 5.3 33 | 6.7 43 | 9.10 64 | 14.15 99 |
| SYD | 6.2 38 | 7.2 44 | 12.3 75 | 13.4 82 |
MCG, MelbourneOvercast, 21°Lead changes 13
Recap
Hawthorn beat Sydney by 17
Hawthorn 14.15 (99) beat Sydney 13.4 (82) at MCG in Round 2, a 17-point win after trailing by 20. The lead changed 13 times.
Hawthorn trailed by 11 at three-quarter time, then kicked 5.5 to 1.1 in the last quarter.
Jack Gunston kicked four goals for Hawthorn and Dylan Moore three; Logan McDonald kicked three for Sydney.
Jai Newcombe led the way with 31 disposals, a goal and 9 clearances.
Hawthorn won the contested ball 161–135 and took 101 marks to 58.
Best on ground
Hawthorn · #3 · 84% game time
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- D
- 1
- G
- 3
- M
- 2
- T
9 clearances · 3 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 100
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Hawthorn aheadSydney aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- Hawthorn down by 20Q3 10:35
- 4 goals in a row to SydneyQ3 3:00 – 10:35
- C. Nash levels it at 75Q4 7:26
- J. Gunston kicks the match-winnerQ4 18:39
HawthornGoals
- J. Gunston 4.4
- D. Moore 3.1
- M. Chol 2.2
- M. Lewis 1.1
- N. Watson 1.1
- S. Butler 1
- C. Mackenzie 1
- J. Newcombe 1
SydneyGoals
- L. McDonald 3
- C. Curnow 2.1
- J. McInerney 1.1
- T. Papley 1.1
- J. Amartey 1
- B. Grundy 1
- J. Jordon 1
- M. Rosas 1
- C. Warner 1
- C. Warner 1
- Venue
- MCG, Melbourne
- Field umpires
- Hayden Meyer, Simon Meredith, Jacob Mollison, Martin Rodger
HawthornFinal team
Sydney SwansFinal team
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
Hawthorn won the contested ball 161–135 and took 101 marks to 58.
HAWAttackSYD
- Inside 50s 58
- Scoring shots 13.417
- Accuracy 76%
55
2914.15
48%
The ball
- Disposals 348
- Contested possessions 135
- Clearances 37
- Marks 58
- Tackles 66
- Free kicks 16
- Biggest lead 20
417
161
35
101
62
27
17
Disposals
Goals
Marks
Tackles
Hawthorn14.1599
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3J. Newcombe | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 100 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | |
| 8D. Moore | 22 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | |
| 11C. NashInt | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 86 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5N. Watson | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| 10K. Amon | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19J. Gunston | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6J. Sicily | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| 28C. Mackenzie | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 73 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 37T. Barrass | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14J. ScrimshawInt | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24J. Battle | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 9C. Macdonald | 20 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16M. D'Ambrosio | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 17L. Meek | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 25 | |
| 25J. Ward | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| 23J. Weddle | 20 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2M. LewisInt | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 33J. Ginnivan | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 4J. Impey | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| 30S. ButlerInt | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7N. ReevesInt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | |
| 15B. Hardwick | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18M. Chol | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 417 | 14 | 15 | 101 | 62 | 35 | 1744 | 235 | 182 | 55 | 46 |
Sydney Swans13.482
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4B. Grundy | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 88 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 29 | |
| 8J. Rowbottom | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 80 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1C. Warner | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 82 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | |
| 14C. Mills | 29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| 26R. BiceInt | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27J. McInerney | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 85 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
| 22N. Blakey | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6L. McDonaldInt | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 12A. SheldrickInt | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 44J. Lloyd | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 80 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| 17J. Jordon | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 11T. Papley | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 13J. Serong | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 34M. Roberts | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 24D. Rampe | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10M. Rosas | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37C. WarnerInt | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 36J. Amartey | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 43L. Melican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 30T. McCartin | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15S. Wicks | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 35C. Curnow | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33C. ClearyInt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team | 348 | 13 | 4 | 58 | 66 | 37 | 1376 | 195 | 153 | 58 | 30 |
Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.
First quarterHAW 5.3 (33) · SYD 6.2 (38)
- 1:21GoalT. PapleySYD0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
- 2:50BehindJ. GunstonHAW0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
- 3:32GoalC. MackenzieHAWLead change1.1 (7) – 1.0 (6)
- 6:08GoalM. CholHAW2.1 (13) – 1.0 (6)
- 9:20GoalM. RosasSYD2.1 (13) – 2.0 (12)
- 11:25GoalC. CurnowSYDLead change2.1 (13) – 3.0 (18)
- 13:03GoalM. CholHAWLead change3.1 (19) – 3.0 (18)
- 14:21GoalC. CurnowSYDLead change3.1 (19) – 4.0 (24)
- 15:25BehindC. MacdonaldHAW3.2 (20) – 4.0 (24)
- 17:22GoalD. MooreHAWLead change4.2 (26) – 4.0 (24)
- 18:59GoalC. WarnerSYDLead change4.2 (26) – 5.0 (30)
- 20:11BehindJ. WeddleHAW4.3 (27) – 5.0 (30)
- 21:47GoalJ. AmarteySYD4.3 (27) – 6.0 (36)
- 23:21GoalJ. GunstonHAW5.3 (33) – 6.0 (36)
- 28:29BehindT. PapleySYD5.3 (33) – 6.1 (37)
- 30:23BehindC. CurnowSYD5.3 (33) – 6.2 (38)
Second quarterHAW 1.4 (10) · SYD 1.0 (6)
- 6:40BehindM. CholHAW5.4 (34) – 6.2 (38)
- 11:30BehindC. MacdonaldHAW5.5 (35) – 6.2 (38)
- 12:45BehindJ. GunstonHAW5.6 (36) – 6.2 (38)
- 19:07GoalS. ButlerHAWLead change6.6 (42) – 6.2 (38)
- 21:00BehindM. CholHAW6.7 (43) – 6.2 (38)
- 24:06GoalJ. McInerneySYDLead change6.7 (43) – 7.2 (44)
Third quarterHAW 3.3 (21) · SYD 5.1 (31)
- 0:15BehindJ. McInerneySYD6.7 (43) – 7.3 (45)
- 1:54GoalJ. GunstonHAWLead change7.7 (49) – 7.3 (45)
- 3:00GoalJ. JordonSYDLead change7.7 (49) – 8.3 (51)
- 5:53GoalC. WarnerSYD7.7 (49) – 9.3 (57)
- 8:47GoalL. McDonaldSYD7.7 (49) – 10.3 (63)
- 10:35GoalB. GrundySYD7.7 (49) – 11.3 (69)
- 13:42GoalJ. NewcombeHAW8.7 (55) – 11.3 (69)
- 16:06BehindJ. GunstonHAW8.8 (56) – 11.3 (69)
- 17:32GoalD. MooreHAW9.8 (62) – 11.3 (69)
- 18:59BehindM. LewisHAW9.9 (63) – 11.3 (69)
- 23:14BehindJ. GinnivanHAW9.10 (64) – 11.3 (69)
- 31:12GoalL. McDonaldSYD9.10 (64) – 12.3 (75)
Last quarterHAW 5.5 (35) · SYD 1.1 (7)
- 2:06BehindJ. GunstonHAW9.11 (65) – 12.3 (75)
- 3:52GoalD. MooreHAW10.11 (71) – 12.3 (75)
- 4:59BehindN. WatsonHAW10.12 (72) – 12.3 (75)
- 6:04BehindD. MooreHAW10.13 (73) – 12.3 (75)
- 6:40BehindJ. WeddleHAW10.14 (74) – 12.3 (75)
- 7:26BehindC. NashHAWLevel10.15 (75) – 12.3 (75)
- 8:58BehindJ. LloydSYD10.15 (75) – 12.4 (76)
- 12:55GoalM. LewisHAWLead change11.15 (81) – 12.4 (76)
- 15:35GoalL. McDonaldSYDLead change11.15 (81) – 13.4 (82)
- 18:39GoalJ. GunstonHAWLead change12.15 (87) – 13.4 (82)
- 24:57GoalJ. GunstonHAW13.15 (93) – 13.4 (82)
- 32:45GoalN. WatsonHAW14.15 (99) – 13.4 (82)