2026 AFL Season Round 23: St Kilda v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 2026 between St Kilda and Carlton during round twenty-three of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. St Kilda hosted Carlton at Marvel Stadium. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Josh Fraser.

St Kilda (8.14.62) were defeated by Carlton (16.10.106).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: St Kilda v Carlton
Date: Sunday 9 August 2026
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 43,434

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Carlton
Score: 8.14.62 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 2 4 . 4 5 . 9 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Carlton 3 . 3 8 . 5 11 . 8 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin CARL by 13 CARL by 25 CARL by 35 CARL by 44 CARL by 44
Duration 29:49 31:34 28:37 31:49 2:01:49

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Lyon

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Josh Fraser (caretaker)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Walsh CARL 18 3
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 2
Max Hall STKL 40 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
38 Boxshall, Hugh WR 79% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 4 5 6 0 2 2 4
13 Byrnes, Ryan INT 85% 0 1 20 8 12 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 1
47 Caminiti, Anthony FPR 98% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1
11 Clark, Hunter INT 64% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0
21 De Koning, Tom RU 77% 0 0 7 2 5 2 14 2 3 3 0 1 0 2
34 Garcia, Hugo RR 76% 0 0 19 6 13 1 0 5 5 3 1 0 0 3
40 Hall, Max C 88% 2 3 30 17 13 6 0 2 10 4 0 1 1 5
1 Higgins, Jack HFFL 81% 1 4 13 8 5 4 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1
8 Hill, Bradley HBFL 90% 0 0 31 17 14 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3
39 Lake, Campbell INT 77% 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Marshall, Rowan FF 91% 1 0 14 9 5 2 15 6 4 3 1 1 0 3
45 O'Connell, Liam BPR 83% 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Owens, Mitch RO 94% 2 2 15 6 9 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
25 Phillipou, Mattaes INT 80% 0 0 15 4 11 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 0
31 Ryan, Liam INT 71% 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
43 Sharman, Cooper FPL 82% 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 2
3 Silvagni, Jack BPL 94% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 1
14 Stocker, Liam HBFR 75% 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 1
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah HFFR 7% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 92% 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
22 Wilson, Darcy WL 90% 0 1 25 13 12 6 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 5
2 Windhager, Marcus CHB 88% 0 0 24 13 11 7 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 6
32 Wood, Mason CHF 37% 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 14 331 176 155 70 29 42 42 49 10 16 39 44

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake WL 78% 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 5 1 1 1 0 3 3
12 Ainsworth, Ben FPR 74% 2 0 12 5 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
39 Byrne, Talor INT 73% 1 0 13 7 6 7 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 3
5 Cerra, Adam WR 78% 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 4 2 2 0 1 3 2
46 Cottrell, Matt INT 80% 0 1 16 6 10 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 2
2 Cowan, Lachie HBFL 81% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 78% 0 1 26 12 14 5 1 4 6 2 2 1 1 3
35 Dean, Harry BPL 78% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
47 Derksen, Wade BPR 82% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
44 Evans, Francis HFFR 82% 1 1 22 16 6 8 0 4 0 3 3 0 1 12
14 Florent, Oliver HBFR 87% 0 0 25 15 10 8 0 5 1 1 0 0 4 2
26 Haynes, Nick FB 91% 0 0 20 13 7 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
19 Hayward, Will HFFL 79% 2 1 19 13 6 9 0 0 0 6 1 3 2 2
29 Hewett, George INT 78% 0 1 26 11 15 4 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 3
17 Kemp, Brodie FF 82% 2 2 8 6 2 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0
36 Lord, Cooper FPL 70% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 1
11 McGovern, Mitch CHB 78% 2 1 15 9 6 6 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3
10 McKay, Harry CHF 84% 3 0 9 6 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 71% 2 0 17 12 5 2 25 3 7 9 3 2 2 2
7 Smith, Jagga RR 68% 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 2
18 Walsh, Sam RO 80% 1 0 26 12 14 4 0 2 7 4 0 0 1 6
15 Wilson, Billy INT 79% 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 5 1
33 Young, Lewis INT 70% 0 2 8 3 5 3 6 4 0 2 0 2 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 16 10 405 235 170 117 33 60 35 49 16 10 36 56

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

St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 H. Dean 26 N. Haynes 47 W. Derksen 21 T. De Koning 13 R. Byrnes
47 A. Caminiti 19 R. Marshall 43 C. Sharman 34 H. Garcia 11 H. Clark
FORWARD 10 M. Owens 39 C. Lake
HALF-BACK

25 M. Phillipou
2 L. Cowan 11 M. McGovern 14 O. Florent

31 L. Ryan
7 N. Wanganeen-Milera 32 M. Wood 1 J. Higgins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 B. Acres 9 P. Cripps (c) 5 A. Cerra



38 H. Boxshall 40 M. Hall 22 D. Wilson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 M. Pittonet 39 T. Byrne
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Smith 46 M. Cottrell
19 W. Hayward 10 H. McKay 44 F. Evans 18 S. Walsh 29 G. Hewett
14 L. Stocker 2 M. Windhager 8 B. Hill

15 B. Wilson
HALF-BACK

33 L. Young
FORWARD



36 C. Lord 17 B. Kemp 12 B. Ainsworth



45 L. O'Connell 44 C. Wilkie 3 J. Silvagni



BACK



Carlton Coach: Josh Fraser

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Mitch Owens goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:14
CARL Marc Pittonet goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 07:35
CARL Brodie Kemp behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 09:23
STKL Ryan Byrnes behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 13:59
CARL Francis Evans goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 14:59
CARL Francis Evans behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 18:40
CARL Harry McKay goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 20:30
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 23:21
STKL Mitch Owens behind 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 27:59
Q2 STKL Jack Higgins goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 00:16
CARL Marc Pittonet goal 2.2.14 - 4.3.27 03:31
STKL Jack Higgins behind 2.3.15 - 4.3.27 09:02
STKL Liam Ryan goal 3.3.21 - 4.3.27 10:45
CARL Ben Ainsworth goal 3.3.21 - 5.3.33 12:22
CARL Mitch McGovern behind 3.3.21 - 5.4.34 15:20
CARL George Hewett behind 3.3.21 - 5.5.35 20:04
CARL Will Hayward goal 3.3.21 - 6.5.41 21:24
CARL Sam Walsh goal 3.3.21 - 7.5.47 24:42
STKL Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 7.5.47 25:57
CARL Will Hayward goal 3.4.22 - 8.5.53 28:45
STKL Max Hall goal 4.4.28 - 8.5.53 30:34
Q3 STKL Darcy Wilson behind 4.5.29 - 8.5.53 00:54
STKL Liam O'Connell behind 4.6.30 - 8.5.53 02:08
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 4.7.31 - 8.5.53 03:17
CARL Harry McKay goal 4.7.31 - 9.5.59 05:15
STKL Rowan Marshall goal 5.7.37 - 9.5.59 07:52
CARL Harry McKay goal 5.7.37 - 10.5.65 10:48
STKL Jack Higgins behind 5.8.38 - 10.5.65 16:16
CARL Will Hayward behind 5.8.38 - 10.6.66 17:36
STKL Jack Higgins behind 5.9.39 - 10.6.66 20:15
CARL Lewis Young behind 5.9.39 - 10.7.67 21:21
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 5.9.39 - 11.7.73 22:50
CARL Lewis Young behind 5.9.39 - 11.8.74 25:20
Q4 CARL Mitch McGovern goal 5.9.39 - 12.8.80 00:24
STKL Max Hall behind 5.10.40 - 12.8.80 04:41
STKL Mitch Owens behind 5.11.41 - 12.8.80 05:34
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 5.11.41 - 13.8.86 09:41
STKL Jack Higgins behind 5.12.42 - 13.8.86 11:36
CARL Matt Cottrell behind 5.12.42 - 13.9.87 16:13
STKL Campbell Lake goal 6.12.48 - 13.9.87 17:13
CARL Brodie Kemp behind 6.12.48 - 13.10.88 18:55
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 6.12.48 - 14.10.94 20:54
STKL Mitch Owens goal 7.12.54 - 14.10.94 22:22
CARL Ben Ainsworth goal 7.12.54 - 15.10.100 24:04
STKL Max Hall behind 7.13.55 - 15.10.100 25:43
STKL Max Hall goal 8.13.61 - 15.10.100 27:05
CARL Talor Byrne goal 8.13.61 - 16.10.106 29:33
STKL Max Hall behind 8.14.62 - 16.10.106 31:17