A STIRRING second half of the season will have Carlton full of confidence with 2019 coming to a close.

Familiar faces fired in Navy Blue while the Club’s emerging youngsters owned the future in a campaign which saw the Blues record seven wins for the year.

With the home-and-away season now over, we’re going through every player who featured for Carlton at senior level in 2019. 

Here’s the year that was for Carlton’s No. 26, Harrison Macreadie. 

AFL GAMES

2019: 1
Career: 9

KEY VFL STATISTICS (averages in brackets):

Disposals: 126 (10.5) Marks: 46 (3.8) Rebound 50s: 32 (2.7) Tackles: 19 (1.6) Disposal efficiency: 78.6 per cent  

OVERVIEW

After a frustrating 2018 compounded by injury, Harrison Macreadie made a steady return to action via the VFL. 

Unavailable in pre-season as he returned from a back complaint, Macreadie was in the fold once again in April, playing 12 VFL games over the course of the year. 

Over those dozen games, Macreadie showed signs of promise as an intercept defender: a role he has played ever since arriving at Carlton prior to the 2017 season. 

Adding a solitary game to his AFL tally, Macreadie will be hoping for bigger and better things after returning to the fold this year. 

BEST PERFORMANCE

The Northern Blues nearly pulled off an all-too-rare victory at Casey Fields in July, but were overrun by their hosts late in the game. 

However, that was of no fault of Macreadie’s, who stood up under a Casey barrage in one of his best games of the year. 

Collecting 17 disposals as well as six tackles, Macreadie held firm as the Demons continued to ask constant questions of Northern’s back six. 

SEASON HIGHLIGHT

Returning alongside Tom Williamson in Round 3 of the VFL season, it didn’t take long for Macreadie to make an impact. 

In his first game, the young defender had his work cut out for him in a gripping contest between Northern and Collingwood. 

With the Blues trailing late, it was Macreadie who produced the vital intercept and score launch: the passage would ultimately end in Patrick Kerr kicking the match-winning goal.