FINAL TEAMS: Essendon vs Hawthorn – Round 1, 2026

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

 2026-03-13T08:40:00Z 

Hawthorn WON BY 62 POINTS

MCG

ESS   

83

FT

145

   HAW

    #AFLDonsHawks

MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   

IN Nil OUT Nil

IN Cameron Mackenzie, Ned Reeves OUT Harry 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 40 Zak Johnson 27 Mason Redman 1 Andrew McGrath HF 33 Jack Ginnivan 25 Josh Ward 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 42 Jayden Nguyen 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 Tom Barrass 4 Jarman Impey

FOLLOWERS
46	Lachie Blakiston
3	Darcy Parish
7	Zach Merrett

INTERCHANGE
15	Dyson Sharp
26	Archer May
29	Max Kondogiannis
21	Archie Roberts
16	Archie Perkins

EMERGENCIES
2	Jacob Farrow
35	Matt Guelfi
41	Saad El-Hawli

FOLLOWERS
17	Lloyd Meek
3	Jai Newcombe
23	Josh Weddle

INTERCHANGE
14	Jack Scrimshaw
11	Conor Nash
7	Ned Reeves
30	Sam Butler
2	Mitchell Lewis

EMERGENCIES
1	Harry Morrison
21	Noah Mraz
42	Bailey MacDonald

Essendon
IN	Nil
OUT	Nil
B J. Prior, B. McKay, Z. Reid HB Z. Johnson, M. Redman, A. McGrath C X. Duursma, J. Caldwell, B. Fiorini HF S. Durham, N. Caddy, J. Nguyen F H. El Achkar, P. Wright, K. Langford FOL L. Blakiston, D. Parish, Z. Merrett I/C D. Sharp, A. May, M. Kondogiannis, A. Roberts, A. Perkins EMG J. Farrow, M. Guelfi, S. El-Hawli
Hawthorn
IN	C. Mackenzie, N. Reeves
OUT	H. 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 J. Ginnivan, J. Ward, N. Watson F C. MacDonald, M. Chol, J. Gunston FOL L. Meek, J. Newcombe, J. Weddle I/C J. Scrimshaw, C. Nash, N. Reeves, S. Butler, M. Lewis EMG H. Morrison, N. Mraz, B. MacDonald