| Venue: Optus Oval | Date: Saturday March 28, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 10 points | Umpires: Nash. Norden, Mitchell | Crowd: 20,747 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: A.Koutoufides 3, C.Bradley, M.Clape, R.De Iulio, G.Manton, B.Pearce, B.Ratten, L.Whitnall 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: A.Koutoufides, B.Ratten, C.Bradley, M.Sexton, J.Murphy, L.Whitnall. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil. | Injuries: Charles (broken leg) & J.Murphy (hamstring). | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton won this close match on a dark & gloomy day at Princes Park. This was to be the first and last match for Sean Charles, an ex-Melbourne player who had completed a strong pre-season for the Blues. Charles's leg was broken in a scrum at half-back, and he did not play again for the Blues.
Adelaide has now lost its past seven games in a row at Optus Oval. In the past six games against Carlton at Optus Oval, the Crows have been outscored in the second half 20 goals 33 to Carlton's 63 goals 45. The Crows total score in their past matches against Carlton at Optus Oval is just 1 goal 6 behinds.
Team
| B: | 23 Dean Rice | 22 Glenn Manton | 35 Peter Dean |
| HB: | 5 Andrew McKay | 14 Michael Sexton | 21 Craig Bradley (c) |
| C: | 43 Anthony Koutoufides | 7 Brett Ratten | 16 Scott Camporeale |
| HF: | 36 Aaron Hamill | 8 Lance Whitnall | 10 Sean Charles |
| F: | 19 Brad Pearce | 1 Stephen Silvagni (vc) | 27 Darren Hulme |
| Ruck: | 24 Matthew Allan | 33 Matthew Hogg | 18 Justin Murphy |
| Interchange: | |||
| 17 Damien Lock, 6 Matt Clape, 11 Mark Porter, 34 Ron De Iulio | |||
| Coach: | David Parkin | Emg: | Jacob Anstey | Kris Massie | Adam White |
Milestones
50 AFL Games: Justin MurphyDebut: Damien Lock
Debut and Only Game (Carlton): Sean Charles
Brownlow Votes
3: Kym Koster (ADE)2: Brett Ratten (CARL)
1: Shane Ellen (ADE)
1998 | Round 2