The last six games which Hawthorn has won by six points or fewer have all been at University of Tasmania Stadium.

The last narrow victory at a venue outside Launceston was at Docklands against Essendon in Round 1 2021. The six Launceston wins since then were against Adelaide (2021), Brisbane Lions (2022), Western Bulldogs (2023), St Kilda (2024), GWS (2024) and now Adelaide again in 2025.

The Adelaide win gave the Hawks an incredible 11-3 (and one draw) record in games decided by six points or fewer in Launceston. Expanded to games decided by 12 points or fewer, Hawthorn has an 18-6 (and one draw) win-loss record.

Hawthorn has played more games against North Melbourne than against any other opponent, meeting the Kangaroos 184 times in the past 100 years, helped enormously by playing them 20 times in the five seasons from 1974 to 1978. The Hawks have recorded 104 wins against North, with 78 defeats and two draws. 

The current winning sequence of six is Hawthorn’s longest winning sequence against the Kangaroos since a run of 14 consecutive victories from 1985 to 1993. 

The two clubs have met on 10 previous occasions at University of Tasmania Stadium with the Hawks holding a 7-3 advantage. The most recent encounter there was in Round 24 last season when Hawthorn won by 124 points. This was the second occasion when Hawthorn had beaten North by more than 100 points at the venue, the other being a 115-point victory in 2012.

Jai Newcombe has become the third current Hawthorn player to kick a ‘winning goal’, joining James Sicily against the Western Bulldogs in 2016 and Luke Breust versus GWS last season.

There were numerous interesting statistical points from the low scoring game against Adelaide.

It was the lowest Hawthorn winning score since kicking 6.7.43 to defeat Fitzroy 4.16.40 in Round 16 1948. Hawthorn’s lowest ever winning score was 5.12.42 against North Melbourne in 1926. It was the first time Hawthorn had won a game with a score under 50 since the famous game at Arden Street in 1977 when North Melbourne’s Malcolm Blight missed after the siren to give Hawthorn victory 6.12.48 to 6.11.47.

The aggregate score of 93 was also the lowest since Covid-era 80 against Fremantle (4.8.32 to 7.6.48) in 2020 and, for a non-Covid-era game, since 74 against Richmond in 1995 (5.4.34 to 4.16.40). 

It was the first time Hawthorn had won a game after trailing at every change since Round 16 2019 against Collingwood. In the meantime, the Hawks had won a game against St Kilda in 2023 after trailing at two changes and being level at the other, plus drawn with Melbourne in 2021 after trailing at every change.

Jarman Impey received the 10 coaches votes against Adelaide, the previous best in his Hawthorn career being nine against Western Bulldogs last season. This follows the recent pattern where the five most recent first-time 10-voters prior to Impey – Jai Newcombe, Mitch Lewis, Dylan Moore, Will Day and Connor Macdonald - had all previously got a nine before receiving a 10.

The Hawks’ Round 16 record is one of the club’s best with 52 wins, 47 losses and one draw (in 2017) from 100 games. 

Hawthorn won nine consecutive Round 16 matches from 1956 to 1964, a further eight from 1968 to 1975, and six more from 1989 to 1994. Last season’s 61-point win against West Coast in Perth was the Hawks’ first in a Round 16 game since coming-from-behind to defeat Collingwood by four points at the MCG in 2019.

10 years ago, in Round 16 2015, Hawthorn thrashed Sydney at Stadium Australia by 89 points – 23.8.146 to 7.15.57. The list of 12 individual goalkickers was headed by Jarryd Roughead (5) and Jack Gunston (4), with skipper Luke Hodge getting the three Brownlow votes for his 30-disposal game. 

40 years ago, in Round 16 1985, Hawthorn thrashed Richmond by 67 points in a high-scoring game at the MCG – 27.18.180 to 17.11.113. In just his sixth game, young forward, Jason Dunstall booted eight goals, with Ken Judge kicking five. Dunstall secured the first Brownlow votes of his career, getting two, behind Richard Loveridge who received three votes for his 29 disposals and a goal.

50 years ago, in Round 16 1975, the Hawks completed 10 consecutive wins for just the third time in club history. However, the game was closer than many anticipated, with Hawthorn getting home against lowly Melbourne by just 12 points – 17.17.119 to 15.17.107. A crowd of 18,829 at the MCG saw the roving combination of Leigh Matthews and Barry Rowlings both amass 24 disposals, and boot four and three goals respectively. 

80 years ago, in Round 16 1945, Hawthorn stunned previous season’s Grand Finalist Richmond at Punt Road. The Hawks were tenth with just three wins, while Richmond were fifth with 10 wins. Hawthorn won 19.7.121 to 15.15.105, with Jim Bohan kicking six goals and Alec Albiston and ‘Butch’ Prior four apiece.

90 years ago, in Round 16 1935, a highly inaccurate Hawthorn recorded an eight-point victory over Essendon at Glenferrie. The final score was 8.26.74 to 9.12.66, with Steve Bravo, Tom Byrne and Jack Green all kicking two goals.

Lance Franklin’s 13 goals in 2012 set a new club record against North Melbourne, breaking the previous high of 10 kicked jointly by Alec Albiston (1940) and Jason Dunstall (1988).

Peter Hudson, Jason Dunstall and Dermott Brereton share the Round 16 Hawthorn individual goal-kicking record with 11 goals. Hudson kicked 11 in 1970, equalled by Dunstall in 1989 and Brereton in 1990.