Saturday nights second AFL Round 9 match is between Brisbane Lions and Carlton Blues with the game to be played at Gabba. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:40pm local time with away team Carlton Blues currently holding favouritism although Brisbane are coming off a good win over Essendon last week. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Brisbane Lions and Carlton Blues.
WHERE AND WHEN: Gabba, Saturday 25th May, 7:40pm
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Preview:
The Brisbane Lions take on Carlton at the GABBA, Saturday night at 7.40PM. This game could be a close one, with the Lions great last week against Essendon and the Blues also performing well at the moment. Carlton will go into this match as favourites however, a fact not helped by the suspension of Daniel Merrett. While the Lions will have the home ground advantage, only time will tell if it’s enough to ward off a Carlton side with a good record and everything to play for as the season progresses.
Teams:
Brisbane Lions:
B: Jed Adcock, Joel Patfull, Ashley McGrath
HB: Elliot Yeo, Ryan Lester, Brent Staker
C: Andrew Raines, Simon Black, James Polkinghorne
HF: Rohan Bewick, Jonathan Brown, Pearce Hanley
F: Dayne Zorko, Jordan Lisle, Tom Rockliff
Foll: Matthew Leuenberger, Brent Moloney, Jack Redden
Int: Josh Green, Sam Michael, Mitch Golby, Sam Mayes
Emerg: Patrick Karnezis, Sam Docherty, Todd Banfield
In: J.Green, S.Michael
Out: D.Merrett (suspension), J.Clarke (suspension)
Carlton Blues:
B: Mitch Robinson, Michael Jamison, Lachie Henderson
HB: Zach Tuohy, Dennis Armfield, Simon White
C: Kane Lucas, Chris Judd, Kade Simpson
HF: Ed Curnow, Andrew Walker, Jeff Garlett
F: Brock McLean, Jarrad Waite, Matthew Kreuzer
Foll: Robert Warnock, Marc Murphy, Heath Scotland
Int: Bryce Gibbs, Josh Bootsma, Tom Bell, Jaryd Cachia
Emerg: Jeremy Laidler, Troy Menzel, Levi Casboult
In: B.Gibbs
Out: T.Menzel
Golby in doubt for Lions to face Blues
He knows what to expect from Brisbane but Carlton coach Mick Malthouse may yet receive a surprise judging by Lions vice-captain Tom Rockliff’s slip of the tongue on Friday.
In-form Lions halfback Mitch Golby appears in doubt for Saturday night’s Gabba AFL clash after Rockliff inadvertently revealed Sam Docherty would play, despite not being named in Brisbane’s initial 22.
Debutant Sam Michael and Josh Green were originally named to replace suspended defenders Daniel Merrett and Justin Clarke.
But it seems Docherty is in the mix after Golby was a training no-show on Friday following Rockliff’s slip-up.
“We’re pretty confident in the two blokes coming in,” Rockliff said.
“Sam Michael gets his chance which is pretty exciting and Sam Docherty, he’ll add a bit of run off the backline for us.”
It will give Malthouse something else to think about as he braces for another fighting Lions effort.
The Lions thrashed Carlton by 41 points in the NAB Cup grand final at Etihad Stadium in March.
But that form was not sighted again until last round’s shock win over Essendon at the same venue.
Still, Malthouse expected more of the same from Brisbane.
“To beat Essendon at home is an enormous task and they’ve done that and they play their home ground very well so we’ve got a massive job in front of us,” Malthouse said in Melbourne.
“It wasn’t a massive win – it was a hard-fought win.
“To be able to pull away and actually win the game …tells you about their form in the other way.
“They are a good side. I know the figures don’t say as many wins as the teams in the eight but they are a side that are young, enthusiastic.”
Rockliff revealed they would largely stick with the gameplan that earned them the NAB Cup pre-season title.
“I think we’ll go about it the same way. We’ll look to shut their ball movement down and look to counter attack and give our forwards a chance to kick goals,” he said.
It will be no surprise to Malthouse.
“You can’t dismiss it, you can’t just be flippant about it,” Malthouse said of the Lions’ NAB Cup triumph.
“That was a very, very good victory by a side that we play tomorrow.
“They’ve got a lot of players that caused us a lot of trouble in the NAB Cup final so that’s what we’ve got to counter.”
Brisbane (14th; 3-5 record) line up against Carlton (10th; 4-4) fighting to stay in the top eight mix as speculation swirls around their coach Michael Voss.
“I don’t have any opinion of Michael Voss other than that his side play desperately hard football for him,” Malthouse said.
“It’s the way he played and teams end up emulating their coach and I would expect nothing different and our boys would expect nothing different.”
