2015 AFL Round 8: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 2015 between Geelong and Carlton during round 8 of the 2015 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Carlton at Etihad Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Marc Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Geelong
Back: J. Rivers, T. Lonergan, J. Bews
Half-back: J. Thurlow, C. Enright, H. Taylor
Centre: J. Kelly, J. Selwood (capt.), M. Blicavs
Half-forward: S. Motlop, M. Clark, J. Murdoch
Forward: C. Gregson, T. Hawkins, D. Lang
Follower: R. Stanley, S. Johnson, J. Caddy
Int.: C. Guthrie, S. Kersten, M. Stokes
Sub.: A. Mackie

Carlton
Back: J. Tutt, S. Rowe, S. White
Half-back: Z. Tuohy, C. Yarran, E. Curnow
Centre: A. Everitt, C. Judd, K. Simpson
Half-forward: D. Armfield, B. Gibbs, L. Casboult
Forward: T. Menzel, L. Jones, R. Warnock
Follower: C. Wood, T. Bell, M. Murphy (capt.)
Int.: P. Cripps, S. Docherty, D. Thomas
Sub.: D. Buckley

Geelong (22.8.140) defeated Carlton (9.9.63).

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Murdoch (4), J. Caddy (3), M. Clark (3), S. Kersten (2), J. Selwood (2), C. Gregson, C. Guthrie, T. Hawkins, S. Johnson, J. Kelly, D. Lang, T. Lonergan, R. Stanley
Carlton: T. Menzel (4), D. Thomas (2), D. Armfield, J. Tutt, C. Yarran

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 10th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Carlton remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Friday 22 May 2015
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 32,032

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Carlton
Score: 22.8.140 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 1 11 . 5 18 . 6 22 . 8 22 . 8 (140)
Carlton 2 . 4 5 . 7 8 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin GEEL by 21 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 58 GEEL by 77 GEEL by 77
Duration 30:59 30:37 33:01 28:22 2:02:59

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Mick Malthouse (Carlton)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Marc Murphy (Carlton)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jordan Murdoch GEEL 21 3
Mark Blicavs GEEL 46 2
Josh Caddy GEEL 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jordan Murdoch GEEL 21 10 2 0 0 0 0
Mark Blicavs GEEL 46 8 0 2 0 0 0
Josh Caddy GEEL 23 6 0 0 2 0 0
Cameron Guthrie GEEL 29 3 0 0 0 1 1
Tom Lonergan GEEL 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
Steve Johnson GEEL 20 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bews, Jed BPR 81% 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 2
46 Blicavs, Mark WR 85% 0 0 27 11 16 8 15 4 8 1 0 0 3 3
23 Caddy, Josh RO 78% 3 0 23 13 10 4 0 2 8 1 2 0 0 5
19 Clark, Mitch CHF 91% 3 0 9 6 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1
44 Enright, Corey CHB 89% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3
28 Gregson, Cory FPL 81% 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3
29 Guthrie, Cameron INT 83% 1 0 23 13 10 5 0 4 6 2 0 1 1 5
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 94% 1 2 14 11 3 5 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5
20 Johnson, Steve RR 83% 1 2 25 13 12 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 2
9 Kelly, James WL 82% 1 0 22 12 10 8 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 2
39 Kersten, Shane INT 83% 2 0 13 10 3 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
11 Lang, Darcy FPR↓ 56% 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1
13 Lonergan, Tom FB 88% 1 0 18 11 7 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
4 Mackie, Andrew SUB↑ 36% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
32 Motlop, Steven HFFL 83% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3
21 Murdoch, Jordan HFFR 76% 4 1 26 19 7 8 0 4 0 1 1 0 4 4
25 Rivers, Jared BPL 90% 0 0 17 10 7 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 81% 2 0 17 11 6 0 2 8 4 8 4 4 1 6
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 91% 1 0 13 6 7 4 16 3 4 3 1 2 0 2
27 Stokes, Mathew INT 85% 0 0 25 13 12 6 0 6 2 7 4 4 4 2
7 Taylor, Harry HBFR 94% 0 0 19 7 12 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 2
40 Thurlow, Jackson HBFL 92% 0 0 20 16 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 22 8 381 225 156 110 36 60 39 43 21 19 31 58

A. Mackie replaced D. Lang during the third quarter.

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Armfield, Dennis HFFL 80% 1 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 0
28 Bell, Tom RR 87% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 5
7 Buckley, Dylan SUB↑ 34% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
41 Casboult, Levi HFFR 93% 0 0 5 4 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Cripps, Patrick INT 80% 0 1 19 4 15 3 0 4 3 3 0 3 0 0
35 Curnow, Ed HBFR 89% 0 1 16 8 8 1 0 6 1 4 3 2 4 4
15 Docherty, Sam INT 86% 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1
33 Everitt, Andrejs WL 95% 0 0 16 7 9 5 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 2
4 Gibbs, Bryce CHF↓ 44% 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 2
14 Jones, Liam FF 84% 0 0 9 5 4 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
5 Judd, Chris C 66% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 2
2 Menzel, Troy FPL 87% 4 2 15 13 2 6 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 4
3 Murphy, Marc (c) RO 85% 0 0 25 18 7 5 0 1 5 4 2 0 4 3
17 Rowe, Sam FB 100% 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
6 Simpson, Kade WR 90% 0 0 30 18 12 10 0 3 1 2 2 2 7 0
39 Thomas, Dale INT 85% 2 2 14 11 3 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4
42 Tuohy, Zach HBFL 90% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0
22 Tutt, Jason BPL 89% 1 1 24 13 11 6 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1
11 Warnock, Robert FPR 71% 0 0 10 3 7 1 27 3 2 5 2 2 1 1
43 White, Simon BPR 92% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 0
36 Wood, Cameron RU 86% 0 0 12 6 6 1 8 0 4 4 0 2 0 3
13 Yarran, Chris CHB 88% 1 0 22 20 2 6 0 2 1 6 0 2 1 5
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 9 329 196 133 85 40 35 33 56 19 21 35 44

D. Buckley replaced B. Gibbs.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:41
GEEL Cameron Guthrie goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 05:35
CARL Dale Thomas behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 07:45
GEEL Jordan Murdoch goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 09:01
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 3.0.18 - 0.2.2 10:49
CARL Dale Thomas behind 3.0.18 - 0.3.3 11:19
GEEL Mitch Clark goal 4.0.24 - 0.3.3 12:22
CARL Troy Menzel goal 4.0.24 - 1.3.9 15:24
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 5.0.30 - 1.3.9 16:58
GEEL Cory Gregson goal 6.0.36 - 1.3.9 19:30
GEEL Rushed behind 6.1.37 - 1.3.9 26:43
CARL Dale Thomas goal 6.1.37 - 2.3.15 28:14
CARL Ed Curnow behind 6.1.37 - 2.4.16 29:25
Q2 CARL Troy Menzel behind 6.1.37 - 2.5.17 02:03
CARL Dale Thomas goal 6.1.37 - 3.5.23 03:25
GEEL Darcy Lang goal 7.1.43 - 3.5.23 07:13
GEEL Jed Bews behind 7.2.44 - 3.5.23 09:47
GEEL Jordan Murdoch goal 8.2.50 - 3.5.23 10:57
CARL Chris Yarran goal 8.2.50 - 4.5.29 14:36
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 8.3.51 - 4.5.29 16:52
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 8.4.52 - 4.5.29 18:32
CARL Jason Tutt goal 8.4.52 - 5.5.35 19:17
GEEL Jordan Murdoch goal 9.4.58 - 5.5.35 22:57
GEEL Mitch Clark goal 10.4.64 - 5.5.35 24:57
GEEL Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 5.5.35 26:06
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 11.5.71 - 5.5.35 27:19
CARL Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 5.6.36 28:46
CARL Troy Menzel behind 11.5.71 - 5.7.37 30:28
Q3 GEEL Josh Caddy goal 12.5.77 - 5.7.37 03:49
GEEL Josh Caddy goal 13.5.83 - 5.7.37 05:29
GEEL James Kelly goal 14.5.89 - 5.7.37 08:56
CARL Troy Menzel goal 14.5.89 - 6.7.43 10:42
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 15.5.95 - 6.7.43 14:18
CARL Dennis Armfield goal 15.5.95 - 7.7.49 16:11
GEEL Jordan Murdoch goal 16.5.101 - 7.7.49 17:40
CARL Jason Tutt behind 16.5.101 - 7.8.50 20:28
GEEL Tom Lonergan goal 17.5.107 - 7.8.50 22:38
CARL Troy Menzel goal 17.5.107 - 8.8.56 25:26
GEEL Shane Kersten goal 18.5.113 - 8.8.56 28:50
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 18.6.114 - 8.8.56 30:26
Q4 GEEL Josh Caddy goal 19.6.120 - 8.8.56 01:27
CARL Rushed behind 19.6.120 - 8.9.57 09:31
CARL Troy Menzel goal 19.6.120 - 9.9.63 12:21
GEEL Shane Kersten goal 20.6.126 - 9.9.63 16:52
GEEL Rhys Stanley goal 21.6.132 - 9.9.63 20:27
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 21.7.133 - 9.9.63 22:35
GEEL Mitch Clark goal 22.7.139 - 9.9.63 25:19
GEEL Jordan Murdoch behind 22.8.140 - 9.9.63 27:54