2026 AFL Season Round 2: Carlton v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 12 March 2026 between Carlton and Richmond during round two of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Carlton "hosted" Richmond at the MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. Toby Nankervis captained the visitors with Tim Taranto as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Adem Yze.

Carlton (10.15.75) defeated Richmond (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v Richmond
Date: Thursday 12 March 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 74,313

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Richmond
Score: 10.15.75 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 4 9 . 9 9 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Richmond 3 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 12 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin CARL by 19 CARL by 27 CARL by 13 CARL by 4 CARL by 4
Duration 35:15 29:39 31:05 28:40 2:04:39

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Carlton) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Richmond) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Michael Voss

Richmond

Captain: Toby Nankervis
Vice-Captain: Tim Taranto
Coach: Adem Yze

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jagga Smith CARL 7 3
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 2
Tim Taranto RICH 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Ainsworth, Ben HFFR 78% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
32 Carroll, Matt INT 72% 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 1
31 Chesser, Campbell WR 77% 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 1
2 Cowan, Lachie INT 66% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 5 1
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 80% 0 3 32 12 20 1 0 3 9 3 5 1 1 4
35 Dean, Harry BPL 76% 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0
14 Florent, Oliver HBFR 80% 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 7 0
8 Fogarty, Lachie INT 71% 0 1 6 1 5 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
19 Hayward, Will HFFL 74% 1 0 16 10 6 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 4
29 Hewett, George INT 67% 1 0 23 8 15 5 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 2
20 Hollands, Elijah CHF 77% 0 1 14 7 7 3 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 4
4 Hollands, Oliver HBFL 86% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 1
17 Kemp, Brodie FPR 87% 1 1 10 6 4 6 0 4 0 3 0 2 2 0
36 Lord, Cooper WL 78% 1 0 20 14 6 5 0 2 2 4 0 1 3 2
11 McGovern, Mitch CHB 82% 2 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
10 McKay, Harry FPL 91% 2 2 12 10 2 7 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 2
40 O'Keeffe, Hudson INT 66% 0 1 7 3 4 2 10 3 1 4 2 1 0 2
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 74% 1 1 13 6 7 0 25 3 6 1 2 0 1 1
7 Smith, Jagga RR 73% 0 1 32 13 19 1 0 5 3 4 1 1 0 5
18 Walsh, Sam RO 83% 0 0 30 13 17 4 0 5 6 6 1 2 4 4
23 Weitering, Jacob FB 95% 0 0 9 7 2 5 2 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
6 Williams, Zac FF 68% 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 2
33 Young, Lewis BPR 96% 0 0 10 6 4 3 2 2 1 4 1 2 5 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 10 15 367 201 166 75 39 53 37 63 18 21 50 43

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
34 Armstrong, Harry FPR 80% 0 1 6 5 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
21 Balta, Noah BPR 93% 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 0 0 8 2 1 7 3
6 Banks, Sam CHB 76% 0 0 24 13 11 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
35 Broad, Nathan BPL 70% 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 1
44 Campbell, Seth CHF 80% 0 1 17 9 8 0 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 3
8 Faull, Jonty FPL 81% 0 2 10 8 2 6 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2
18 Gibcus, Josh INT 76% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0
50 Gray, Campbell INT 32% 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
48 Green, Steely INT 80% 2 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 3
24 Grlj, Sam HBFR 74% 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 4 0 3 2 0 5 3
2 Hopper, Jacob INT 73% 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 4
4 Lalor, Sam C 76% 2 1 16 12 4 4 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 5
19 Lynch, Tom FF 94% 2 7 12 11 1 6 0 4 0 6 3 5 0 0
7 Mansell, Rhyan HFFR 82% 2 0 12 9 3 7 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 3
28 McAuliffe, Kane WR 80% 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 6
12 Miller, Ben FB 95% 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
25 Nankervis, Toby (c) RU 76% 0 0 21 9 12 1 22 2 7 3 1 2 0 1
13 Ralphsmith, Hugo WL 86% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6
17 Rioli, Maurice HFFL 75% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 1 1
5 Ross, Jack RO 75% 0 0 23 9 14 4 0 7 4 3 1 1 0 3
15 Short, Jayden HBFL 83% 1 0 29 23 6 10 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 5
14 Taranto, Tim (vc) RR 83% 0 0 29 8 21 4 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 5
36 Trezise, James INT 78% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 9 17 355 217 138 97 24 49 29 60 21 18 34 60

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Carlton Coach: Michael Voss
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 N. Broad 12 B. Miller 21 N. Balta 27 M. Pittonet 32 M. Carroll
17 B. Kemp 6 Z. Williams 10 H. McKay 7 J. Smith 2 L. Cowan
FORWARD 18 S. Walsh 8 L. Fogarty
HALF-BACK

29 G. Hewett
15 J. Short 6 S. Banks 24 S. Grlj

40 H. O'Keeffe
12 B. Ainsworth 20 E. Hollands 19 W. Hayward



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 H. Ralphsmith 4 S. Lalor 28 K. McAuliffe



31 C. Chesser 9 P. Cripps (c) 36 C. Lord FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 T. Nankervis (c) 18 J. Gibcus
HALF-FORWARD 14 T. Taranto (vc) 50 C. Gray
17 M. Rioli 44 S. Campbell 7 R. Mansell 5 J. Ross 48 S. Green
14 O. Florent 11 M. McGovern 4 O. Hollands

2 J. Hopper
HALF-BACK

36 J. Trezise
FORWARD



8 J. Faull 19 T. Lynch 34 H. Armstrong



33 L. Young 23 J. Weitering 35 H. Dean



BACK



Richmond Coach: Adem Yze

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Harry McKay behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:08
CARL Harry McKay goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:51
CARL Marc Pittonet goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 05:27
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 06:34
RICH Steely Green goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 08:27
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 4.1.25 - 1.0.6 09:40
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 5.1.31 - 1.0.6 15:03
CARL Jagga Smith behind 5.2.32 - 1.0.6 16:54
RICH Rhyan Mansell goal 5.2.32 - 2.0.12 18:01
RICH Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 2.1.13 21:05
CARL George Hewett goal 6.2.38 - 2.1.13 22:49
CARL Hudson O'Keeffe behind 6.3.39 - 2.1.13 26:42
RICH Tom Lynch goal 6.3.39 - 3.1.19 29:33
RICH Tom Lynch behind 6.3.39 - 3.2.20 32:19
CARL Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 3.2.20 33:38
RICH Tom Lynch behind 6.4.40 - 3.3.21 35:09
Q2 CARL Patrick Cripps behind 6.5.41 - 3.3.21 01:03
CARL Harry McKay behind 6.6.42 - 3.3.21 01:51
RICH Harry Armstrong behind 6.6.42 - 3.4.22 03:06
RICH Steely Green goal 6.6.42 - 4.4.28 04:27
RICH Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 4.5.29 06:27
CARL Harry McKay goal 7.6.48 - 4.5.29 08:53
CARL Matt Carroll behind 7.7.49 - 4.5.29 10:19
RICH Sam Lalor goal 7.7.49 - 5.5.35 11:59
CARL Brodie Kemp behind 7.8.50 - 5.5.35 15:33
CARL Will Hayward goal 8.8.56 - 5.5.35 16:22
RICH Jonty Faull behind 8.8.56 - 5.6.36 20:51
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 8.9.57 - 5.6.36 24:03
CARL Cooper Lord goal 9.9.63 - 5.6.36 26:23
Q3 CARL Lachie Fogarty behind 9.10.64 - 5.6.36 01:14
CARL Marc Pittonet behind 9.11.65 - 5.6.36 02:36
RICH Sam Lalor goal 9.11.65 - 6.6.42 03:41
RICH Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 6.7.43 06:06
RICH Sam Lalor behind 9.11.65 - 6.8.44 08:01
RICH Rhyan Mansell goal 9.11.65 - 7.8.50 10:26
RICH Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 7.9.51 20:20
RICH Seth Campbell behind 9.11.65 - 7.10.52 21:27
CARL Elijah Hollands behind 9.12.66 - 7.10.52 22:39
RICH Tom Lynch behind 9.12.66 - 7.11.53 24:38
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 9.13.67 - 7.11.53 28:36
RICH Tom Lynch behind 9.13.67 - 7.12.54 30:18
Q4 RICH Rushed behind 9.13.67 - 7.13.55 00:58
RICH Jayden Short goal 9.13.67 - 8.13.61 05:28
CARL Rushed behind 9.14.68 - 8.13.61 07:01
RICH Tom Lynch behind 9.14.68 - 8.14.62 08:08
RICH Tom Lynch behind 9.14.68 - 8.15.63 10:23
RICH Tom Lynch behind 9.14.68 - 8.16.64 14:40
CARL Campbell Chesser behind 9.15.69 - 8.16.64 18:02
CARL Zac Williams goal 10.15.75 - 8.16.64 20:18
RICH Jonty Faull behind 10.15.75 - 8.17.65 23:14
RICH Tom Lynch goal 10.15.75 - 9.17.71 24:43