2026 AFL Season Round 7: Carlton v Collingwood
This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 2026 between Carlton and Collingwood during round seven of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League.
Carlton "hosted" Collingwood at the MCG.
Patrick Cripps captained the hosts.
In the absence of Darcy Moore, vice-captain Nick Daicos captained the visitors with Brayden Maynard as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Craig McRae.
Carlton (12.11.83) were defeated by Collingwood (13.10.88).
Match Details
Season:
2026 AFL Season
Round:
Round 7
Teams:
Carlton
v
Collingwood
Date:
Thursday 16 April 2026
Time:
7:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
78,058
Match Results
Outcome:
Carlton
def. by
Collingwood
Score:
12.11.83 - 13.10.88
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Carlton | 2 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 11 | 12 | . | 11 | (83) |
| Collingwood | 2 | . | 4 | 3 | . | 9 | 6 | . | 9 | 13 | . | 10 | 13 | . | 10 | (88) |
| Margin | COLL by 1 | CARL by 14 | CARL by 18 | COLL by 5 | COLL by 5 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 27:12 | 30:32 | 27:40 | 35:02 | 2:00:26 | |||||||||||
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 (Collingwood) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Carlton
Captain: Patrick CrippsCoach: Michael Voss
Collingwood
Captain: Nick Daicos (acting)Vice-Captain: Brayden Maynard
Coach: Craig McRae
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Daicos | COLL | 35 | 3 |
| Sam Walsh | CARL | 18 | 2 |
| Jamie Elliott | COLL | 5 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Player Statistics
Carlton
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 12 | Ainsworth, Ben | HFFR | 85% | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Byrne, Talor | INT | 69% | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Carroll, Matt | WR | 87% | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Cerra, Adam | HFFL | 72% | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Cowan, Lachie | INT | 72% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | Cripps, Patrick (c) | C | 81% | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | Dean, Harry | BPL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Evans, Francis | FPR | 74% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Florent, Oliver | HBFL | 87% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 26 | Haynes, Nick | BPR | 91% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Hayward, Will | FPL | 75% | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Hollands, Elijah | CHF | 60% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hollands, Oliver | WL | 92% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Kemp, Brodie | CHB | 92% | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | McGovern, Mitch | INT | 75% | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | McKay, Harry | FF | 75% | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Newman, Nic | HBFR | 79% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Pittonet, Marc | RU | 75% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Smith, Jagga | INT | 64% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Walsh, Sam | RO | 84% | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 23 | Weitering, Jacob | FB | 96% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Williams, Zac | RR | 73% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 33 | Young, Lewis | INT | 64% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 12 | 11 | 390 | 226 | 164 | 101 | 27 | 62 | 29 | 53 | 14 | 17 | 45 | 44 | |||
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 16 | Allan, Ed | WR | 62% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | Anderson, Angus | INT | 69% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Cameron, Darcy | RU | 78% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Crisp, Jack | RO | 83% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Daicos, Josh | HBFR | 82% | 0 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 | Daicos, Nick (ac) | CHF | 94% | 1 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Elliott, Jamie | FF | 87% | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Frampton, Billy | BPL | 96% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Hayes, Will | INT | 50% | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Houston, Dan | CHB | 75% | 0 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | FB | 97% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | Lipinski, Patrick | WL | 79% | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 44 | Long, Ned | RR | 71% | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Maynard, Brayden (vc) | BPR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | McCreery, Beau | HFFL | 67% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | McStay, Daniel | FPL | 74% | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Membrey, Tim | INT | 86% | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Pendlebury, Scott | C | 79% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Perryman, Harry | INT | 83% | 0 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Quaynor, Isaac | HBFL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Schultz, Lachie | HFFR | 80% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Steele, Roan | INT | 73% | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Steene, Oscar | FPR | 72% | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 13 | 10 | 416 | 252 | 164 | 136 | 35 | 62 | 31 | 52 | 18 | 14 | 30 | 58 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Carlton | Coach: Michael Voss | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| 17 | B. Frampton | 38 | J. Howe | 4 | B. Maynard (vc) | 27 | M. Pittonet | 39 | T. Byrne | ||||||
| 44 | F. Evans | 10 | H. McKay | 19 | W. Hayward | 6 | Z. Williams | 2 | L. Cowan | ||||||
| FORWARD | 18 | S. Walsh | 11 | M. McGovern | |||||||||||
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| 3 | I. Quaynor | 9 | D. Houston | 7 | J. Daicos |
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| 12 | B. Ainsworth | 20 | E. Hollands | 5 | A. Cerra |
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| 1 | P. Lipinski | 10 | S. Pendlebury | 16 | E. Allan |
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| 32 | M. Carroll | 9 | P. Cripps (c) | 4 | O. Hollands | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 14 | D. Cameron | 41 | A. Anderson | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 44 | N. Long | 39 | W. Hayes | |||||||||||
| 31 | B. McCreery | 35 | N. Daicos (ac) | 8 | L. Schultz | 25 | J. Crisp | 28 | T. Membrey | ||||||
| 24 | N. Newman | 17 | B. Kemp | 14 | O. Florent |
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| 11 | D. McStay | 5 | J. Elliott | 21 | O. Steene |
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| 26 | N. Haynes | 23 | J. Weitering | 35 | H. Dean |
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| Collingwood | Coach: Craig McRae | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | CARL | Will Hayward goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:43 |
| CARL | Ben Ainsworth behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 03:50 | |
| CARL | Harry McKay behind | 1.2.8 | - | 0.0.0 | 05:27 | |
| COLL | Ned Long behind | 1.2.8 | - | 0.1.1 | 06:30 | |
| COLL | Oscar Steene goal | 1.2.8 | - | 1.1.7 | 07:52 | |
| CARL | Harry McKay behind | 1.3.9 | - | 1.1.7 | 09:59 | |
| COLL | Josh Daicos behind | 1.3.9 | - | 1.2.8 | 12:19 | |
| COLL | Daniel McStay goal | 1.3.9 | - | 2.2.14 | 13:41 | |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 1.3.9 | - | 2.3.15 | 15:36 | |
| COLL | Dan Houston behind | 1.3.9 | - | 2.4.16 | 17:46 | |
| CARL | Brodie Kemp goal | 2.3.15 | - | 2.4.16 | 24:44 | |
| Q2 | CARL | Harry McKay goal | 3.3.21 | - | 2.4.16 | 01:50 |
| CARL | Ben Ainsworth goal | 4.3.27 | - | 2.4.16 | 04:31 | |
| CARL | Harry McKay behind | 4.4.28 | - | 2.4.16 | 05:48 | |
| CARL | Brodie Kemp goal | 5.4.34 | - | 2.4.16 | 07:32 | |
| COLL | Lachie Schultz behind | 5.4.34 | - | 2.5.17 | 14:09 | |
| COLL | Roan Steele behind | 5.4.34 | - | 2.6.18 | 15:53 | |
| COLL | Nick Daicos behind | 5.4.34 | - | 2.7.19 | 16:21 | |
| CARL | Matt Carroll goal | 6.4.40 | - | 2.7.19 | 17:42 | |
| COLL | Beau McCreery goal | 6.4.40 | - | 3.7.25 | 21:48 | |
| CARL | Matt Carroll behind | 6.5.41 | - | 3.7.25 | 25:11 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott behind | 6.5.41 | - | 3.8.26 | 28:44 | |
| COLL | Harry Perryman behind | 6.5.41 | - | 3.9.27 | 29:43 | |
| Q3 | CARL | Mitch McGovern goal | 7.5.47 | - | 3.9.27 | 00:19 |
| CARL | Adam Cerra behind | 7.6.48 | - | 3.9.27 | 01:39 | |
| CARL | Brodie Kemp behind | 7.7.49 | - | 3.9.27 | 02:49 | |
| CARL | Harry McKay behind | 7.8.50 | - | 3.9.27 | 05:39 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 7.8.50 | - | 4.9.33 | 08:45 | |
| COLL | Tim Membrey goal | 7.8.50 | - | 5.9.39 | 16:19 | |
| CARL | Talor Byrne behind | 7.9.51 | - | 5.9.39 | 20:51 | |
| CARL | Mitch McGovern goal | 8.9.57 | - | 5.9.39 | 21:55 | |
| COLL | Daniel McStay goal | 8.9.57 | - | 6.9.45 | 23:46 | |
| CARL | Francis Evans goal | 9.9.63 | - | 6.9.45 | 25:39 | |
| Q4 | COLL | Nick Daicos goal | 9.9.63 | - | 7.9.51 | 00:23 |
| COLL | Oscar Steene goal | 9.9.63 | - | 8.9.57 | 03:02 | |
| COLL | Will Hayes goal | 9.9.63 | - | 9.9.63 | 04:31 | |
| COLL | Patrick Lipinski behind | 9.9.63 | - | 9.10.64 | 05:41 | |
| COLL | Patrick Lipinski goal | 9.9.63 | - | 10.10.70 | 06:46 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 9.9.63 | - | 11.10.76 | 12:07 | |
| CARL | Ben Ainsworth goal | 10.9.69 | - | 11.10.76 | 13:33 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 10.9.69 | - | 12.10.82 | 21:17 | |
| CARL | Mitch McGovern goal | 11.9.75 | - | 12.10.82 | 24:31 | |
| COLL | Tim Membrey goal | 11.9.75 | - | 13.10.88 | 26:15 | |
| CARL | Matt Carroll goal | 12.9.81 | - | 13.10.88 | 29:58 | |
| CARL | Rushed behind | 12.10.82 | - | 13.10.88 | 32:15 | |
| CARL | Talor Byrne behind | 12.11.83 | - | 13.10.88 | 34:57 | |