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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
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 | 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 | ||||||||||||
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# | 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 |
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