Essendon v North Melbourne – Round 3 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers | FanCrew

2026 AFLRound 3Sat, 28 Mar, 7:35 pm AEDT

EssendonEssendon

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6981

9.1512.9

North by 12

North MelbourneNorth

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
ESS	2.5 17	4.8 32	5.12 42	9.15 69
NTH	3.2 20	7.2 44	12.6 78	12.9 81

Marvel Stadium, MelbourneLead changes 6

Recap

North beat Essendon by 12

North 12.9 (81) beat Essendon 9.15 (69) at Marvel Stadium in Round 3, a 12-point win. The lead changed 6 times.

North led at every change.

Zane Duursma kicked three goals for North and Nick Larkey two; Peter Wright kicked two for Essendon.

Luke Parker led the way with 33 disposals and 13 marks.

North won the clearances 31–21, and Essendon laid 54 tackles to 39.

In context

North’s first win over Essendon since 2016.
Essendon’s 16th loss in a row, going back to last season.
AFL debut for Jacob Farrow.
A career-high 13 marks for Luke Parker (previous best 11).
A career-high 11 marks for Luke Davies-Uniacke (previous best 10).
A career-high 13 marks for Tom Powell (previous best 9).

More from Round 3

Thursday 26 March

FTGeelong Cats9.1468–9.660Adelaide Crows

Friday 27 March

Disposals

Goals

Marks

Tackles

Essendon9.1569

Essendon player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
25J. Prior	7.4	18	0	0	5	5	0	87	14	4	2	0
20P. Wright	7.4	15	2	0	5	1	1	77	10	5	3	7
21A. Roberts	7.3	25	0	0	2	2	0	82	16	9	3	0
6J. Caldwell	7.1	22	1	2	3	4	4	86	11	11	5	0
7Z. Merrett	6.9	10	1	1	1	9	1	71	6	4	2	0
1A. McGrath	6.8	22	0	0	6	1	0	80	13	9	4	0
4K. Langford	6.7	19	0	2	7	4	0	86	12	7	3	0
3D. ParishInt	6.7	19	0	0	6	3	1	73	8	11	3	0
28X. Duursma	6.2	17	0	0	5	2	0	65	6	11	2	0
16A. Perkins	6.2	16	0	2	6	1	0	64	7	9	2	0
46L. Blakiston	6.2	12	1	1	5	1	3	70	8	4	2	18
10I. Kako	6.2	12	1	0	1	1	3	41	6	6	3	0
22S. Durham	6.1	19	0	0	4	1	4	45	6	13	4	0
41S. El-HawliInt	6.0	13	1	1	1	1	1	45	7	6	2	0
31Z. Reid	6.0	11	0	0	7	1	0	53	6	5	0	0
44A. Day-Wicks	5.9	15	0	0	2	3	1	52	9	6	5	0
2J. FarrowInt	5.9	13	0	0	6	3	0	66	12	1	1	0
11J. GreshamInt	5.8	11	1	1	1	3	1	47	4	7	0	0
26A. MayInt	5.4	7	0	1	4	3	0	40	4	3	3	0
30N. Caddy	5.2	9	1	2	2	1	1	36	4	5	1	0
32B. McKay	5.1	5	0	0	3	1	0	26	3	2	0	0
35M. Guelfi	4.9	9	0	0	0	3	0	28	1	8	2	0
40Z. Johnson	4.8	9	0	0	3	0	0	32	5	4	0	0
Team		328	9	13	85	54	21	1352	178	150	52	25

North Melbourne12.981

North Melbourne player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
26L. Parker	8.7	33	0	0	13	3	0	135	19	14	0	0
3H. Sheezel	8.4	33	0	0	11	5	0	136	18	15	6	0
10C. McKercher	8.3	35	0	0	5	2	1	116	22	13	2	0
9L. Davies-Uniacke	8.1	31	0	1	11	4	4	125	16	15	7	0
2F. O'Sullivan	8.0	24	0	0	8	3	3	98	14	10	5	0
24T. Powell	7.2	23	0	1	13	4	0	115	16	7	3	0
12J. Simpkin	7.0	22	0	0	7	1	3	82	13	9	4	0
39T. BlamiresInt	6.9	17	1	0	6	1	0	75	12	5	2	0
11L. McDonald	6.8	18	0	0	8	2	1	82	13	5	2	0
5C. Daniel	6.6	23	0	0	7	1	0	88	17	6	1	0
6G. WardlawInt	6.6	16	0	0	3	2	7	54	11	5	6	0
32T. Pink	6.5	19	0	0	8	0	0	69	13	6	2	0
15D. Stephens	6.4	23	0	1	7	1	2	85	15	8	2	0
47C. Trembath	6.4	9	2	1	4	1	0	54	7	2	2	0
20N. Larkey	6.2	12	2	1	5	0	0	53	7	5	0	0
38T. Xerri	6.1	15	1	0	1	1	8	55	6	9	1	11
7Z. DuursmaInt	6.1	5	3	0	3	0	0	38	4	1	0	0
30C. Comben	6.0	12	0	0	6	2	0	60	7	5	0	0
25P. Curtis	5.7	9	1	0	3	2	0	45	6	3	1	0
44C. Zurhaar	5.3	8	1	1	3	0	0	30	6	2	1	0
1L. DovastonInt	4.5	7	1	1	3	1	0	36	5	2	0	0
21C. Coleman-JonesInt	4.5	6	0	0	1	2	2	24	2	4	1	2
4A. Corr	4.4	5	0	0	2	1	0	22	5	0	1	0
Team		405	12	7	138	39	31	1677	254	151	49	13

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

First quarterESS 2.5 (17) · NTH 3.2 (20)

0:55BehindD. StephensNTH0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
1:58GoalL. BlakistonESSLead change1.0 (6) – 0.1 (1)
6:07BehindT. PowellNTH1.0 (6) – 0.2 (2)
7:23GoalC. ZurhaarNTHLead change1.0 (6) – 1.2 (8)
8:39BehindJ. CaldwellESS1.1 (7) – 1.2 (8)
9:46BehindA. PerkinsESSLevel1.2 (8) – 1.2 (8)
12:03BehindK. LangfordESSLead change1.3 (9) – 1.2 (8)
14:13GoalZ. DuursmaNTHLead change1.3 (9) – 2.2 (14)
16:39BehindN. CaddyESS1.4 (10) – 2.2 (14)
19:05BehindS. El-HawliESS1.5 (11) – 2.2 (14)
20:35GoalZ. DuursmaNTH1.5 (11) – 3.2 (20)
27:53GoalI. KakoESS2.5 (17) – 3.2 (20)

Second quarterESS 2.3 (15) · NTH 4.0 (24)

2:12GoalN. CaddyESSLead change3.5 (23) – 3.2 (20)
4:35GoalN. LarkeyNTHLead change3.5 (23) – 4.2 (26)
6:57GoalZ. DuursmaNTH3.5 (23) – 5.2 (32)
10:01GoalT. XerriNTH3.5 (23) – 6.2 (38)
13:05BehindN. CaddyESS3.6 (24) – 6.2 (38)
13:38RushedEssendonESS3.7 (25) – 6.2 (38)
16:28GoalP. WrightESS4.7 (31) – 6.2 (38)
23:49BehindK. LangfordESS4.8 (32) – 6.2 (38)
27:21GoalL. DovastonNTH4.8 (32) – 7.2 (44)

Third quarterESS 1.4 (10) · NTH 5.4 (34)

1:12BehindA. PerkinsESS4.9 (33) – 7.2 (44)
2:28GoalN. LarkeyNTH4.9 (33) – 8.2 (50)
4:57RushedNorthNTH4.9 (33) – 8.3 (51)
8:04GoalC. TrembathNTH4.9 (33) – 9.3 (57)
9:50GoalP. WrightESS5.9 (39) – 9.3 (57)
12:45BehindL. DovastonNTH5.9 (39) – 9.4 (58)
14:30BehindL. BlakistonESS5.10 (40) – 9.4 (58)
15:35BehindA. MayESS5.11 (41) – 9.4 (58)
17:01GoalP. CurtisNTH5.11 (41) – 10.4 (64)
18:12BehindZ. MerrettESS5.12 (42) – 10.4 (64)
19:13GoalC. TrembathNTH5.12 (42) – 11.4 (70)
23:24BehindC. ZurhaarNTH5.12 (42) – 11.5 (71)
24:44RushedNorthNTH5.12 (42) – 11.6 (72)
25:53GoalT. BlamiresNTH5.12 (42) – 12.6 (78)

Last quarterESS 4.3 (27) · NTH 0.3 (3)

0:24BehindC. TrembathNTH5.12 (42) – 12.7 (79)
2:19BehindJ. GreshamESS5.13 (43) – 12.7 (79)
4:02BehindN. LarkeyNTH5.13 (43) – 12.8 (80)
6:26RushedEssendonESS5.14 (44) – 12.8 (80)
8:03GoalJ. CaldwellESS6.14 (50) – 12.8 (80)
9:58BehindJ. CaldwellESS6.15 (51) – 12.8 (80)
17:56BehindL. Davies-UniackeNTH6.15 (51) – 12.9 (81)
19:02GoalS. El-HawliESS7.15 (57) – 12.9 (81)
20:48GoalJ. GreshamESS8.15 (63) – 12.9 (81)
24:20GoalZ. MerrettESS9.15 (69) – 12.9 (81)