Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs, Round 5 2026
2026 AFLRound 5
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAW | 4.2 26 | 7.5 47 | 10.10 70 | 15.14 104 |
| WBD | 2.3 15 | 2.7 19 | 6.13 49 | 8.16 64 |
Adelaide OvalRain, 18°Lead changes 0
Recap
Hawthorn too strong for Bulldogs
Hawthorn 15.14 (104) beat the Western Bulldogs 8.16 (64) at Adelaide Oval in Round 5, a 40-point win.
Hawthorn led at every change.
Jack Gunston kicked three goals for Hawthorn and Mitch Lewis three; Sam Darcy kicked two for Bulldogs.
Blake Hardwick led the way with 25 disposals and 10 marks.
A run of four straight goals across the first and second quarters stretched the lead from 8 to 27.
Hawthorn won the clearances 43–31 and won the contested ball 142–121.
In context
- Hawthorn have now beaten the Western Bulldogs 5 times in a row.
- Milestone: Sam Darcy’s 50th game.
- AFL debut for Louis Emmett.
- A career-high 14 clearances for Jai Newcombe (previous best 12).
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Hawthorn aheadBulldogs aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 4 goals in a row to HawthornQ1 21:15 – Q2 24:58
- Hawthorn lead by 44Q3 19:27
HawthornGoals
- J. Gunston 3.2
- M. Lewis 3.2
- D. Moore 2.1
- N. Watson 1.2
- J. Weddle 1.2
- J. Ginnivan 1.1
- C. Macdonald 1.1
- L. Meek 1
- J. Newcombe 1
- N. Reeves 1
BulldogsGoals
- S. Darcy 2.2
- A. Naughton 1.3
- J. Croft 1.1
- J. Dolan 1.1
- C. Hynes 1.1
- J. Freijah 1
- H. Gallagher 1
- Field umpires
- Brett Rosebury, Andrew Stephens, Hayden Meyer, Jamie Broadbent
HawthornFinal team
Western BulldogsFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesW. Lewis, L. McNeil, L. Jaques
In
- +Harvey Gallagher
- +Louis Emmett
- +Ed Richards
- +Cooper Hynes
Out
- −Lachie Jaques · Managed
- −Tim English · Injured
- −Lachlan McNeil · Omitted
- −Arthur Jones · Injured
Milestones
- Sam Darcy · 50th game
- Louis Emmett · Debut game
First game for the club
- Louis Emmett · Glen Iris JFC (Vic)/Oakleigh U18
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 clearances 43–31 and won the contested ball 142–121.
HAWAttackWBD
- Inside 50s 53
- Scoring shots 8.1624
- Accuracy 33%
54
2915.14
52%
The ball
- Disposals 337
- Contested possessions 121
- Clearances 31
- Marks 81
- Tackles 58
- Free kicks 13
- Biggest lead 0
402
142
43
126
61
18
44
Hawthorn15.14104
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3J. Newcombe | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 98 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | |
| 15B. Hardwick | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 125 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 33J. Ginnivan | 28 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 113 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2M. LewisInt | 18 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6J. Sicily | 24 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 17L. MeekInt | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 98 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 24 | |
| 24J. Battle | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9C. Macdonald | 23 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 96 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | |
| 16M. D'Ambrosio | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 102 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 8D. Moore | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
| 23J. Weddle | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 72 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 4J. Impey | 26 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10K. Amon | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5N. Watson | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7N. Reeves | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | |
| 11C. Nash | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| 37T. Barrass | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19J. Gunston | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39F. PerezInt | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28C. MackenzieInt | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25J. Ward | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30S. ButlerInt | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 18M. Chol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 402 | 15 | 12 | 126 | 61 | 43 | 1821 | 250 | 152 | 54 | 64 |
Western Bulldogs8.1664
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9R. Sanders | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 93 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4M. Bontempelli | 26 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 102 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | |
| 20E. Richards | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 91 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | |
| 8M. Kennedy | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 95 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 34B. Williams | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 31B. Dale | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14R. West | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 37M. SellwoodInt | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| 42S. DavidsonInt | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 19C. Budarick | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18J. O'Donnell | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16J. CroftInt | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 27J. Freijah | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6C. HynesInt | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10S. Darcy | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7R. Lobb | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 12H. Gallagher | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 29L. Bramble | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26J. Dolan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 33A. Naughton | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24B. Khamis | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25L. Emmett | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| 13O. BakerInt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 337 | 8 | 15 | 81 | 58 | 31 | 1389 | 201 | 136 | 53 | 17 |
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 4.2 (26) · WBD 2.3 (15)
- 1:21RushedHawthornHAW0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
- 4:12GoalJ. GunstonHAW1.1 (7) – 0.0 (0)
- 7:22BehindN. WatsonHAW1.2 (8) – 0.0 (0)
- 8:19GoalC. MacdonaldHAW2.2 (14) – 0.0 (0)
- 9:55GoalS. DarcyWBD2.2 (14) – 1.0 (6)
- 12:02GoalM. LewisHAW3.2 (20) – 1.0 (6)
- 14:16GoalS. DarcyWBD3.2 (20) – 2.0 (12)
- 21:15GoalM. LewisHAW4.2 (26) – 2.0 (12)
- 23:21BehindS. DavidsonWBD4.2 (26) – 2.1 (13)
- 24:47BehindA. NaughtonWBD4.2 (26) – 2.2 (14)
- 27:20BehindR. WestWBD4.2 (26) – 2.3 (15)
Second quarterHAW 3.3 (21) · WBD 0.4 (4)
- 3:02BehindJ. GinnivanHAW4.3 (27) – 2.3 (15)
- 4:09BehindJ. GunstonHAW4.4 (28) – 2.3 (15)
- 5:53RushedBulldogsWBD4.4 (28) – 2.4 (16)
- 10:29GoalJ. GunstonHAW5.4 (34) – 2.4 (16)
- 14:03GoalJ. WeddleHAW6.4 (40) – 2.4 (16)
- 16:27BehindJ. DolanWBD6.4 (40) – 2.5 (17)
- 18:59BehindC. MacdonaldHAW6.5 (41) – 2.5 (17)
- 20:19BehindM. BontempelliWBD6.5 (41) – 2.6 (18)
- 24:58GoalL. MeekHAW7.5 (47) – 2.6 (18)
- 26:39BehindS. DarcyWBD7.5 (47) – 2.7 (19)
Third quarterHAW 3.5 (23) · WBD 4.6 (30)
- 0:40BehindC. HynesWBD7.5 (47) – 2.8 (20)
- 1:55GoalJ. FreijahWBD7.5 (47) – 3.8 (26)
- 3:39RushedHawthornHAW7.6 (48) – 3.8 (26)
- 7:12BehindN. WatsonHAW7.7 (49) – 3.8 (26)
- 7:51BehindM. LewisHAW7.8 (50) – 3.8 (26)
- 10:20BehindC. MackenzieHAW7.9 (51) – 3.8 (26)
- 12:28GoalD. MooreHAW8.9 (57) – 3.8 (26)
- 14:33GoalN. WatsonHAW9.9 (63) – 3.8 (26)
- 16:01GoalJ. GinnivanHAW10.9 (69) – 3.8 (26)
- 19:27BehindD. MooreHAW10.10 (70) – 3.8 (26)
- 20:55GoalJ. DolanWBD10.10 (70) – 4.8 (32)
- 22:29GoalH. GallagherWBD10.10 (70) – 5.8 (38)
- 23:44BehindA. NaughtonWBD10.10 (70) – 5.9 (39)
- 24:44BehindS. DavidsonWBD10.10 (70) – 5.10 (40)
- 26:12BehindR. WestWBD10.10 (70) – 5.11 (41)
- 26:57GoalC. HynesWBD10.10 (70) – 6.11 (47)
- 29:13BehindS. DarcyWBD10.10 (70) – 6.12 (48)
- 30:38BehindJ. CroftWBD10.10 (70) – 6.13 (49)
Last quarterHAW 5.4 (34) · WBD 2.3 (15)
- 3:58BehindM. LewisHAW10.11 (71) – 6.13 (49)
- 5:17BehindJ. GunstonHAW10.12 (72) – 6.13 (49)
- 5:40BehindJ. WeddleHAW10.13 (73) – 6.13 (49)
- 7:21GoalM. LewisHAW11.13 (79) – 6.13 (49)
- 9:54GoalD. MooreHAW12.13 (85) – 6.13 (49)
- 10:56BehindR. WestWBD12.13 (85) – 6.14 (50)
- 14:02GoalJ. NewcombeHAW13.13 (91) – 6.14 (50)
- 16:45GoalA. NaughtonWBD13.13 (91) – 7.14 (56)
- 21:56BehindJ. WeddleHAW13.14 (92) – 7.14 (56)
- 23:18GoalJ. GunstonHAW14.14 (98) – 7.14 (56)
- 26:22GoalJ. CroftWBD14.14 (98) – 8.14 (62)
- 28:00BehindR. WestWBD14.14 (98) – 8.15 (63)
- 29:27GoalN. ReevesHAW15.14 (104) – 8.15 (63)
- 31:07BehindA. NaughtonWBD15.14 (104) – 8.16 (64)