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Venue: Telstra Dome | ||||||||||||||||||
Date: Sat 25 August 2007, 2:10pm | Result: Loss by 82pts | ||||||||||||||||||
Umpires: M Avon, R Chamberlain, G Fila | Crowd: 29,334 | ||||||||||||||||||
Goalkickers: J Waite 3; L Whitnall, R Jackson 2; B Gibbs, J Kennedy, C Ackland, S O'hAilpin 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Reports: - | Injuries: Houlihan (flu- replaced in selected side by Grigg) Lappin (back- replaced in selected side by Kennedy), Fisher (knee) |
Game Review 
In Glenn Archer's record-breaking 307th game, the Kangaroos came out firing, but inaccuracy cost them as they took a 3.8 (26) to 2.2 (14) lead at quarter time. In the absence of spearhead Brendan Fevola, the Blues struggled in the forward line and only had four majors on the board at half time. The Roos kept increasing their lead, and won every quarter of the match in Brett Ratten's first match as official coach of Carlton. The final score was 24.17 (161) for North Melbourne (their highest for the season) to 11.13 (79) for the Blues. This was the first time under Brett Ratten that Carlton had been beaten by more than 30 points.Adam Bentick picked up a career-high 36 disposals, Andrew Walker had 30, and Andrew Carrazzo continued his fine form with 29 possessions and 8 tackles, but debutant Shaun Hampson was denied a dream debut after sustaining a hand injury early in the match.
With the pre-game replacements of Houlihan and Lappin by Grigg and Kennedy, this was the 10th youngest Carlton team on record, later to become the 11th, with an average age of 22 years and 201 days. It was Carlton's least experienced side ever with an average of 57.7 games per player. Only Lance Whitnall (215 games), Jason Saddington (160 games) and Heath Scotland (137 games) had played over 100 League matches.
Team
B: | 29 Heath Scotland | 9 Jason Saddington | 40 Michael Jamison |
HB: | 1 Andrew Walker | 30 Jarrad Waite | 18 Paul Bower |
C: | 2 Jordan Russell | 3 Marc Murphy | 6 Kade Simpson |
HF: | 31 Jordan Bannister | 8 Lance Whitnall (c) | 14 Brad Fisher |
F: | 19 Eddie Betts | 17 Setanta Ó hAilpín | 5 Josh Kennedy |
Ruck: | 11 Cain Ackland | 38 Ryan Jackson | 4 Bryce Gibbs |
Interchange: | 44 Andrew Carrazzo | 16 Shaun Grigg | 22 Shaun Hampson |
7 Adam Bentick | |||
Coach: | Brett Ratten | ||
Emg: | 21 Mark Austin, 23 Adam Hartlett, 26 Clinton Benjamin | ||
In: | Shaun Grigg*, Shaun Hampson, Josh Kennedy*, Jordan Russell | ||
Out: | Matthew Lappin (back)*, Brendan Fevola (adductor), Ryan Houlihan (flu)*, Luke Blackwell (omit) |
Milestones
Debut: Shaun HampsonInteresting fact: This was the 11th youngest Carlton team on record with an average age of 22 years and 201 days old (it was 10th at the time but surpassed a week later!)
Brownlow Votes
3. Brent Harvey, Kangaroos2. Drew Petrie, Kangaroos
1. Adam Bentick, Carlton
Best and Fairest Votes
Jarrad Waite 21, Jordan Bannister 20, Adam Bentick 19, Paul Bower 8, Heath Scotland 3, Andrew Walker, Josh Kennedy 2Round 20 | Round 22