North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has defended his club's position as one of the two clubs to feature in the Good Friday SuperClash after the Kangaroos suffered another humiliating defeat in the marquee timeslot.
The Kangaroos have won just once from their eight Good Friday affairs, and have lost to the tune of an average margin of 60 points.
2025's Good Friday was no different, with Carlton mauling the Roos by 82 points in a tide-turning result for the Blues, but a step backwards yet again for North Melbourne.
The uncompetitive effort only furthered the voices over whether North Melbourne deserve a spot in the Good Friday clash after years of blowout defeats, but Clarkson has backed the Roos' fixturing in the Easter long weekend.
"That will always be the narrative. That was the narrative with the season opener with Richmond and Carlton for a long period of time too, ironically, for the Blues that we were playing today," Clarkson said.
"That's just swings and roundabouts. The bottom line is if the wider football public were concerned about the game itself and the quality of it, they wouldn't vote with their feet like they have - every one of these games has nearly been a sellout.
"We're not going so well on-field at the present time, but I'd like to think that the work that both of the clubs do, but particularly our club, does in supporting the appeal.
"The on-field stuff will come."
Clarkson also confirmed that Zac Fisher had a hamstring complaint, with the wingman to be sent for scans.
"I think so, yeah (it was a hamstring)," Clarkson said.
"It was in the early in the third quarter, so we'll have to get that assessed
and see how it goes for him."
North Melbourne have now got a 1-5 win-loss record after a promising start to the season, losing their last four in a row. The Roos will travel to Adelaide Oval, where they have yet to record a win at, to face Port Adelaide in Round 7.
