Carlton and Essendon have finalised their lineups for the match at MCG.

Will White and Archer Day-Wicks have been named as tactical subs.

 2025-06-08T09:20:00Z 
Carlton WON BY 8 POINTS
MCG
CARL   
78
FT
70
   ESS
    #AFLBluesDons
MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   
IN Jack Silvagni, Alex Cincotta, Hudson O'Keeffe, Zac Williams, Orazio Fantasia
OUTHarry O'Farrell (Omitted), Lewis Young (Omitted), Jaxon Binns (Omitted), Corey Durdin (Omitted), Harry McKay (Injured)
IN Luamon Lual, Darcy Parish
OUTElijah Tsatas (Omitted), Mason Redman (Injured)
FB 3 Jack Silvagni 23 Jacob Weitering 4 Oliver Hollands
FF 8 Ben Hobbs 20 Peter Wright 12 Will Setterfield
HB 42 Adam Saad 26 Nick Haynes 39 Alex Cincotta
HF 16 Archie Perkins 30 Nate Caddy 37 Nic Martin
C 36 Cooper Lord 9 Patrick Cripps 13 Blake Acres
C 35 Matt Guelfi 7 Zach Merrett 36 Angus Clarke
HF 32 Matt Carroll 35 Charlie Curnow 8 Lachie Fogarty
HB 11 Jade Gresham 34 Luamon Lual 25 Jaxon Prior
FF 11 Mitch McGovern 40 Hudson O'Keeffe 6 Zac Williams
FB 1 Andrew McGrath 25 Jayden Laverde 21 Archie Roberts
FOLLOWERS
21 Tom De Koning
5 Adam Cerra
18 Sam Walsh
SUB
38 Will White
INTERCHANGE
15 Sam Docherty
29 George Hewett
14 Orazio Fantasia
3 Jesse Motlop
FOLLOWERS
17 Todd Goldstein
6 Jye Caldwell
22 Sam Durham
SUB
44 Archer Day-Wicks
INTERCHANGE
3 Darcy Parish
10 Isaac Kako
28 Xavier Duursma
40 Zak Johnson

Carlton
INJ. Silvagni, A. Cincotta, H. O'Keeffe, Z. Williams, O. Fantasia
OUTH. O'Farrell, L. Young, J. Binns, C. Durdin, H. McKay
B J. Silvagni, J. Weitering, O. Hollands
HB A. Saad, N. Haynes, A. Cincotta
C C. Lord, P. Cripps, B. Acres
HF M. Carroll, C. Curnow, L. Fogarty
F M. McGovern, H. O'Keeffe, Z. Williams
FOL T. De Koning, A. Cerra, S. Walsh
SUB W. White
I/C S. Docherty, G. Hewett, O. Fantasia, J. Motlop

Essendon
INL. Lual, D. Parish
OUTE. Tsatas, M. Redman
B A. McGrath, J. Laverde, A. Roberts
HB J. Gresham, L. Lual, J. Prior
C M. Guelfi, Z. Merrett, A. Clarke
HF A. Perkins, N. Caddy, N. Martin
F B. Hobbs, P. Wright, W. Setterfield
FOL T. Goldstein, J. Caldwell, S. Durham
SUB A. Day-Wicks
I/C D. Parish, I. Kako, X. Duursma, Z. Johnson

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