How to watch Hawthorn vs Brisbane for FREE: Live streams & TV channels for AFL 2026 Preliminary Final
Watch Hawthorn vs Brisbane FREE on 7Plus (Australia) Unlock your stream with NordVPN (save 75%) Hawthorn vs Brisbane kick-off: Sat, Sep 19 at 3.15am ET / 8.15am BST / 5:15pm AEST Hawthorn's reward for trouncing the minor premiers is the matchup they'd been hoping to avoid – a date with back-to-back reigning premiers Brisbane, who pasted the Hawks by 67 points just last month.
On a more positive note, Sam Mitchell's men do at least have home advantage after a week off.
The reason it stings so much is that Hawthorn, who last reached the Grand Final back in 2015, have beaten both of the other preliminary finalists this season.
Meanwhile, they've lost each of their past three meetings with the Lions.
The Dingley Village outfit needs to find a way to cast aside all of the bad omens, because Brisbane has made a routine of dominating September football.
Even more ominously, Chris Fagan's men have closed each of their last two campaigns with back-to-back triumphs at the MCG.
They do, however, have a major injury concern.
Noah Answerth, who played a pivotal role in their 125-58 victory over Hawthon six weeks ago by suffocating Nick Watson, hurt his ankle in the defeat by Sydney a fortnight ago, and missed the semi-final as a result.
Either Ryan Lester or Darcy Wilmot will likely fill in if he still isn't right, but the Wizard will take either of them over Answerth.
Read on as we explain how to watch Hawthorn vs Brisbane for free in the AFL 2026 Preliminary Final.
Can you watch Hawthorn vs Brisbane for free? Yes .
Hawthorn vs Brisbane is being shown on free-to-air Channel 7 in Australia, with live streaming available via 7Plus .
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