| Venue: Optus Oval | Date: Sunday April 5, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 56 points | Crowd: 27,846 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: S.Silvagni 3, D.Rice, L.Whitnall 2, M.Allan, R.De Iulio, P.Dean, A.Hamill, M.Porter, M.Sexton. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: D.Rice, S.Silvagni, L.Whitnall, M.Porter, R.De Iulio, M.Sexton. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: Scroop, Vernon, Humphrey-Smith | Reports: Nil. | Injuries: Nil. | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Former Blue James Cook would smash the Blues with 6 goals from Full Forward. But the real Bulldog star was Chris Grant, with 14 marks - back when that meant something - who would burn off a number of Carlton opponents throughout the afternoon.Team
| B: | 23 Dean Rice | 35 Peter Dean | 14 Michael Sexton |
| HB: | 5 Andrew McKay | 22 Glenn Manton | 21 Craig Bradley (c) |
| C: | 43 Anthony Koutoufides | 7 Brett Ratten | 16 Scott Camporeale |
| HF: | 36 Aaron Hamill | 8 Lance Whitnall | 34 Ron De Iulio |
| F: | 17 Damien Lock | 1 Stephen Silvagni (vc) | 19 Brad Pearce |
| Ruck: | 11 Mark Porter | 33 Matthew Hogg | 27 Darren Hulme |
| Interchange: | |||
| 24 Matthew Allan, 30 Adam White, 20 Fraser Brown, 6 Matt Clape | |||
| Coach: | David Parkin | ||
| Emg: | Jacob Anstey | Kris Massie | Tony Bourke |
| In: | Fraser Brown | Adam White | |
| Out: | Sean Charles (broken leg), Justin Murphy (hamstring) | ||
Milestones
150 Games: Michael SextonBrownlow Votes
3: Scott West (WB)2: Chris Grant (WB)
1: James Cook (WB)
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