2026 AFL Season Round 12: Port Adelaide v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 2026 between Port Adelaide and Carlton during round twelve of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Port Adelaide hosted Carlton at Adelaide Oval. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Josh Carr and the visitors were coached by Josh Fraser.

Port Adelaide (8.10.58) were defeated by Carlton (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Port Adelaide v Carlton
Date: Saturday 23 May 2026
Time: 7:05 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 40,597

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Carlton
Score: 8.10.58 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 2 . 0 3 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Carlton 5 . 0 9 . 4 10 . 8 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin CARL by 18 CARL by 35 CARL by 31 CARL by 34 CARL by 34
Duration 29:45 31:59 27:50 30:05 1:59:39

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Josh Carr

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Josh Fraser (caretaker)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 3
Jason Horne-Francis PADL 18 2
Jagga Smith CARL 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aliir, Aliir CHB 93% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 Anastasopoulos, Tom INT 81% 0 1 10 8 2 4 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 0
5 Berry, Joe HFFR 80% 0 0 15 5 10 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 4
7 Burgoyne, Jase BPR 83% 0 0 22 9 13 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 1
9 Butters, Zak RR 84% 0 2 28 15 13 5 0 3 4 3 0 1 2 7
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy HBFL 82% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0
28 Drew, Willem RO 83% 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 11 6 4 3 1 1 4
44 Durdin, Corey FPL 69% 1 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
22 Evans, Logan BPL 87% 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 2 1 3 0 1 8 3
6 Farrell, Kane HBFR 64% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
19 Georgiades, Mitch CHF 96% 1 1 9 8 1 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
18 Horne-Francis, Jason C 83% 3 0 32 23 9 5 0 2 8 8 2 2 0 8
43 Lai, Josh INT 68% 0 0 10 6 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1
31 MacKinlay, Ewan WL 85% 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 3
4 Marshall, Todd HFFL 70% 1 0 6 5 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
11 Moraes, Christian INT 57% 0 1 11 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
27 Ratugolea, Esava FB 100% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
35 Richards, Joe FPR 85% 0 0 23 9 14 5 0 7 5 3 0 1 0 2
24 Sweet, Jordon RU 83% 0 2 10 7 3 2 27 1 4 3 2 2 1 3
37 Watkins, Jack INT 70% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 2 5 0 2 1 4
15 Wehr, Jacob WR 76% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 6 2 2 3 0
17 Whitlock, Jack FF 77% 2 2 12 8 4 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
16 Wines, Ollie INT 45% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 10 325 193 132 88 30 53 35 58 14 16 36 48

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Ainsworth, Ben FPR 75% 0 0 17 6 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
39 Byrne, Talor INT 83% 1 2 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2
32 Carroll, Matt WR 4% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cerra, Adam WL 81% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 3
2 Cowan, Lachie BPR 83% 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 5 0 2 0 0 5 0
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) RO 85% 1 2 32 13 19 3 0 5 8 6 2 4 0 2
35 Dean, Harry CHB 81% 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 3
47 Derksen, Wade FB 89% 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
44 Evans, Francis HFFR 84% 1 0 19 11 8 4 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
14 Florent, Oliver BPL 83% 0 0 26 18 8 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 6 3
26 Haynes, Nick HBFR 89% 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0
19 Hayward, Will HFFL 85% 2 0 19 14 5 4 0 5 0 2 1 0 3 6
29 Hewett, George INT 71% 1 1 26 11 15 1 0 3 4 4 3 1 0 6
30 Ison, Jack INT 75% 1 3 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2
17 Kemp, Brodie CHF 91% 2 0 14 6 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
11 McGovern, Mitch FPL 79% 2 1 12 10 2 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5
10 McKay, Harry FF 84% 1 2 19 13 6 9 4 1 3 5 1 1 1 1
24 Newman, Nic HBFL 86% 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 2
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 77% 0 0 12 5 7 2 21 6 2 3 0 2 1 0
7 Smith, Jagga RR 78% 0 1 27 9 18 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 4
18 Walsh, Sam C 75% 1 0 28 10 18 5 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 2
15 Wilson, Billy INT 80% 0 1 22 10 12 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 2
45 Young, Flynn INT 80% 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 13 14 404 222 182 108 25 43 27 49 16 14 40 50

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

Port Adelaide Coach: Josh Carr
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 O. Florent 47 W. Derksen 2 L. Cowan 24 J. Sweet 29 T. Anastasopoulos
35 J. Richards 17 J. Whitlock 44 C. Durdin 9 Z. Butters 43 J. Lai
FORWARD 28 W. Drew 11 C. Moraes
HALF-BACK

37 J. Watkins
24 N. Newman 35 H. Dean 26 N. Haynes

16 O. Wines
5 J. Berry 19 M. Georgiades 4 T. Marshall



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 A. Cerra 18 S. Walsh 32 M. Carroll



15 J. Wehr 18 J. Horne-Francis 31 E. MacKinlay FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 M. Pittonet 39 T. Byrne
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Smith 29 G. Hewett
19 W. Hayward 17 B. Kemp 44 F. Evans 9 P. Cripps (c) 30 J. Ison
6 K. Farrell 21 A. Aliir 33 D. Byrne-Jones

15 B. Wilson
HALF-BACK

45 F. Young
FORWARD



11 M. McGovern 10 H. McKay 12 B. Ainsworth



7 J. Burgoyne 27 E. Ratugolea 22 L. Evans



BACK



Carlton Coach: Josh Fraser

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:29
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 07:51
CARL Jack Ison goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 10:48
CARL Talor Byrne goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 14:28
CARL Sam Walsh goal 1.0.6 - 4.0.24 18:38
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 2.0.12 - 4.0.24 23:12
CARL George Hewett goal 2.0.12 - 5.0.30 25:06
Q2 PADL Tom Anastasopoulos behind 2.1.13 - 5.0.30 00:23
CARL Patrick Cripps goal 2.1.13 - 6.0.36 03:51
CARL Will Hayward goal 2.1.13 - 7.0.42 07:28
PADL Zak Butters behind 2.2.14 - 7.0.42 09:34
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 3.2.20 - 7.0.42 10:49
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 3.2.20 - 8.0.48 12:37
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 3.2.20 - 8.1.49 15:08
PADL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 8.1.49 15:47
CARL Jack Ison behind 3.3.21 - 8.2.50 18:15
PADL Zak Butters behind 3.4.22 - 8.2.50 18:58
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 3.4.22 - 9.2.56 20:32
PADL Jack Whitlock behind 3.5.23 - 9.2.56 22:17
CARL Harry McKay behind 3.5.23 - 9.3.57 28:19
CARL George Hewett behind 3.5.23 - 9.4.58 30:21
Q3 CARL Jagga Smith behind 3.5.23 - 9.5.59 07:34
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 3.5.23 - 9.6.60 12:32
CARL Talor Byrne behind 3.5.23 - 9.7.61 16:14
CARL Will Hayward goal 3.5.23 - 10.7.67 16:33
PADL Christian Moraes behind 3.6.24 - 10.7.67 17:46
PADL Jack Whitlock goal 4.6.30 - 10.7.67 20:20
CARL Flynn Young behind 4.6.30 - 10.8.68 22:42
PADL Jordon Sweet behind 4.7.31 - 10.8.68 24:00
PADL Corey Durdin goal 5.7.37 - 10.8.68 25:02
Q4 PADL Todd Marshall goal 6.7.43 - 10.8.68 01:14
CARL Harry McKay behind 6.7.43 - 10.9.69 03:56
CARL Francis Evans goal 6.7.43 - 11.9.75 04:29
CARL Harry McKay goal 6.7.43 - 12.9.81 06:02
CARL Mitch McGovern behind 6.7.43 - 12.10.82 08:37
CARL Jack Ison behind 6.7.43 - 12.11.83 09:40
CARL Jack Ison behind 6.7.43 - 12.12.84 10:38
PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 6.8.44 - 12.12.84 13:33
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 6.8.44 - 13.12.90 14:55
CARL Talor Byrne behind 6.8.44 - 13.13.91 17:14
PADL Jack Whitlock goal 7.8.50 - 13.13.91 22:08
CARL Billy Wilson behind 7.8.50 - 13.14.92 24:03
PADL Jack Whitlock behind 7.9.51 - 13.14.92 26:02
PADL Jordon Sweet behind 7.10.52 - 13.14.92 27:19
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 8.10.58 - 13.14.92 28:14