2026 AFL Season Round 5: North Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 2026 between North Melbourne and Carlton during round five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Carlton at Marvel Stadium. Nick Larkey captained the hosts with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

North Melbourne (14.12.96) defeated Carlton (13.8.86).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: North Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Friday 3 April 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 45,919

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 14.12.96 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	3	.	3	5	.	7	7	.	9	14	.	12	14	.	12	(96)
Carlton	3	.	4	6	.	4	11	.	7	13	.	8	13	.	8	(86)
Margin	CARL by 1			CARL by 3			CARL by 22			NMLB by 10			NMLB by 10
Duration	28:48			27:17			29:16			36:50			2:02:11

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Nick Larkey
Vice-Captain: Harry Sheezel
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Michael Voss

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Luke Davies-Uniacke	NMLB	9	3
Harry Sheezel	NMLB	3	2
Marc Pittonet	CARL	27	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
45	Banch, Zac	FPR	58%	0	2	10	5	5	2	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	4
39	Blamires, Tom	INT	80%	0	1	15	11	4	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	2
21	Coleman-Jones, Callum	RU	58%	0	0	10	4	6	1	6	0	4	3	1	2	0	0
30	Comben, Charlie	BPR	96%	0	0	9	4	5	3	0	3	0	3	2	1	3	1
4	Corr, Aidan	HFFL	61%	0	0	8	5	3	5	0	3	0	3	0	1	3	0
25	Curtis, Paul	WL	81%	2	1	10	8	2	3	0	2	0	4	2	2	0	3
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	91%	0	0	27	16	11	10	0	4	2	2	2	1	7	2
27	Darling, Jack	INT	56%	1	0	10	5	5	1	5	6	2	1	0	0	2	2
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	RR	80%	0	0	22	9	13	2	0	6	9	3	3	2	1	3
7	Duursma, Zane	INT	63%	3	2	9	7	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
20	Larkey, Nick (c)	HBFR	96%	2	0	11	5	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
11	McDonald, Luke	INT	84%	0	0	18	14	4	7	0	3	0	3	1	2	1	3
10	McKercher, Colby	HFFR	91%	0	0	24	18	6	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	2
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	HBFL	78%	0	0	21	15	6	4	0	3	1	6	1	2	3	9
26	Parker, Luke	FF	88%	0	0	20	12	8	4	0	3	1	2	1	0	4	1
32	Pink, Toby	FB	90%	0	0	7	2	5	2	0	2	0	3	1	2	1	0
24	Powell, Tom	C	73%	0	2	18	13	5	5	0	4	1	7	1	3	1	2
3	Sheezel, Harry (vc)	RO	79%	1	0	24	10	14	5	0	2	6	3	0	2	1	4
12	Simpkin, Jy	BPL	76%	1	0	17	10	7	2	0	1	3	1	1	0	1	4
15	Stephens, Dylan	WR	89%	0	0	26	18	8	8	0	2	0	3	1	1	2	6
47	Trembath, Cooper	CHF	90%	3	0	11	7	4	6	11	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
6	Wardlaw, George	INT	64%	0	0	16	6	10	2	0	11	1	2	2	1	0	2
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	79%	1	1	9	7	2	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				14	12	352	211	141	90	22	66	31	60	25	23	35	56

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Ainsworth, Ben	HFFR	82%	0	1	21	11	10	8	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	2
37	Boyd, Jordan	HBFR	76%	0	0	16	14	2	7	0	5	0	1	0	0	6	1
39	Byrne, Talor	INT	62%	0	0	5	2	3	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1
32	Carroll, Matt	WR	75%	0	0	15	11	4	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	1
5	Cerra, Adam	INT	70%	0	0	19	11	8	3	0	5	6	4	1	0	0	5
2	Cowan, Lachie	BPL	76%	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	2	3	1
9	Cripps, Patrick (c)	C	82%	0	0	21	11	10	4	1	4	7	3	3	2	2	3
47	Derksen, Wade	FPL	83%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
44	Evans, Francis	HFFL	79%	0	1	17	11	6	2	0	3	1	5	1	2	1	4
14	Florent, Oliver	HBFL	86%	0	0	20	14	6	9	0	0	1	4	1	1	5	3
19	Hayward, Will	INT	75%	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2
29	Hewett, George	RR	77%	0	0	22	10	12	6	0	7	3	3	2	3	1	3
20	Hollands, Elijah	INT	84%	1	0	18	13	5	8	0	1	0	4	0	2	2	3
4	Hollands, Oliver	WL	89%	0	0	21	16	5	10	0	5	1	2	1	1	5	1
17	Kemp, Brodie	FF	75%	3	3	11	8	3	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
11	McGovern, Mitch	CHB	77%	2	0	8	6	2	2	0	6	0	2	4	1	0	2
10	McKay, Harry	CHF	95%	2	2	12	10	2	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	3
24	Newman, Nic	BPR	78%	1	0	19	17	2	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2
27	Pittonet, Marc	RU	76%	2	0	11	5	6	1	39	1	4	3	3	1	1	0
7	Smith, Jagga	FPR	81%	1	0	17	7	10	3	0	1	3	4	3	2	1	2
18	Walsh, Sam	RO	77%	1	0	19	10	9	3	0	5	4	2	1	2	1	5
23	Weitering, Jacob	FB	67%	0	0	10	7	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0
33	Young, Lewis	INT	78%	0	0	7	4	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	8	339	219	120	114	41	59	35	56	23	25	42	48

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

North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	L. Cowan	23	J. Weitering	24	N. Newman	21	C. Coleman-Jones	39	T. Blamires
	45	Z. Banch	26	L. Parker	44	C. Zurhaar	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	27	J. Darling
FORWARD							3	H. Sheezel (vc)	7	Z. Duursma
HALF-BACK									11	L. McDonald
	14	O. Florent	11	M. McGovern	37	J. Boyd			6	G. Wardlaw
	10	C. McKercher	47	C. Trembath	4	A. Corr
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	4	O. Hollands	9	P. Cripps (c)	32	M. Carroll
	15	D. Stephens	24	T. Powell	25	P. Curtis	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							27	M. Pittonet	39	T. Byrne
HALF-FORWARD							29	G. Hewett	5	A. Cerra
	44	F. Evans	10	H. McKay	12	B. Ainsworth	18	S. Walsh	19	W. Hayward
	20	N. Larkey (c)	5	C. Daniel	2	F. O'Sullivan			20	E. Hollands
HALF-BACK									33	L. Young
FORWARD
	47	W. Derksen	17	B. Kemp	7	J. Smith
	30	C. Comben	32	T. Pink	12	J. Simpkin
BACK
Carlton							Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	CARL	Brodie Kemp behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:24
	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	01:43
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	03:14
	CARL	Marc Pittonet goal	0.2.2	-	1.1.7	06:54
	CARL	Harry McKay behind	0.2.2	-	1.2.8	08:47
	CARL	Brodie Kemp behind	0.2.2	-	1.3.9	09:56
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	1.2.8	-	1.3.9	11:08
	CARL	Brodie Kemp goal	1.2.8	-	2.3.15	13:45
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	2.2.14	-	2.3.15	16:47
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	3.2.20	-	2.3.15	18:34
	CARL	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	2.4.16	20:07
	NMLB	Tom Powell behind	3.3.21	-	2.4.16	24:12
	CARL	Mitch McGovern goal	3.3.21	-	3.4.22	27:16
Q2	NMLB	Tom Powell behind	3.4.22	-	3.4.22	02:28
	NMLB	Zac Banch behind	3.5.23	-	3.4.22	03:12
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	4.5.29	-	3.4.22	04:41
	NMLB	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	3.4.22	06:19
	CARL	Marc Pittonet goal	4.6.30	-	4.4.28	09:59
	CARL	Nic Newman goal	4.6.30	-	5.4.34	13:46
	CARL	Brodie Kemp goal	4.6.30	-	6.4.40	20:42
	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	5.6.36	-	6.4.40	22:50
	NMLB	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	6.4.40	26:53
Q3	CARL	Harry McKay goal	5.7.37	-	7.4.46	02:22
	CARL	Elijah Hollands goal	5.7.37	-	8.4.52	07:43
	NMLB	Zane Duursma behind	5.8.38	-	8.4.52	11:06
	CARL	Sam Walsh goal	5.8.38	-	9.4.58	12:11
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	6.8.44	-	9.4.58	14:01
	CARL	Brodie Kemp behind	6.8.44	-	9.5.59	15:07
	CARL	Harry McKay behind	6.8.44	-	9.6.60	19:23
	NMLB	Zane Duursma behind	6.9.45	-	9.6.60	20:13
	CARL	Ben Ainsworth behind	6.9.45	-	9.7.61	21:39
	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	7.9.51	-	9.7.61	22:37
	CARL	Jagga Smith goal	7.9.51	-	10.7.67	27:32
	CARL	Harry McKay goal	7.9.51	-	11.7.73	29:13
Q4	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	8.9.57	-	11.7.73	02:50
	CARL	Mitch McGovern goal	8.9.57	-	12.7.79	04:27
	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	9.9.63	-	12.7.79	07:28
	NMLB	Zac Banch behind	9.10.64	-	12.7.79	10:59
	CARL	Brodie Kemp goal	9.10.64	-	13.7.85	12:20
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	10.10.70	-	13.7.85	14:18
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	11.10.76	-	13.7.85	21:20
	NMLB	Tom Blamires behind	11.11.77	-	13.7.85	23:36
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	11.12.78	-	13.7.85	25:34
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	12.12.84	-	13.7.85	27:19
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel goal	13.12.90	-	13.7.85	28:44
	CARL	Francis Evans behind	13.12.90	-	13.8.86	31:44
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	14.12.96	-	13.8.86	35:16

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