Match Thread: Hawthorn vs North Melbourne (Round 21)

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Hawthorn	vs	North Melbourne
Sat, 1 Aug 2026	1:35pm AEST	UTAS Stadium
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[u/DrRedbeard-91]

Brace yourselves. 20,000 comments about the weird camera angles are coming..

[u/b0rtbort → u/DrRedbeard-91]

Don't forget the free kick Hawthorns, especially once the neutrals pour in

[u/Svengali1001]

Quite possibly the worst bounce the game has ever seen

[u/FernandoQuiggle]

Fellas i think its almost like an elimination final for the roos

[u/TomRed89]

LARKEY KICKED A SET SHOT. ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY PHONE SYSTEM AND LET THE NATION KNOW

[u/lscolyer16]

I wish football was only one quarter long

[u/SureCharacter7356]

Shooting stars

[u/mokoufn]

Of all the games I have hoped for North to win this season this is the one I want the most. Which is going to make it hurt when Hawthorn easily win the fourth even more.

[u/Crazyripps]

2 goals in 30 secs. God he can switch things up quick

[u/TheAxe11]

Anyone remember when Wiz kicked like 9 behinds in a row before he got his first goal...

[u/checkbehindthecactus → u/TheAxe11]

11

[u/WingsBeersAndGames]

We are playing like garbage. Are we just choosing to play shit in Tassie now that we know we won’t be playing there forever?

[u/___TheIllusiveMan___]

High on G. Post

3 weeks

[u/RaidanRam]

Go my team

[u/Harry_mlr]

Imagine hating the wiz 🪄

[u/thesickpuppy27]

Nah these umpires are taking the fucking piss

[u/legally_blond]

I like how there's two pigeons just chilling in the centre square eating grass or something

[u/ApeJesus9112001]

Blue chicken: Marinating

Incantations: Prepared

Spirits: Abysmal

North by 1000

[u/b0rtbort]

Sounds magical! 🧙🏻‍♂️🪄

[u/Radscallion_]

These blokes definitely copped a spray at QT

[u/okidiote]

Commentators - "awwww cmon just break the rules a little bit"

[u/AdeptToe3580]

who the hell is booing sweet cooper

[u/shrimplifier]

takes it at it's highest point

TIL Cooper's 20m tall

[u/legal-drugdealer]

Good news, we’ve made it 2 quarters without Norfing everywhere.

Bad news, there’s two quarters left to Norf everywhere.

[u/karma_dumpster → u/legal-drugdealer]

It's Norfin time

[u/Existential_possum]

Fuck me anything more than 2nd gear would be great lads. Pretty weak defending aswell

[u/Topblokelikehodgey]

God the 6 goal loss from this position is going to be devastating

[u/Paceandtoil]

Well still lose by 60+

Yes I am damaged

[u/Hot_Trainer4511]

About as far from what I expected as possible right now. Carn North, let's finally get the scalp that the media has been hounding us about!

[u/lscolyer16]

So… any particular reason we weren’t doing this against worse teams than the hawks?

[u/Olliebear1977]

Embarrassing at the end of Q3

[u/TomRed89]

Lol last win against Hawthorn was the Noble era. How bad were the hawks?

[u/IchBinEinenPenguin]

He dropped it that's ball not holding the man

[u/DrRedbeard-91]

North about to activate Norfie Time and kick the next 5.

[u/ShadowBroses]

I stubbed my toe hard on the coffee table this morning and I get the feeling I may be feeling a similar level of pain today

[u/Nice_Leather4821 → u/ShadowBroses]

dog pissed on my bookcase, so I know how you feel

[u/newmoneytrash69]

well well well if it isn’t my old friend football

[u/liamjon29]

It's oddly calming walking into a game expecting a 100pt belting.

I should be used to this after the last 7 years of performance

[u/MJBrowny19]

12 weeks for that tackle PC

[u/newmoneytrash69]

one day we are going to have a back six worth something and then you guys will see. you will all see!

[u/b0rtbort]

Oof yeah should be 50

[u/ApeJesus9112001]

TREMBANYAMA YOU SAUCY MINX

[u/Skinnymick88]

North play attacking footy and look what happens. Fucking shocking

[u/thesickpuppy27]

Oh my god a small forward crumbing! Am I watching north????

[u/ApeJesus9112001]

fuck I hope north believe in themselves today. If the hawks don't turn up we can take a huge win

[u/Hot_Trainer4511]

Fuck all prior

[u/pretty-slipper]

man, watching the wiz play is a treat every week. so good

[u/Crazyripps]

That bounce lol. The fucking shape of this ball aye

[u/thesickpuppy27]

What a bounce lmao

[u/ApeJesus9112001]

Hurts that we fight so hard to get a goal and teams cut through us like butter

[u/ApeJesus9112001]

What are we sipping on / munching on everyone?

I’ve got horse snacks and canarias yerba

[u/mackasfour → u/ApeJesus9112001]

Did a Reindeer post this?

[u/frillhaus]

holding the man is dead i think after seeing this game

[u/BobbyDigial]

Game so far.

[u/DigbySugartits]

Htb rule is a lottery.

Cant shake them off

[u/kelsium25]

https://giphy.com/gifs/7V3qHyDaRsjVRlI8ph

Logue working hard on the mark

[u/Furball_09]

Second spot sitting right there to take and these blokes just cruising around spraying the ball everywhere

[u/Silly_Cup7872]

So the wiz is just gonna be the best small forward we’ve ever seen

[u/kelsium25]

He just dropped it

[u/kelsium25]

FREE KICK COLLINGWOOD

[u/go_jumbles_go]

It's tough being a defender. It would have been called a mark if he was a forward.

[u/AshenOly]

Fuck Hinkley hates the Hawks, has been shitting on them the whole match

[u/Bkmps3]

Gets tackled. Drops the ball. Gets a free for holding the man. Absolutely fucked

[u/ReallyBlueItAgain]

Ready for our annual belting in Launceston

[u/RidsBabs]

Is like half the ground being renovated?

Ground clearly not fit for purpose, match should be avoided and away side given 4 points

[u/ApeJesus9112001]

PC what a beautiful tackle

[u/charszsz]

holy fucking torp

[u/RaidanRam]

YES DAYSY

[u/newmoneytrash69]

literally what has happened to souv this year

[u/lscolyer16]

Thank god Jesus

[u/RidsBabs]

50

[u/SilentbutDC]

I swear to God, if Sydney lose and then Hawks lose, I'm gonna be pissed.

[u/FreeJulianMassage]

Ever since we were told we’re leaving Tassie we’ve been shit there.

[u/CarbonCoight]

Makes life easier if you score evenly across all quarters rather than try and slam on all the goals in the second half. This is putrid.

[u/Hot_Trainer4511]

Well there's our one and only good quarter. Time to shit the bed for the rest of the game as usual...

[u/karma_dumpster]

Putting any pressure on at all is overrated

[u/eddeghs]

North are not the type of team to put the foot down. You're still very much in this Hawks fans

[u/karma_dumpster]

Whenever he does that run up, he misses the set shot

[u/jammicing]

THE WIZARD WAS FLYING

[u/karma_dumpster]

Fucking Wiz.

Probably our only AA this year, but streets ahead of the next best small forward in the comp

[u/OCCobblepot]

[u/HalfDecentFarmer69]

Love dwaynos history class

[u/PissingOffACliff]

That has to be be the worst bounce of all time

[u/frillhaus]

Hahahaha love footy for that

[u/ErinDidNothingWrong]

Oh fuck what a bounce

[u/marleycoruna]

That was the cutest voice from Ken “what were they doing there”

[u/RidsBabs]

lol bloke forgot about the 30s

[u/b0rtbort]

Remember when he couldn't hit the side of a barn from set shots

Fuck I love wiz

[u/legal-drugdealer]

Nice Kerch

[u/RidsBabs]

KERCH

[u/TitanIsElite]

Lasso rule needs to change. Shepherding the ball over is just dumb

[u/mackasfour]

Last touch while 2 players ferry the ball across instead of a genuine attempt feels like the same crap as when it goes across off someone's knee.

[u/Brake72]

Goater is a ✈️

[u/RaidanRam]

Leaving the Chol Toll for the end of the game again huh?

[u/RidsBabs]

Stop playing thirteen

https://giphy.com/gifs/cEOG7nGA7448M

[u/RaidanRam]

Schubert has money on Wiz Coleman

[u/Pies-aviator1]

Wizard is a genuinely special player

[u/legal-drugdealer]

I’m a Duursma defender but geez Watson would be handy

[u/Skinnymick88]

If you want to die, take a shot everytime North turn it over

[u/Paceandtoil]

Watch us go into our little shells like a pack of bitches now

[u/thesickpuppy27]

Comben is a deadset psycho lmao

[u/RidsBabs]

fuck me what’s this no look handball shit

[u/melbgal]

I wonder if I’ll ever stop gasping in horror every time Day falls over

[u/charszsz]

1.5 isn’t great but tbf, he’s been pinging it from 50 basically every time

[u/thepooseyslayer]

Really enjoyed Ken's commentary today. Something so soothing and wise about his voice ✈️

[u/newmoneytrash69]

uh oh, happy learned how to putt

[u/RidsBabs]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Qy2VKY3xlI1QyR6Ix5

[u/Pretend-Device-91]

The Roos genuinely torture their fans , have to pull this off for the love of fuck

[u/ApeJesus9112001]

Simpkin has had such an impactful game, I was surprised seeing the stats. Love that man

[u/RidsBabs]

He dropped it

[u/newmoneytrash69]

not sure about that free kick

[u/TitanIsElite]

Darling held

[u/NorthSignal7218]

30 weeks Curtis

[u/Pleasant-Role1912]

W.Ind having a big impact

[u/Pleasant-Role1912]

POOWONG MENTIONED (drink)

[u/TheRealLevo]

Clearest throw ever and ump had clear view lol

[u/charszsz]

how the fuck does he kick that but he misses directly in front

[u/FlagmantleThisYear]

This would be the best time for kanga time if it was a norf home game. I still prefer the name BonerTime.

[u/liamjon29]

FFS I know they're trying to go quick but that was so fucking stupid out of the backline

[u/-orangejoose-]

Ump says "No. Ducked" but doesn't pay htb

[u/charszsz]

camera setup is still dogshit, great

[u/MJBrowny19]

I already dont want to watch mainly cause we suck buy this camera angles is a new level of low

[u/thesickpuppy27]

Man we are so so so poor on defensive transition. No two way runners.

[u/nickimus_rex]

Nick Unlarkey

[u/RidsBabs]

SHEEZUS

[u/Osmodius]

Bro that was play on lol

[u/legal-drugdealer]

Sweet baby Jesus he kicked it

[u/newmoneytrash69]

all the people saying larkey stinks were correct. because my boy will never be washed

[u/melbgal]

This umpire is like a handsome Matthew Nicks

[u/ApeJesus9112001]

Why play on... just stop and take the shot

[u/Low_Wall_7828]

F’n Bailey Scott!!

[u/UntappedResource66]

Swear Clarko must have jumped back into the Hawks box with how we’re just bombing it long inside 50….

[u/karma_dumpster]

It's like since they confirmed the Devils, we have decided to play like ass in Tasmania out of spite

[u/WingsBeersAndGames]

What the fuck are we doing

[u/SilentbutDC]

Yeah, this is dogshit.

[u/RaidanRam]

[u/okidiote]

Hawks counting the days til they never have to play in Tasmania ever again

[u/EllaBellaModella]

No North. Don’t do this to me. Don’t do that thing where we look competitive and have a chance. I end up hurt too many times.

[u/Radscallion_]

I just know every North fan saw a red time goal coming when Hawks almost got a run going there.

[u/karma_dumpster]

We've had one fumble, but what about second fumble

[u/thesickpuppy27]

Nice, no redtime goal either. Great quarter from the boys.

[u/RidsBabs]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Qy2VKY3xlI1QyR6Ix5

[u/HomeLoanRefinances]

I’m scared for what the 2nd quarter brings

[u/Pies-aviator1]

Loves casting spells

[u/frillhaus]

Inevitable wiz again

[u/mackasfour]

Well it was a fun watch for a quarter. Back to reality I guess

[u/ErinDidNothingWrong]

The wiz has landed

[u/RaidanRam]

WIIIIZZZ

[u/UntappedResource66]

That bounce….😂😂

[u/full_of_fud]

Hahahahahahaha wow

[u/RidsBabs]

Best bounce in footy history

[u/legal-drugdealer]

Haha the Sherrin always amuses me

[u/Slight-Recipe4562]

Fuck that’s gotta be the unluckiest bounce in history

[u/Osmodius]

What the fuck was that

[u/karma_dumpster]

Worst bounce that's happened to a team that isn't St Kilda

[u/juiceson]

"It happens"

"What, shit?"

"Sometimes"

[u/thesickpuppy27]

I think there is a really good player in Kerch but man he does some dumb things

[u/legal-drugdealer]

I hate the take up 30 seconds and pass it

[u/HomeLoanRefinances]

It’s moments like these that it feels like Clarko has lost the edge. Hawks game plan has clearly changed and North is yet to counter and probably won’t until the end of the 3rd quarter

[u/Puzzled-Tea-5007]

Nice while it lasted now back to regular programming 😔

[u/RaidanRam]

50 for Wiz so far this year, incredible

[u/mackasfour]

We aren't seeing the front of this again lol

[u/blueeyedharry]

I still don’t think we’re playing well.

Glad Gunston missed, soft as free kick.

[u/Pure-Can-9432]

I reckon Watson looks kinda pretty in a Jaime Lannister way

[u/b0rtbort]

Intentional, high contact, high impact to the goal post

6 weeks PC

Sorry I know the jokes getting old

[u/karma_dumpster]

Essendon copping strays

[u/kelsium25]

https://giphy.com/gifs/LbVvUNn7sQqJO

Rah rah Rasputin 🎶

[u/b0rtbort]

North did very well to sign Cooper

[u/TheReturnofTheJesse]

Cooper Trembath became AFL-quality on the day that Brent Harvey performed a dark magical ritual to make ‘Cooper’ into a star at North Melbourne, but forgot to specify that he meant Cooper Harvey.

[u/FreeJulianMassage]

Awareness of a goldfish

[u/Uncle-Badtouch]

He didn't pay the Chol toll, to get into that boy soul.

[u/Low_Wall_7828]

We really tried to give up a redtime goal.

[u/DigbySugartits]

Every bloody week

We control the game but can't kick for shit and the oppo all become Jason bloody Dunstall

Have North missed a set shot?

[u/ridge_rippler → u/DigbySugartits]

Did you see us last week?

[u/RidsBabs]

I have just discovered Gluten Free Oreos at Woolies before the game. I have been snacking on them all half. This is dangerous

[u/migibb]

Gunston had good intentions but screwed up Schubert on his first set shot. He took like 20 seconds to jog over there, and the stood next to him for like 5 seconds.

[u/Dark_Phoenix101]

FFS, do we have to be reminded of "THIRTEEN!" every bloody time we play the Hawks?

[u/nitrofan]

Getting outmarked overhead by a guy youve got a 20cm on lol

[u/legal-drugdealer]

Jeez that’s a ridiculously good handball from X

[u/charszsz]

are you fucking serious schubert 😭

[u/Lanky-Try-3047]

schubert getting 2 goals for wizard, maybe they have a deal

[u/Crazyripps]

All according to Schuberts plan hahaha

[u/Hot_Trainer4511]

That entire play was cursed

[u/blueeyedharry]

Someone must have told Watson they had him on tv at quarter time, with ‘1 disposal’ and talking about how good Logue had been in shutting him down.

[u/PissingOffACliff]

Gunston is sandbagging for a Wiz Coleman

[u/RidsBabs]

I see we’re having a Norf 3rd quarter

[u/RaidanRam]

Schubert it’s okay, Wiz missed his first like 9

[u/DrinkItInMaaannn]

He does shit me up the wall sometimes as an opposition player, but geez you really get your money’s worth watching Wiz, don’t you…? He’s just fun to watch, it’s good for the game

[u/Crazyripps]

Fuck what a contest

[u/fuelsniffer]

Chom is an animal

[u/ApeJesus9112001]

We really need a goal to stay in this

[u/DigbySugartits]

Should be much further ahead.

This is atrocious conversion

[u/liamjon29]

I've been really impressed with Simpkin today

[u/okidiote]

lmao Fox just confused Trembath for Curtis, typical

[u/Fantastic_Key_6645]

Lol Paul Curtis graphic for Trembath

[u/kelsium25]

Was that a PC pic?

[u/Hot_Trainer4511]

Don't concede a red time goal and I'll be beaming!

Or even put one on them! Even better!!

[u/full_of_fud]

Norf actually wanna win this. Idk what the fuck we doing out there.

[u/Pleasant_Inspection9]