{"id":793321,"date":"2026-07-11T10:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/793321\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:21:12","slug":"live-afl-2026-carlton-blues-vs-hawthorn-hawks-round-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/793321\/","title":{"rendered":"Live AFL 2026, Carlton Blues vs Hawthorn Hawks, Round 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlton is looking for its eighth-straight win under Josh Fraser in a Super Saturday blockbuster against Hawthorn. Live updates below!<\/p>\n<p>The Blues (8-8, 96.0%) can momentarily move into ninth spot with a scalp over the Hawks (10-5-1, 110.0%), who are coming off an ugly loss to Melbourne last week. <\/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 | <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\">New to Kayo? 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>Another Carlton win will only pour more fuel on the growing noise around Fraser\u2019s candidacy for the club\u2019s permanent coaching job. <\/p>\n<p>Fraser\u2019s language has shifted since he was initially asked about pursuing the role, and another win against a premiership contender may move the needle again. <\/p>\n<p>Match details: Carlton vs. Hawthorn from 7:35pm AEST at the MCG. <\/p>\n<p>Watch it live: On Fox Footy (channel 504), and streaming on Kayo, from 7:00pm AEST. <\/p>\n<p>Follow Carlton v Hawthorn in our live blog below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlton is looking for its eighth-straight win under Josh Fraser in a Super Saturday blockbuster against Hawthorn. Live&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-793321","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\/793321","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=793321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}