AFL live updates: Fremantle Dockers host Hawthorn Hawks in Thursday night blockbuster
The two hottest teams in the competition will meet as Fremantle host Hawthorn in what could be an early finals preview. Follow all the action live!
AFL: The two hottest teams in the competition will meet as Fremantle host Hawthorn in what could be an early finals preview.
The Dockers haven’t lost to Hawthorn at home since the 2015 preliminary final and are on a hot-streak of seven straight wins.
The Hawks are unbeaten in their last seven, coming off a draw with Collingwood in what will be the biggest test yet of Fremantle’s premiership credentials.
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Key events
07 May 2026 - 08:46 PM
FULL TIME Fremantle 12.16 (88) Hawthorn 11.7 (73)
07 May 2026 - 08:39 PM
THAT’S THE GAME
07 May 2026 - 08:37 PM
FREO HIT THE FRONT
07 May 2026 - 08:10 PM
End of Q3 Hawthorn 10.7 (67) Fremantle 7.10 (52)
07 May 2026 - 07:00 PM
Barrass is done
07 May 2026 - 06:55 PM
Concerns for Mason Cox
07 May 2026 - 06:53 PM
Cox what are you doing?
07 May 2026 - 06:45 PM
End of Q1 FRE 4.4 (28) HAW 4.2 (26)
07 May 2026 - 05:31 PM
Longmuir says Hawks will give them a good audit
07 May 2026 - 05:13 PM
No late changes
07 May 2026 - 05:06 PM
Welcome
THAT’S THE GAME
Luke Jackson with the smother he is unstoppable.
The ball spills out behind Hawthorn’s high line and the kick goes wide of Amiss who taps it over the top to Frederick who snaps his third goal.
FREO HIT THE FRONT
Dockers win the clearance and Young crashes the pack as it goes to ground where Amiss is out wide snaps and goals.
Incredible two minutes from Fremantle
WHARFIE TIME
This is all about Luke Jackson who stands his ground in the one on one and gets behind his defender to get it to Bolton who goes to Frederick who snaps a goal to make it a four point game
Treacy finally nails one!
Hawthorn drop the mark and Shai Bolton gets on the loose ball inside 50 he’s tackled the ball comes out and Treacy on a snap while falling away somehow gets that one through having missed the set shots.
It’s 11 points with 7 minutes to go.
GUNSTON HAS 6
He’s barely been sighted since half time and was limping around moments ago.
Alex Pearce was running inside 50 and should of had a shot but handballed it straight to Connor Macdonald.
Frematnle are caught in transition and Gunston takes an uncontested mark inside 50.
He converts and it’s out to 19 points.
Massive crowd in
54100 as Fremantle continue to pour on pressure with the ball living in their forward 50.
Shai Bolton has been circling while Luke Jackson is also taking some strong marks.
They just haven’t hit the scoreboard yet but Hawthorn are in all sorts at the moment.
A bit of Reid magic
Hayden Young keeps the ball alive on the wing and Reid takes possession and fires off the handball to Serong who hits Treacy on a lead.
However, he misses right. Makes it 1.3 for his night.
Final quarter underway
Mason Cox wins the tap and Fremantle win a forward 50 stoppage.
End of Q3 Hawthorn 10.7 (67) Fremantle 7.10 (52)
Hawthorn dominated the first half of that quarter but got just one goal before Fremantle had six straight inside 50s for just one of their own.
The result is a 15-point buffer to Hawthorn.
Caleb Serong was massive that quarter to get up to 22 touches with a game high seven clearances.
Cox has blanketed Guntson since half time and the Dockers midfield edged their way on top as the quarter went one.
But the pressure has been to hot for either side to handle as multiple chances have gone begging.
Jarman Impey has also been huge as the intercepting half-back for the Hawks.
It will all come down to who can hold their nerve in this last quarter.
Cornes says it’s ‘finals footy’
No one can generate any clean ball movement as there’s desperate tackles and skill errors with the ball living between the arcs.
Sam Butler launches one straight out on the full from a free kick.
