2026 AFL Season Round 25: Carlton v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 2026 between Carlton and Fremantle during round twenty-five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Carlton hosted Fremantle at Marvel Stadium. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. Alex Pearce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Josh Fraser and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Carlton (18.11.119) defeated Fremantle (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: Carlton v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 22 August 2026
Time: 1:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 42,020

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Fremantle
Score: 18.11.119 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 5 8 . 7 12 . 8 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Fremantle 5 . 2 6 . 8 8 . 10 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin FREM by 3 CARL by 11 CARL by 22 CARL by 37 CARL by 37
Duration 32:51 29:08 29:15 31:02 2:02:16

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Coach: Josh Fraser (caretaker)

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jagga Smith CARL 7 3
Ben Ainsworth CARL 12 2
Sam Walsh CARL 18 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake HBFL 74% 1 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 3
12 Ainsworth, Ben HFFL 78% 3 1 20 12 8 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6
39 Byrne, Talor FPL 73% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
5 Cerra, Adam WL 87% 0 0 20 16 4 8 0 2 0 4 0 1 3 2
46 Cottrell, Matt HFFR 81% 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4
2 Cowan, Lachie INT 81% 0 0 16 12 4 8 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 0
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 78% 1 0 24 8 16 2 0 7 8 2 2 1 0 5
35 Dean, Harry BPL 86% 0 0 12 7 5 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
47 Derksen, Wade FB 83% 0 0 15 13 2 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
44 Evans, Francis INT 74% 5 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
14 Florent, Oliver HBFR 76% 0 0 29 16 13 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 2 4
29 Hewett, George INT 73% 0 0 29 14 15 3 0 2 6 4 0 1 2 4
4 Hollands, Oliver INT 85% 1 0 15 9 6 5 0 4 0 3 2 2 1 0
17 Kemp, Brodie CHF 91% 3 0 13 11 2 5 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 6
36 Lord, Cooper FPR 82% 0 1 21 11 10 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 2
11 McGovern, Mitch CHB 77% 0 2 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1
10 McKay, Harry FF 86% 2 1 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 74% 0 0 17 8 9 3 20 2 7 4 1 3 1 0
7 Smith, Jagga RR 74% 1 1 31 14 17 3 0 3 5 0 0 0 1 5
18 Walsh, Sam RO 75% 1 1 32 16 16 4 0 1 8 4 0 1 1 4
23 Weitering, Jacob BPR 64% 0 0 14 11 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
15 Wilson, Billy WR 79% 0 0 18 16 2 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
33 Young, Lewis INT 67% 0 2 17 7 10 7 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 18 11 413 245 168 127 22 40 43 47 14 16 28 52

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 91% 0 0 14 4 10 3 0 3 1 4 0 0 3 0
10 Bolton, Shai FPL 73% 1 0 17 9 8 3 0 5 2 2 2 1 1 5
8 Brayshaw, Andrew C 75% 1 1 21 8 13 2 0 8 2 3 1 1 0 4
6 Clark, Jordan WR 83% 0 0 21 11 10 7 0 6 2 4 1 1 7 1
36 Cox, Brennan BPL 22% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Cox, Mason INT 75% 0 2 7 5 2 2 15 1 3 0 2 0 1 1
43 Dudley, Isaiah CHF 85% 1 0 12 5 7 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 4
28 Erasmus, Neil RO 80% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 1
32 Frederick, Michael HFFL 79% 1 0 11 5 6 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
9 Jackson, Luke RU 72% 1 2 14 7 7 4 24 5 4 2 4 2 2 2
44 Johnson, Matthew WL 75% 0 0 17 6 11 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 1 3
21 McDonald, Oscar BPR 94% 1 0 11 10 1 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
17 McVee, Judd HBFR 84% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
11 Murray, Tobyn HFFR 82% 1 1 13 6 7 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan INT 83% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 75% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 85% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 0 3 0 2 5 0
45 Scerri, Chris INT 82% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
3 Serong, Caleb RR 76% 0 0 23 13 10 2 0 3 5 4 2 0 1 5
35 Treacy, Josh FF 84% 3 2 7 6 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 Voss, Patrick FPR 91% 2 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0
23 Worner, Karl HBFL 87% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
26 Young, Hayden INT 66% 0 0 23 12 11 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 8
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 10 300 157 143 71 39 52 30 44 16 14 34 42

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

Carlton Coach: Josh Fraser
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
36 B. Cox 25 A. Pearce (c) 21 O. McDonald 27 M. Pittonet 2 L. Cowan
36 C. Lord 10 H. McKay 39 T. Byrne 7 J. Smith 44 F. Evans
FORWARD 18 S. Walsh 29 G. Hewett
HALF-BACK

4 O. Hollands
23 K. Worner 13 L. Ryan 17 J. McVee

33 L. Young
46 M. Cottrell 17 B. Kemp 12 B. Ainsworth



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



44 M. Johnson 8 A. Brayshaw 6 J. Clark



15 B. Wilson 9 P. Cripps (c) 5 A. Cerra FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 L. Jackson 41 B. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Serong 18 M. Cox
32 M. Frederick 43 I. Dudley 11 T. Murray 28 N. Erasmus 30 N. O'Driscoll
14 O. Florent 11 M. McGovern 13 B. Acres

45 C. Scerri
HALF-BACK

26 H. Young
FORWARD



10 S. Bolton 35 J. Treacy 20 P. Voss



23 J. Weitering 47 W. Derksen 35 H. Dean



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Oscar McDonald goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:44
FREM Shai Bolton goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 04:38
CARL Mitch McGovern behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 08:01
FREM Josh Treacy goal 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 10:33
FREM Patrick Voss goal 0.1.1 - 4.0.24 12:08
CARL Mitch McGovern behind 0.2.2 - 4.0.24 13:51
CARL Harry McKay goal 1.2.8 - 4.0.24 14:52
CARL Jagga Smith behind 1.3.9 - 4.0.24 16:38
CARL Lewis Young behind 1.4.10 - 4.0.24 18:45
FREM Josh Treacy behind 1.4.10 - 4.1.25 20:55
CARL Ben Ainsworth goal 2.4.16 - 4.1.25 22:28
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 2.4.16 - 5.1.31 24:09
CARL Francis Evans goal 3.4.22 - 5.1.31 25:16
FREM Luke Jackson behind 3.4.22 - 5.2.32 27:16
CARL Francis Evans goal 4.4.28 - 5.2.32 28:46
CARL Harry McKay behind 4.5.29 - 5.2.32 31:46
Q2 CARL Sam Walsh behind 4.6.30 - 5.2.32 00:26
FREM Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 5.3.33 01:36
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 5.6.36 - 5.3.33 02:27
CARL Sam Walsh goal 6.6.42 - 5.3.33 05:27
FREM Andrew Brayshaw behind 6.6.42 - 5.4.34 06:41
FREM Mason Cox behind 6.6.42 - 5.5.35 12:27
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 7.6.48 - 5.5.35 13:35
FREM Josh Treacy behind 7.6.48 - 5.6.36 15:38
CARL Francis Evans goal 8.6.54 - 5.6.36 17:14
CARL Lewis Young behind 8.7.55 - 5.6.36 20:36
FREM Luke Jackson behind 8.7.55 - 5.7.37 25:18
FREM Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 5.8.38 26:07
FREM Michael Frederick goal 8.7.55 - 6.8.44 27:40
Q3 CARL Oliver Hollands goal 9.7.61 - 6.8.44 03:18
CARL Jagga Smith goal 10.7.67 - 6.8.44 04:59
FREM Patrick Voss goal 10.7.67 - 7.8.50 07:46
CARL Francis Evans goal 11.7.73 - 7.8.50 16:28
FREM Josh Treacy goal 11.7.73 - 8.8.56 19:14
CARL Patrick Cripps goal 12.7.79 - 8.8.56 20:20
FREM Tobyn Murray behind 12.7.79 - 8.9.57 22:28
FREM Mason Cox behind 12.7.79 - 8.10.58 25:19
CARL Ben Ainsworth behind 12.8.80 - 8.10.58 27:03
Q4 FREM Luke Jackson goal 12.8.80 - 9.10.64 00:45
CARL Rushed behind 12.9.81 - 9.10.64 02:18
CARL Cooper Lord behind 12.10.82 - 9.10.64 03:05
CARL Brodie Kemp goal 13.10.88 - 9.10.64 05:49
CARL Harry McKay goal 14.10.94 - 9.10.64 07:36
CARL Francis Evans goal 15.10.100 - 9.10.64 09:43
CARL Ben Ainsworth goal 16.10.106 - 9.10.64 12:51
FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 16.10.106 - 10.10.70 13:57
CARL Ben Ainsworth goal 17.10.112 - 10.10.70 17:08
CARL Blake Acres goal 18.10.118 - 10.10.70 20:50
FREM Josh Treacy goal 18.10.118 - 11.10.76 24:38
CARL Rushed behind 18.11.119 - 11.10.76 28:19
FREM Tobyn Murray goal 18.11.119 - 12.10.82 29:33