Hawthorn puts a difficult week on and off the field behind it as it runs out comprehensive 62-point winners over Essendon at the MCG.

Hosting the Hawks at the MCG in the club's annual round one meeting, a spritely start from the Bombers quickly turned sour, with 72 of Hawthorn's 142 points scored off turnover. BOMBERS v HAWKS Full ...

The Essendon Bombers will play the Hawthorn Hawks in the AFL today. Essendon is in eighth place in the league right now.

Coach Brad Scott says Essendon are under no illusions how far off the AFL’s best they remain after their defence was shown up ...

As if this historic rivalry needed another spotfire, but Zach Merrett’s failed trade in 2025 has set the scene for a heated clash on Friday night at the MCG.

Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach Bombers’ captain ...

Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach Bombers’ captain ...

Zach Merrett has suffered a brutal ‘what if’ in Round 1 as Hawthorn dished out a 21.19 (145) to 13.5 (83) demolition over Essendon on Friday night. The Bombers midfielder kicked one goal as he picked ...

Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from some old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal ...

After soft crowds for marquee matches in round one, there are two themes worth exploring: that they were fully ticketed, requiring even members without a reserved seat to pay to upgrade, and that fans ...

Then obviously there was that big line in the sand game, and it got reinvigorated, and there’ve been a few things along the journey, but I think Hawthorn fans in general, this is the game they mark in ...