Carlton have stamped their authority on a disastrous Friday night for Geelong at the MCG, with Tom Hawkins injured and Patrick Dangerfield in match review trouble. The Blues won by 63 points.
Geelong’s 13-point victory over Carlton in late April left them unbeaten through seven rounds and with lots of ammunition for the critics who wrote them off on season eve.
Rhys Stanley’s knee injury cost him playing against Carlton, with coach Chris Scott instead sending Sam De Koning to take on his in-form brother Tom in an engrossing ruck battle. They are the Blues’ main men in the middle, and they made a mess of their Geelong counterparts in a dominant showing.Cripps finished with 41 disposals and 13 clearances, while Walsh proved the ultimate sidekick with 33 touches of his own and nine clearances.
“And you know, we win games as a team but you want to win games as clubs and you know, so for us, I felt like we had a win as a club today.” “But then really tackle us. We couldn’t get any clear ball. So, you know, our skill execution was off, but obviously a lot has to do with them.Geelong will nervously await scans on champion forward Tom Hawkins’ left foot as coach Chris Scott concedes they are concerned he may have suffered a serious injury.
“He had to come off with a foot issue. It’s mid-foot. He has had a problem with his toe, it’s a fair way away from that – it’s not the same injury – but the experts we have, don’t know, so I certainly don’t have anything more to add on that. “It’s been a work in progress and as you know, culture sort of takes time and we feel like when you value the right staff and you work hard, first and foremost, you feel good energy at the club,” said Cripps.“We enjoy the hard stuff. We also enjoy the little things as well. Like you said a lot of smiling but you’re only smiling when you value the right stuff first and that’s what the boys are doing.
Rhys Stanley’s knee injury cost him playing against Carlton, with coach Chris Scott instead sending Sam De Koning to take on his in-form brother Tom in an engrossing ruck battle.
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