FINAL TEAMS: North Melbourne vs Essendon – Round 16, 2026

North Melbourne and Essendon have finalised their lineups for the match at Marvel Stadium.

Marvel Stadium

NMFC   

79

FT

65

   ESS

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MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   

IN Josh Goater, C. Coleman-Jones, Wil Dawson OUT Tristan Xerri (Injured), Luke McDonald (Managed), Taylor Goad (Omitted)

IN Andrew McGrath, Jye Caldwell, Darcy Parish, Isaac Kako OUT Archie Roberts (Injured), Kyle Langford (Injured), Elijah Tsatas (Omitted), Nikolas Cox (Omitted)

FB 4 Aidan Corr 30 Charlie Comben 26 Luke Parker FF 9 Sullivan Robey 32 Ben McKay 23 Harrison Jones HB 0 Tom Blamires 5 Caleb Daniel 31 Josh Goater HF 15 Dyson Sharp 30 Nate Caddy 6 Jye Caldwell C 12 Jy Simpkin 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 13 Charlie Spargo C 33 Hussien El Achkar 22 Sam Durham 44 Archer Day-Wicks HF 2 Finn O'Sullivan 27 Jack Darling 41 Jacob Konstanty HB 28 Xavier Duursma 2 Jacob Farrow 27 Mason Redman FF 44 Cameron Zurhaar 20 Nick Larkey 21 C. Coleman-Jones FB 1 Andrew McGrath 31 Zach Reid 25 Jaxon Prior

FOLLOWERS
47	Cooper Trembath
6	George Wardlaw
3	Harry Sheezel

INTERCHANGE
37	Cooper Harvey
10	Colby McKercher
15	Dylan Stephens
7	Zane Duursma
18	Wil Dawson

EMERGENCIES
11	Luke McDonald
17	Riley Hardeman
22	Taylor Goad

FOLLOWERS
24	Nick Bryan
7	Zach Merrett
12	Will Setterfield

INTERCHANGE
14	Jordan Ridley
46	Lachie Blakiston
3	Darcy Parish
16	Archie Perkins
10	Isaac Kako

EMERGENCIES
13	Nikolas Cox
41	Saad El-Hawli
45	Tom Edwards

North Melbourne
IN	J. Goater, C. Coleman-Jones, W. Dawson
OUT	T. Xerri, L. McDonald, T. Goad
B A. Corr, C. Comben, L. Parker HB T. Blamires, C. Daniel, J. Goater C J. Simpkin, L. Davies-Uniacke, C. Spargo HF F. O'Sullivan, J. Darling, J. Konstanty F C. Zurhaar, N. Larkey, C. Coleman-Jones FOL C. Trembath, G. Wardlaw, H. Sheezel I/C C. Harvey, C. McKercher, D. Stephens, Z. Duursma, W. Dawson EMG L. McDonald, R. Hardeman, T. Goad
Essendon
IN	A. McGrath, J. Caldwell, D. Parish, I. Kako
OUT	A. Roberts, K. Langford, E. Tsatas, N. Cox
B A. McGrath, Z. Reid, J. Prior HB X. Duursma, J. Farrow, M. Redman C H. El Achkar, S. Durham, A. Day-Wicks HF D. Sharp, N. Caddy, J. Caldwell F S. Robey, B. McKay, H. Jones FOL N. Bryan, Z. Merrett, W. Setterfield I/C J. Ridley, L. Blakiston, D. Parish, A. Perkins, I. Kako EMG N. Cox, S. El-Hawli, T. Edwards