2026 AFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 2026 between Essendon and Carlton during round fourteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at the MCG. In the absence of Andrew McGrath, Kyle Langford captained the hosts. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Solomon and the visitors were coached by Josh Fraser.

Essendon (10.7.67) were defeated by Carlton (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Sunday 7 June 2026
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 76,745

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 10.7.67 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 3 7 . 4 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Carlton 1 . 2 3 . 7 6 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 14 level CARL by 5 CARL by 5
Duration 26:37 29:54 28:41 30:43 1:55:55

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Kyle Langford (acting)
Coach: Dean Solomon (caretaker)

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Josh Fraser (caretaker)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
George Hewett CARL 29 3
Sam Durham ESSE 22 2
Harry McKay CARL 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Blakiston, Lachlan RU 75% 0 0 10 5 5 3 9 1 3 2 3 2 3 0
24 Bryan, Nick FPR 71% 0 0 12 4 8 2 22 4 4 2 3 1 0 3
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 92% 1 1 6 5 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
13 Cox, Nik HFFL 78% 0 0 11 5 6 7 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1
44 Day-Wicks, Archer WR 81% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1
22 Durham, Sam C 80% 1 0 30 16 14 10 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 7
28 Duursma, Xavier WL 81% 0 0 22 7 15 4 0 3 1 1 2 1 1 2
33 El Achkar, Hussien INT 71% 2 1 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 El-Hawli, Saad INT 58% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 2
2 Farrow, Jacob INT 79% 0 0 17 11 6 8 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 2
23 Jones, Harry HBFR 71% 1 0 9 3 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
29 Kondogiannis, Max INT 63% 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 Langford, Kyle (ac) FF 94% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 1
32 McKay, Ben CHB 93% 2 2 9 8 1 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach RR 87% 0 0 33 23 10 8 0 3 1 7 1 0 4 5
16 Perkins, Archie FPL 71% 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3
25 Prior, Jaxon BPR 82% 0 0 22 13 9 8 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 2
27 Redman, Mason BPL 71% 1 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2
31 Reid, Zach FB 91% 1 0 21 16 5 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
21 Roberts, Archie HBFL 91% 0 1 22 15 7 3 0 3 1 3 0 2 3 3
9 Robey, Sullivan HFFR 75% 0 1 15 8 7 5 0 6 4 4 1 3 0 3
12 Setterfield, Will RO 79% 0 0 29 17 12 4 0 4 6 4 1 1 3 5
5 Tsatas, Elijah INT 67% 0 0 25 11 14 3 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 7 373 213 160 115 31 39 35 50 24 19 35 49

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake WR 87% 0 1 22 13 9 10 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2
12 Ainsworth, Ben HFFR 76% 1 1 20 14 6 6 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2
39 Byrne, Talor FPR 59% 2 2 7 6 1 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1
5 Cerra, Adam WL 73% 0 0 18 12 6 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 4
2 Cowan, Lachie HBFL 78% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 1
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) RR 86% 0 1 23 10 13 4 0 5 3 4 0 3 2 4
35 Dean, Harry CHB 90% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
47 Derksen, Wade FB 85% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 1 0 5 0 1 3 0
44 Evans, Francis INT 73% 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 1
14 Florent, Oliver BPL 78% 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 3
26 Haynes, Nick BPR 92% 0 0 17 11 6 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0
19 Hayward, Will HFFL 79% 1 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 0
29 Hewett, George INT 78% 1 0 27 11 16 6 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 4
30 Ison, Jack INT 67% 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
17 Kemp, Brodie FPL 90% 2 1 11 9 2 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3
11 McGovern, Mitch CHF 78% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
10 McKay, Harry FF 83% 3 2 16 10 6 7 2 1 5 2 2 2 0 4
24 Newman, Nic INT 80% 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 2 0 2 1 2 4 2
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 71% 0 0 12 5 7 1 23 4 5 4 2 3 0 2
7 Smith, Jagga RO 72% 0 0 24 6 18 3 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 1
18 Walsh, Sam C 76% 0 0 24 6 18 3 0 4 2 5 1 2 3 3
15 Wilson, Billy HBFR 76% 0 0 24 18 6 6 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 1
45 Young, Flynn INT 71% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 12 382 220 162 119 25 45 28 49 19 24 39 45

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

Essendon Coach: Dean Solomon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 O. Florent 47 W. Derksen 26 N. Haynes 46 L. Blakiston 33 H. El Achkar
24 N. Bryan 4 K. Langford (ac) 16 A. Perkins 7 Z. Merrett 41 S. El-Hawli
FORWARD 12 W. Setterfield 2 J. Farrow
HALF-BACK

29 M. Kondogiannis
2 L. Cowan 35 H. Dean 15 B. Wilson

5 E. Tsatas
9 S. Robey 30 N. Caddy 13 N. Cox



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 A. Cerra 18 S. Walsh 13 B. Acres



44 A. Day-Wicks 22 S. Durham 28 X. Duursma FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 M. Pittonet 44 F. Evans
HALF-FORWARD 9 P. Cripps (c) 29 G. Hewett
19 W. Hayward 11 M. McGovern 12 B. Ainsworth 7 J. Smith 30 J. Ison
23 H. Jones 32 B. McKay 21 A. Roberts

24 N. Newman
HALF-BACK

45 F. Young
FORWARD



17 B. Kemp 10 H. McKay 39 T. Byrne



25 J. Prior 31 Z. Reid 27 M. Redman



BACK



Carlton Coach: Josh Fraser

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Mason Redman goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 05:11
CARL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 07:40
ESSE Ben McKay behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 10:12
ESSE Hussien El Achkar behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 17:12
CARL Talor Byrne goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 18:31
ESSE Sullivan Robey behind 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 21:26
ESSE Ben McKay goal 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 23:31
CARL Jack Ison behind 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 26:17
Q2 CARL Harry McKay behind 2.3.15 - 1.3.9 04:48
ESSE Max Kondogiannis goal 3.3.21 - 1.3.9 07:16
ESSE Hussien El Achkar goal 4.3.27 - 1.3.9 08:29
CARL Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 1.4.10 10:11
ESSE Sam Durham goal 5.3.33 - 1.4.10 13:24
CARL Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 1.5.11 16:22
CARL Harry McKay goal 5.3.33 - 2.5.17 18:58
ESSE Hussien El Achkar goal 6.3.39 - 2.5.17 20:13
CARL Blake Acres behind 6.3.39 - 2.6.18 21:48
CARL Talor Byrne behind 6.3.39 - 2.7.19 22:18
CARL Harry McKay goal 6.3.39 - 3.7.25 25:07
Q3 CARL Talor Byrne behind 6.3.39 - 3.8.26 01:53
ESSE Archie Roberts behind 6.4.40 - 3.8.26 05:19
CARL Harry McKay goal 6.4.40 - 4.8.32 08:16
ESSE Harry Jones goal 7.4.46 - 4.8.32 12:16
CARL Harry McKay behind 7.4.46 - 4.9.33 15:49
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 7.4.46 - 5.9.39 18:39
CARL George Hewett goal 7.4.46 - 6.9.45 20:59
CARL Brodie Kemp behind 7.4.46 - 6.10.46 27:23
Q4 CARL Ben Ainsworth behind 7.4.46 - 6.11.47 00:54
CARL Ben Ainsworth goal 7.4.46 - 7.11.53 04:47
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 7.4.46 - 7.12.54 07:06
ESSE Ben McKay behind 7.5.47 - 7.12.54 12:30
ESSE Ben McKay goal 8.5.53 - 7.12.54 13:30
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 8.5.53 - 8.12.60 15:28
CARL Talor Byrne goal 8.5.53 - 9.12.66 17:21
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 8.6.54 - 9.12.66 19:06
CARL Will Hayward goal 8.6.54 - 10.12.72 21:23
ESSE Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 10.12.72 23:10
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 9.7.61 - 10.12.72 25:00
ESSE Zach Reid goal 10.7.67 - 10.12.72 29:35