Round 18, 2026

Carlton 2.0 12 2.1 13 4.3 27 6.3 39 Hawthorn 2.2 14 5.3 33 10.7 67 15.13 103
Venue:	MCG
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.
Reports:
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.

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.

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)

Video

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