Essendon vs North Melbourne - Round 3, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

Essendon vs North Melbourne – Round 3, 2026

The Essendon Bombers face the North Melbourne Kangaroos in Round 3 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at Marvel Stadium.

Previous 5 Games

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
22/3/26	Port Adelaide	L 133 - 70
13/3/26	Hawthorn	L 83 - 145
27/8/25	Gold Coast	L 153 - 58
21/8/25	Carlton	L 56 - 90
15/8/25	St Kilda	L 75 - 77

North Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
22/3/26	West Coast	L 111 - 94
15/3/26	Port Adelaide	W 113 - 67
23/8/25	Adelaide	L 100 - 113
17/8/25	Richmond	W 135 - 87
10/8/25	GWS	L 133 - 79

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	2.5 17	4.8 32	5.12 42	9.15 69
	3.2 20	7.2 44	12.6 78	12.9 81

Best On Ground

Archie Roberts A Roberts25 disposals

Andrew McGrath A McGrath22 disposals

Peter Wright P Wright2 goals

Colby McKercher C McKercher35 disposals

Harry Sheezel H Sheezel33 disposals

Zane Duursma Z Duursma3 goals

Essendon

North Melbourne

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew McGrath	13	9	22	6	0	1	0	1	0	0
Archer Day-Wicks	9	6	15	2	0	1	2	3	0	0
Archer May	4	3	7	4	0	0	1	3	0	1
Archie Perkins	7	9	16	6	0	1	0	1	0	2
Archie Roberts	16	9	25	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
Ben McKay	3	2	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brayden Fiorini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Parish	8	11	19	6	0	0	1	3	0	0
Isaac Kako	6	6	12	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
Jacob Farrow	12	1	13	6	0	1	1	3	0	0
Jade Gresham	4	7	11	1	0	2	1	3	1	1
Jaxon Prior	14	4	18	5	0	2	0	5	0	0
Jye Caldwell	11	11	22	3	0	1	1	4	1	2
Kyle Langford	12	7	19	7	0	0	1	4	0	2
Lachie Blakiston	8	4	12	5	18	3	3	1	1	1
Matt Guelfi	1	8	9	0	0	0	1	3	0	0
Nate Caddy	4	5	9	2	0	2	2	1	1	2
Peter Wright	10	5	15	5	7	2	1	1	2	0
Saad El-Hawli	7	6	13	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
Sam Durham	6	13	19	4	0	0	5	1	0	0
Xavier Duursma	6	11	17	5	0	2	0	2	0	0
Zach Merrett	6	4	10	1	0	2	1	9	1	1
Zach Reid	6	5	11	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
Zak Johnson	5	4	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

North Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aidan Corr	5	0	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Caleb Daniel	17	6	23	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
C. Coleman-Jones	2	4	6	1	2	0	1	2	0	0
Cameron Zurhaar	6	2	8	3	0	1	3	0	1	1
Charlie Comben	7	5	12	6	0	3	0	2	0	0
Colby McKercher	22	13	35	5	0	1	0	2	0	0
Cooper Trembath	7	2	9	4	0	0	0	1	2	1
Dylan Stephens	15	8	23	7	0	1	1	1	0	1
Finn O'Sullivan	14	10	24	8	0	3	1	3	0	0
George Wardlaw	11	5	16	3	0	3	3	2	0	0
Harry Sheezel	18	15	33	11	0	2	1	5	0	0
Jy Simpkin	13	9	22	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
Lachy Dovaston	5	2	7	3	0	0	1	1	1	1
L. Davies-Uniacke	16	15	31	11	0	0	1	4	0	1
Luke McDonald	13	5	18	8	0	1	0	2	0	0
Luke Parker	19	14	33	13	0	2	1	3	0	0
Nick Larkey	7	5	12	5	0	0	2	0	2	1
Paul Curtis	6	3	9	3	0	1	1	2	1	0
Toby Pink	13	6	19	8	0	0	2	0	0	0
Tom Blamires	12	5	17	6	0	1	0	1	1	0
Tom Powell	16	7	23	13	0	0	1	4	0	1
Tristan Xerri	6	9	15	1	11	4	3	1	1	0
Zane Duursma	4	1	5	3	0	0	1	0	3	0

Essendon

North Melbourne

IN	Matt Guelfi, Archer Day-Wicks, Jade Gresham, Jacob Farrow, Saad El-Hawli, Archer May
OUT	Mason Redman (Injured), Jayden Nguyen (Omitted), Max Kondogiannis (Omitted), Hussien El Achkar (Omitted), Dyson Sharp (Injured), Brayden Fiorini (Injured)

IN	Aidan Corr, George Wardlaw, C. Coleman-Jones
OUT	Griffin Logue (Injured), Jacob Konstanty (Omitted), Jack Darling (Omitted)

FB	25	Jaxon Prior	32	Ben McKay	1	Andrew McGrath
FF	4	Aidan Corr	20	Nick Larkey	26	Luke Parker
HB	21	Archie Roberts	31	Zach Reid	16	Archie Perkins
HF	25	Paul Curtis	47	Cooper Trembath	10	Colby McKercher
C	28	Xavier Duursma	6	Jye Caldwell	35	Matt Guelfi
C	12	Jy Simpkin	24	Tom Powell	15	Dylan Stephens
HF	22	Sam Durham	30	Nate Caddy	44	Archer Day-Wicks
HB	2	Finn O'Sullivan	5	Caleb Daniel	44	Cameron Zurhaar
FF	10	Isaac Kako	20	Peter Wright	4	Kyle Langford
FB	11	Luke McDonald	32	Toby Pink	30	Charlie Comben

FOLLOWERS
46	Lachie Blakiston
40	Zak Johnson
7	Zach Merrett

INTERCHANGE
11	Jade Gresham
2	Jacob Farrow
3	Darcy Parish
41	Saad El-Hawli
26	Archer May

EMERGENCIES
33	Hussien El Achkar
8	Brayden Fiorini
42	Jayden Nguyen

FOLLOWERS
38	Tristan Xerri
9	L. Davies-Uniacke
3	Harry Sheezel

INTERCHANGE
0	Tom Blamires
6	George Wardlaw
7	Zane Duursma
1	Lachy Dovaston
21	C. Coleman-Jones

EMERGENCIES
27	Jack Darling
41	Jacob Konstanty
45	Zac Banch

Essendon

IN

M. Guelfi, A. Day-Wicks, J. Gresham, J. Farrow, S. El-Hawli, A. May

OUT

M. Redman, J. Nguyen, M. Kondogiannis, H. El Achkar, D. Sharp, B. Fiorini

B	J. Prior, B. McKay, A. McGrath
HB	A. Roberts, Z. Reid, A. Perkins
C	X. Duursma, J. Caldwell, M. Guelfi
HF	S. Durham, N. Caddy, A. Day-Wicks
F	I. Kako, P. Wright, K. Langford
FOL	L. Blakiston, Z. Johnson, Z. Merrett
I/C	J. Gresham, J. Farrow, D. Parish, S. El-Hawli, A. May
EMG	H. El Achkar, B. Fiorini, J. Nguyen

North Melbourne

IN

A. Corr, G. Wardlaw, C. Coleman-Jones

OUT

G. Logue, J. Konstanty, J. Darling

B	L. McDonald, T. Pink, C. Comben
HB	F. O'Sullivan, C. Daniel, C. Zurhaar
C	J. Simpkin, T. Powell, D. Stephens
HF	P. Curtis, C. Trembath, C. McKercher
F	A. Corr, N. Larkey, L. Parker
FOL	T. Xerri, L. Davies-Uniacke, H. Sheezel
I/C	T. Blamires, G. Wardlaw, Z. Duursma, L. Dovaston, C. Coleman-Jones
EMG	J. Darling, J. Konstanty, Z. Banch

ESSENDON

V

NORTH MELBOURNE

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