Carlton – 16.13 (109)
Richmond – 12.17 (89)
It was the Brendan Fevola show at the G’, with a dominant 9 goal performance to be the difference in a 20 point win against the Tigers.
The Tigers definitely had their chances, especially given their scoring shots but the Blues were too good.
Big moment
3rd Quarter.
Fev’.
Mid-air.
Back-to-goal.
Goal.
You’ll see it.
Key Players for the Carlton
Brendan Fevola – 9 goals; a career best. It looked like a dog-day afternoon in the first quarter but gradually turned it around in a big way.
Andrew Carrazzo – Got the ball as usual but used it pretty well. Found space especially well as shown by his 22 uncontested possessions.
Shaun Grigg – One of the best in the midfield for Carlton with 29 possessions with 12 of them being contested ones.
Key Players for Richmond
Brett Deledio – Played on Gibbs in the first half and beat him. Played on Judd in the second half and beat him. His ball-usage wasn’t the best, being windy and all but his two goals were very handy.
Trent Cotchin – His best game since Freo with 26 possessions today. As you’d expect, his clean-hands and excellent kicking were a class above most.
Ben Cousins – Best game so far. Typical gut-busting’ game from the veteran, finishing with 35 disposals. I hope the Richmond mids’ are learning from him for their sake.
Musings from the match
• Of Fev’s 9 goal’s; only 3 of them came from marks inside-50, which would be slightly heartening for Will Thursfield
• There were plenty of positives for the Tiges’ with promising signs from Jayden Post and Tyrone Vickery.
• I’m particularly excited about Tyrone Vickery who has excellent agility and some nice sticky’ hands. If he can get some strength whilst not losing his athleticism; he will be a ripper.
• Judd got the ball 29 times but his influence was low compared to Grigg and Carrazzo.
• If Jack Riewoldt kicked that set-shot late in the 4th quarter, the margin would have been only 8 points with the momentum the Tiges way.
• If Shaun Hampson can continue to improve, Carlton will have one of the most devastating ruck-divisions in the game with their athleticism of him and Kruezer.
• That’s two games in a row for Carlton in which they didn’t play particularly well, but got the points. You’d take that in this year with the evenness of the top 8’ aspirants.
SuperCoach news
No real massive scores today with the windy conditions having a big impact on the disposals.
Obviously Fev’ scored well with 131pt’s from his big haul.
Ben Cousins has been scoring well in the past few weeks with an average of 98pt’s in the past 5 games, including a 129pt game today.
SuperCoach scores and game stats from the SuperFooty match centre
Tags: Andrew Carrazzo, Ben Cousins, Brendan Fevola, Brett Deledio, Shaun Grigg, Shaun Hampson, Trent Cotchin
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