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Carlton landed in the top 8 after a thrilling 1-point win over Port Adelaide, and drug-related penalties at Essendon*.

Round 23, 2013

Carlton 1.5 11 3.7 25 7.12 54 15.14 104
Port Adelaide 4.3 27 8.9 57 12.11 83 15.13 103
Venue: Football Park
Date: Saturday August 31, 2013 (Twilight)
Result: Won by 1 point
Crowd: 45,127
Goalkickers: M. Murphy (3), J. Garlett, C. Yarran, E. Betts (2), K. Simpson, M. Kreuzer, B. Gibbs, E. Curnow, J. Waite, T. Bell (1).
Reports:
Umpires: S. Meredith, M. Nicholls, T. Pannell
Injuries: H. Scotland (quad) replaced in selected side by N Duigan
Ladder: 8th


Game Review

At three-quarter time on this emotion-charged Saturday afternoon at AAMI Stadium, Carlton trailed Port Adelaide by five goals, and were being completely outplayed. However, after a tongue-lashing by their coach Mick Malthouse, the Navy Blues stormed home with an 8-goal last quarter, and claimed a dramatic last-gasp place in the 2013 AFL final series by a solitary point.

On the eve of this match, the often-quoted cliché that a week is a long time in football was never more apt. Having done everything possible to avoid playing on into September, the inconsistent (many would say unworthy) Blues had been handed a last-minute opportunity to snatch eighth spot on the ladder, after Essendon was sensationally disqualified from the finals. Concluding a murky tale of shady characters and illicit substances, the Bombers had been found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute, and heavily penalised.

Suddenly, five teams were jockeying for eighth place, with Carlton best-placed - provided they could beat the Power on their home turf. But Port, too, had plenty of incentive. Although they were sitting seventh and already assured of a finals berth, this was to be their last-ever game at AAMI Stadium - formerly Football Park – where they had won 13 of their record 36 SANFL Premierships. From 2014 they were relocating to the refurbished Adelaide Oval, and marked the occasion by playing one last time in their iconic black and white striped guernsey. That in itself created a problem, in that Carlton’s predominately white clash strip proved remarkably similar, especially from behind.

The Blues made four changes to the team that capitulated to Essendon in round 22, losing Brock McLean to a thigh strain, and axing Nick Duigan, Aaron Joseph and Nick Graham. Into the side came Andrew Walker, Matthew Kreuzer, Jeff Garlett and David Ellard, before Duigan earned a late reprieve and was named as Carlton’s substitute when Heath Scotland was ruled out on match day morning.

The football gods recognised the occasion and the teams ran out to a swelling roar from a packed house on a perfect early spring day when Port were switched on from the first bounce. They swarmed all over the football in the first 15 minutes, kicking the first three goals of the game. Carlton couldn’t get their hands on the football, and frustration led to some glaring mistakes until Dennis Armfield’s instinctive handpass to Kade Simpson brought up the Blues first major at the 15-minute mark. Bad misses by Yarran (twice) Levi Casboult and Troy Menzel in the latter stages of the term then had Carlton fans shaking their heads. Their befuddled team seemed headed down the same path as the previous week, when atrociously inaccurate kicking for goal had cost so dearly against Essendon. The visitors had only 1.5 on the board at quarter time, and trailed by 16 points.

In the first minute of the second quarter Bryce Gibbs streamed out of defence and kicked long to Eddie Betts, whose handball to Yarran brought up the Blues second major. Port responded with dash and daring, adding 4.6 to Carlton’s 2.2 for the quarter, and stretching the home side’s advantage to 32 points at the long break. Meanwhile, Michael Jamison appeared to be in real trouble with his ongoing shoulder problems, although he once again battled through the pain and stayed on the field.

Malthouse recast his side at half-time, substituting Duigan for Casboult and switching Lachie Henderson from defence into attack. Eddie Betts should have inspired his side with a brilliant individual goal two minutes into the third term - when he danced around an opponent deep in the right forward pocket, and threaded the ball through from the tightest of angles – but Carlton’s dumb play continued. After 15 minutes Port were up by 33 points when their key forward Justin Westhoff was allowed to stroll past a team-mate who had been awarded a free-kick, and drill the easiest of goals completely unopposed. No wonder then, that Mick Malthouse was ropeable at three-quarter time. One by one he berated his team, emphatically demanding that they lift and at the very least fight the game through.

The catalyst was provided by captain Marc Murphy, who until then had been tightly-held (in all respects) by Port’s ace tagger Kane Cornes. ‘Murph’ started the last quarter up forward, and goaled with a pressure kick from 40 metres out inside the first minute. Suddenly, Carlton were on a roll as the Three Amigos; Yarran, Betts and Jeff Garlett, began tearing holes in Port’s defence. The Blues added four goals in the first eight minutes of the quarter, and it was game on.

Two great tackles – the first by a wounded Jamison, the second by David Ellard - preceded another running captain’s goal by Murphy, then Tom Bell burst through a pack at half-forward and kicked long to the square. Jarrad Waite shepherded it through and incredibly, Carlton was in front for the first time in the match.

With five minutes remaining, Gibbs passed to Waite inside 50, and Jarrad coolly slotted his first to put the Blues 8 points up. Port weren’t spent however, and Schultz replied with a brilliant snap from deep in the pocket, cutting the margin to only two points with less than a minute remaining. In the dying seconds, Broadbent launched a long bomb from Port’s 50 metre arc, but it shaved the post - and the siren sounded with the Blues home by one precious, almost unbelievable point.

Like Carlton fans of the previous week, the Port Adelaide faithful streamed from Football Park for the last time in stunned disbelief that they could have lost after three dominant quarters. Outstanding for the Blues on an afternoon when some of the best - and the worst – of this team was on show were Gibbs, Walker, Murphy, Curnow, Betts, Yarran and Armfield, as Blues fans across the country eagerly anticipated an Elimination Final against old foes Richmond in the coming week.

Subs: Nick Duigan replaced Levi Casboult at half time

Team


B: 40 Michael Jamison 23 Lachlan Henderson 26 Andrew McInnes
HB:6 Kade Simpson (VC) 42 Zach Tuohy 1 Andrew Walker
C: 13 Chris Yarran 35 Ed Curnow 4 Bryce Gibbs
HF: 38 Jeff Garlett 30 Jarrad Waite 19 Eddie Betts
F:2 Troy Menzel 41 Levi Casboult 8 Matthew Kreuzer
Ruck: 11 Robert Warnock 28 Tom Bell 3 Marc Murphy (Captain)
Interchange: 12 Mitch Robinson 27 Dennis Armfield 46 David Ellard
Substitute: 34 Nick Duigan
Emergencies: 9 Kane Lucas 29 Heath Scotland 45 Aaron Joseph
Coach: Mick Malthouse

-* Nick Duigan replaced Heath Scotland in the selected side.

Milestones

Interesting Fact: This was the last AFL game for premiership points to be played at Football Park, with Port Power relocating to the recently upgraded Adelaide Oval from 2014 onwards. Carlton was the first, and last Victorian AFL side to win at the ground.
Interesting Fact: In the last six games between Carlton and Port Adelaide at Football Park - going back to Round 11, 2008, Carlton scored a combined 38.20 in the last quarter (43% of the Blues' total score, at an accuracy rate of 65.5%) to Port's 9.15 (14.59% of Port's total score, at an accuracy rate of 37.5%). No wonder then, that Port Adelaide won only one of these games.
Interesting Fact: The 32-point half-time margin would be Carlton's 8th greatest deficit comeback win, while the 29-point three-quarter time margin would be Carlton's 5th greatest deficit comeback.

Brownlow Votes

3. Marc Murphy, Carlton
2. Brad Ebert, Port Adelaide
1. Kane Cornes, Port Adelaide

Best & Fairest Votes

Bryce Gibbs 8, Andrew Walker 8, Eddie Betts 4, Ed Curnow 4, Chris Yarran 4, Marc Murphy 3, Robert Warnock 3

Ladder


Posn Team Plyd W L D For Ag U/D Strk % Pts
1 Hawthorn 22 19 3 0 2523 1859 +0 W 4 135.72 76
2 Geelong 22 18 4 0 2409 1776 +0 W 4 135.64 72
3 Fremantle 22 16 5 1 2035 1518 +0 L 1 134.06 66
4 Sydney 22 15 6 1 2244 1694 +0 L 2 132.47 62
5 Richmond 22 15 7 0 2154 1754 +0 W 2 122.81 60
6 Collingwood 22 14 8 0 2148 1868 +0 L 1 114.99 56
7 Essendon 22 14 8 0 2145 2000 +0 L 1 107.25 56
8 Port Adelaide 22 12 10 0 2051 2002 +0 L 2 102.45 48
9 Carlton 22 11 11 0 2125 1992 +0 W 1 106.68 44
10 North Melbourne 22 10 12 0 2307 1930 +1 W 1 119.53 40
11 Adelaide 22 10 12 0 2064 1909 +1 W 2 108.12 40
12 Brisbane 22 10 12 0 1922 2144 -2 L 1 89.65 40
13 West Coas 22 9 13 0 2038 2139 +0 L 3 95.28 36
14 Gold Coast 22 8 14 0 1918 2091 +0 W 1 91.73 32
15 Western Bulldogs 22 8 14 0 1926 2262 +0 W 1 85.15 32
16 St Kilda 22 5 17 0 1751 2120 +0 W 2 82.59 20
17 Melbourne 22 2 20 0 1455 2691 +0 L 9 54.07 8
18 GWS Giants 22 1 21 0 1524 2990 +0 L 4 50.97 4



2013
Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Agst RI CO GE WC AD ME SK PA BR GWS ES HA
Carlscr 101 100 103 89 115 121 77 109 98 148 72 87
OppScr 106 117 119 65 83 60 68 91 85 54 77 102
W/L -5 -17 -16 24 32 61 -9 18 13 94 -5 -15
Ladder 10 13 15 13 9 8 11 10 8 6 7 8
% 95.2 90.1 88.8 96.5 103.6 114.3 111.1 112.2 112.5 122.7 120.3 116.8
Game 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Agst Bye SY CO SK NM GC FR WB RI ES PA
Carlscr 43 77 74 109 120 80 89 96 76 103
OppScr 65 118 110 108 77 116 117 106 82 104
W/L -22 -41 36 1 43 -36 -28 10 -6 1
Ladder 9 9 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
% 116.8 113.9 109.1 111.4 110.6 112.9 109.7 107.4 107.6 106.9 106.6




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