{"id":582121,"date":"2026-04-03T04:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582121\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T04:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:17:11","slug":"afl-round-4-north-melbourne-vs-carlton-adelaide-vs-fremantle-live-updates-blog-scores-and-stats-from-good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582121\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL round 4: North Melbourne vs Carlton, Adelaide vs Fremantle live updates \u2014 blog, scores and stats from Good Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

1h agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 2:27amAFL Good Friday \u2014 live scoreboard\"ChrisJust nowFri 3 Apr 2026 at 4:15amPlay underway between Kangaroos and Blues\"Chris<\/p>\n

We’re off and running at Docklands Stadium for Good Friday footy!<\/p>\n

O’Sullivan starts on Walsh at the first bounce as we predicted might happen.<\/p>\n

10m agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 4:05am<\/p>\n

Players form guard of honour for kids\"Chris<\/p>\n

This is arguably the best part of the entire slate of footy on Easter weekend.<\/p>\n

Kids from the Royal Children’s Hospital are running out sharing some high fives with their heroes as they run through the purple Good Friday Appeal banner.<\/p>\n

How good is this!<\/p>\n

15m agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 4:01am<\/p>\n

The teams are out on the ground\"Chris<\/p>\n

The Kangaroos come out first, on a high after their 12-point win against Essendon last week.<\/p>\n

They’re followed by the Blues, who seemingly have the weight of the world on their shoulders.<\/p>\n

What a difference four premiership points make.<\/p>\n

We’re just under 15 minutes away from the first bounce.<\/p>\n

20m agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 3:55am<\/p>\n

Will North deploy the Finn O’Sullivan tag again?\"Chris<\/p>\n

Finn O’Sullivan had Zach Merrett in a body bag last week as North beat Essendon.<\/p>\n

I wonder whether Alastair Clarkson sends him to either Sam Walsh, Jagga Smith or Patrick Cripps this afternoon?<\/p>\n

O’Sullivan and Walsh are actually cousins, so I wonder if this could be a rematch from an Easter Sunday runaround in the backyard from a decade ago!<\/p>\n

Which one would you tag out of the trio?<\/p>\n

29m agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 3:47am<\/p>\n

Are Carlton’s fadeouts all Voss’s fault?\"Chris<\/p>\n

At this level if a club keeps giving up big leads then obviously change is needed . Sadly as in all high level sport the coach (or manager in soccer circles) cops it.<\/p>\n

– Phillip<\/p>\n

It’s interesting that a lot of the fadeouts come directly after half-time as well.<\/p>\n

I wonder if Carlton has really dug deep into what the team’s process is during that big break, because whatever they’re doing isn’t quite working at the moment.<\/p>\n

30m agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 3:46am<\/p>\n

Voss keeping it ‘simple’ amid all the chaos\"Chris<\/p>\n

Michael Voss explaining what he did after last week’s disappointing loss to Melbourne.<\/p>\n

“I keep it really simple. Our job as coaches is to make the complex simple,” he tells Fox Footy.<\/p>\n

“It takes 120 minutes to win these games.”<\/p>\n

44m agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 3:32am<\/p>\n

Is today a must-win for Michael Voss?\"Chris<\/p>\n

An absolute TON of pressure on Carlton coach Michael Voss heading into this afternoon’s game.<\/p>\n

Carlton is a very angsty club right now after being beaten by the Demons.<\/p>\n

The Blues have traditionally bossed the Kangaroos around on Good Friday. Man do they need a result like that this afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Kangaroos are looking for their first Good Friday win since 2018.<\/p>\n

North has lost its last two Good Friday clashes to Carlton by 56 and 82 points.<\/p>\n

50m agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 3:26amNorth Melbourne vs Carlton team news \u2014 No late changes\"Chris<\/p>\n

Both North Melbourne and Carlton will line up as originally selected this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the two team line-ups will look:<\/p>\n

\"NorthNorth Melbourne and Carlton’s team line-ups for the Good Friday clash at Docklands. (AFL.com.au)<\/p>\n

56m agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 3:20am<\/p>\n

Recent history between North Melbourne and Carlton\"Chris<\/p>\n

Here’s how the last five meetings between the Kangaroos and Blues have gone:<\/p>\n

R15, 2025: North Melbourne 13.6 (84) def. Carlton 10.13 (73) @ MCG<\/p>\n

R6, 2025: Carlton 24.9 (153) def. North Melbourne 11.5 (71) @ Docklands Stadium<\/p>\n

R19, 2024: Carlton 16.11 (107) def. North Melbourne 14.4 (88) @ Docklands Stadium<\/p>\n

R3, 2024: Carlton 21.11 (137) def. North Melbourne 12.9 (81) @ Docklands Stadium<\/p>\n

R4, 2023: Carlton 16.11 (107) def. North Melbourne 11.18 (84) @ Docklands Stadium<\/p>\n

1h agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 3:15am<\/p>\n

Welcome!\"Chris<\/p>\n

Good afternoon and welcome to ABC Sport’s live AFL coverage!<\/p>\n

We’ve got a Good Friday double-header on deck today starting with the annual clash at Docklands Stadium between North Melbourne and Carlton at 3:15pm.<\/p>\n

After last weekend’s fadeout against Melbourne, the pressure is on the Blues and namely coach Michael Voss to orchestrate a turnaround.<\/p>\n

Later on Friday, we’ve got a blockbuster in Adelaide as the Crows host the Dockers from 7:15pm (all times AEDT).<\/p>\n

Both are set to be excellent contests, so sit back and strap yourselves in as we bring you all the action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1h agoFri 3 Apr 2026 at 2:27amAFL Good Friday \u2014 live scoreboardJust nowFri 3 Apr 2026 at 4:15amPlay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[9126,638,64,9512,63,55,9117,639,3239,10124,160,7204,161,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-582121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-adelaide-crows","9":"tag-afl","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-aussie-rules","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-australian-football-league","14":"tag-australian-rules","15":"tag-australianfootballleague","16":"tag-carlton-blues","17":"tag-fremantle-dockers","18":"tag-live-blog","19":"tag-north-melbourne-kangaroos","20":"tag-season","21":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}