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
Jackson misses a late shot
Watson almost has another moment as he cuts off the kick from Luke Ryan, but he’s able to gather the smother and recover.
Dockers build slow with their kick mark game and eventually find Jackson who takes a strong contested mark.
It’s a shot after the siren on a tight angle and he leans it right.
Voss still looking out of touch
Judd McVee with a magnificent kick to go across the body to find Voss on a lead.
Set shot on the 45 from 40m out and it sprays off the boot to sneak through for a behind.
Huge cheers as Cox spoils Gunston!
For the first time tonight, a Dockers defender has stopped Guntson from taking a mark and then takes an intercept as Guntson slips over on the second attempt.
Crowd appreciated that one.
Watson one ups him
A rare centre clearance win for the Hawks and the quick kick lands in between two Hawks.
But Watson has soo much speed to pick the ball turn back inside and burn the Dockers defender and snaps through a third.
Another ripping goal.
Reid fires up the Dockers
Dockers win a couple contestes and a quick handball gets Murphy Reid in space as he runs into 50 and launches into an open goal square to kick a great goal.
Gunston has five!
Jack Ginnivan receives the ball in spcae in the middle of the ground and this time Gunston gets it out the back to take his seventh mark inside 50.
He makes it five goals and it’s been an incredible start for the 34-year-old.
Barrass is done
He’s walking slowly back to the bench having gone down into the rooms.
His hamstring is iced up and that looks like curtains.
Make that four!
Dockers are stopped by a blocking free kick against and the Hawks go through the middle.
Every time they look inside 50 Gunston is on a lead in space as even Jordan Clark can’t get across to help Cox.
Kicks his fourth and we aren’t even at halftime.
Gunston has three
It doesn’t matter whose on him he’s giving the Dockers defence a bath as he just puts a shoulder on Brennan Cox to get a step and take a strong contested mark in front of goal.
10m out he’s never missing that and Hawks lead by four.
Mason Cox is back on the ground in better news for Freo
Concerns for Mason Cox
He’s getting work done on his hamstring at the back of the bench and now he’s on the bike trying to get it going again.
