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Carlton vs Brisbane

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Round: 11   Venue: Docklands   Date: Sat, 04-06-2016 2:10 pm   Crowd: 30,722  
Carlton 4.3.278.4.5212.4.7616.6.102 C:  Brendon Bolton
Brisbane 0.3.31.7.135.7.379.10.64 C:  Justin Leppitsch
  CARL by 24CARL by 39CARL by 39CARL by 38  
Weather
min temp  11.0°C      max temp  13.3°C
rainfall  6.2mm    humidity  100%    air pressure  1012.4mb
wind speed 0km/h      wind direction  CALM
Brownlow Medal 3 Tom Rockliff (BRIS)2 Sam Kerridge (CARL)1 Ed Curnow (CARL)

Match Report

A month into this season, many would have seen this round 11 match between Carlton and Brisbane as a 50-50 prospect but under Brendon Bolton's coaching the Blues have been transformed and they are now considered a good side and on Saturday at Docklands, they did what is expected of good sides, comfortably accounting for the lowly Brisbane Lions to make it six wins from their past seven matches to move to within a game of the top eight. 

The match was a dour struggle for then first 15 minutes, both teams trading in behinds and it was 0.2 apiece at the 16-minute mark when Zac Tuohy kicked a long goal after a handball from Denis Armfield to get the Blues going. After a behind from Andrew Walker, a snap from Patrick Cripps gave Carlton its second goal and Levi Casboult and Armfield added further majors in time on to see the Blues ahead 4.3 to 0.3 at quarter time. 

Carlton continued to dominate in the first half of the second quarter, and a pair of goals to Jed Lamb had the Blues ahead by 35 points at the 14-minute mark, giving them the decisive break of the match.  Finally, at the 15-minute mark, Brisbane got its first goal of the match via a nice snap from first-gamer Jarred Jansen but the last two goals of the first half both went the way of Carlton, with Armfield and Cripps both kicking truly to give the Blues a half-time lead of 39-points. 

A vastly improved Lions outfit came out after the long break, and majors to Jonathan Freeman and Tom Cutler cut the margin back to 27 points after five minutes. A free kick to Daniel Gorringe saw him kick a goal at the 15-minute mark and extended the Blues' lead back out to 33 but the Lions kicked the next two through Ben Keays and Daniel Rich and their deficit was back to 21 points as the term entered time on. The Blues regrouped after that, however, and closed the quarter out with majors to Sam Rowe, Sam Kerridge and Jed Lamb and the lead was back out to the half-time margin of 39 points when the three-quarter-time siren sounded. 

The Blues looked like running away to a big win when Matthew Wright and Ed Curnow goaled within five minutes of the final term but the Lions too their credit fought the game out and kicked four of the last six goals of the match to win the last term by a point and go down by 38 points.

First-year player Jacob Weitering was a fine player for the victors, picking up 24 possessions and taking 14 marks, while Mitch Robinson (25 touches, six tackles) was one of Brisbane's best.

Carlton will have a big chance too improve its record to 7-5 at Doicklands next Sunday when it takes on the Saints (13th, 4-7), while Brisbane, which slumped to 17th on the ladder after the loss, will be looking for its second win of the season when it takes on the 16th-placed Dockers, who recorded their first win of the season this week, at the Gabba on Saturday. 

GOALS
Carlton: Armfield, Lamb 3; Cripps, Wright 2; Casboult, Tuohy, Gorringe, Rowe, Kerridge, Curnow
Brisbane: Rich 2; Freeman, Jansen, Cutler, Keays, Rockliff, Martin, Schache

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Carlton: Weitering, Tuohy, Curnow, Cripps, Kerridge, Armfield, Simpson
Brisbane: Rockliff, Robinson, Zorko, Merrett, Jansen

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Carlton: Tuohy, Curnow, Weitering, Docherty, Cripps, Kerridge
Brisbane: Robinson, Rockliff, Zorko

INJURIES
Carlton: Gorringe (knee), Kreuzer (ill)
Brisbane: Christensen (right shoulder)

UMPIRES: Kamolins, Edwards, McInerney

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy

COMMENTATORS: TBC

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Match stats

Carlton Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
27 Armfield, Dennis 11 5 8 19 3 0 0 2 1 0 29y 165d 131 64
38 Byrne, Ciarán 9 4 9 18 0 0 0 2 0 1 21y 181d 9 0
41 Casboult, Levi 5 5 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 26y 81d 62 61
9 Cripps, Patrick 10 4 16 26 2 0 2 2 3 5 21y 78d 33 11
35 Curnow, Ed 16 3 12 28 1 0 0 12 2 0 26y 210d 99 13
15 Docherty, Sam 12 8 8 20 0 0 0 3 0 1 22y 231d 59 10
33 Everitt, Andrejs 7 4 4 11 0 1 0 0 1 1 27y 83d 125 89
4 Gibbs, Bryce 7 1 5 12 0 1 0 6 2 1 27y 81d 198 113
37 Gorringe, Daniel 7 7 11 18 1 1 12 3 2 1 24y 2d 25 11
32 Graham, Nick 6 6 10 16 0 0 1 7 0 2 21y 358d 22 5
11 Kerridge, Sam 17 16 13 30 1 0 0 2 0 0 23y 39d 38 27
8 Kreuzer, Matthew 2 0 0 2 0 0 12 3 0 2 27y 22d 129 69
13 Lamb, Jed 9 4 4 13 3 0 0 3 0 1 23y 229d 32 28
20 Plowman, Lachie 5 3 11 16 0 0 0 1 2 1 21y 267d 28 1
17 Rowe, Sam 4 3 3 7 1 0 4 0 1 0 28y 198d 62 15
6 Simpson, Kade 15 9 9 24 0 0 0 3 0 1 32y 30d 253 125
39 Thomas, Dale 7 3 8 15 0 0 0 3 2 0 28y 349d 192 141
42 Tuohy, Zach 15 4 8 23 1 0 0 3 1 1 26y 177d 109 37
1 Walker, Andrew 8 3 8 16 0 3 0 4 2 0 30y 17d 197 133
23 Weitering, Jacob 16 14 8 24 0 0 0 3 0 0 18y 194d 9 0
43 White, Simon 7 3 8 15 0 0 0 2 0 2 27y 353d 65 10
46 Wright, Matthew 10 4 5 15 2 0 0 3 3 2 26y 173d 105 72
  Totals 205 113 170 375 16 6 31 70 22 23 25y 209d 1982 1035
Brisbane Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
4 Bastinac, Ryan 12 6 8 20 0 0 0 7 2 0 24y 348d 132 69
7 Bell, Tom 4 2 3 7 0 1 0 6 2 1 24y 357d 62 48
3 Christensen, Allen 6 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 25y 16d 98 82
26 Cutler, Tom 13 7 3 16 1 0 0 2 0 2 21y 105d 25 6
34 Freeman, Jonathan 4 3 2 6 1 1 0 3 1 3 22y 38d 14 16
11 Hanley, Pearce 9 3 9 18 0 1 0 2 0 1 27y 202d 118 51
2 Harwood, Ryan 12 6 8 20 0 0 0 2 1 2 24y 302d 70 6
16 Jansen, Jarrad 8 2 13 21 1 0 0 5 1 1 21y 33d 1 1
1 Keays, Ben 3 2 7 10 1 0 0 5 1 0 19y 102d 6 3
12 Martin, Stefan 6 8 7 13 1 0 19 0 0 0 29y 200d 105 36
32 Mayes, Sam 13 6 5 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 22y 15d 63 25
25 McStay, Daniel 6 4 5 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 20y 346d 37 28
21 Merrett, Daniel 5 2 4 9 0 0 0 1 2 1 31y 175d 190 69
39 Paine, Jackson 5 1 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 22y 349d 15 11
10 Rich, Daniel 11 3 5 16 2 0 0 4 2 2 25y 363d 132 84
18 Robertson, Nick 6 3 5 11 0 0 0 4 1 0 21y 1d 23 5
5 Robinson, Mitch 11 4 14 25 0 0 1 9 3 2 26y 363d 131 68
38 Rockliff, Tom 21 8 27 48 1 0 0 9 1 0 26y 103d 123 61
23 Schache, Josh 5 2 4 9 1 2 0 2 1 0 18y 288d 10 8
28 Taylor, Lewis 4 0 10 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 21y 108d 54 40
13 West, Trent 4 2 7 11 0 0 23 2 2 2 28y 231d 69 28
15 Zorko, Dayne 16 4 9 25 0 4 0 6 1 1 27y 116d 91 93
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 184 79 158 342 9 10 43 71 23 22 24y 106d 1569 838

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.