Round 18, 2026
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| Venue: | MCG |
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| Date: | Saturday July 11, 2026 (7.35 pm). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: | Lost by 64 points. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Crowd: | 70,314 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: | M. McGovern 2.0, A. Cerra 1.1, F. Riley 1.0, B. Ainsworth 1.0, T. Byrne 1.0, J. Ison 0.1, Rushed 0.1. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpires: | Matt Stevic, John Howorth, Andrew Heffernan, Brent Wallace. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: | G. Hewett (back spasms) off in the final few minutes of the first quarter. He did not return. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ladder: | 12th. | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Team
| B: | 14 Oliver Florent | 47 Wade Derksen | 26 Nick Haynes |
| HB: | 15 Billy Wilson | 35 Harry Dean | 2 Lachlan Cowan |
| C: | 5 Adam Cerra | 18 Sam Walsh | 4 Ollie Hollands |
| HF: | 12 Ben Ainsworth | 11 Mitch McGovern | 11 Will Hayward |
| F: | 17 Brodie Kemp | 10 Harry McKay | 44 Francis Evans |
| Ruck: | 38 Flynn Riley | 9 Patrick Cripps (c) | 7 Jagga Smith |
| Interchange: | 24 Nic Newman | 29 George Hewett | 30 Jack Ison |
| 39 Talor Byrne | 46 Matt Cottrell | ||
| Coach: | Josh Fraser | ||
| Emergencies: | 36 Cooper Lord | 8 Lachie Fogarty | 27 Marc Pittonet |
In: Flynn Riley, Harry Dean
Out: Marc Pittonet (hamstring), Lewis Young (concussion)
Milestones
150 Games: Sam Walsh
200 Games (AFL): Will Hayward
Debut and First Goal: Flynn Riley
Interesting Facts
Debutant Flynn Riley's height is 210cm (6ft 10.67ins).
Flynn is the tallest footballer to play for Carlton.
Free Kicks
Carlton 20
Hawthorn 15
With torrential rain falling in the first quarter Hawthorn received 8 free kicks including a dubious 50 metre penalty goal.
Former Richmond co-captain Jack Riewoldt commentating on the Fox broadcast called the 50 metre decision, 'a disgrace'.
Carlton received just 3 free kicks, all in non scoring positions between the arcs.
At half time the count was Carlton 11 Hawthorn 9.
Front Runners
1.- Bailey Macdonald (Haw) 15.0km
2.- Sam Walsh 14.6km
2.- Matt Cottrell 14.6km
3.- Blake Hardwick (Haw) 14.5km
3.- Dylan Moore (Haw) 14.5km
AFLCA Votes
8 - Blake Hardwick (HAW)
8 - Lloyd Meek (HAW)
6 - Jack Ginnivan (HAW)
4 - Josh Ward (HAW)
3 - Connor MacDonald (HAW)
1 - Sam Walsh (CARL)
Brownlow Votes
Best and Fairest Votes
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