{"id":761300,"date":"2026-06-26T09:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761300\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:52:16","slug":"live-afl-2026-hawthorn-hawks-vs-gws-giants-round-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761300\/","title":{"rendered":"Live AFL 2026, Hawthorn Hawks vs GWS Giants Round 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hawthorn will have all eyes on solidifying their chase for the all-important top four on Friday night, as they host a shaky GWS outfit who has lost back-to-back games.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawks (9-1-4, 113.5%) have lost mainstays Jarmen Impey and Josh Weddle to injury and suspension respectively, but won\u2019t be short on height forward of the ball as key forward Calsher Dear returns for his fifth game at the top level this season.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the travelling Giants (6-8, 100.3%) will without 2024 Coleman Medallist Jesse Hogan, who faces a major stint on the sidelines with a badly fractured finger. It sees Max Gruzewski recalled, alongside Harrison Oliver who replaced an injured Jayden Laverde.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to know where they are. They\u2019re up and down, (and) their form\u2019s all over the place because they just haven\u2019t quite got the cattle out on the field,\u201d three-time premiership player Cameron Mooney said of the Giants pre-game to Fox Footy\u2019s AFL Tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really tough, but you almost feel like this might be their last shot to make sure their season\u2019s still alive. If they get absolutely nailed tonight, it\u2019s going to be a long way back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Match details: Hawthorn vs GWS Giants from 7:40pm AEST at the MCG<\/p>\n<p>Watch it live: On Fox Footy (Channel 504), and streaming on Kayo, from 6:30pm AEST<\/p>\n<p>Follow our live coverage of Hawthorn vs GWS in our blog below! Can\u2019t see the blog?<a href=\"https:\/\/go.arena.im\/live\/fox-sports-australia\/AFL20261602?v=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hawthorn will have all eyes on solidifying their chase for the all-important top four on Friday night, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-761300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}