Essendon and Hawthorn have finalised their lineups for the match at MCG.

 2026-03-13T08:40:00Z 
MATCH IN PROGRESS
MCG
ESS   
27
Q2 02:52
35
   HAW
    #AFLDonsHawks
MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   
IN No change
IN Cameron Mackenzie, Ned Reeves
OUTHarry Morrison (Omitted), Finn Maginness (Omitted)
FB 25 Jaxon Prior 32 Ben McKay 31 Zach Reid
FF 9 Connor MacDonald 18 Mabior Chol 19 Jack Gunston
HB 21 Archie Roberts 27 Mason Redman 1 Andrew McGrath
HF 30 Sam Butler 2 Mitchell Lewis 5 Nick Watson
C 28 Xavier Duursma 6 Jye Caldwell 8 Brayden Fiorini
C 8 Dylan Moore 28 Cameron Mackenzie 16 Massimo D'Ambrosio
HF 22 Sam Durham 30 Nate Caddy 16 Archie Perkins
HB 24 Josh Battle 6 James Sicily 15 Blake Hardwick
FF 33 Hussien El Achkar 20 Peter Wright 4 Kyle Langford
FB 10 Karl Amon 37 Thomas Barrass 4 Jarman Impey
FOLLOWERS
46 Lachie Blakiston
3 Darcy Parish
7 Zach Merrett
INTERCHANGE
15 Dyson Sharp
26 Archer May
29 Max Kondogiannis
40 Zak Johnson
42 Jayden Nguyen
EMERGENCIES
2 Jacob Farrow
35 Matt Guelfi
41 Saad El-Hawli
FOLLOWERS
17 Lloyd Meek
3 Jai Newcombe
11 Conor Nash
INTERCHANGE
14 Jack Scrimshaw
33 Jack Ginnivan
25 Josh Ward
23 Josh Weddle
7 Ned Reeves
EMERGENCIES
1 Harry Morrison
21 Noah Mraz
42 Bailey MacDonald

Essendon
B J. Prior, B. McKay, Z. Reid
HB A. Roberts, M. Redman, A. McGrath
C X. Duursma, J. Caldwell, B. Fiorini
HF S. Durham, N. Caddy, A. Perkins
F H. El Achkar, P. Wright, K. Langford
FOL L. Blakiston, D. Parish, Z. Merrett
I/C D. Sharp, A. May, M. Kondogiannis, Z. Johnson, J. Nguyen
EMG J. Farrow, M. Guelfi, S. El-Hawli

Hawthorn
INC. Mackenzie, N. Reeves
OUTH. Morrison, F. Maginness
B K. Amon, T. Barrass, J. Impey
HB J. Battle, J. Sicily, B. Hardwick
C D. Moore, C. Mackenzie, M. D'Ambrosio
HF S. Butler, M. Lewis, N. Watson
F C. MacDonald, M. Chol, J. Gunston
FOL L. Meek, J. Newcombe, C. Nash
I/C J. Scrimshaw, J. Ginnivan, J. Ward, J. Weddle, N. Reeves
EMG H. Morrison, N. Mraz, B. MacDonald

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