A Thursday AFL Round 1 match will be played due to Good Friday tomorrow with the game between Carlton Blues and Richmond Tigers. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:45pm local time with the match being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In the odds Richmond have been supported into favourite after Carlton opened as favourites earlier in the week. View our live scores and results.
WHERE AND WHEN: MCG, 7:45 PM March 28, 2013
LAST TIME: R18, 2012, Carlton 14.11 (95) d Richmond 13.13 (91) at the MCG
Carlton Blues $2.00 vs Richmond Tigers $1.85 at Sportsbet Australia
Carlton Blues $2.02 vs Richmond Tigers $1.81 at Luxbet Australia
Carlton Blues:
- 1 Andrew Walker
- 3 Marc Murphy
- 4 Bryce Gibbs
- 5 Chris Judd
- 6 Kade Simpson
- 8 Matthew Kreuzer
- 9 Kane Lucas
- 12 Mitch Robinson
- 13 Chris Yarran
- 14 Brock McLean
- 15 Jeremy Laidler
- 17 Sam Rowe
- 19 Eddie Betts
- 21 Josh Bootsma
- 22 Shaun Hampson
- 23 Lachie Henderson
- 27 Dennis Armfield
- 28 Tom Bell
- 34 Nick Duigan
- 38 Jeff Garlett
- 40 Michael Jamison
- 41 Levi Casboult
- 42 Zach Tuohy
- 44 Andrew Carrazzo
- 45 Aaron Joseph
- 1 Chris Newman
- 3 Brett Deledio
- 4 Dustin Martin
- 5 Brandon Ellis
- 6 Shaun Grigg
- 8 Jack Riewoldt
- 9 Trent Cotchin
- 10 Shane Edwards
- 11 Jake Batchelor
- 14 Bachar Houli
- 15 Chris Knights
- 16 Luke McGuane
- 18 Alex Rance
- 20 Ivan Maric
- 21 Shane Tuck
- 23 Daniel Jackson
- 24 Ben Griffiths
- 25 Troy Chaplin
- 26 Robin Nahas
- 28 Jake King
- 29 Ty Vickery
- 30 Reece Conca
- 31 Nick Vlastuin
- 35 Matt White
- 38 Steven Morris
THE SIX POINTS
1. This will be the seventh consecutive season the clubs have clashed in round one. Their previous six season-openers have resulted in five Carlton wins and just one to Richmond.
2. The Blues have dominated the Tigers in recent times, winning their past nine contests overall, including three wins by more than 80 points.
3. Since 2007, when the Blues and Tigers have opened the season on a Thursday or Friday night, the average attendance has been 74,108. The best was 87,043 in 2009.
4. If Carlton wins again, it will be the first time since 1917 that it will have won 10 games in a row against Richmond.
5. Despite a poor 2012, Carlton remained a top clearance team, ranking fourth in the AFL. Richmond was ninth.
6. The result might come down to the one-percenters. Last year Carlton ranked second in the AFL in this category, while Richmond was 11th.
