Hawthorn’s 2026 AFL fixture has been released, with the Hawks set for another year of prime-time fixturing. 

But how does the fixture stack up by the numbers? Find out below, noting that these numbers reflect the first 15 rounds only. 

Days break between games 

5-day breaks: 3
6-day breaks: 2
7+ day breaks: 8 

Time of day 

Day: 2
Twilight: 3
Night: 8 

Host TV network 

FOX: 5
SEVEN: 9 

Day of games 

Thursday: 5
Friday: 3
Saturday: 5
Sunday: 0
Monday: 1

Venues 

MCG: 11 
UTAS Stadium: 4 
Optus Stadium: 2 
Marvel Stadium: 2
Gabba: 1 
People First Stadium: 1 
ENGIE Stadium: 1 
Adelaide Oval: 1 
Total venues: 8

02:22

Home games 

ROUND 

OPPONENT 

VENUE 

DAY 

START TIME 

2

Sydney Swans

MCG

Thursday 

7.30pm 

4

Geelong Cats 

MCG 

Monday 

3.15pm

5

Western Bulldogs 

Adelaide Oval 

Saturday 

7.05pm 

6

Port Adelaide 

Marvel Stadium 

Saturday 

4.15pm 

7

Gold Coast SUNS 

UTAS Stadium 

Saturday 

12.15pm

11

Adelaide Crows 

UTAS Stadium 

Thursday 

7.30pm 

13

Western Bulldogs 

MCG

Friday 

7.40pm 

16

GWS GIANTS 

MCG 

TBC 

TBC

17

Melbourne

UTAS Stadium

TBC 

TBC

20

Essendon

MCG

TBC

TBC

21

North Melbourne 

UTAS Stadium

TBC

TBC

23

Collingwood

MCG

TBC

TBC

 

Away games 

ROUND

OPPONENT

VENUE

DAY

START TIME

Opening

GWS GIANTS

ENGIE Stadium

Saturday 

4.15pm

1

Essendon

MCG

Friday 

7.40pm 

8

Collingwood

MCG

Thursday 

7.30pm 

9

Fremantle

Optus Stadium

Thursday 

6.10pm 

10

Melbourne

MCG

Saturday 

4.15pm

12

St Kilda 

Marvel Stadium

Thursday 

7.30pm 

15

Gold Coast SUNS

People First Stadium

Friday 

7.40pm 

18

Carlton 

MCG

TBC

TBC

19

Richmond

MCG

TBC

TBC

22

Brisbane Lions

Gabba 

TBC 

TBC

24

West Coast Eagles 

Optus Stadium 

TBC 

TBC