Pre Game
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Patrick Cripps finished with a career-high 680 metres gained against the Tigers last week. It was the first time across his career he has gained more than 550 metres in a game.
Quarter 1
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Q1 is now underway.
00:20
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
01:05
Charlie Curnow kicks his first goal of the season. He kicked seven goals in his last game against the Bulldogs in 2019.
08:18
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Tim English)
09:10
The Bulldogs kick a goal after generating five inside 50s in a row.
10:07
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
11:40
The Bulldogs have already taken four intercept marks across the game, the Blues have not taken any.
14:19
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Jack Silvagni)
15:05
Carlton has had 10 chains start in their defensive half of the ground. Only one has resulted in an inside 50, which led to the goal for Jack Silvagni.
15:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Lachie Fogarty)
17:19
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Matthew Kennedy)
17:25
The last two Carlton goals have come from groundball-gets won in the forward 50. The Blues lead the overall groundball-get count 17 - 9 so far across the game.
19:16
Patrick Cripps has won four clearances so far in the game. The Bulldogs have won five.
22:51
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Adam Treloar)
23:11
Jakc Macrae leads the Bulldogs with six disposals, 166 metres gained and two score involvements.
26:40
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
29:56
The Blues have taken 12 marks to one across the past 10 minutes of play.
30:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
30:39
Blues Interchange - Patrick Cripps off due to the blood rule.
32:21
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Anthony Scott)
34:07
Adam Treloar finished the first quarter with 11 disposals, eight uncontested possessions, three score involvements, two clearances and one goal.
34:08
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Jack Silvagni)
04:38
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
05:05
Carlton has won the first four clearances and the first four inside 50s of the second quarter.
06:36
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
08:18
Patrick Cripps is up to 17 disposals, seven clearances, seven score involvements and 355 metres gained so far in the game.
09:32
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
10:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
11:25
So far in the second quarter, Carlton has recorded a kicking efficiency of 82%. The Bulldogs are kicking at an efficiency of 67% in the term..
12:59
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
16:44
Harry McKay kicks his third goal of the night from his ninth mark. He has taken five more marks than any other player across the game.
18:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
19:14
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Zac Fisher)
19:25
The Blues have kicked 6.1 from 10 inside 50s so far this quarter. They have outscored the Bulldogs 19-1 from turnovers across the term.
20:22
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
24:15
Blues Interchange - Oscar McDonald off due to an injury.
24:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Lochie O'Brien)
26:51
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
27:54
Harry McKay has taken 10 marks in this game already. He has never taken more than 11 in a match across his career.
30:07
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Hannan)
30:46
MItch Hannan takes a spectacular mark and kicks the goal. It was the Bulldogs' first mark taken inside 50 across the second quarter.
32:08
The Blues finish the first half 31 points ahead. They have recorded a pressure factor of 198 - well above the competition average of 182 from the past three seasons.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:24
Oscar McDonald has been medically-subbed out of the game replaced by Lachie Plowman.
01:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
02:54
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)
07:52
The Bulldogs have dominated the play this quarter. They have had 22 forward half disposals to Cralton's six so far for the quarter.
08:10
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
09:51
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Jack Silvagni)
11:55
Hayden Crozier has been medically-subbed out of the game replaced by Bailey Williams.
12:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Lochie O'Brien)
14:20
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
14:42
Josh Dunkley has had four disposals and, more importantly, two score launches so far in the third quarter.
18:17
The Bulldogs have won 15 forward half intercepts across the game, eight of these have been in the first 18 minutes of the third quarter.
19:14
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Anthony Scott)
19:37
Marcus Bontempelli has had six disposals and 242 metres gained in the third quarter.
19:50
Bulldogs Interchange - Aaron Naughton off due to an injury.
21:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Mitch Hannan)
22:27
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
23:27
Both teams have had success moving the ball end-to-end. Carlton has scored 31 points from defensive 50 chains and the Bulldogs have scored 25 points from their back 50. The competition average in Round 1 was 14 points per team per game from defensive 50 chains.
26:57
The Bulldogs lead the groundball-get count 25 - 20 in the third quarter. Jack Macrae leads the way for them with five groundball-gets for the term.
29:34
Jack Macrae finished the third quarter with 12 disposals, six groundball-gets, four intercept possessions and two score involvements. He has had a game-high 27 disposals across the game.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:06
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
02:36
The Bulldogs have taken six marks inside 50 in the second half, scoring 4.2 from these. The Blues have taken just one mark inside 50 for the half.
04:07
Matthew Kennedy has had seven of the Blues' first 19 disposals of the quarter.
07:33
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
07:46
Accuracy has been a highlight by both teams tonight. The Bulldogs have kicked 8.3 from set shots and Carlton has kicked 8.1.
11:47
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Hannan)
12:11
The Bulldogs have been quite clean in the final term. They have a kicking efficiency of 89% and have scored two goals from just four inside 50s.
13:17
SCORE
GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
16:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Adam Treloar)
17:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
18:37
Across the past 10 minutes, the Bulldogs have had seven inside 50s to two, but their accuracy from earlier in the game has gone missing, booting 1.3 from these entries and recording a kicking efficiency of under 50% in the forward 50.
19:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Josh Dunkley)
20:41
Carlton has turned the ball over 25 times in their defensive half across the game including six times in the final quarter.
21:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
22:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Blues (Harry McKay)
23:27
Marcus Bontempelli has applied a game-high eight tackles across the game.
25:35
Jacob Weitering has been important in the final term. He has only had two disposals, but he has had six spoils in the quarter. Only one other player (Ryan Gardner) had had six spoils across the whole game.
26:57
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Josh Dunkley)
27:22
The Bulldogs have scored 2.6 for the quarter including 1.4 from set shots.
30:22
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jack Macrae)
30:47
Matthew Kennedy had 15 disposals in the final quarter, the most in a quarter by any Carlton player since Ed Curnow had 15 in the first quarter in Round 19, 2019 against the Crows.