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Venue: Telstra Dome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: Sun 30 July, 2006, 2:10pm | Result: Loss by 18 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: J Schmitt, C Kamolins, K Nicholls | Crowd: 17,518 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Fevola 5, Koutoufides 2, Russell, Simpson, Walker, Waite, Whitnall, Wiggins | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
It was a forgettable, error riddled game for both sides, played before the smallest crowd of the year at Telstra Dome. Carlton had more of the ball but failed to make the most of its forward opportunities and frequently lacked targets due to flooding. It dominated play for the early part of the game but could only score points, while the Dockers goaled from their first forward entry and then took control of the match. At the final break they were 39 points up and appeared to be headed for a big victory. But the Blues fought back in the last quarter, kicking 6 goals to 1, to go down by a respectable 18 points.Heath Scotland was the leading possession winner with 31. Kade Simpson and Andrew Walker, in his 50th game, had career highs of 28 and 27 respectively. Andrew Carrazzo also had 28. Brendan Fevola kicked 5 goals, including one from 60 m, to maintain his lead of the AFL goal kicking.
Team
| B: | 44 Andrew Carrazzo | 32 Bret Thornton | 17 Setanta Ó hAilpín |
| HB: | 24 Nick Stevens (vc) | 8 Lance Whitnall (vc) | 1 Andrew Walker |
| C: | 6 Kade Simpson | 40 Adam Bentick | 33 Ryan Houlihan |
| HF: | 14 Brad Fisher | 30 Jarrad Waite | 43 Anthony Koutoufides (c) |
| F: | 34 Simon Wiggins | 25 Brendan Fevola | 19 Eddie Betts |
| Ruck: | 27 Chris Bryan | 29 Heath Scotland | 13 Luke Blackwell |
| Interchange: | |||
| 20 Cory McGrath, 31 Jordan Bannister, 2 Jordan Russell, 11 Barnaby French | |||
| Coach: | Denis Pagan | ||
| Emg: | Matthew Lappin | Adrian Deluca | Josh Kennedy | In: | Simon Wiggins |
| Out: | Josh Kennedy (omitted) | ||
Milestones
50 Games: Andrew WalkerInteresting Fact: Walker would be Carlton's first Top Ten draft pick in our history to make it to 50 games, almost 20 years after the first draft
Brownlow Votes
3: Ryan Murphy (FRE)2: Andrew Walker (CARL)
1: Matthew Pavlich (FRE)
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