The second of Sunday’s AFL Round 6 matches is between Carlton Blues and Melbourne Demons. The game is set to commence at 3:20pm local time with the game to be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Home team Carlton Blues go into the match as the clear favourites in the market in what looks to be a very one sided match. View our preview and teams for the game between Carlton Blues and Melbourne Demons.
Round: Round 6 3:20 PM May 05, 2013
Stadium: MCG
Weather: 18° Partly cloudy.
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| Carlton Blues | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.03 |
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13.00 | 13.00 | 18.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 |
Preview:
Barring a miracle or disaster, depending on which side of the fence you view this game from, it’s hard to see this game resulting in anything other than a comfortable victory for the Blues.
The Demons earned themselves some reprieve from a disastrous season with a win over GWS a fortnight ago but were immediately brought back down to earth by the Lions last week 122- 94.
Carlton, who lost their first three matches, were able to register their first win over the West Coast Eagles in Western Australia a fortnight ago and consolidated that win with another, when away to the Crows last week and victorious by 32 points.
Admittedly, neither the Eagles or the Crows are in good form at the moment but these two wins were exactly what the Blues required as in the coming weeks they have Lions, Suns and St. Kilda before a potentially horrid run of matches that include Essendon, Hawthorn, Sydney and Collingwood.
They’ll need to win this and in good style to put themselves in a positive position moving forward.
Teams:
Carlton Blues:
B: Chris Yarran, Michael Jamison, Lachie Henderson
HB: Zach Tuohy, Dennis Armfield, Simon White
C: Kane Lucas, Mitch Robinson, Kade Simpson
HF: Chris Judd, Andrew Walker, Jeff Garlett
F: Ed Curnow, Shaun Hampson, Jarrad Waite
Foll: Robert Warnock, Marc Murphy, Brock McLean
Int: David Ellard, Andrew Carrazzo, Eddie Betts, Tom Bell, Sam Rowe, Heath Scotland, Jaryd Cachia
In: Jarrad Waite, David Ellard, Jaryd Cachia, Tom Bell
Out: Bryce Gibbs (hamstring)
New: Jaryd Cachia
Melbourne Demons:
B: Lynden Dunn, James Frawley, Dean Terlich
HB: Jack Grimes, Tom McDonald, Colin Garland
C: Jack Trengove, Jack Viney, Matt Jones
HF: Jeremy Howe, Colin Sylvia, Dean Kent
F: Rohan Bail, Max Gawn, Shannon Byrnes
Foll: Jake Spencer, Jordie McKenzie, Nathan Jones
Int: Sam Blease, James Strauss, Cameron Pedersen, Daniel Nicholson, Michael Evans, Luke Tapscott, Aaron Davey
IN: Lynden Dunn, James Strauss, Jake Spencer, Jack Viney, Dean Kent, Daniel Nicholson
OUT: Mark Jamar (groin), Jack Watts (hamstring), David Rodan
New: Dean Kent (Perth)
Blues lose Carrazzo for Demons AFL clash
Carlton’s Andrew Carrazzo has joined fellow Blues midfield key Bryce Gibbs as an injury absentee for Sunday’s AFL clash with Melbourne at the MCG.
Key forward Jarrad Waite will play his first game of the season after overcoming a calf injury, an addition coach Mick Malthouse said should give the Blues’ attack the structure they’ve missed.
But Carrazzo was withdrawn from the side on Saturday with what the coach said was a minor calf injury.
His replacement, 21-year-old Jaryd Cachia, will make his debut and, like Carrazzo, is a hard-tackling midfielder slated for a run-with role.
Also like the man he replaced, Cachia had to be rookie-drafted twice to an AFL club before finally breaking through for his debut.
While Carrazzo spent two years as a rookie with Geelong before getting his start with the Blues, Cachia was initially rookie-listed by Carlton in 2010-11, then delisted, before being rookie-drafted again after playing in a premiership with SANFL side Norwood last year.
“He will step into that role that Andrew Carrazzo has vacated and it gives him something to get his teeth into. It’s a very good story,” Malthouse told reporters after the Blues’ closed training session on Saturday.
Malthouse said Carrazzo was likely to miss only the one match.
The coach was relishing Waite’s return.
“It’s good to get a player in, that we need into our system,” Malthouse said.
“What we get is someone that can put some heat on that forward line through the air and we know how quick he is on the ground.”
While Malthouse has been critical of the Blues’ tall forwards in recent weeks, he said Shaun Hampson deserved to be cut some slack after recently returning from having his appendix removed.
The clash with the struggling Demons gives Carlton a great chance to even their win-loss record at 3-3, after starting the season with three losses, particularly after Melbourne lost Mark Jamar and Jack Watts to injury among six team changes.
But Malthouse said while Melbourne’s selected side were inexperienced, they were also unpredictable, particularly in attack, where Mitch Clark is also missing.