2026 AFL Season Round 21: North Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 2026 between North Melbourne and St Kilda during round twenty-one of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. Nick Larkey captained the hosts with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

North Melbourne (8.14.62) were defeated by St Kilda (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: North Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 26 July 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 25,523

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 8.14.62 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 5 4 . 10 7 . 12 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
St Kilda 4 . 3 5 . 8 9 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin STKL by 16 STKL by 4 STKL by 13 STKL by 31 STKL by 31
Duration 29:30 29:34 32:50 28:09 2:00:03

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 (St Kilda) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Lyon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera STKL 7 3
Bradley Hill STKL 8 2
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 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 INT 65% 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2
30 Comben, Charlie FB 80% 0 0 14 5 9 4 0 3 0 3 1 2 3 0
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 85% 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2
25 Curtis, Paul FPR 84% 2 1 13 8 5 8 0 4 0 3 0 2 2 1
5 Daniel, Caleb CHB 81% 0 0 24 15 9 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
27 Darling, Jack INT 79% 3 0 8 6 2 5 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 89% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 4 4 2 0 3 4
31 Goater, Josh INT 60% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2
37 Harvey, Cooper INT 74% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
20 Larkey, Nick (c) FF 87% 1 1 9 6 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
19 Logue, Griffin HBFL 76% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 0
10 McKercher, Colby HBFR 80% 0 0 19 12 7 7 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 3
2 O'Sullivan, Finn RR 82% 0 1 23 9 14 7 0 0 1 7 0 2 3 1
26 Parker, Luke BPR 82% 0 0 25 14 11 8 0 1 1 2 2 1 5 0
8 Scott, Bailey INT 72% 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
3 Sheezel, Harry (vc) RO 90% 1 1 29 15 14 8 0 5 5 3 0 2 3 3
12 Simpkin, Jy HFFR 82% 0 0 29 16 13 9 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 6
13 Spargo, Charlie HFFL 70% 0 0 11 10 1 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
15 Stephens, Dylan WR 83% 0 0 21 13 8 7 0 2 1 4 1 3 0 4
47 Trembath, Cooper CHF 82% 0 2 19 12 7 10 10 0 2 7 2 1 0 6
35 Whitlock, Matt WL 56% 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 77% 0 2 11 5 6 2 14 5 4 4 1 3 1 1
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPL 85% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 8 14 366 212 154 127 24 33 23 62 16 26 42 44

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
38 Boxshall, Hugh RO 80% 1 0 17 7 10 3 0 6 4 0 3 0 0 1
16 Butler, Dan INT 63% 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 5 0 2 1 2 0 0
13 Byrnes, Ryan HBFR 82% 1 1 17 12 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2
47 Caminiti, Anthony RU 95% 1 2 9 5 4 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2
11 Clark, Hunter INT 52% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2
21 De Koning, Tom FF 82% 0 0 19 11 8 5 21 1 7 6 3 3 2 5
34 Garcia, Hugo RR 69% 0 0 18 6 12 1 0 6 7 1 1 1 2 2
40 Hall, Max HFFR 77% 0 2 26 8 18 4 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 3
1 Higgins, Jack HFFL 81% 2 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 1
8 Hill, Bradley HBFL 82% 0 1 34 22 12 12 0 1 2 3 0 0 5 4
12 King, Max INT 30% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
45 O'Connell, Liam WR 86% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
10 Owens, Mitch FPR 87% 2 0 16 7 9 2 2 3 1 5 4 2 0 3
25 Phillipou, Mattaes INT 80% 0 1 25 14 11 5 0 3 5 0 2 0 2 5
31 Ryan, Liam CHF 84% 1 1 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3
3 Silvagni, Jack BPL 100% 0 0 14 9 5 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1
14 Stocker, Liam BPR 80% 0 0 18 13 5 9 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 2
5 Travaglia, Tobie INT 58% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah CHB 82% 4 1 46 39 7 5 0 3 5 5 2 1 6 8
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 100% 0 0 15 7 8 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 Wilson, Darcy WL 79% 1 1 28 16 12 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 5
2 Windhager, Marcus C 85% 0 0 25 11 14 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2
32 Wood, Mason FPL 87% 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 15 404 231 173 102 23 44 41 41 26 16 36 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 50s

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne Coach: Alastair Clarkson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
3 J. Silvagni 44 C. Wilkie 14 L. Stocker 38 T. Xerri 45 Z. Banch
25 P. Curtis 20 N. Larkey (c) 44 C. Zurhaar 2 F. O'Sullivan 27 J. Darling
FORWARD 3 H. Sheezel (vc) 31 J. Goater
HALF-BACK

37 C. Harvey
8 B. Hill 7 N. Wanganeen-Milera 13 R. Byrnes

8 B. Scott
12 J. Simpkin 47 C. Trembath 13 C. Spargo



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 D. Wilson 2 M. Windhager 45 L. O'Connell



15 D. Stephens 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 35 M. Whitlock FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 47 A. Caminiti 16 D. Butler
HALF-FORWARD 34 H. Garcia 11 H. Clark
1 J. Higgins 31 L. Ryan 40 M. Hall 38 H. Boxshall 12 M. King
10 C. McKercher 5 C. Daniel 19 G. Logue

25 M. Phillipou
HALF-BACK

5 T. Travaglia
FORWARD



32 M. Wood 21 T. De Koning 10 M. Owens



26 L. Parker 30 C. Comben 4 A. Corr



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Ryan Byrnes goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:28
STKL Hugh Boxshall goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 03:02
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 05:33
NMLB Cooper Trembath behind 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 07:50
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 14:30
STKL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 16:00
STKL Dan Butler behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 17:15
NMLB Matt Whitlock behind 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 18:56
STKL Anthony Caminiti goal 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 20:53
STKL Jack Higgins goal 1.3.9 - 4.2.26 23:42
NMLB Tristan Xerri behind 1.4.10 - 4.2.26 26:03
NMLB Harry Sheezel behind 1.5.11 - 4.2.26 28:38
STKL Max Hall behind 1.5.11 - 4.3.27 29:17
Q2 NMLB Zac Banch behind 1.6.12 - 4.3.27 01:54
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 1.7.13 - 4.3.27 03:13
NMLB Cooper Trembath behind 1.8.14 - 4.3.27 04:07
STKL Mitch Owens goal 1.8.14 - 5.3.33 05:24
STKL Ryan Byrnes behind 1.8.14 - 5.4.34 06:46
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera behind 1.8.14 - 5.5.35 07:14
NMLB Finn O'Sullivan behind 1.9.15 - 5.5.35 09:15
NMLB Harry Sheezel goal 2.9.21 - 5.5.35 10:19
STKL Anthony Caminiti behind 2.9.21 - 5.6.36 12:05
STKL Liam Ryan behind 2.9.21 - 5.7.37 12:32
NMLB Matt Whitlock goal 3.9.27 - 5.7.37 15:26
STKL Rushed behind 3.9.27 - 5.8.38 17:28
NMLB Rushed behind 3.10.28 - 5.8.38 22:28
NMLB Jack Darling goal 4.10.34 - 5.8.38 23:23
Q3 NMLB Jack Darling goal 5.10.40 - 5.8.38 03:49
STKL Max Hall behind 5.10.40 - 5.9.39 05:41
NMLB Rushed behind 5.11.41 - 5.9.39 06:33
STKL Anthony Caminiti behind 5.11.41 - 5.10.40 07:35
STKL Darcy Wilson behind 5.11.41 - 5.11.41 09:57
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 5.11.41 - 6.11.47 12:48
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 6.11.47 - 6.11.47 14:12
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 7.11.53 - 6.11.47 15:27
STKL Mason Wood behind 7.11.53 - 6.12.48 17:45
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 7.11.53 - 7.12.54 20:05
NMLB Zac Banch behind 7.12.54 - 7.12.54 23:01
STKL Darcy Wilson goal 7.12.54 - 8.12.60 26:03
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 7.12.54 - 9.12.66 29:08
STKL Bradley Hill behind 7.12.54 - 9.13.67 31:48
Q4 NMLB Rushed behind 7.13.55 - 9.13.67 01:55
STKL Jack Higgins behind 7.13.55 - 9.14.68 02:56
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 7.13.55 - 10.14.74 06:42
NMLB Jack Darling goal 8.13.61 - 10.14.74 08:37
NMLB Tristan Xerri behind 8.14.62 - 10.14.74 13:03
STKL Jack Higgins goal 8.14.62 - 11.14.80 15:53
STKL Liam Ryan goal 8.14.62 - 12.14.86 17:37
STKL Mattaes Phillipou behind 8.14.62 - 12.15.87 22:08
STKL Mitch Owens goal 8.14.62 - 13.15.93 24:31