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Live sport on SN this weekendDeja vu for Blues: Carlton suffer another fourth quarter collapse
SEN • April 3rd, 2026 8:08 pm
Death, taxes and Carlton losing a match after leading at half time.
Good Friday proved anything but for Carlton who have now suffered their third loss in four games with North Melbourne winning by 10 points at Marvel Stadium.
Once again, the Blues had the lead at quarter time and half time although by a slim margin compared to last week's loss to the Demons.
However, this time they managed to extend their lead in the third quarter to 22 points.
But despite that lead, the Blues were over ran by the Kangaroos who kicked 7.3 in the final quarter to Carlton's 2.1.
Francis Evans did have a chance to take the lead with just over two minutes but pushed it through for a behind.
When asked by Stephen Quartermain post-game as to whether this was a 'choke', former West Coast coach Adam Simpson believed it was.
"You're gonna have to say yes, I mean they conceded all that score," he said on AFL Nation.
"I just thought they got beaten at their own game. I thought they got beaten around the ball in the contest.
"What I did see pretty clearly is a bit of panic, you know, with a surge kick and it was a handball or a kick that just got smothered and just the inevitable sort of was happening, wasn't it,
"So, a bit of mental demons that would have been running through their head no doubt after one, (Jacob) Weitering going down and two, just the momentum shift around the contest."
