Burgoyne slips in possession and gets a rather lucky high contact free on Boyd after a stoppage near the hotspot for the first goal. (Q1 0:52)
De Koning catches the ball out of ruck in the pocket 25m out but screws it narrow off the left boot. (Q1 0:52)
Acres passes to De Koning near the boundary 40m out, this one favours his left boot and he fades in the set shot nicely. (Q1 0:52)
Fantasia marks in front of Farrell after the next bounce but misses from 45m on the flank. (Q1 0:52)
Bergman misses a running snap from the HFF. (Q1 0:52)
Curnow marks over Ratugolea on the behind line for his first goal. (Q1 0:52)
Georgiades marks in front of McGovern 40m out on the flank but leaves his set shot right and across the face. (Q1 15:51)
Georgiades marks again 45m out on the same flank, this time he fades the kick from right to left and in for his first goal. (Q1 17:36)
Mead feeds Bergman for another running snap from the HFF, he has also had a sighter but he shoots from too far out, Boyd relieves with a mark on the line. (Q1 19:08)
Georgiades roves Soldo’s ruck tap on the HFF and gives to Boak who spots up Marshall 30m out on the boundary, his shot is wayward for no score. (Q1 20:52)
Soldo wins another hit out against De Koning in attack, Weitering roves but is pinged for a throw under Soldo’s tackle 25m out in the pocket. Ivan threads it. (Q1 21:47)
Hewett marks 45m out in the corridor but his set shot falls short, Curnow gets a contact free on Aliir in the square for a goal to level the scores right on the QT siren. (Qtr Time)
Kemp is on the end of a handball chain across half forward, he receives from Hewett, jinks onto his right boot and curls in a rare goal from 40m! (Q2 2:36)
Butters to Horne-Francis to motor out the front of the next bounce but two Blues pressure the snap wide from 45m. (Q2 3:38)
Horne-Francis roves after a ball in, Fantasia and then Newman catch him high to concede a free 40m out on a slight angle. The Hornet misses to the left. (Q2 6:21)
De Koning gives away a ruck free deep in attack for Carlton but Soldo’s short kick to the pocket towards Burgoyne is intercepted by McKay, who goals from 20m. (Q2 10:22)
Boak passes to Soldo 40m out on a slight angle after some untidy but high-pressured play through the centre by both teams. Soldo hoofs it well wide right. (Q2 14:07)
Burton is outpositioned and gives away a front-on contact free to Williams 40m out on a slight angle, crowd boos but there was holding and an arm chop. Williams misses. (Q2 15:37)
Soldo drifts across the front of a big pack to clunk a long speculator by Drew up the guts to CHF. He passes off to Farrell whose kick is short and rushed. (Q2 19:37)
Georgiades marks a Horne-Francis pass 40m out near the boundary in front of Kemp, he threads another nice set shot. (Q2 22:22)
Elijah Hollands tries to kick from the HBF while Evans has him around the thighs in a tackle, ump pays HTB. Evans misses across the face from 45m. (Q2 24:21)
Saad tries a Brad Johnson-style volley from 45m in front, the ball just skids wide to the right. (Q2 25:37)
Horne-Francis feeds Boak for a snap from the HFF, that one goes across the face as well. (Q2 27:04)
Fantasia volleys an Elijah Hollands pass towards the boundary from 20m, it’s on line but Zerk-Thatcher is there to rush it just before the HT siren. (Q2 28:38)
Cincotta kicks from a pack near the hotspot, McKay is on his own in the square but it’s too his feet and he fumbles, Burton arrives to to it through for a rushed point. (Q3 2:27)
Owies roves a grubber by Fantasia but grubbers narrow himself from 15m on a slight angle. (Q3 6:50)
Georgiades beats McGovern one out 20m out on a slight angle to mark a Marshall pass on the end of a fast rebound up the guts from the kick in. He boots goal number three. (Q3 7:42)
Carlton does the same on a rebound around outer wing with quick ball movement, McKay beats Zerk-Thatcher to mark Curnow’s pass 15m out for the goal. (Q3 9:33)
Georgiades provides a crumb for Butters who blazes wide from 40m on the flank. (Q3 13:12)
Byrne-Jones bounces a pass to Horne-Francis who snaps on the turn from 45m on a slight angle, that one swerves in for another lead change. (Q3 14:07)
Surge play from Carlton ends with Williams who tries a grubber under pressure from 15m that rolls wide, with Curnow waiving for a give in the square. (Q3 15:42)
Kennedy roves at half forward and feeds McKay whose short kick lands for Elijah Hollands 45m out on a slight angle, he misses to the left. (Q3 16:27)
Elijah Hollands beats Farrell to a ground ball on members wing and kicks long for Curnow who juggles a mark in a contest with Ratugolea 40m out on a slight angle, he misses. (Q3 17:37)
Williams goes long to the boundary 20m out for Curnow to mark in front of Zerk-Thatcher, he curls in the goal off the left boot. (Q3 19:26)
Kemp is sprawling on the turf after slipping as Georgiades marks a Byrne-Jones pass near the hotspot untouched, goal number four for the latter. (Q3 24:33)
Owies roves a McKay contest to a Cripps kick at the hotspot, his grubber sits up for Williams to kick his first goal from the square. (Q3 26:23)
Cripps runs forward from the next bounce, receives from Fogarty and spins away from Horne-Francis to curl a 40m snap over the head of Ratugolea for the first goal of Q4! (Q4 1:00)
Walsh gives wide of a pack at the hotspot for Cripps who slots the back-to-back goal from the pocket 25m out! (Q4 2:31)
Byrne-Jones passes to McEntee on his own 20m out on a slight angle, McGovern complains of a block by Soldo but no dice. McEntee po0ps it through. (Q4 3:46)
Another centre clearance to Carlton via De Koning, Walsh and Cripps, Williams snaps over the head of Aliir for another one from 20m! (Q4 5:36)
Broken record skips again, this time it’s Cincotta who joins the Blues festival after receiving from Owies at the hotspot, Cripps again with the inside 50 kick. (Q4 7:01)
Finlayson roves deep in the pocket 20m out and decides on a checkside off the left off a step, that one curls in! (Q4 8:31)
After some turgid play up to 3QT time with both sides overloading midfield and trying to own the corridor, things have really opened up in Q4. (Q4 9:01)
Horne-Francis passes for Finlayson 40m out on the boundary, this drop punt stays narrow to the right. (Q4 12:09)
Elijah Hollands roves and gives to McGovern who snaps off his left from 20m on the flank for a big goal! (Q4 14:20)
Boak streams up the guts but misses McEntee running behind the Blue defence, McEntee gathers in the pocket and goes back to Marshall 25m out for the goal. (Q4 16:01)
Evans rolls through a goal from a throw-in to 20m, review on whether it nicked the far right post on the way through… yep, there’s a spike on Edge, just a point. (Q4 18:46)
Burgoyne slips on the HBF to allow Acres to intercept a Zerk-Thatcher kick 40m out, the set shot is a peach, that is almost the ball game! (Q4 21:13)
McKay marks a long Elijah Hollands ball from members wing in front of Burton 45m out on the flank. This ices the game either way, he misses. (Q4 24:42)
Acres clears from a stoppage on members wing for Williams to mark over Zerk-Thatcher 40m out on a slight angle. Williams seals the deal with his second goal. (Q4 26:57)
McKay marks an Acres kick 20m out on a slight angle for his third goal. (Q4 29:22)
