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Brownlow Medal | 3 Marc Murphy (CARL) | 2 Kade Simpson (CARL) | 1 Jarrad Waite (CARL) |
Carlton is gathering momentum and has moved into the top eight after recording its third win in a row, comfortably accounting for Melbourne at the MCG on Sunday afternoon. In a solid four-quarter performance, the Blues jumped the Demons in the first term and led at every turn to run out winners by 61 points.
After starting the season with three losses, Mick Malthouse's team has now won three on the trot and is looking better with each outing. The Blues also welcomed back Jarrad Waite from injury for his first game of the year, although they will now lose him again for a week after he was suspended for head-butting Melbourne's Tom McDonald. Waite and the Blues will be disappointed with that outcome,
The Blues small brigade dominated with Jeff Garlett and Eddie Betts each kicking four goals, while captain Marc Murphy looks to be growing nicely into his leadership role after a slow start. He had 28 disposals and kicked three goals. Veteran Heath Scotland was also excellent, garnering 28 disposals of his own.
For Melbourne, despite being beaten, coach Mark Neeld felt that the team showed encouraging signs and that there was no lack of effort. The Jones boys, Matthew (27 touches) and Nathan (7 kicks, 12 handpasses), were very good and Lyndon Dunn also played well.
The Blues can make it four in a row with a win over St Kilda next Monday night, while Melbourne will be hopeful of a second win for the season when they take on Gold Coast at the MCG on Mother's Day.
GOALS
Carlton: Garlett, Betts 4; Murphy 3; Armfield, Waite 2; Robinson, Walker, Curnow
Melbourne: Sylvia 2; Dunn, Tapscott, M Jones, Kent, Garland, Bail
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Carlton: Murphy, Betts, Garlett, Scotland, Walker, Henderson, Waite, Hampson
Melbourne: N Jones, Dunn, M Jones, Sylvia, Garland
BEST - THE AGE
Carlton: Scotland, Murphy, Betts, Robinson, White, Hampson
Melbourne: M Jones, Dunn, Tapscott, N Jones, Sylvia, Terlich
COACHES' COMMENTS
Mick Malthouse (Carl): We set an agenda today. We had to do a few things we haven't done. We've been under real pressure for five weeks, and the sides we've played have all been very good football sides. Coming in against a side that has won one game (and that's not at all having a crack at Melbourne), we needed to do a few things slightly different today to see how things went and I thought by and large we did. If you said [a win by] 10 goals at the beginning of the game, I would take that every day of the week.
Mark Neeld (Melb): There's was almost 1200 games difference in experience between the two sides and that's what you see on the scoreboard. The effort of our boys, all 22, was really good and these are the one that are going to bring the club forward. To see the effort across four quarters against a side that clearly is on their way to finals footy, that's good. [But] we got beaten and we're going to have to deal with that.
INJURIES
Carlton: Nil
Melbourne: Grimes (left shoulder)
SUBTITUTES
Carlton: Jaryd Cachia replaced Chris Yarran during the fourth quarter
Melbourne: Dean Kent replaced Jack Grimes (shoulder) during the first quarter
REPORTS
Carlton: Nil
Melbourne: Luke Tapscott reported for rough conduct on Kade Simpson during the third quarter
UMPIRES: Leppard, Wenn, Mitchell
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
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 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26y 134d | 87 | 30 |
19 | Betts, Eddie | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26y 160d | 169 | 270 |
37 | Cachia, Jaryd | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21y 362d | 1 | 0 |
35 | Curnow, Ed | 12 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 23y 179d | 33 | 4 |
46 | Ellard, David | 11 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24y 53d | 38 | 22 |
38 | Garlett, Jeff | 11 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23y 275d | 82 | 143 |
22 | Hampson, Shaun | 9 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25y 45d | 62 | 31 |
23 | Henderson, Lachie | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23y 142d | 66 | 35 |
40 | Jamison, Michael | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26y 328d | 93 | 1 |
5 | Judd, Chris | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29y 239d | 245 | 210 |
9 | Lucas, Kane | 13 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21y 313d | 24 | 9 |
14 | McLean, Brock | 9 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27y 55d | 125 | 57 |
3 | Murphy, Marc | 19 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25y 290d | 148 | 123 |
12 | Robinson, Mitch | 15 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23y 332d | 73 | 43 |
29 | Scotland, Heath | 14 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32y 288d | 248 | 76 |
6 | Simpson, Kade | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 29y 0d | 182 | 114 |
42 | Tuohy, Zach | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23y 146d | 36 | 8 |
30 | Waite, Jarrad | 12 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30y 90d | 155 | 198 |
1 | Walker, Andrew | 19 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26y 352d | 148 | 114 |
11 | Warnock, Robert | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26y 106d | 61 | 12 |
43 | White, Simon | 13 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 322d | 20 | 2 |
13 | Yarran, Chris | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22y 137d | 69 | 53 |
Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 226 | 107 | 152 | 378 | 18 | 13 | 60 | 79 | 16 | 26 | 25y 264d | 2165 | 1555 |
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
44 | Bail, Rohan | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24y 313d | 40 | 16 |
10 | Byrnes, Shannon | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29y 28d | 114 | 105 |
14 | Dunn, Lynden | 11 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25y 356d | 101 | 88 |
32 | Evans, Michael | 15 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20y 296d | 8 | 4 |
8 | Frawley, James | 12 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 24y 227d | 107 | 3 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 11 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25y 7d | 86 | 13 |
37 | Gawn, Max | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21y 126d | 7 | 5 |
31 | Grimes, Jack | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23y 359d | 59 | 5 |
38 | Howe, Jeremy | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22y 310d | 41 | 46 |
45 | Jones, Matt | 12 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 25y 199d | 6 | 1 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 7 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25y 105d | 141 | 71 |
34 | Kent, Dean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19y 70d | 1 | 1 |
25 | McDonald, Tom | 10 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20y 229d | 27 | 0 |
13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22y 318d | 60 | 9 |
26 | Nicholson, Daniel | 13 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22y 184d | 23 | 2 |
42 | Spencer, Jake | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23y 208d | 17 | 2 |
19 | Strauss, James | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 325d | 19 | 0 |
12 | Sylvia, Colin | 12 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27y 178d | 144 | 125 |
35 | Tapscott, Luke | 9 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 21y 311d | 34 | 8 |
46 | Terlich, Dean | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23y 143d | 5 | 0 |
9 | Trengove, Jack | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21y 245d | 64 | 32 |
7 | Viney, Jack | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19y 22d | 5 | 1 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 167 | 65 | 103 | 270 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 64 | 26 | 16 | 23y 141d | 1109 | 537 |