North Melbourne vs Essendon - Round 16, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

North Melbourne vs Essendon – Round 16, 2026

The North Melbourne Kangaroos face the Essendon Bombers in Round 16 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at Marvel Stadium.

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

North Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
21/6/26	Richmond	W 48 - 73
13/6/26	West Coast	W 74 - 73
6/6/26	Fremantle	L 31 - 155
23/5/26	Gold Coast	W 111 - 105
16/5/26	Adelaide	L 133 - 65

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
13/6/26	Melbourne	L 95 - 50
7/6/26	Carlton	L 67 - 72
31/5/26	West Coast	L 85 - 55
22/5/26	Richmond	L 74 - 56
17/5/26	Fremantle	L 61 - 104

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	2.6 18	5.7 37	0.0 0	0.0 0
	2.2 14	4.5 29	0.0 0	0.0 0

Best On Ground

Harry Sheezel H Sheezel21 disposals

Caleb Daniel C Daniel20 disposals

Jacob Konstanty J Konstanty2 goals

Darcy Parish D Parish15 disposals

Sam Durham S Durham13 disposals
2 goals

Ben McKay B McKay1 goal

North Melbourne

Essendon

North Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aidan Corr	5	3	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Daniel	11	9	20	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
C. Coleman-Jones	2	3	5	0	4	1	1	0	0	0
Cameron Zurhaar	4	3	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Comben	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Charlie Spargo	2	5	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Colby McKercher	7	8	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Cooper Harvey	4	8	12	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
Cooper Trembath	3	3	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	1
Dylan Stephens	4	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Finn O'Sullivan	5	3	8	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
George Wardlaw	5	3	8	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
Harry Sheezel	8	13	21	7	0	0	0	4	0	0
Jack Darling	2	3	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Jacob Konstanty	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Josh Goater	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jy Simpkin	4	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
L. Davies-Uniacke	8	5	13	3	0	1	1	6	1	0
Luke Parker	9	7	16	6	0	1	0	2	0	0
Nick Larkey	5	2	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Tom Blamires	3	7	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wil Dawson	2	3	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
Zane Duursma	4	2	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	1

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew McGrath	5	3	8	2	0	0	1	2	0	0
Archer Day-Wicks	2	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Archie Perkins	5	1	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	2
Ben McKay	2	2	4	2	0	1	1	1	1	1
Darcy Parish	8	7	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dyson Sharp	3	7	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harrison Jones	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hussien El Achkar	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Kako	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jacob Farrow	7	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaxon Prior	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Ridley	5	1	6	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jye Caldwell	4	2	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lachie Blakiston	3	1	4	4	6	0	1	2	0	0
Mason Redman	11	1	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Caddy	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Bryan	1	3	4	1	13	0	0	2	0	0
Sam Durham	6	7	13	3	0	1	0	5	2	0
Sullivan Robey	6	3	9	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Will Setterfield	7	4	11	1	0	2	1	3	0	0
Xavier Duursma	2	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Merrett	9	2	11	3	0	1	0	3	0	0
Zach Reid	7	1	8	4	0	0	1	1	0	0

North Melbourne

Essendon

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

NORTH MELBOURNE

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ESSENDON

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North Melbourne vs Essendon – Round 16, 2026

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

North Melbourne

Essendon

Match Summary

Score Breakdown

Best On Ground

Team Stats

North Melbourne

Essendon

Player Stats

North Melbourne

Essendon

Team Lists

North Melbourne

Essendon

North Melbourne

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