Carlton vs Melbourne - Round 3, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

Carlton vs Melbourne – Round 3, 2026

The Carlton Blues face the Melbourne Demons in Round 3 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at MCG.

Previous 5 Games

Carlton

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/3/26	Richmond	W 75 - 71
5/3/26	Sydney	L 132 - 69
21/8/25	Essendon	W 56 - 90
16/8/25	Port Adelaide	W 118 - 64
9/8/25	Gold Coast	L 74 - 93

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
21/3/26	Fremantle	L 118 - 70
15/3/26	St Kilda	W 120 - 107
22/8/25	Collingwood	L 82 - 76
16/8/25	Hawthorn	L 92 - 56
10/8/25	Bulldogs	L 99 - 105

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	6.2 38	7.4 46	9.8 62	11.11 77
	0.1 1	1.6 12	7.8 50	15.10 100

Best On Ground

Sam Walsh S Walsh31 disposals

Elijah Hollands E Hollands25 disposals
2 goals

Mitch McGovern M McGovern3 goals

Kysaiah Pickett K Pickett33 disposals
1 goal

Tom Sparrow T Sparrow29 disposals
1 goal

Bayley Fritsch B Fritsch4 goals

Carlton

Melbourne

Carlton

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Ben Ainsworth	11	6	17	7	0	0	0	3	1	1
Brodie Kemp	5	2	7	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Campbell Chesser	6	8	14	4	0	0	0	5	0	0
Elijah Hollands	10	15	25	3	0	0	1	0	2	0
Francis Evans	6	5	11	2	0	0	2	3	0	1
George Hewett	9	9	18	5	0	2	1	4	0	2
Harry Dean	8	2	10	6	0	0	0	2	0	0
Harry McKay	12	4	16	9	0	1	2	3	1	1
Hudson O'Keeffe	1	2	3	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jacob Weitering	11	6	17	6	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jagga Smith	13	12	25	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
Lachlan Cowan	11	5	16	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
Lewis Young	11	5	16	6	3	0	1	0	0	0
Marc Pittonet	4	4	8	2	19	0	2	0	0	0
Matt Carroll	9	6	15	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mitch McGovern	7	6	13	2	0	2	0	2	3	2
Oliver Florent	15	2	17	2	0	1	0	5	0	0
Oliver Hollands	16	7	23	9	0	0	0	2	0	0
Patrick Cripps	7	14	21	2	0	2	2	8	1	0
Sam Walsh	13	18	31	2	0	1	1	6	0	2
Talor Byrne	4	4	8	2	0	0	1	2	1	0
Will Hayward	9	6	15	5	0	0	0	2	0	1
Zac Williams	11	8	19	1	0	1	0	2	0	0

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bayley Fritsch	7	2	9	4	0	0	0	3	4	1
Blake Howes	5	8	13	3	0	0	1	5	0	0
Brody Mihocek	7	4	11	4	3	0	1	1	1	3
Caleb Windsor	13	11	24	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
Changkuoth Jiath	8	3	11	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
Christian Salem	13	7	20	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ed Langdon	7	6	13	5	0	2	0	4	2	0
Harrison Petty	3	5	8	3	1	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Sharp	7	6	13	2	0	1	2	7	1	0
Harvey Langford	10	6	16	5	0	1	1	1	2	0
Jack Steele	10	13	23	5	0	0	0	16	0	0
Jacob van Rooyen	5	0	5	3	6	0	0	2	0	1
Jai Culley	8	10	18	3	0	1	0	3	0	0
Jake Lever	17	4	21	10	0	1	0	2	0	0
Kade Chandler	9	7	16	3	0	1	1	9	2	0
Koltyn Tholstrup	6	9	15	6	0	1	0	1	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	24	9	33	7	0	2	1	4	1	2
Latrelle Pickett	4	5	9	4	0	0	1	3	0	0
Max Gawn	11	12	23	4	58	2	0	3	0	0
Paddy Cross	2	4	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Tom McDonald	11	7	18	5	0	1	1	1	0	0
Tom Sparrow	15	14	29	2	0	0	0	7	1	1
Xavier Lindsay	12	6	18	5	0	0	0	1	0	0

Carlton

Melbourne

IN	Talor Byrne, Francis Evans
OUT	Cooper Lord (Illness), Lachie Fogarty (Omitted)

IN	Tom McDonald, Paddy Cross
OUT	Daniel Turner (Injured), Trent Rivers (Omitted)

FB	33	Lewis Young	23	Jacob Weitering	35	Harry Dean
FF	31	Bayley Fritsch	28	Brody Mihocek	36	Kysaiah Pickett
HB	4	Oliver Hollands	11	Mitch McGovern	14	Oliver Florent
HF	37	Kade Chandler	2	Jacob van Rooyen	30	Harry Sharp
C	32	Matt Carroll	9	Patrick Cripps	31	Campbell Chesser
C	5	Xavier Lindsay	32	Tom Sparrow	4	Harvey Langford
HF	19	Will Hayward	40	Hudson O'Keeffe	6	Zac Williams
HB	22	Blake Howes	25	Tom McDonald	3	Christian Salem
FF	39	Talor Byrne	10	Harry McKay	17	Brodie Kemp
FB	35	Harrison Petty	8	Jake Lever	14	Changkuoth Jiath

FOLLOWERS
27	Marc Pittonet
7	Jagga Smith
18	Sam Walsh

INTERCHANGE
2	Lachlan Cowan
29	George Hewett
20	Elijah Hollands
12	Ben Ainsworth
44	Francis Evans

EMERGENCIES
8	Lachie Fogarty
37	Jordan Boyd
13	Blake Acres

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
6	Caleb Windsor
9	Jack Steele

INTERCHANGE
12	Koltyn Tholstrup
13	Jai Culley
15	Ed Langdon
33	Latrelle Pickett
41	Paddy Cross

EMERGENCIES
16	Bailey Laurie
24	Trent Rivers
27	Max Heath

Carlton

IN

T. Byrne, F. Evans

OUT

C. Lord, L. Fogarty

B	L. Young, J. Weitering, H. Dean
HB	O. Hollands, M. McGovern, O. Florent
C	M. Carroll, P. Cripps, C. Chesser
HF	W. Hayward, H. O'Keeffe, Z. Williams
F	T. Byrne, H. McKay, B. Kemp
FOL	M. Pittonet, J. Smith, S. Walsh
I/C	L. Cowan, G. Hewett, E. Hollands, B. Ainsworth, F. Evans
EMG	L. Fogarty, J. Boyd, B. Acres

Melbourne

IN

T. McDonald, P. Cross

OUT

D. Turner, T. Rivers

B	H. Petty, J. Lever, C. Jiath
HB	B. Howes, T. McDonald, C. Salem
C	X. Lindsay, T. Sparrow, H. Langford
HF	K. Chandler, J. van Rooyen, H. Sharp
F	B. Fritsch, B. Mihocek, K. Pickett
FOL	M. Gawn, C. Windsor, J. Steele
I/C	K. Tholstrup, J. Culley, E. Langdon, L. Pickett, P. Cross
EMG	B. Laurie, T. Rivers, M. Heath

CARLTON

V

MELBOURNE

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