Pre Game
00:00
North Melbourne have averaged 10.3 intercept possessions per game directly from free kicks won over their last three matches, the highest average of any side in this metric since Round 4.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
02:48
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Jack Carroll)
03:06
Jack Carroll joins the first career kick-first career goal club to get the Blues off to an ideal start. The Blues converted their first forward 50 possession chain to get this goal. They have been outscored by 12.6 points per game from forward 50 chains, 0.1 point more than the bottom-ranked Essendon in this metric in 2022.
05:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
05:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
07:55
Kangaroos Interchange - Jason Horne-Francis off due to an injury.
12:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)
14:28
North Melbourne have been able to win 11 hitouts from the 18 ruck contests completed so far this term, however have not been able to translate into clearance dominance, with Carlton leading this count 5-3.
14:43
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Callum Coleman-Jones)
16:06
North Melbourne get their first goal from their first shot taken in the corridor directly in front of goal. Just under 73 per cent of North Melbourne's goals in their last three matches have been scored from shots at goal in the corridor, the third-largest ratio of any team in the AFL from this zone.
17:15
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
18:56
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
19:06
Charlie Curnow gets Carlton's third goal of the game after taking his first contested mark of the match. Prior to the start of Round 7, Curnow was ranked equal-fourth among all players with 13 contested marks in 2022.
20:29
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Matthew Owies)
21:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
22:38
Since North Melbourne's last scoring shot before the 15 minute mark of this term, Carlton has lifted by winning the contested possession count 12-4, won clearances 4-2 and launched two goals from five intercept possessions which adds up to 3.1.19 from six inside 50's.
23:16
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
25:57
Jy Simpkin has lead from the front for the Kangaroos in the first term quite literally, leading all Kangaroos players with seven disposals, four contested possessions, three clearances, three inside 50's, two tackles and two score involvements.
27:40
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Jack Martin)
29:59
Despite North Melbourne gaining the upper hand at the ruck contest in terms of volume, Tom De Koning has made his nine hitouts count, with five of them being won to the advantage of a teammate, leading the Blues to a 12-8 clearance count win, including 7-1 at the centre bounce.
31:09
Blues Interchange - Tom De Koning off due to an injury.
32:34
Both of North Melbourne's goals were scored from shots at goal in general play in the first term. The Kangaroos average 3.5 goals per game from this shot source, the third-lowest average of any side over the first six rounds in 2022.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Harry McKay)
03:38
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
04:10
Just like Carlton did in the first term, North Melbourne get the first goal of the second quarter from their first forward 50 possession chain for the match, however this came from a throw-in clearance. The Kangaroos average 10 points per game from forward 50 clearance chains in their last three matches, ranked eighth in the AFL.
05:20
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
07:00
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
08:01
Just like that the scores are level after back-to-back centre clearance goals for the Kangaroos. North Melbourne have generated a score from just 29 per cent of their effective clearance chains, the third-lowest conversion rate of any side over the first six rounds in 2022.
10:26
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
12:03
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
14:36
North Melbourne are disposing the ball at a kick-to-handball ratio of 3.50, compared to Carlton's ratio of 1.50, with both teams recording 39 disposals each so far this term.
16:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Jack Martin)
16:36
Kangaroos Interchange - Miller Bergman off due to an injury.
17:57
All four of the Kangaroos goals have been scored from just seven stoppage clearance chains in the second term in a very efficient performance so far this term.
19:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
20:20
Carlton have been able to steady the ship in the second term off the back of their disposal by foot, as they have not recorded an ineffective or clanger kick in their defensive half in the second term. By comparison, the Kangaroos are kicking at 68 per cent efficiency in their defensive half.
21:36
Miller Bergman (shoulder) has been substituted out of tonight's match, replaced by Atu Bosenavulagi.
22:23
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
24:56
North Melbourne have only been able to complete six of their 13 tackle attempts (46 per cent efficiency) in the second term. In their last three matches, their tackling efficiency has been going at an average of 64.6 per cent, ranked seventh in the AFL since Round 4.
27:50
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Mahony)
31:51
Jaidyn Stephenson was instrumental for the Kangaroos in the second term. His game-high 11 disposals for the quarter gained 385 metres, the second-highest figure by any player in any quarter of the 2022 season so far, just two metres short of Adam Cerra's season record in the final term against Richmond in Round 1.
31:53
Todd Goldstein's return to the primary ruckman role has borne fruit for the Kangaroos, as he leads all ruckmen with 12 hitouts, whilst also leading all Kangaroos players with nine contested possessions including a game-high six hardball-gets, as well as five clearances and five score involvements.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:59
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Jack Newnes)
02:22
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
02:45
After failing to score a goal from their 11 centre bounce clearances in the first half, the Blues go back-to-back and turn the first two centre bounce clearances of the term into the first two goals of the term.
04:22
North Melbourne just recorded their first disposal of the term, after Carlton recorded the first 16 of the term.
07:11
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
11:00
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Jack Martin)
11:46
Carlton have lifted their attacking efficiency in the third term, converting five inside 50 entries to three goals. This 60 per cent goal per inside 50 efficiency rate is well ahead of their 28.6 per cent scoring efficiency rate from the first half.
15:25
After recording 11 disposals, four clearances and three score involvements in the first half, Luke Davies-Uniacke has been sent forward and as a result has not recorded a single disposal this term.
16:20
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Adam Cerra)
18:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Jack Martin)
19:37
Carlton are much more willing to use the ball by hand once they clear the stoppage to move the ball through the North Melbourne zone set up. They have doubled the Kangaroos post-clearance handball-receive count (94-47) and have a 1.36 kick-to-handball ratio compared to the Kangaroos 2.40 ratio.
20:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Harry McKay)
22:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
23:30
Blues Interchange - Liam Stocker off due to an injury.
24:43
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
26:07
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Matthew Owies)
28:46
Carlton (4.1.25 from clearances in the third term) has matched North Melbourne's first half score tally from clearances in just under a quarter of game time.
29:48
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Jacob Weitering)
31:23
That goal to Jacob Weitering is the 11th of his career in his 122nd game, averaging a goal every eleven games. However he has not kicked a goal in his last 78 games, since Round 2, 2018.
32:09
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)
33:12
Liam Stocker (shoulder) has been substituted out of tonight's match, replaced by Matthew Cottrell.
33:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
34:02
Carlton have won their first third quarter for the season off the back of 5.2.32 scored from set shots in the term. Carlton are the only side in the competition who have not won a third quarter this year.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
01:27
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
02:27
Kangaroos Interchange - Cameron Zurhaar off due to an injury.
05:39
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
05:48
Fitting that Patrick Cripps' ninth score involvement for the game, leading all players on the ground in this category, is his first goal of the game. He has a triple-double already, with 29 disposals, 13 contested possessions and 10 clearances for the match.
08:00
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
08:33
Back-to-back set shots for goal for Carlton kicked truly by Cripps and McKay respectively have snuffed out any hope of a late charge by the Kangaroos. McKay has now joined Charlie Curnow on 16 contested marks for the season to rank equal fourth among all players in the AFL in this category.
11:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
14:11
Adam Saad has as many intercept possessions as North Melbourne combined in the final term (four). Saad has also launched the only goal for the quarter from an intercept possession, among his game-high 11 intercepts for the match.
15:47
Kangaroos Interchange - Jason Horne-Francis off due to an injury.
16:11
Carlton currently lead the uncontested possession count for the final term 47-4, and the marks count 26-4, to completely freeze North Melbourne out of this match.
17:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Kennedy)
22:01
Blues Interchange - Jacob Weitering and is possibly out for the game.
22:41
Kangaroos Interchange - Callum Coleman-Jones off due to an injury.
23:28
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Hugh Greenwood)
23:44
North Melbourne get a consolation goal in the latter stages of this match, their first goal from a defensive half stoppage clearance chain. The Kangaroos average 1.3 points per game from this source, ranked last in the AFL in this metric.
27:41
In this final term, Carlton have set a new AFL season record for uncontested possession differential in a quarter (75-25) and have recorded the second-largest disposal differential for a single quarter in the 2022 season (110-56).
27:43
North Melbourne were in the game to half time, but after that Carlton put the foot down and ran away with it to win tonight by 50 points. Their 4.2.26 launched from centre bounce clearances in the second half propelled them towards a comfortable victory.