2026 VFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne Reserves v Carlton Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 2026 between the North Melbourne Reserves and the Carlton Reserves during round three of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. The North Melbourne Reserves hosted the Carlton Reserves at Arden Street Oval. The hosts were coached by Adam Marcon and the visitors were coached by Damian Truslove.

The North Melbourne Reserves (17.8.110) defeated the Carlton Reserves (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne Reserves v Carlton Reserves
Date: Friday 3 April 2026
Time: 11:30 AM
Venue: Arden Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Reserves def. Carlton Reserves
Score: 17.8.110 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Reserves	4	.	2	9	.	4	14	.	6	17	.	8	17	.	8	(110)
Carlton Reserves	3	.	3	6	.	5	9	.	8	14	.	15	14	.	15	(99)
Margin	NMLR by 5			NMLR by 17			NMLR by 28			NMLR by 11			NMLR by 11
Duration	30:42			30:52			31:01			32:10			2:04:45

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Marcon

Carlton Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Damian Truslove

Player Statistics

North Melbourne Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
57	Bamert, Xavier	INT	?	3	1	16	11	5	5	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	3
72	Byrne, Hugh	INT	?	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	1	0	?	1	2	3	0
18	Dawson, Wil	FB	?	0	0	13	3	10	3	13	5	3	?	0	1	1	0
49	Dow, Thomson	INT	?	0	2	25	6	19	4	0	1	7	?	2	2	1	4
51	Fairlie, Patrick	RR	?	0	0	21	9	12	5	0	4	3	?	0	1	3	4
16	Fisher, Zac	WR	?	1	0	28	15	13	8	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	4
33	George, Brayden	FF	?	4	0	9	7	2	2	0	8	1	?	3	0	0	2
22	Goad, Taylor	RU	?	0	0	8	3	5	1	12	4	2	?	2	3	0	2
46	Hansen, Robert	HBFL	?	0	0	29	23	6	7	0	5	0	?	1	0	8	1
17	Hardeman, Riley	BPR	?	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
37	Harvey, Cooper	HBFR	?	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	1	1	?	0	0	5	2
64	Keast, Mathew	INT	?	0	0	22	13	9	3	0	3	5	?	2	1	2	6
41	Konstanty, Jacob	CHF	?	2	0	19	9	10	5	0	3	2	?	1	0	1	1
70	Lowe, Oliver	C	?	1	1	13	10	3	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	2
50	MacPherson, Darcy	FPR	?	0	0	25	13	12	4	0	5	5	?	0	1	2	7
28	Mikunda, Hugo	CHB	?	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	3	1	?	2	0	3	2
56	Noblett, Alex	FPL	?	0	0	12	4	8	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	0
8	Scott, Bailey	WL	?	0	0	12	5	7	5	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	2
13	Spargo, Charlie	HFFL	?	2	1	17	9	8	4	0	4	2	?	2	2	0	3
77	Spiteri, Mclaren	HFFR	?	0	0	14	8	6	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	2
79	Tarrant, James	INT	?	4	2	20	14	6	8	4	2	2	?	1	0	1	1
74	Vandam, Oscar	RO	?	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	3	1	?	0	2	3	1
35	Whitlock, Matt	BPL	?	0	1	5	2	3	2	0	4	0	?	0	0	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				17	8	368	201	167	89	29	62	38	0+	18	15	40	49

Carlton Reserves

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Acres, Blake	WR	?	0	0	12	7	5	2	0	0	1	?	0	2	0	2
16	Camporeale, Ben	RR	?	0	1	22	8	14	3	0	3	5	?	0	1	1	4
21	Camporeale, Lucas	CHF	?	0	1	23	12	11	4	0	5	2	?	1	0	0	1
28	Charleson, Harry	HBFL	?	0	0	19	12	7	2	0	2	0	?	1	0	2	2
31	Chesser, Campbell	WL	?	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	3	0	?	0	1	3	2
77	Cookson, Will	INT	?	0	1	15	8	7	1	0	3	5	?	2	2	1	6
46	Cottrell, Matt	RO	?	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	2	1	?	1	0	0	3
67	Evans, Tom	INT	?	1	0	10	7	3	1	0	3	0	?	1	0	1	4
8	Fogarty, Lachie	HFFL	?	1	0	15	9	6	5	0	4	2	?	1	0	0	6
61	Harvey, Dane	INT	?	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	4	0	?	0	0	3	1
26	Haynes, Nick	FB	?	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	3	0
70	Hogg, Darcy	INT	?	1	2	21	12	9	6	0	1	2	?	0	1	3	1
30	Ison, Jack	HFFR	?	3	2	9	8	1	3	1	6	0	?	1	1	1	0
43	Moir, Ashton	FPR	?	1	1	10	5	5	4	0	3	1	?	2	2	0	0
34	Monahan, Rob	HBFR	?	0	0	8	3	5	0	0	1	1	?	0	1	0	1
40	O'Keeffe, Hudson	FF	?	1	1	8	4	4	2	8	3	1	?	0	2	1	0
74	Prout, Logan	BPL	?	1	1	6	5	1	4	0	3	0	?	1	0	2	3
25	Reidy, Liam	RU	?	0	0	20	14	6	3	30	5	14	?	3	1	1	5
42	Saad, Adam	BPR	?	0	0	23	16	7	2	0	5	0	?	0	2	4	2
58	Sammartino, Jack	INT	?	0	0	15	7	8	4	0	1	1	?	1	0	0	2
50	Tucker, Darcy	C	?	1	1	18	12	6	6	0	4	1	?	0	1	3	3
15	Wilson, Billy	CHB	?	1	0	22	12	10	2	0	3	1	?	0	1	3	1
45	Young, Flynn	FPL	?	3	2	21	14	7	11	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	7
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	15	343	200	143	75	39	67	39	0+	15	18	32	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

North Melbourne Reserves							Coach: Adam Marcon
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	74	L. Prout	26	N. Haynes	42	A. Saad	22	T. Goad	57	X. Bamert
	50	D. MacPherson	33	B. George	56	A. Noblett	51	P. Fairlie	72	H. Byrne
FORWARD							74	O. Vandam	49	T. Dow
HALF-BACK									64	M. Keast
	28	H. Charleson	15	B. Wilson	34	R. Monahan			79	J. Tarrant
	77	M. Spiteri	41	J. Konstanty	13	C. Spargo
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	31	C. Chesser	50	D. Tucker	13	B. Acres
	16	Z. Fisher	70	O. Lowe	8	B. Scott	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							25	L. Reidy	77	W. Cookson
HALF-FORWARD							16	B. Camporeale	67	T. Evans
	8	L. Fogarty	21	L. Camporeale	30	J. Ison	46	M. Cottrell	61	D. Harvey
	37	C. Harvey	28	H. Mikunda	46	R. Hansen			70	D. Hogg
HALF-BACK									58	J. Sammartino
FORWARD
	45	F. Young	40	H. O'Keeffe	43	A. Moir
	17	R. Hardeman	18	W. Dawson	35	M. Whitlock
BACK
Carlton Reserves							Coach: Damian Truslove

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLR	Brayden George goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	05:28
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	08:17
	CARR	Flynn Young goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	10:52
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe behind	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	12:27
	NMLR	Thomson Dow behind	2.2.14	-	1.0.6	13:20
	CARR	Flynn Young behind	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	14:51
	CARR	Darcy Hogg behind	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	18:05
	CARR	Darcy Hogg goal	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	19:53
	CARR	Ashton Moir behind	2.2.14	-	2.3.15	23:23
	CARR	Tom Evans goal	2.2.14	-	3.3.21	24:16
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	3.2.20	-	3.3.21	25:48
	NMLR	Brayden George goal	4.2.26	-	3.3.21	27:43
Q2	CARR	Darcy Tucker behind	4.2.26	-	3.4.22	01:02
	CARR	Jack Ison goal	4.2.26	-	4.4.28	01:52
	CARR	Flynn Young goal	4.2.26	-	5.4.34	05:12
	NMLR	Oliver Lowe goal	5.2.32	-	5.4.34	11:12
	NMLR	Matt Whitlock behind	5.3.33	-	5.4.34	13:41
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	6.3.39	-	5.4.34	16:06
	NMLR	Jacob Konstanty goal	7.3.45	-	5.4.34	18:11
	NMLR	Jacob Konstanty goal	8.3.51	-	5.4.34	20:21
	NMLR	Xavier Bamert goal	9.3.57	-	5.4.34	21:39
	NMLR	James Tarrant behind	9.4.58	-	5.4.34	25:02
	CARR	Lachie Fogarty goal	9.4.58	-	6.4.40	27:29
	CARR	Jack Ison behind	9.4.58	-	6.5.41	29:27
Q3	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	10.4.64	-	6.5.41	00:55
	NMLR	James Tarrant behind	10.5.65	-	6.5.41	04:12
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	11.5.71	-	6.5.41	05:25
	CARR	Darcy Tucker goal	11.5.71	-	7.5.47	06:48
	CARR	Hudson O'Keeffe goal	11.5.71	-	8.5.53	07:53
	NMLR	Zac Fisher goal	12.5.77	-	8.5.53	11:03
	CARR	Jack Ison goal	12.5.77	-	9.5.59	12:36
	NMLR	Xavier Bamert goal	13.5.83	-	9.5.59	14:03
	CARR	Hudson O'Keeffe behind	13.5.83	-	9.6.60	16:23
	CARR	Lucas Camporeale behind	13.5.83	-	9.7.61	18:26
	NMLR	Xavier Bamert behind	13.6.84	-	9.7.61	22:50
	NMLR	Charlie Spargo goal	14.6.90	-	9.7.61	24:17
	CARR	Jack Ison behind	14.6.90	-	9.8.62	30:43
Q4	CARR	Flynn Young behind	14.6.90	-	9.9.63	01:39
	NMLR	Charlie Spargo goal	15.6.96	-	9.9.63	02:36
	CARR	Ashton Moir goal	15.6.96	-	10.9.69	04:24
	NMLR	James Tarrant goal	16.6.102	-	10.9.69	05:24
	CARR	Billy Wilson goal	16.6.102	-	11.9.75	08:49
	NMLR	Charlie Spargo behind	16.7.103	-	11.9.75	09:59
	CARR	Rushed behind	16.7.103	-	11.10.76	11:06
	CARR	Darcy Hogg behind	16.7.103	-	11.11.77	12:43
	CARR	Flynn Young goal	16.7.103	-	12.11.83	15:54
	NMLR	Xavier Bamert goal	17.7.109	-	12.11.83	17:41
	CARR	Rushed behind	17.7.109	-	12.12.84	20:38
	CARR	Jack Ison goal	17.7.109	-	13.12.90	22:46
	CARR	Ben Camporeale behind	17.7.109	-	13.13.91	25:05
	CARR	Logan Prout behind	17.7.109	-	13.14.92	26:30
	CARR	Will Cookson behind	17.7.109	-	13.15.93	27:16
	NMLR	Thomson Dow behind	17.8.110	-	13.15.93	29:32
	CARR	Logan Prout goal	17.8.110	-	14.15.99	31:08

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