| Venue: M.C.G. | Date: Saturday May 2, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 29 points | Umpires: Allen, Dore, Burton | Crowd: 69,963 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: S.Camporeale 2, M.Allan, S.Beaumont, P.Dean, A.Franchina, A.Hamill, A.Koutoufides, L.Whitnall 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: M.Sexton, S.Camporeale, A.McKay, M.Allan, C.Bradley, A.Hamill. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: F.Brown (Carlton) for striking Scott Russell - 2 weeks. | Injuries: Nil. | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton has made its worst start to a season since 1989 when it lost its first five games. The Blues have failed to score over 100 points in their past nine matches. The last time they kicked the 'ton' was in Round 19 in 1997 against the Magpies.Collingwood defeated Carlton for the first time since Round 2 in 1994, breaking a losing streak of seven games against the Blues.
Team
| B: | 34 Ron De Iulio | 22 Glenn Manton | 23 Dean Rice |
| HB: | 43 Anthony Koutoufides | 14 Michael Sexton | 45 Anthony Franchina |
| C: | 29 Simon Beaumont | 7 Brett Ratten | 21 Craig Bradley (c) |
| HF: | 36 Aaron Hamill | 8 Lance Whitnall | 16 Scott Camporeale |
| F: | 24 Matthew Allan | 35 Peter Dean | 27 Darren Hulme |
| Ruck: | 11 Mark Porter | 5 Andrew McKay | 33 Matthew Hogg |
| Interchange: | |||
| 20 Fraser Brown, 12 Jacob Anstey, 19 Brad Pearce, 17 Damien Lock | |||
| Coach: | David Parkin | ||
| Emg: | Andrew Balkwill | Matt Clape | Tony Bourke |
| In: | Brad Pearce | ||
| Out: | Justin Murphy | (hamstring) | |
Brownlow Votes
3: Scott Russell (COLL)2: Alex McDonald (COLL)
1: Graham Wright (COLL)
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