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Venue: ‘Gabba | Date: Saturday 15 May 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 38 points | Umpires: Davis, McLaren, Morris | Crowd: 34,368 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Fisher, Hulme, Prendergast 3, Lappin, Whitnall 2, Camporeale, Houlihan, Stevens 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Deluca (cheek), Davies (hamstring) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The Lions looked set for a big win after a devastating 7 goal burst in the first half of the third quarter gave them a 71 point lead. But the Blues fought back and kicked 9 of the next 10 goals and a quarter later were within 4 goals. The Lions came back with 2 goals and a brave Carlton ended up going down by 38 points against the reigning premiers.The Blues were able to manufacture 3 goals each from Darren Hulme, Brad Fisher and Ian Prendergast, the latter in potentially his best game for the Blues, working tirelessly in the ruck, in the absence of French. Nick Stevens and Scott Camporeale were the Blues' major ball-getters with 26 apiece, while Matthew Lappin maintained his excellent form with 22 and 2 goals.
Team
| B: | 18 Glen Bowyer | 32 Bret Thornton | 34 Simon Wiggins |
| HB: | 33 Ryan Houlihan | 37 Karl Norman | 15 David Teague |
| C: | 12 Matthew Lappin | 10 Brett Johnson | 1 Andrew Walker |
| HF: | 29 Heath Scotland | 26 Adrian Deluca | 13 Justin Davies |
| F: | 27 Darren Hulme | 25 Brendan Fevola | 3 Digby Morrell |
| Ruck: | 28 Ian Prendergast | 16 Scott Camporeale (a/c) | 24 Nick Stevens |
| Interchange: | 8 Lance Whitnall (vc) | 14 Brad Fisher | 17 Stephen Kenna |
| 31 Jordan Bannister | |||
| Coach: | Denis Pagan | ||
| Emg: | David Clarke | Daniel Harford | Stephen Kenna* |
| In: | Bradley Fisher | Stephen Kenna* | *late change |
| Out: | Barnaby French (Hip), Anthony Koutoufides (hamstring- late)* | ||
-*Late change Kenna for Koutoufides
Milestones
Last game: Stephen KennaBrownlow Votes
3: Simon Black (BRIS)2: Nigel Lappin (BRIS)
1: Luke Power (BRIS)
Best & Fairest Votes
Bret Thornton(36), Scott Camporeale (32), Matthew Lappin, Ian Prendergast (31), Brad Fisher, Nick Stevens (30), Darren Hulme (27), Glen Bowyer (24), Lance Whitnall (23), Heath Scotland (9)Round 7 | Round 9