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Round Six Milestones

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2012-05-06 15:16 — Last Updated: Thu, 2012-05-10 05:21

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150 consecutive games: Carlton's Kade Simpson played his 150th consecutive game in Round Six. His streak began in Round 15, 2005. It is the longest current streak and Simpson is the 19th player in League history to play 150 or more games consecutively. Former Tiger champion Kevin Bartlett did it twice during his 400-plus game career.  read more »

MCG Milestone

by Lisa Albergo — Mon, 2012-04-30 20:51 — Last Updated: Tue, 2012-05-15 09:20

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Round 4 saw the MCG host its 2500th game when Carlton and Essendon faced off. In a way, it was fitting that two of the League's foundation clubs played this historical game. Indeed the milestone could well have been reached some years ago except for the fact that the powers that were way back in 1896 refused to allow the new game of Aussie Rules to be played on the ground for fear it would ruin the surface for summer cricket. The first game of footy was played at the hallowed ground in 1879.  read more »

Eagles Outlast Fast Finishing Blues

by rickb — Wed, 2011-09-21 04:01 — Last Updated: Wed, 2011-09-21 05:27

A bumper crowd of nearly 43,000 fans witnessed an epic Semi-final contest in perfect football conditions in Perth. West Coast was charged up to win a game and go one step closer to a Grand Final berth. Carlton had never won a Finals match away from Melbourne but this did not seem to faze them as they produced a cracking start in the opening minutes of the game.  read more »

Blues Carve Up Dockers

by rickb — Wed, 2011-08-17 05:01 — Last Updated: Wed, 2011-08-17 10:00

Carlton effectively ended Fremantle’s Finals’ hopes in a comprehensive demolition at Patersons Stadium in Round 21. Fremantle had won the last 12 of 14 encounters with Carlton and got off to a great start winning the ball from the first bounce down. Aaron Sandilands was back after injury and tapped the ball down for a Matthew Pavlich clearance. Pavlich chased up his own kick to goal within the first 30 seconds of the game.  read more »

Blues Blitz Tame Tigers

by janetl — Tue, 2011-07-05 08:48 — Last Updated: Tue, 2011-07-05 09:05

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After going down to the vastly improved West Coast Eagles last week, Brett Ratten’s Carlton players were keen to re-establish themselves as a genuine Top 4 team on the big stage of the MCG. Richmond on the other hand was in need of a solid showing after playing whipping boy to the Blues in their last seven encounters.  read more »

Australia Reclaims International Title

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2010-10-31 14:48 — Last Updated: Fri, 2010-11-05 09:24

After losing the last series in 2008, Australia has reclaimed bragging rights over Ireland with a hard-fought three point win in the second game. Ireland played a more aggressive attacking game this time round, laying a number of tackles but the Australians held firm even when under siege in the final term.  read more »

Malthouse To Ireland

by Lisa Albergo — Tue, 2010-10-26 19:13 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-10-27 11:18

Mick Malthouse, fresh from coaching Collingwood to the 2010 AFL Premiership, had little or no time to relax afterward as he began preparations for the Australian team to play against Ireland in the International Rules Series.
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Aussies Down Irish

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2010-10-24 10:42 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-10-27 11:26

Ireland got off to a slow start and, according to their coach, opted to kick the ball more than use their hands. Australian players ran in groups to stymie the Irish. Small forwards Eddie Betts and Todd Banfield applied plenty of defensive pressure while veteran Dustin Fletcher repelled a number of Irish attacks to help put the game in Australia's keeping.  read more »

Best And Fairest For Judd

by Lisa Albergo — Tue, 2010-09-28 21:30 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-09-29 19:43

One week after winning his second Brownlow Medal ahead of Geelong's Gary Ablett and Collingwood's Dane Swan, Chris Judd has won his third consecutive John Nicholls Medal as Carlton's best and fairest. Judd, who was presented with the medal by Nicholls, has won the medal every year since he joined the club.  read more »

Blues Rev Up

by rickb — Wed, 2010-07-28 05:15 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-07-28 06:03

An out of form Carlton side returned to Subiaco Oval in Round 17, having lost 11 of their last 13 encounters in the West. Although the Blues are in the top eight and the West Coast Eagles are last on the Ladder, the bookmakers had the odds almost even. Such is the nature of the competition this year, where even the last placed teams can be competitive and cause an upset.  read more »

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