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Sydney continued to silence their doubters with a comfortable 22-point win over a tenacious Carlton. The victory was an almost-perfect celebration of Ryan O'Keefe's 250th match, with the only sour note being a knee injury sustained by fellow veteran Jude Bolton, which will keep him out of the side until September. The Swans midfield, led by Dan Hannebery and Kieran Jack, set up the win. For the Blues there were some positive signs, particularly the successful return to senior of Jarrad Waite, who kicked three goals in his long-awaited 150th game. The win was Sydney's ninth in a row and the Swans, unbeaten since May, sit a game clear of Adelaide at the head of the ladder, with a percentage of 150.2 adding as an extra buffer. Nevertheless, John Longmire's men face a tough month ahead, with three of their remaining four games to be played against top-six sides. Meanwhile the Blues, despite improved recent form, remain two games plus nine percentage points outside the eight, and face a huge challenge if they are to contest the finals for a fourth consecutive season. Media and public speculation on the future of coach Brett Ratten is unlikely to abate at anytime soon. It was initially feared that Bolton's injury might require a full reconstruction but scans revealed only partial tear of both Bolton's ACL and PCL, meaning that Bolton, who has now played 297 games, remains a chance to play his 300th game some time during Sydney's 2012 finals campaign.
GOALS

Carlton: Waite 3; Armfield, Garlett 2; Casboult, Gibbs, Murphy
Sydney: McGlynn 3; Hannebery, Roberts-Thomson 2; Bird, Goodes, Jack, McVeigh, Jetta, Malceski, Mumford
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Carlton: Waite, McLean, Scotland, Yarran, Gibbs
Sydney: McVeigh, Hannebery, Richards, Jack, Smith, O'Keefe
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Carlton: Gibbs, McLean, Waite, Scotland, Murphy, Yarran
Sydney: Hannebery, Jack, Goodes, Jetta, McVeigh, McGlynn, Richards, Smith
COACHES COMMENTS
Brett Ratten (Carl): I thought there were a lot of encouraging signs with some of the individuals, but just their intensity from a team point of view was greater than ours for four quarters.
John Longmire (Syd): We did play some patches of really good footy and played really well at times, but it's difficult to play the sort of footy that we want to play all the time against a team that [had won] three out of their last four and had it all on the line tonight.
Umpires: Stevis, Leppard, Mollison
Carlton | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
27 | Armfield, Dennis | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25y 227d | 77 | 23 |
28 | Bell, Tom | 10 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21y 53d | 3 | 2 |
19 | Betts, Eddie | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25y 253d | 162 | 255 |
44 | Carrazzo, Andrew | 7 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28y 234d | 151 | 45 |
41 | Casboult, Levi | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22y 143d | 3 | 2 |
16 | Collins, Andrew | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23y 262d | 36 | 29 |
35 | Curnow, Ed | 12 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22y 272d | 26 | 3 |
31 | Davies, Marcus | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 121d | 15 | 1 |
38 | Garlett, Jeff | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23y 2d | 72 | 120 |
4 | Gibbs, Bryce | 20 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23y 143d | 130 | 68 |
40 | Jamison, Michael | 8 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26y 55d | 87 | 1 |
45 | Joseph, Aaron | 8 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 32d | 69 | 10 |
8 | Kreuzer, Matthew | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23y 84d | 84 | 46 |
26 | McInnes, Andrew | 14 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 138d | 5 | 0 |
14 | McLean, Brock | 16 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26y 147d | 115 | 46 |
3 | Murphy, Marc | 12 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25y 17d | 138 | 113 |
29 | Scotland, Heath | 13 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32y 15d | 240 | 74 |
6 | Simpson, Kade | 12 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28y 92d | 172 | 108 |
42 | Tuohy, Zach | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22y 239d | 27 | 8 |
30 | Waite, Jarrad | 11 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 29y 183d | 150 | 183 |
43 | White, Simon | 11 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 49d | 13 | 2 |
13 | Yarran, Chris | 12 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21y 230d | 59 | 38 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 218 | 107 | 129 | 347 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 75 | 25 | 20 | 24y 202d | 1834 | 1177 |
Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
14 | Bird, Craig | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23y 197d | 80 | 35 |
24 | Bolton, Jude | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32y 143d | 297 | 164 |
8 | Dennis-Lane, Trent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23y 341d | 18 | 29 |
37 | Goodes, Adam | 14 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32y 210d | 312 | 376 |
39 | Grundy, Heath | 17 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26y 64d | 108 | 21 |
4 | Hannebery, Dan | 10 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21y 163d | 70 | 23 |
15 | Jack, Kieren | 16 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25y 38d | 107 | 73 |
32 | Jetta, Lewis | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 93d | 58 | 55 |
34 | Johnson, Alex | 8 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 156d | 38 | 1 |
12 | Kennedy, Josh | 10 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24y 46d | 79 | 44 |
9 | Malceski, Nick | 12 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27y 356d | 119 | 51 |
29 | Mattner, Martin | 11 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 29y 365d | 208 | 40 |
21 | McGlynn, Ben | 14 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26y 365d | 99 | 105 |
3 | McVeigh, Jarrad | 14 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 27y 120d | 187 | 135 |
41 | Mumford, Shane | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 26y 31d | 71 | 23 |
5 | O'Keefe, Ryan | 9 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31y 194d | 250 | 241 |
26 | Parker, Luke | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19y 285d | 25 | 11 |
38 | Pyke, Mike | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28y 134d | 39 | 9 |
25 | Richards, Ted | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29y 207d | 174 | 31 |
30 | Roberts-Thomson, Lewis | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 28y 332d | 163 | 42 |
2 | Shaw, Rhyce | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 30y 294d | 180 | 41 |
40 | Smith, Nick | 7 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24y 54d | 68 | 8 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 194 | 66 | 165 | 359 | 14 | 9 | 47 | 60 | 20 | 25 | 26y 207d | 2750 | 1558 |