Richmond hosts premiership contenders Hawthorn at the MCG to kick off three games of Sunday AFL football.
The Tigers are seeking their third win of the season as they take on the third-placed Hawks.
Later, Gold Coast takes its fading finals hopes into a vital home game against the Western Bulldogs, before round 19 concludes with Essendon hosting GWS at Docklands.
Follow all the action in our live blog.
Sun 19 Jul 2026 at 12:49pm
AFL round 19 Sunday — live scoreboard
Sun 19 Jul 2026 at 1:14pm
Hawks bossing the territory early
Hawthorn has Richmond pinned into its own defensive half right now.
Richmond’s mid-season draftee Kye Annand with a big one-on-one win after Josh Weddle sent a long ball inside 50 towards Mitch Lewis.
The inside 50 count reads 5-1 Hawthorn’s way.
Sun 19 Jul 2026 at 1:10pm
Play underway at the MCG between Tigers and Hawks!
We’re off and running at the MCG, which it must be said, is bathed in a little bit of sunshine!
If you live in Melbourne, you’ll know that we’re going through some absolutely grim weather conditions these days, so any time you can get a little bit of Vitamin D, it’s a major W.
Big game for Hawthorn this, they can’t afford a slip-up with the margins between the top eight teams outside of Freo razor thin right now.
Lets have a look at some of the match-ups at the first bounce: Tom Barrass is on Tom Lynch, Toby Nankervis and Lloyd Meek in the ruck.
Sun 19 Jul 2026 at 1:06pm
Prestia leads Richmond out ahead of 250th match
Fantastic scenes at the MCG as Dion Prestia leads the Tigers through the banner ahead of his 250th career game.
Prestia is one of the few remaining players from Richmond’s three premierships and he’s gone from being a bullocking star midfielder on those teams to the old head now as he guides the young bucks around him.
Really the perfect timing in his career when he joined Richmond at the end of 2016, leaving a downtrodden Gold Coast side to walk into a team that was about to win and win big.
Prestia has played 155 of his 250 career matches in Richmond colours.
Sun 19 Jul 2026 at 12:59pm
Richmond vs Hawthorn team news — No late changes
Both Richmond and Hawthorn will line up as originally selected this afternoon at the MCG.
Some big ins for the Tigers from last week’s side as Sam Lalor, Jayden Short and Steely Green replace Ben Miller, Jasper Alger and Zane Peucker.
Hawthorn has also made three changes from last week’s side with Josh Weddle, Josh Battle and Nick Watson replacing Karl Amon, Will Day and Matt Hill.
Sun 19 Jul 2026 at 12:52pm
Welcome!
Good afternoon and welcome to ABC Sport’s live AFL coverage!
We’ve got three more matches on deck this Sunday to wrap up round 19, and all the action kicks off at the MCG where Richmond takes on Hawthorn from 1:10pm.
The second match of the day is a blockbuster with huge finals implications as Gold Coast hosts the Western Bulldogs at Carrara Stadium from 3:15pm.
Then Round 19’s finale takes place at Docklands stadium where Essendon takes on the GWS Giants from 4:40pm.
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