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Venue: Optus Oval | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: Sun 23 May 2004 | Result: Loss by 25 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: Davis, Coates, Nicholls | Crowd: 26,041 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Fevola 3, Fisher, Scotland, Whitnall 2, Davies, Deluca, French | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: French (back), Hulme (groin) | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The Bulldogs kicked the first 3 goals of the match before Carlton responded with 3 of its own. The Bulldogs then kicked another 4 to Carlton's 2 to take a 14 point lead at quarter time. Carlton kicked the first 4 goals of the second term before the Dogs fought back to be just one point ahead at half time, during this time, Barnaby French injured a disc in his back and took no further part in the match and the Bulldogs ruck took control of the match. The Blues kicked the first 2 goals of the third quarter but then the Dogs kicked 6 unanswered goals to take a 25 point break at 3/4 time. Poor disposal proved clostly for the Blues. Both sides managed just 3 behinds each in the final quarter.Matthew Lappin continued his great form and had 26 disposals – the most of any player for the match. Nick Stevens had 24. David Teague with 21 and Glen Bowyer with 18 played well in defence.
Team
| B: | 18 Glen Bowyer | 32 Bret Thornton | 33 Ryan Houlihan |
| HB: | 15 David Teague | 37 Karl Norman | 34 Simon Wiggins |
| C: | 1 Andrew Walker | 10 Brett Johnson | 29 Heath Scotland |
| HF: | 14 Brad Fisher | 26 Adrian Deluca | 24 Nick Stevens |
| F: | 27 Darren Hulme | 25 Brendan Fevola | 8 Lance Whitnall (vc) |
| Ruck: | 28 Ian Prendergast | 16 Scott Camporeale (a/c) | 12 Matthew Lappin |
| Interchange: | |||
| 31 Jordan Bannister, 13 Justin Davies, 11 Barnaby French, 9 David Clarke | |||
| Coach: | Denis Pagan | ||
| Emg: | David Clarke* | Daniel Harford | Digby Morrell |
| In: | Barnaby French, David Clarke* (late) | ||
| Out: | Stephen Kenna, Digby Morrell | ||
-*David Clarke replaced Anthony Koutoufides (hamstring)
Milestones
Last Game: Darren HulmeBrownlow Votes
3: Robert Murphy (WB)2: David Teague (CARL)
1: Jordan McMahon (WB)
Best & Fairest Votes
David Teague (41), Matthew Lappin (37), Glen Bowyer (33), Karl Norman (27), Scott Camporeale (25), Bret Thornton (20), Nick Stevens, Simon Wiggins (5)Round 8 | Round 10