Player news from R1 of 2026: Carlton vs Richmond

Sam Walsh (100/96): Errant Faull elbow opened up a cut under an eye in Q1… 30 possessions and 4 marks plus 5 tackles. In central midfield on Taranto.

Jagga Smith (99/113): Second game… 32 possessions and 5 tackles plus 0.1. Rotating in midfield.

Patrick Cripps (96/116): Playing inside midfield
Cripps contributed with 32 disposals, 3 tackles and booted 0.3.
George Hewett (92/116): Doing jobs in midfield
Hewett contributed with 23 possessions, 5 marks, 4 tackles and 1.0.
Cooper Lord (80/75): Rotating in midfield
Lord contributed with 20 disposals, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Marc Pittonet (78/109): First ruck
Pittonet contributed with 13 possessions, 3 tackles, 25 hit outs and booted 1.1.
Mitch McGovern (75/105): In attack on Gibcus… switched back in Q4
McGovern contributed with 15 possessions, 6 grabs and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Will Hayward (75/87): Starting at half forward on Broad
Hayward contributed with 16 disposals, 6 grabs, 3 tackles and booted 1.0.
Oliver Florent (75/80): Coming off a HBF
Florent added 24 disposals and 5 grabs.
Harry McKay (72/78): First goal… Booted 2.2 from 7 grabs and 12 possessions. Starting forward on Miller then Balta shifted across to him in Q1.

Matthew Carroll (70/75): Playing a wing role
Carroll contributed with 19 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles and 0.1.
Zac Williams (69/102): Left ankle knock under a Rioli tackle in Q3… 3 marks and 17 possessions. Playing a defensive role… switched forward in Q4.
Williams added 2 tackles and managed 1.0.
Brodie Kemp (61/51): Playing key forward on Balta then got Miller in Q1
Kemp contributed with 10 possessions, 6 marks, 4 tackles and 1.1.
Campbell Chesser (61/54): Starting on a wing
Chesser contributed with 15 possessions, 3 marks, 3 tackles and 0.1.
Oliver Hollands (49/45): Starting on a HBF
Hollands added 14 touches and 3 marks.
Hudson O’Keeffe (46/31): Playing a forward/ruck role on Broad
O’Keeffe contributed with 7 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles, 11 hit outs and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Lachlan Cowan (44/38): Rotating in defence
Cowan contributed with 14 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Elijah Hollands (43/67): Starting at half forward
Hollands contributed with 14 possessions, 3 marks and managed 0.1.
Jacob Weitering (43/72): Corked right buttock from the knee of Lynch in Q1 but played on… 9 possessions including 7 kicks… also 5 marks. Standing Faull.
Weitering also had 2 hit outs.
Lewis Young (40/54): In defence on Faull
Young contributed with 10 touches, 3 marks, 2 tackles and 2 hit outs.
Ben Ainsworth (30/41): Starting at half forward
Ainsworth added 8 touches and 2 grabs.
Lachie Fogarty (24/35): Playing a forward pressure role
Fogarty contributed with 6 possessions, 3 tackles and booted 0.1.
Harry Dean (18/37): Second game… tweaked left ankle landing after a marking attempt in Q4… 7 possessions including 5 kicks. Rotating in defence.

Jayden Short (114/132): Starting on a HBF
Short contributed with 29 possessions, 10 grabs and 1.0.
Jack Ross (93/102): Starting on ball
Ross contributed with 23 touches, 4 marks and 7 tackles.
Samuel Grlj (90/73): First game… 19 possessions and 7 marks plus 4 tackles. Rotating in midfield.

Sam Banks (86/87): Starting at half back
Banks added 24 touches and 7 marks.
Tim Taranto (81/107): Starting in midfield on Walsh
Taranto added 29 touches and 4 marks.
Rhyan Mansell (79/85): Playing a pressure forward role
Mansell contributed with 12 possessions, 7 grabs, 4 tackles and managed 2.0.
Toby Nankervis (79/103): First ruck
Nankervis contributed with 21 disposals, 2 tackles and 22 hit outs.
Tom J. Lynch (78/89): Starting at FF on Young
Lynch contributed with 13 touches, 6 grabs, 4 tackles, kicked 2.7 and 5 frees against.
Noah Balta (75/74): At FB on Kemp then shifted to the more dangerous McKay in Q1
Balta added 19 disposals and 7 marks.
Nathan Broad (70/77): In defence on Hayward
Broad contributed with 15 possessions, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Ben Miller (68/83): In defence on McKay then moved off him to Kemp when McKay looked too strong
Miller added 17 disposals and 7 grabs.
Sam Lalor (68/77): Starting forward with stints in midfield
Lalor contributed with 16 touches, 4 marks and 2.1 on the scoreboard.
Steely Green (66/72): Playing half forward
Green contributed with 12 possessions, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and 2.0.
Jonty Faull (66/49): Rabbit punch to the guts of Weitering in Q2 off the play will probably draw a suspension… 0.2 from 10 possessions and 6 marks plus 4 tackles. Playing key forward on Weitering.

Jacob Hopper (53/49): Starting in midfield
Hopper added 18 possessions and 2 tackles.
Josh Gibcus (52/56): In defence on McGovern
Gibcus contributed with 9 disposals, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
James Trezise (51/66): Rotating at half back
Trezise contributed with 12 touches, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Kane McAuliffe (50/51): Rotating at half forward
McAuliffe added 16 possessions and 3 tackles.
Seth Campbell (42/53): Rotating forward
Campbell added 17 disposals and managed 0.1.
Hugo Ralphsmith (38/34): Playing a wing role
Ralphsmith added 11 touches and 3 marks.
Maurice Rioli jnr (36/42): Starting deep forward
Rioli jnr added 6 possessions and 4 tackles.
Harry Armstrong (34/28): Playing key forward
Armstrong contributed with 6 possessions, 4 grabs and 0.1.
Campbell Gray (3/5): Very low TOG to start with… 2 possessions. Playing a forward/ruck role.