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Venue: Gabba | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: Sat 1 July, 2006, 7:10pm | Result: Loss by 15 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: Head, Avon, Nicholls | Crowd: 29,516 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Deluca, Fevola 2, Bentick, Lappin, Stevens 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Murphy (shoulder) | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
In an error-riddled game, both clubs kicked a combined 15 goals, 37 behinds, as the Lions, playing at home, proved too strong for the Blues. At one stage, 12 consecutive behinds were kicked before a goal was scored. For the third week in a row, Carlton had a real chance of winning the match after getting to within 3 points midway through the final quarter, but the Lions responded to run out 15 point winners. However, It was probably only the Lions' poor kicking in front of goal that allowed the Blues to get as close as they did.Luke Blackwell had 26 possessions in the midfield in just his fourth AFL game, which was enough to be considered second best on ground by the umpires, but not good enough to win a Rising Star Nomination for the week. Kade Simpson ran all night and had 25 possessions, while Ryan Houlihan was given the task of negating the Lions' dynamo Jason Akermanis, and did an excellent job.
Unfourtunately, Marc Murphy's outstanding debut year came to an untimely end early in this match, when he was viciously slung to the turf while one arm was being held. The resulting injury curtailed his season, and ended his chances of winning the Rising Star award.
Team
| B: | 31 Jordan Bannister | 8 Lance Whitnall (a/c) | 29 Heath Scotland |
| HB: | 1 Andrew Walker | 32 Bret Thornton | 33 Ryan Houlihan |
| C: | 34 Simon Wiggins | 40 Adam Bentick | 6 Kade Simpson |
| HF: | 3 Marc Murphy | 26 Adrian Deluca | 12 Matthew Lappin (vc) |
| F: | 5 Josh Kennedy | 25 Brendan Fevola | 19 Eddie Betts |
| Ruck: | 11 Barnaby French | 13 Luke Blackwell | 24 Nick Stevens (vc) |
| Interchange: | 2 Jordan Russell | 10 Dylan McLaren | 17 Setanta Ó hAilpín |
| 44 Andrew Carrazzo | |||
| Coach: | Denis Pagan | ||
| Emg: | Chris Bryan | Cory McGrath | Trent Sporn |
| In: | Josh Kennedy, Setanta OhAilpin | ||
| Out: | Cory McGrath, David Teague | ||
Milestones
Score Records: This was a new record low score by Carlton against Brisbane. The record would stand for just over a year to Round 16, 2007, when Carlton would only manage 6.10.46Brownlow Votes
3: Simon Black (BRIS)2: Luke Blackwell (CARL)
1: Luke Power (BRIS)
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