Hawthorn vs Melbourne - Round 17, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

Hawthorn vs Melbourne – Round 17, 2026

The Hawthorn Hawks face the Melbourne Demons in Round 17 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at UTAS Stadium.

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Hawthorn

DATE	OPP	RESULT
26/6/26	GWS	W 96 - 82
19/6/26	Gold Coast	W 97 - 113
5/6/26	Bulldogs	L 71 - 77
28/5/26	St Kilda	W 67 - 119
21/5/26	Adelaide	W 75 - 66

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
20/6/26	Adelaide	L 79 - 62
13/6/26	Essendon	W 95 - 50
8/6/26	Collingwood	W 75 - 83
31/5/26	GWS	L 70 - 119
24/5/26	Bulldogs	L 93 - 90

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	1.2 8	1.3 9	5.5 35	14.6 90
	7.5 47	13.8 86	17.11 113	19.11 125

Best On Ground

Jai Newcombe J Newcombe27 disposals

Blake Hardwick B Hardwick25 disposals

Mabior Chol M Chol5 goals

Tom Sparrow T Sparrow26 disposals

Kysaiah Pickett K Pickett25 disposals

Bayley Fritsch B Fritsch5 goals

Hawthorn

Melbourne

Hawthorn

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bailey MacDonald	13	5	18	2	0	2	2	5	0	0
Blake Hardwick	19	6	25	9	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bodie Ryan	7	2	9	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
Cameron Mackenzie	4	6	10	1	0	0	1	3	0	0
Connor MacDonald	8	7	15	4	0	1	1	3	1	0
Dylan Moore	5	11	16	4	0	1	0	4	0	0
Flynn Perez	6	7	13	3	0	0	0	3	0	0
Harry Morrison	14	6	20	7	0	2	0	2	0	0
Jack Dalton	7	2	9	5	0	0	1	2	1	0
Jack Ginnivan	14	3	17	5	0	2	2	2	2	1
Jack Gunston	4	1	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jai Newcombe	13	14	27	6	1	1	4	1	0	0
James Sicily	12	7	19	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
Josh Ward	11	14	25	7	0	0	0	4	2	0
Lloyd Meek	7	8	15	1	38	2	2	2	0	0
Mabior Chol	15	2	17	7	2	2	2	0	5	0
Massimo D'Ambrosio	11	4	15	4	0	3	0	0	0	0
Matt Hill	2	6	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Mitchell Lewis	9	6	15	7	0	0	0	2	1	0
Noah Mraz	12	4	16	12	1	1	1	2	0	0
Tom Barrass	5	0	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0
Will Day	12	8	20	5	0	1	4	1	1	0
Will McCabe	6	0	6	4	0	0	0	3	0	1

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bailey Laurie	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1
Bayley Fritsch	10	3	13	7	0	1	0	1	5	0
Blake Howes	6	7	13	8	0	0	1	1	0	0
Caleb Windsor	4	5	9	4	0	0	1	1	0	1
Changkuoth Jiath	16	7	23	9	0	2	2	2	0	0
Daniel Turner	7	5	12	5	0	2	0	2	0	0
Ed Langdon	14	6	20	7	0	0	0	1	1	2
Harrison Petty	5	2	7	4	0	1	1	2	2	1
Harry Sharp	4	4	8	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Harvey Langford	4	5	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
Jack Steele	10	11	21	3	0	1	1	8	0	0
Jacob van Rooyen	14	10	24	8	5	1	0	2	5	1
Jake Bowey	15	4	19	1	0	1	0	6	0	0
Jake Lever	5	4	9	5	0	1	2	2	0	0
Joel Fitzgerald	11	13	24	1	0	0	1	4	0	1
Kade Chandler	7	6	13	3	0	0	1	6	0	0
Koltyn Tholstrup	8	3	11	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	19	6	25	4	0	2	0	5	0	1
Latrelle Pickett	7	1	8	2	0	3	1	3	2	0
Matthew Jefferson	4	3	7	3	0	1	0	1	1	2
Max Gawn	8	14	22	5	31	2	3	1	0	0
Tom Sparrow	14	12	26	2	0	3	2	7	0	0
Trent Rivers	13	6	19	4	0	0	0	3	0	0

Hawthorn

Melbourne

IN	Bodie Ryan, Noah Mraz, Will McCabe, Matt Hill, Jack Gunston
OUT	Karl Amon (Injured), Nick Watson (Injured), Ned Reeves (Injured), Calsher Dear (Omitted), Josh Battle (Illness)

IN	Changkuoth Jiath, Harrison Petty, Latrelle Pickett, Bailey Laurie
OUT	Tom McDonald (Omitted), Jake Melksham (Omitted), Paddy Cross (Omitted), Luker Kentfield (Omitted)

FB	6	James Sicily	37	Tom Barrass	15	Blake Hardwick
FF	30	Harry Sharp	2	Jacob van Rooyen	31	Bayley Fritsch
HB	26	Bodie Ryan	21	Noah Mraz	1	Harry Morrison
HF	36	Kysaiah Pickett	37	Kade Chandler	15	Ed Langdon
C	16	Massimo D'Ambrosio	12	Will Day	27	Will McCabe
C	12	Koltyn Tholstrup	32	Tom Sparrow	6	Caleb Windsor
HF	8	Dylan Moore	18	Mabior Chol	33	Jack Ginnivan
HB	24	Trent Rivers	14	Changkuoth Jiath	35	Harrison Petty
FF	41	Matt Hill	2	Mitchell Lewis	19	Jack Gunston
FB	17	Jake Bowey	10	Daniel Turner	8	Jake Lever

FOLLOWERS
17	Lloyd Meek
3	Jai Newcombe
25	Josh Ward

INTERCHANGE
42	Bailey MacDonald
39	Flynn Perez
28	Cameron Mackenzie
9	Connor MacDonald
34	Jack Dalton

EMERGENCIES
13	Calsher Dear
44	Henry Hustwaite
22	Cam Nairn

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
9	Jack Steele
4	Harvey Langford

INTERCHANGE
22	Blake Howes
47	Joel Fitzgerald
21	Matthew Jefferson
33	Latrelle Pickett
16	Bailey Laurie

EMERGENCIES
25	Tom McDonald
43	Jack Henderson
44	Luker Kentfield

Hawthorn

IN

B. Ryan, N. Mraz, W. McCabe, M. Hill, J. Gunston

OUT

K. Amon, N. Watson, N. Reeves, C. Dear, J. Battle

B	J. Sicily, T. Barrass, B. Hardwick
HB	B. Ryan, N. Mraz, H. Morrison
C	M. D'Ambrosio, W. Day, W. McCabe
HF	D. Moore, M. Chol, J. Ginnivan
F	M. Hill, M. Lewis, J. Gunston
FOL	L. Meek, J. Newcombe, J. Ward
I/C	B. MacDonald, F. Perez, C. Mackenzie, C. MacDonald, J. Dalton
EMG	C. Dear, H. Hustwaite, C. Nairn

Melbourne

IN

C. Jiath, H. Petty, L. Pickett, B. Laurie

OUT

T. McDonald, J. Melksham, P. Cross, L. Kentfield

B	J. Bowey, D. Turner, J. Lever
HB	T. Rivers, C. Jiath, H. Petty
C	K. Tholstrup, T. Sparrow, C. Windsor
HF	K. Pickett, K. Chandler, E. Langdon
F	H. Sharp, J. van Rooyen, B. Fritsch
FOL	M. Gawn, J. Steele, H. Langford
I/C	B. Howes, J. Fitzgerald, M. Jefferson, L. Pickett, B. Laurie
EMG	T. McDonald, J. Henderson, L. Kentfield

HAWTHORN

V

MELBOURNE

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Hawthorn vs Melbourne – Round 17, 2026

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Hawthorn

Melbourne

Match Summary

Score Breakdown

Best On Ground

Team Stats

Hawthorn

Melbourne

Player Stats

Hawthorn

Melbourne

Team Lists

Hawthorn

Melbourne

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Melbourne

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