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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 15: Carlton vs Richmond at Carlton
Last post by DJC -
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Acres didn't play so perhaps he is being managed.
Probably being held over as the new Emergency, now that Young is in the team.

Considering that Zac had about a dozen possessions in the first half, he might also be on Emergency duty.

Zac spent a lot of time on the bench and the commentators and boundary rider said that he was carrying an injury.  If so, it didn't seem to worry him when he was in the play.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 17 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Richmond at MCG
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: crashlander – on
Acres didn't play today. He is probably the Emergency. That said, assuming he doesn't play at all, then he will ne 'managed', which isn't the worst thing for a guy his age and injury status.

Williams wasn't on the ground much after half time, so he may well be an Emergency as well.

Acres was promoted to emergency when young came in.

Williams is not on the emergency list so cant come in. If he went missing, id be checking his calf.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 15: Carlton vs Richmond at Carlton
Last post by DJC -
A good win in the end but we certainly made hard work of the first three quarters.

I thought that all of our AFL listed players did OK and particularly Fogarty, Lord, the Camporeales, Charleson, Chesser and Riley.

Moir certainly had a crack today and I liked Skull's physicality, although it didn't seem to earn him any favours from the umpires. 

It was good to see Chesser getting a bit of the pill and using it well.

Boyd and Saad had solid games but I suspect that they'll both play out the season in the Magoos.  Williams seems to be not quite 100% but he did some nice work and his on field leadership was important.

Acres didn't play so perhaps he is being managed.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 15: Carlton vs Richmond at Carlton
Last post by crashlander -
All over and the result was positive.

Carlton:  4 - 4 - 28   7 - 7 - 49   9 - 10 - 64  15 - 12 - 102
Richmond:  4 - 1 - 24  8 - 3 - 51  10 - 6 - 66  10 - 7 - 67

A 35 point win, as we kicked the last 7 goals.

Goals:
Liam Farrar  3.  Ashton Moir  2,  all the rest were singles.

Statistically:
Darcy Tucker:  28 possessions, 3 tackles, 4 clearances: we've missed him when he was injured. He was very good last week as well.
Lachie Fogarty:  27 possessions, 1 tackle, 7 clearances:  2nd strong game in a row, with a lot of ball. The ABC gave him BOG.
Cooper Lord:  26 possessions, 5 tackles, 6 clearances: getting back towards something closer to the form we want to see.
Ben Camporeale:  26 possessions, 5 tackles, 6 clearances:  his inside grunt has been missed in recent weeks.
Harry Charleson:  23 possessions, 2 tackles, 2 clearances: another strong effort in defence.
Jack Sammartino:  21 possessions: Jack's form has been down recently after a strong start. To have him come back to decent form is a big positive.
Darcy Hogg:  21 possessions, 3 tackles, 5 clearances: much improved over last week's disaster.
Campbell Chesser:  21 possessions, 2 tackles, 1 clearance. Not that bad, but not showing what we wanted to see.
Lucas Camporeale:  20 possessions, 2 tackles, 1 clearance: a second decent game after returning from injury.

Ashton Moir:  17 possessions, 1 tackle. 2 goals: more involved as a forward.

Flynn Riley:  16 possessions, 2 points, 43 taps, 5 clearances, 4 marks: definitely won the ruck duel.

Hudson O'Keefe: 7 possessions, 1 goal, 1 mark, 10 taps, 1 clearance: What can I say?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 15: Carlton vs Richmond at Carlton
Last post by LP -
Same game style as the AFL team, but burning the footy is wasting opportunities just like the AFL team did for the first 1/2 of the season.

We should probably have been 4 or 5 goals up, but multiple times we kicked over the head of our teammate, and / or picked out an opposition defender standing alone 5m in the clear.