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Carlton vs Greater Western Sydney
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| Round: 6 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 06-05-2012 1:10 pm Crowd: 28,213 | |||||
| Carlton | 3.5.23 | 6.8.44 | 9.14.68 | 15.20.110 | C: Brett Ratten |
| Greater Western Sydney | 2.1.13 | 5.4.34 | 6.7.43 | 6.7.43 | C: Kevin Sheedy |
| CARL by 10 | CARL by 10 | CARL by 25 | CARL by 67 | ||
| Brownlow Medal | 3 Shaun Hampson (CARL) | 2 Mitch Robinson (CARL) | 1 Marc Murphy (CARL) |
Match Report
A premiership contender against the AFL’s newest team always threatened to be a one-sided match, but Greater Western Sydney took it up to Carlton for three quarters. The final result may look like a blowout, but the Giants were only 25 points behind at three-quarter time. However, having lost ruckman Dean Brogan and former Blue Setanta O’hAilpin to injury, the young Giants faded while Carlton piled on some easy goals. O’hAilpin injured his knee and faced the prospect of an entire season on the sidelines. The Blues may have rested Chris Judd and forward Jarrad Waite from this contest, but they seemed to be down in all areas early in the game. Despite behind 10 points down at the first change, the Giants led Carlton in disposals, contested possessions and marks, and had had six more clearances. A goal to Giants midfielder Tom Scully early in the second quarter levelled the scores and briefly sparked the possibility one of the biggest upsets in VFL/AFL history. But the Giants were unable sustain such intensity over four quarters.
GOALS
Carlton: Hampson, Thornton 3, Lucas, Simpson, Walker 2, Bower, Robinson, Garlett
GWS: Davis, O'hAilpin 2, Scully, Sumner
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Carlton: Robinson, Murphy, Simpson, Scotland, Thornton, Walker
GWS: Greene, Coniglio, McDonald, Shiel, Adams, Smith
BEST - THE AGE
Carlton: Hampson, Robinson, Murphy, Scotland, Jamison, Simpson, Gibbs
GWS: Greene, Kennedy, Coniglio, Mohr, McDonald, Adams, Power
COACHES COMMENTS
Brett Ratten (Carl): I thought our ball use didn't help us at all; it was pretty average. We gave the ball back in areas of the ground that we're not really happy about, and that allowed us to be scored against. In fairness to our players, the pressure on them [from the Giants] was good.
Kevin Sheedy (GWS): It was good that some of the younger players played really strong, tough, relentless play. That's something that we've been making sure is in their ingredients as they come through in their first year. That's the competitive spirit that, if you want to be at a top club, you've got to have as your base.
Umpires: Dalgleish, Stevic, Foot
Source
Match report by Oliver CaffreyMatch stats
| Carlton | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 27 | Armfield, Dennis | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25y 136d | 65 | 11 |
| 19 | Betts, Eddie | 10 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25y 162d | 150 | 229 |
| 21 | Bootsma, Josh | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 74d | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Bower, Paul | 16 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24y 118d | 65 | 4 |
| 34 | Duigan, Nick | 12 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27y 242d | 26 | 1 |
| 46 | Ellard, David | 10 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23y 54d | 28 | 18 |
| 38 | Garlett, Jeff | 11 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 277d | 60 | 109 |
| 4 | Gibbs, Bryce | 16 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23y 52d | 118 | 62 |
| 22 | Hampson, Shaun | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24y 46d | 50 | 25 |
| 23 | Henderson, Lachie | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 144d | 55 | 31 |
| 40 | Jamison, Michael | 18 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25y 330d | 75 | 1 |
| 45 | Joseph, Aaron | 10 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22y 307d | 58 | 9 |
| 8 | Kreuzer, Matthew | 10 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 359d | 74 | 40 |
| 9 | Lucas, Kane | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20y 315d | 16 | 5 |
| 3 | Murphy, Marc | 11 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 24y 292d | 132 | 110 |
| 12 | Robinson, Mitch | 17 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22y 334d | 55 | 34 |
| 2 | Russell, Jordan | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25y 182d | 113 | 18 |
| 29 | Scotland, Heath | 11 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31y 290d | 229 | 73 |
| 6 | Simpson, Kade | 13 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28y 1d | 163 | 102 |
| 32 | Thornton, Bret | 9 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28y 173d | 185 | 25 |
| 42 | Tuohy, Zach | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22y 148d | 17 | 5 |
| 1 | Walker, Andrew | 13 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25y 354d | 129 | 97 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 236 | 122 | 140 | 376 | 15 | 20 | 47 | 77 | 11 | 14 | 24y 199d | 1864 | 1009 | |
| Greater Western Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 30 | Adams, Taylor | 16 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18y 229d | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Brogan, Dean | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33y 144d | 177 | 50 |
| 14 | Bugg, Tomas | 11 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19y 31d | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Coniglio, Stephen | 12 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18y 143d | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Davis, Phil | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21y 250d | 24 | 4 |
| 26 | Giles, Jonathan | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24y 119d | 6 | 6 |
| 35 | Greene, Toby | 16 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18y 224d | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Hampton, Curtly | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19y 57d | 6 | 5 |
| 36 | Hombsch, Jack | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19y 60d | 6 | 0 |
| 40 | Kennedy, Adam | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 299d | 5 | 0 |
| 54 | McDonald, James | 11 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 35y 214d | 255 | 57 |
| 39 | Mohr, Tim | 8 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23y 200d | 5 | 1 |
| 37 | O'Hailpin, Setanta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29y 49d | 81 | 69 |
| 7 | Palmer, Rhys | 11 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23y 83d | 58 | 25 |
| 6 | Power, Luke | 12 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32y 119d | 287 | 226 |
| 23 | Reid, Sam | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 181d | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | Scully, Tom | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20y 357d | 36 | 7 |
| 5 | Shiel, Dylan | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 58d | 6 | 0 |
| 34 | Smith, Devon | 14 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18y 352d | 6 | 1 |
| 28 | Sumner, Liam | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18y 264d | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Tyson, Dom | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18y 333d | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Ward, Callan | 9 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 22y 26d | 66 | 36 |
| Totals | 180 | 86 | 167 | 347 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 64 | 14 | 11 | 22y 222d | 1058 | 491 | |
Match highlights
David Ellard had 10 tackles for Carlton vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R6)Eddie Betts played his 150th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R6)