2026 AFL Season Round 8: Fremantle v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2026 between Fremantle and Carlton during round eight of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Fremantle hosted Carlton at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

Fremantle (16.7.103) defeated Carlton (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fremantle v Carlton
Date: Saturday 25 April 2026
Time: 6:15 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 54,100

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Carlton
Score: 16.7.103 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fremantle	3	.	3	8	.	4	11	.	7	16	.	7	16	.	7	(103)
Carlton	2	.	1	6	.	5	8	.	7	13	.	11	13	.	11	(89)
Margin	FREM by 8			FREM by 11			FREM by 18			FREM by 14			FREM by 14
Duration	28:59			33:33			28:51			31:56			2:03:19

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Michael Voss

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Shai Bolton	FREM	10	3
Luke Jackson	FREM	9	2
Sam Walsh	CARL	18	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Amiss, Jye	CHF	93%	3	0	12	9	3	7	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
10	Bolton, Shai	HFFL	83%	2	2	33	16	17	4	0	8	4	4	1	1	2	9
8	Brayshaw, Andrew	C	76%	0	0	26	11	15	2	0	10	5	3	1	1	1	2
5	Chapman, Heath	BPR	79%	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
6	Clark, Jordan	HBFL	81%	0	0	25	16	9	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	3
36	Cox, Brennan	BPL	84%	0	0	14	11	3	7	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0
18	Cox, Mason	INT	81%	2	0	8	4	4	4	8	3	0	5	0	2	0	0
43	Dudley, Isaiah	INT	63%	0	1	6	4	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
28	Erasmus, Neil	WL	74%	0	0	15	8	7	6	0	0	5	4	1	2	2	3
32	Frederick, Michael	INT	69%	2	1	11	8	3	5	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	2
9	Jackson, Luke	RU	77%	2	1	21	8	13	5	31	6	3	3	2	0	0	2
44	Johnson, Matthew	WR	71%	0	0	14	4	10	1	0	3	2	3	1	2	2	2
17	McVee, Judd	HBFR	83%	0	0	22	11	11	7	0	2	0	2	0	1	5	0
25	Pearce, Alex (c)	FB	83%	0	0	9	5	4	4	0	3	0	3	1	1	4	1
16	Reid, Murphy	FPL	84%	0	0	23	11	12	5	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	3
13	Ryan, Luke	CHB	91%	0	0	24	20	4	8	0	1	0	3	1	2	8	2
3	Serong, Caleb	RO	72%	0	0	22	12	10	0	0	3	5	5	1	1	2	5
14	Sharp, Jeremy	FPR	71%	2	0	14	8	6	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
39	Switkowski, Sam	HFFR	68%	0	0	12	2	10	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
35	Treacy, Josh	FF	89%	3	0	8	6	2	5	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	1
34	Wagner, Corey	INT	77%	0	0	27	17	10	4	0	5	1	4	1	0	2	5
23	Worner, Karl	INT	80%	0	0	23	9	14	4	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	1
26	Young, Hayden	RR	72%	0	0	21	8	13	4	0	1	5	1	1	0	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				16	7	404	218	186	103	39	61	34	56	17	20	40	51

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Ainsworth, Ben	HFFL	78%	0	0	14	6	8	2	0	2	1	5	1	0	1	3
39	Byrne, Talor	INT	67%	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0
32	Carroll, Matt	WR	85%	1	0	21	12	9	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	7
5	Cerra, Adam	INT	77%	0	0	21	10	11	3	0	4	1	6	2	2	1	2
46	Cottrell, Matt	INT	73%	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1
2	Cowan, Lachie	BPR	71%	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	1
9	Cripps, Patrick (c)	C	77%	1	1	31	8	23	1	0	7	11	8	2	3	0	5
35	Dean, Harry	BPL	72%	0	0	6	5	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1
44	Evans, Francis	HFFR	79%	1	1	8	4	4	2	0	5	0	3	0	1	0	0
14	Florent, Oliver	WL	80%	0	0	20	11	9	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	3	4
26	Haynes, Nick	HBFL	92%	0	0	19	14	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	2	7	1
19	Hayward, Will	FF	78%	0	2	21	11	10	9	0	3	0	3	2	0	0	4
17	Kemp, Brodie	FPR	91%	4	1	8	8	0	7	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	2
36	Lord, Cooper	RR	65%	0	1	18	8	10	0	0	6	2	2	1	1	1	2
11	McGovern, Mitch	CHB	77%	3	0	8	7	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
43	Moir, Ashton	INT	69%	2	0	7	3	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
24	Newman, Nic	HBFR	83%	0	0	22	15	7	7	0	2	1	1	0	0	5	1
25	Reidy, Liam	RU	79%	0	0	15	4	11	2	22	4	3	1	0	1	2	2
7	Smith, Jagga	CHF	76%	0	0	19	8	11	8	0	5	0	1	2	1	0	4
18	Walsh, Sam	RO	81%	1	1	32	19	13	5	0	7	4	3	2	0	2	8
23	Weitering, Jacob	FB	94%	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
6	Williams, Zac	FPL	76%	0	1	17	12	5	2	0	5	2	1	1	0	4	2
33	Young, Lewis	INT	79%	0	0	10	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				13	11	356	190	166	85	23	60	29	54	20	17	32	53

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

Fremantle							Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	35	H. Dean	23	J. Weitering	2	L. Cowan	9	L. Jackson	18	M. Cox
	14	J. Sharp	35	J. Treacy	16	M. Reid	26	H. Young	43	I. Dudley
FORWARD							3	C. Serong	32	M. Frederick
HALF-BACK									34	C. Wagner
	26	N. Haynes	11	M. McGovern	24	N. Newman			23	K. Worner
	39	S. Switkowski	24	J. Amiss	10	S. Bolton
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	14	O. Florent	9	P. Cripps (c)	32	M. Carroll
	44	M. Johnson	8	A. Brayshaw	28	N. Erasmus	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							25	L. Reidy	39	T. Byrne
HALF-FORWARD							36	C. Lord	5	A. Cerra
	12	B. Ainsworth	7	J. Smith	44	F. Evans	18	S. Walsh	46	M. Cottrell
	17	J. McVee	13	L. Ryan	6	J. Clark			43	A. Moir
HALF-BACK									33	L. Young
FORWARD
	6	Z. Williams	19	W. Hayward	17	B. Kemp
	5	H. Chapman	25	A. Pearce (c)	36	B. Cox
BACK
Carlton							Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:34
	CARL	Mitch McGovern goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	05:02
	FREM	Shai Bolton behind	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	07:11
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	08:29
	CARL	Will Hayward behind	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	11:41
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	17:05
	FREM	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	1.1.7	19:44
	CARL	Brodie Kemp goal	3.2.20	-	2.1.13	22:31
	FREM	Shai Bolton behind	3.3.21	-	2.1.13	26:04
Q2	FREM	Luke Jackson goal	4.3.27	-	2.1.13	00:16
	CARL	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	2.2.14	02:16
	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	5.3.33	-	2.2.14	04:32
	CARL	Brodie Kemp goal	5.3.33	-	3.2.20	08:51
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	6.3.39	-	3.2.20	10:30
	CARL	Francis Evans goal	6.3.39	-	4.2.26	11:39
	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	7.3.45	-	4.2.26	13:46
	FREM	Michael Frederick behind	7.4.46	-	4.2.26	15:32
	CARL	Brodie Kemp goal	7.4.46	-	5.2.32	17:24
	CARL	Mitch McGovern goal	7.4.46	-	6.2.38	21:41
	CARL	Francis Evans behind	7.4.46	-	6.3.39	24:53
	CARL	Will Hayward behind	7.4.46	-	6.4.40	27:13
	FREM	Mason Cox goal	8.4.52	-	6.4.40	29:45
	CARL	Zac Williams behind	8.4.52	-	6.5.41	31:06
Q3	FREM	Luke Jackson behind	8.5.53	-	6.5.41	01:20
	CARL	Mitch McGovern goal	8.5.53	-	7.5.47	07:31
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	9.5.59	-	7.5.47	09:12
	CARL	Rushed behind	9.5.59	-	7.6.48	12:04
	CARL	Ashton Moir goal	9.5.59	-	8.6.54	13:25
	CARL	Cooper Lord behind	9.5.59	-	8.7.55	14:41
	FREM	Jeremy Sharp goal	10.5.65	-	8.7.55	18:28
	FREM	Rushed behind	10.6.66	-	8.7.55	20:33
	FREM	Isaiah Dudley behind	10.7.67	-	8.7.55	21:47
	FREM	Jeremy Sharp goal	11.7.73	-	8.7.55	24:57
Q4	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	12.7.79	-	8.7.55	00:24
	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	13.7.85	-	8.7.55	02:50
	CARL	Rushed behind	13.7.85	-	8.8.56	04:20
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	14.7.91	-	8.8.56	05:21
	FREM	Luke Jackson goal	15.7.97	-	8.8.56	06:29
	CARL	Sam Walsh behind	15.7.97	-	8.9.57	12:25
	CARL	Brodie Kemp behind	15.7.97	-	8.10.58	15:15
	CARL	Matt Carroll goal	15.7.97	-	9.10.64	18:00
	CARL	Ashton Moir goal	15.7.97	-	10.10.70	19:58
	FREM	Mason Cox goal	16.7.103	-	10.10.70	22:18
	CARL	Brodie Kemp goal	16.7.103	-	11.10.76	23:50
	CARL	Sam Walsh goal	16.7.103	-	12.10.82	25:03
	CARL	Patrick Cripps behind	16.7.103	-	12.11.83	26:56
	CARL	Patrick Cripps goal	16.7.103	-	13.11.89	28:33

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