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Carlton Football Club
2018 season
PresidentMark LoGiudice
CoachBrendon Bolton
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground
(Training and administrative: Ikon Park)
AFL season18th
AFL Women's8th
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 155th season of competition.

It was the club's men's team's 122nd season as a member of the Australian Football League. The team finished last out of eighteen teams in the 2018 AFL season, with the club's worst ever win–loss record of 2–20.

It was the club's women's team's second season as a member of the AFL Women's competition. The team also finished last, out of eight teams, in the 2018 AFL Women's season with a 2–5 record.

The club fielded a team in the VFL Women's competition.

Club summary

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The 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 122nd season contested by the Carlton Football Club. Carlton continued its alignment with the Northern Blues in the Victorian Football League, allowing Carlton-listed players to play with the Northern Blues when not selected in AFL matches. Carlton's primary home ground continued to be the Melbourne Cricket Ground; traditional home ground Ikon Park continued to serve as the training and administrative base. The club fielded its women's team in the second season of the AFL Women's competition, running in February and March;[1] Ikon Park served as the home ground for AFL Women's matches. The club also fielded its VFL women's team in the VFL Women's competition for the first time, splitting home games between RAMS Arena, Craigieburn and Ikon Park.

Car manufacturer Hyundai, which had been a major sponsor of the club continuously since 2008,[2] and airline Virgin Australia, which had upgraded from a secondary sponsor to a major sponsor during the 2017 season,[3] continued as the club's two major sponsors, each signing a five-year extension to their existing deals.[4] In August, the club launched the Carlton College of Sports, a higher education institution in partnership with La Trobe University; it received its first intake of students in 2019 to study sports education diplomas, with much of the program operated out of the redeveloped grandstands at Ikon Park.[5]

Senior Personnel

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Mark LoGiudice continued as club president, a role he had held since June 2014.[6] CEO Steven Trigg resigned shortly after the 2017 season, and he was replaced by Richmond Chief Customer Officer Cain Liddle.[7]

Brendon Bolton continued as club coach for his third season in the role. Originally, it was the final season of Bolton's open-ended contract in which he was guaranteed a full payout if sacked; but over the off-season, the club and Bolton renegotiated to extend this period until the end of 2020.[8] The club's coaching staff underwent some changes and expansions before the 2018 season. Director of Coaching Neil Craig retired from the football industry at the end of 2017 after more than four decades as a player and coach;[9] John Barker took over as the club's head of strategy. Former player and development coach David Teague, who had been most recently serving as forward-line coach at Adelaide, returned to Carlton as an assistant coach,[10] and former Melbourne player Cameron Bruce, who had most recently served as defensive coach at Hawthorn and had worked there with Brendan Bolton, joined Carlton as defensive coach. Recently retired Essendon midfielder Brent Stanton and Geelong Football League coach Jason Davenport both joined the club as development coaches.[11]

Marc Murphy retained his position as club captain for the sixth season. Kade Simpson stepped down as vice-captain after nine years in the role, but remained in the leadership group. Patrick Cripps and Sam Docherty named joint vice captains in his place – Docherty's nomination coming despite having already suffered a season-ending knee injury prior to the announcement. The rest of the extended leadership group comprised Ed Curnow, who held his place in the group from 2017, and Matthew Kreuzer, Lachie Plowman and (despite being on the rookie list) Alex Silvagni, who were all newly elevated, replacing Dennis Armfield and Bryce Gibbs, who both left the club at the end of 2017.[12]

Squad for 2018

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The following is Carlton's squad for the 2018 season.

Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.

Senior List[13]
No. State Player Age AFL Debut Recruited from Career (to end 2017) 2018 Player Statistics
Gms Gls Gms Gls B D K HB M T HO
1 Victoria (state) Jack Silvagni 20 2016 Oakleigh (U18) 28 26 15 6 4 161 93 68 45 42 0
2 Victoria (state) Paddy Dow 18 2018 Bendigo (U18) – – 20 7 7 284 136 148 40 64 0
3 Victoria (state) Marc Murphy (c) 30 2006 Oakleigh (U18) 236 168 13 5 4 338 184 154 62 52 0
4 Victoria (state) Lochie O'Brien 18 2018 Bendigo (U18) – – 18 2 1 251 168 83 79 26 0
5 Western Australia Sam Petrevski-Seton 19 2017 Claremont 20 10 22 5 8 354 206 148 79 95 0
6 Victoria (state) Kade Simpson (lg) 33 2003 Eastern (U18) 286 131 21 4 0 549 369 180 115 42 0
7 New South Wales Matthew Kennedy 20 2016 Collingullie-Glenfield Park, GWS 19 7 12 3 3 206 83 123 40 40 0
8 Victoria (state) Matthew Kreuzer (lg) 28 2008 Northern (U18) 161 84 12 5 5 159 99 60 24 41 276
9 Western Australia Patrick Cripps (vc) 22 2014 East Fremantle 59 23 22 11 15 652 259 393 92 138 0
10 Victoria (state) Harry McKay 20 2017 Gippsland (U18) 2 3 13 21 11 138 103 35 70 23 24
11 Victoria (state) Sam Kerridge 24 2012 Bendigo (U18), Adelaide 59 31 10 4 3 211 117 94 60 31 0
12 Victoria (state) Tom de Koning 18 2018 Dandenong (U18) – – 2 1 0 16 6 10 6 4 3
13 Victoria (state) Jed Lamb 25 2013 Gippsland (U18), Sydney, GWS 48 36 18 7 3 262 179 83 53 39 0
14 Tasmania Liam Jones 26 2010 North Hobart, Western Bulldogs 95 84 17 0 1 180 124 56 92 39 9
15 Victoria (state) Sam Docherty (vc) 24 2013 Gippsland (U18), Brisbane Lions 92 14 – – – – – – – – –
16 Victoria (state) Darcy Lang 22 2014 Geelong (U18), Geelong 44 31 11 6 2 152 94 58 44 40 0
17 New South Wales Sam Rowe 30 2013 Murray (U18), Sydney, Norwood 82 16 17 1 0 157 92 65 52 28 23
18 Victoria (state) Aaron Mullett 25 2011 Eastern (U18), North Melbourne 85 31 13 2 4 195 143 52 56 24 0
19 Victoria (state) Angus Schumacher 18 – Bendigo (U18) – – – – – – – – – – –
20 Victoria (state) Lachie Plowman (lg) 23 2013 Calder (U18), GWS 60 1 13 0 0 155 98 57 57 17 0
21 Western Australia Jarrod Garlett 21 2015 South Fremantle, Gold Coast 17 10 11 5 7 123 80 43 35 36 0
22 Victoria (state) Caleb Marchbank 21 2015 Murray (U18), GWS 23 0 12 0 1 160 100 60 53 24 0
23 Victoria (state) Jacob Weitering 20 2016 Dandenong (U18) 42 9 14 1 0 189 127 62 82 22 0
24 Victoria (state) Cam O'Shea 25 2011 Eastern (U18), Port Adelaide, Northern Blues 81 7 11 0 0 129 85 44 40 33 2
25 Western Australia Zac Fisher 19 2017 Perth 17 4 17 8 6 326 170 156 29 59 0
26 New South Wales Harrison Macreadie 19 2017 Henty 8 0 – – – – – – – – –
27 Victoria (state) Matthew Lobbe 28 2010 Eastern (U18), Port Adelaide 92 21 6 1 1 59 32 27 14 29 212
28 Victoria (state) David Cuningham 20 2016 Oakleigh (U18) 11 6 5 1 0 61 24 37 12 8 0
29 Victoria (state) Cameron Polson 19 2017 Sandringham (U18) 1 0 12 3 5 91 50 41 7 39 0
30 Victoria (state) Charlie Curnow 20 2016 Geelong (U18) 27 25 20 34 20 277 206 71 123 42 2
31 Victoria (state) Tom Williamson 19 2017 North Ballarat (U18) 15 1 – – – – – – – – –
32 Victoria (state) Nicholas Graham 23 2013 Gippsland (U18) 38 10 10 1 5 167 88 79 37 29 0
33 Western Australia Jarrod Pickett 21 2017 South Fremantle, GWS 10 6 7 2 1 58 40 18 13 20 0
34 Tasmania Andrew Phillips 26 2012 Lauderdale, GWS 31 11 5 3 0 34 22 12 9 10 139
35 Victoria (state) Ed Curnow (lg) 28 2011 Geelong (U18), Adelaide, Box Hill 122 22 21 5 6 534 266 268 81 138 0
36 Victoria (state) Pat Kerr 19 – Oakleigh (U18) – – 4 2 5 37 28 9 17 3 6
38 Republic of Ireland Ciarán Byrne 23 2015 Louth GAA 15 0 7 0 1 116 67 49 26 20 0
39 Victoria (state) Dale Thomas 30 2006 Gippsland (U18), Collingwood 218 149 20 3 1 446 270 179 139 39 0
41 Victoria (state) Levi Casboult 27 2012 Dandenong (U18) 94 105 10 12 10 86 61 25 37 12 76
46 South Australia Matthew Wright 28 2011 North Adelaide, Adelaide 138 115 21 21 12 283 179 104 81 46 0
Rookie List[13]
No. State Player Age AFL Debut Recruited from Career (to end 2017) 2018 Player Statistics
Gms Gls Gms Gls B D K HB M T HO
37 Victoria (state) Matt Shaw 25 2011 Dandenong (U18), Gold Coast 102 33 2 0 0 36 16 20 9 0 0
40 Western Australia Jesse Glass-McCasker 20 – Swan Districts – – – – – – – – – – –
42 South Australia Kym LeBois 19 – North Adelaide – – – – – – – – – – –
44 Victoria (state) Alex Silvagni (lg) 30 2010 Casey, Fremantle 60 10 – – – – – – – – –
45 Republic of Ireland Cillian McDaid 20 – Galway GAA – – – – – – – – – – –
Senior coaching panel
State Coach Coaching position Carlton Coaching debut Former clubs as coach
Tasmania Brendon Bolton Senior Coach 2016 North Hobart (s), Tasmania (VFL) (s), Clarence (s), Box Hill (s), Hawthorn (a)
Victoria (state) John Barker Head of Strategy & High Performance Manager 2011 St Kilda (a), Hawthorn (a)
Victoria (state) Cameron Bruce Assistant coach (Defenders) 2018 Hawthorn (a)
Victoria (state) Tim Clarke Assistant coach (Midfield) 2016 Richmond (a), Coburg (s), Richmond reserves (s)
Victoria (state) Dale Amos Assistant coach (Stoppages) 2016 South Barwon (s), Geelong (a), Geelong reserves (s)
Victoria (state) David Teague Assistant coach (Forwards) 2008 Carlton (d), Northern Bullants (s), West Coast (a), St Kilda (a), Adelaide (a)
Victoria (state) Shane Watson Head of Development (Defenders) 2016 Lower Plenty (s), Sandringham (U18) (a), Eastern (U18) (s), North Melbourne (a)
Victoria (state) Josh Fraser Development coach (Stoppages), Northern Blues senior coach 2016 Gold Coast reserves (s)
Victoria (state) Jason Davenport Development coach (Forwards) 2018 North Shore (s)
Victoria (state) Brent Stanton Development coach (Midfield) 2018
  • For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain, (lg) denotes leadership group.
  • For coaches: (s) denotes senior coach, (cs) denotes caretaker senior coach, (a) denotes assistant coach, (d) denotes development coach, (m) denotes managerial or administrative role in a football or coaching department

Playing list changes

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The following summarises all player changes which occurred after the 2017 season. Unless otherwise noted, draft picks refer to selections in the 2017 AFL draft.

As in the 2016/17 offseason, Bryce Gibbs was linked to Adelaide during the trade period. Originally South Australian, Gibbs was three years into a five-year contract, but sought a return to Adelaide for family reasons, nominating the Adelaide Crows as his preferred destination.[14] No deal had been reached during the 2016/17 offseason, but successful negotiations in this offseason saw Gibbs traded to Adelaide for draft picks. Carlton made three recruits during the trade period, and entered the 2017 draft with two selections in the top ten.

In

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Player Former Club League via
Victoria (state) Matthew Lobbe Port Adelaide AFL AFL Trade Period, in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick (provisionally No. 95) and part of Lobbe's salary continuing to be paid by Port Adelaide.[15]
New South Wales Matthew Kennedy Greater Western Sydney AFL AFL Trade Period, in exchange for a second-round draft pick (provisionally No. 28)[16]
Victoria (state) Darcy Lang Geelong AFL AFL Trade Period, along with Carlton's fourth-round draft pick in the 2018 National Draft, in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick (provisionally No. 58) and Geelong's fourth-round draft pick in the 2018 National Draft.[17]
Victoria (state) Aaron Mullett North Melbourne AFL Signed as a delisted free agent prior to the national draft.[18]
Republic of Ireland Cillian McDaid GAA Galway GAA Signed as a Category B International Rookie prior to the national draft.[19]
Victoria (state) Paddy Dow TAC Cup Bendigo AFL National Draft, first round selection (No. 3 overall).[20]
Victoria (state) Lochie O'Brien TAC Cup Bendigo AFL National Draft, first round selection (No. 10 overall).[21]
Victoria (state) Tom de Koning TAC Cup Dandenong AFL National Draft, second round selection (No. 30 overall).[22]
Victoria (state) Angus Schumacher TAC Cup Bendigo AFL National Draft, fourth round selection (No. 70 overall).[23]
Western Australia Jarrod Garlett WAFL South Fremantle AFL National Draft, fifth round selection (No. 78 overall).[24]
Victoria (state) Cam O'Shea VFL Northern Blues Taken with the only selection in the AFL Pre-season Draft (No. 1 overall).[25]
Victoria (state) Matt Shaw AFL Gold Coast AFL Rookie Draft, first round selection (No. 3 overall).[25]

Out

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Player New Club League via
Western Australia Dennis Armfield Avondale Heights[26] EDFL Retired[27]
South Australia Daniel Gorringe Balwyn[28] Eastern FL Retired[27]
United States Matt Korcheck Retired from the Category B rookie list[27]
Victoria (state) Kristian Jaksch Old Carey Grammarians[29] VAFA Delisted prior to the trade period[27]
Victoria (state) Liam Sumner St Bedes/Mentone[30] VAFA Delisted prior to the trade period[27]
Victoria (state) Andrew Gallucci Collingwood reserves[31] VFL Delisted from the rookie list prior to the trade period[27]
South Australia Bryce Gibbs Adelaide AFL AFL Trade Period, along with the club's fifth-round draft pick (provisionally No. 77) and its second- and third-round draft picks in the 2018 National Draft, in exchange for two first-round draft picks (provisionally No. 10 and 16), a fourth-round draft pick (provisionally No. 73) and Adelaide's second-round draft pick in the 2018 National Draft.[32]
Victoria (state) Dylan Buckley GWS AFL Delisted following the trade period,[33] then drafted by GWS in the 2018 rookie draft.[25]
Republic of Ireland Ciaran Sheehan Avondale Heights[34] EDFL Delisted from the rookie list following the trade period[33]
Victoria (state) Rhys Palmer Swan Districts[35] WAFL Retired from the AFL following the trade period[33]
Western Australia Blaine Boekhorst East Fremantle[36] WAFL Delisted following the trade period[37]
Victoria (state) Billie Smedts Leopold[28] Geelong FL Delisted following the trade period[37]
Western Australia Simon White Doncaster East[38] Eastern FL Delisted following the trade period[37]

List management

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Player Change
National draft Carlton traded its third-round draft pick (provisionally No. 40) and Adelaide's first-round pick (provisionally No. 16, which was obtained in the trade for Bryce Gibbs) to Western Bulldogs in exchange for two second-round draft picks (provisionally No. 28 and 30) and Western Bulldogs's second-round draft pick in the 2018 National Draft.[39]
Western Australia Blaine Boekhorst
Victoria (state) Matt Shaw
Victoria (state) Cam O'Shea		 All three players received permission to train with the Carlton squad in the lead-up to the rookie draft.[40]

Season summary

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AFLX

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Carlton participated in the inaugural pre-season AFLX competition. The club competed in Pool B at Etihad Stadium on Friday 16 February, playing its round-robin matches against Melbourne and North Melbourne. The club took a young team into the tournament, including several players new to the club in 2018, and Caleb Marchbank served as captain.[41] Carlton lost both of its round robin games and failed to progress to the final.

Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Carlton Opponent Result
Friday, 16 February (6:40 pm) Melbourne 2.5.4 (54) 7.1.6 (86) Lost by 32 points[42] Etihad Stadium 22,585
Friday, 16 February (7:36 pm) North Melbourne 5.2.6 (68) 5.4.9 (83) Lost by 15 points[42]

Pre-season

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The club played two full-length practice matches as part of the JLT Community Series.

Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
Wednesday, 28 February (7:10 pm) St Kilda 13.11 (89) 9.13 (67) Won by 22 points[43] Ikon Park (H) 8,098
Saturday, 10 March (7:05 pm) Hawthorn 13.19 (97) 16.6 (102) Won by 5 points[44] University of Tasmania Stadium (A) 5,405

Home and away season

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Thursday, 22 March (7:25 pm) Richmond 17.19 (121) 15.5 (95) Lost by 26 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 90,151 12th
2 Saturday, 31 March (1:45 pm) Gold Coast 9.13 (67) 15.11 (101) Lost by 34 points Etihad Stadium (H) 28,025 17th
3 Friday, 6 April (7:50 pm) Collingwood 11.10 (76) 16.4 (100) Lost by 24 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 68,548 18th
4 Saturday, 14 April (7:25 pm) North Melbourne 18.8 (116) 4.6 (30) Lost by 86 points Blundstone Arena (A) 14,266 18th
5 Saturday, 21 April (4:35 pm) West Coast 10.9 (69) 10.19 (79) Lost by 10 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 27,900 18th
6 Friday, 27 April (7:50 pm) Western Bulldogs 11.14 (80) 8.11 (59) Lost by 21 points Etihad Stadium (A) 33,915 18th
7 Saturday, 5 May (7:10 pm) Adelaide 19.11 (125) 10.10 (70) Lost by 55 points Adelaide Oval (A) 47,422 18th
8 Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) Essendon 14.7 (91) 10.18 (78) Won by 13 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 44,669 17th
9 Sunday, 20 May (1:10 pm) Melbourne 7.8 (50) 25.9 (159) Lost by 109 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 44,142 18th
10 Saturday, 26 May (7:25 pm) Geelong 11.7 (73) 5.15 (45) Lost by 28 points GMHBA Stadium (A) 31,090 18th
11 Friday, 1 June (7:50 pm) Sydney 13.13 (91) 9.7 (61) Lost by 30 points Sydney Cricket Ground (A) 27,351 18th
12 Bye 18th
13 Saturday, 16 June (1:45 pm) Fremantle 6.10 (46) 15.13 (103) Lost by 57 points Etihad Stadium (H) 21,430 18th
14 Sunday, 24 June (3:20 pm) Collingwood 11.13 (79) 9.5 (59) Lost by 20 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 53,706 18th
15 Saturday, 30 June (1:45 pm) Port Adelaide 10.9 (69) 13.12 (90) Lost by 21 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 26,562 18th
16 Saturday, 7 July (1:45 pm) Brisbane Lions 18.12 (120) 7.13 (55) Lost by 65 points Gabba (A) 21,074 18th
17 Friday, 13 July (7:50 pm) St Kilda 16.20 (116) 7.10 (52) Lost by 64 points Etihad Stadium (A) 33,780 18th
18 Sunday, 22 July (1:10 pm) Hawthorn 7.10 (52) 18.16 (124) Lost by 72 points Etihad Stadium (H) 30,405 18th
19 Saturday, 28 July (7:25 pm) Gold Coast 5.14 (44) 12.7 (79) Won by 35 points Metricon Stadium (A) 10,776 18th
20 Sunday, 5 August (1:10 pm) GWS 7.4 (46) 23.13 (151) Lost by 105 points Etihad Stadium (H) 16,697 18th
21 Sunday, 12 August (2:40 pm) Fremantle 15.11 (101) 10.12 (72) Lost by 29 points Optus Stadium (A) 40,028 18th
22 Sunday, 19 August (1:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 7.7 (49) 10.6 (66) Lost by 17 points Etihad Stadium (H) 24,143 18th
23 Saturday, 25 August (7:25 pm) Adelaide 8.13 (61) 26.9 (165) Lost by 104 points Etihad Stadium (H) 17,000 18th

Team awards and records

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Game records and awards
  • Round 9 – Carlton's 109-point loss against Melbourne was its heaviest ever defeat against that club.[45]
  • Round 20 – Carlton's 105-point loss against Greater Western Sydney was its heaviest ever defeat against that club.[45]
  • Round 23 – Carlton's 104-point loss against Adelaide was its heaviest ever defeat against that club.[45]
Season records
  • Carlton's percentage of 59.29 was its lowest since the 1901 season.[46]
  • Carlton's total points scored during the season of 1353 was its lowest since 1965, and its lowest ever in a 22-game season.[46]
  • For the second consecutive year, the club failed to record a score of 100 or higher in any match. 2017 had been the first such season since the 1917 season.[47]
  • Carlton suffered three losses of 100 or more points in the season, the most ever in the club's history.[45]

Individual awards and records

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John Nicholls Medal

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The Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 5 October. The John Nicholls Medal, for the best and fairest player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night.[48]

John Nicholls Medal

The runaway winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Patrick Cripps, who polled 166 votes to comprehensively beat Kade Simpson, who finished second with 108 votes, and Ed Curnow and Charlie Curnow who tied for third with 98 votes. It was Cripps' second John Nicholls Medal, having first won the medal in 2015.[48]

Pos.
 Player
 Votes
1st Patrick Cripps 166
2nd Kade Simpson 108
3rd Charlie Curnow 98
Ed Curnow
5th Dale Thomas 71
6th Liam Jones 48
7th Zac Fisher 47
8th Sam Rowe 43
9th Marc Murphy 39
Matthew Wright
Other awards

The following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:-[48]

  • Best First-Year Player – Paddy Dow
  • Best Clubman – Matthew Lobbe
  • Spirit of Carlton Award – Matthew Lobbe
  • Bill Lanyon Inner Blue Ruthless Award – Patrick Cripps
  • Carltonians William A. Cook Award – Patrick Cripps

Records

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  • Round 23 – in the match against Adelaide, Patrick Cripps accumulated 17 clearances, the most ever by a Carlton player, breaking Brett Ratten's twice-achieved 1999 record of 16. This came despite the club's 104-point loss in the game.[49]

Leading goalkickers

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Charlie Curnow was Carlton's leading goalkicker for the season with 34 goals.[50] It was Curnow's first time as Carlton's leading goalkicker.

Player Goals Behinds
Charlie Curnow 34 20
Matthew Wright 21 12
Harry McKay 21 11
Levi Casboult 12 10
Patrick Cripps 11 15

Other awards

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NAB AFL Rising Star

One Carlton player, Paddy Dow was nominated for the 2018 AFL Rising Star award, nominated after his Round 14 performance against Collingwood.[51] Dow received no votes for the final award.[52]

Honorific teams
  • All-Australian team – Patrick Cripps was named among the followers in the All-Australian team.[53] No other Carlton players were named in the original 40-man squad.[54]
  • 22under22 team – Charlie Curnow was named at centre half-forward in the 2018 22under22 team for the second consecutive season.[55] Zac Fisher was also selected in the original 40-man squad but did not make the final 22.[56]
AFLPA Awards

For each of the AFLPA awards, one or three Carlton players were nominated by an internal vote of Carlton players;[57] Marc Murphy was also nominated for the Best Captain award by default.[58] Patrick Cripps placed second in the Leigh Matthews Trophy voting for Most Valuable Player, polling 529 votes compared with winner Tom Mitchell's 773. Kade Simpson also placed in the Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player, finishing fourth.

Leigh Matthews Trophy (Most Valuable Player)
Robert Rose Award (Most Courageous Player)
Best First Year Player
Best Captain
AFLCA Awards
Australian Football Hall of Fame

Women's teams

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AFL Women's

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Squad

Key recruitments to the Carlton AFLW squad in the trade period were Brisbane marquee signing Tayla Harris and Collingwood best-and-fairest winner Nicola Stevens. Former first-round draft pick Bianca Jakobsson was traded to Melbourne, and Nat Exon and Bella Ayre were traded to Brisbane.[61] Owing to traded draft picks, Carlton's top selection in the AFLW draft was in the second round (No. 12 overall), used to select Georgia Gee. Altogether, eleven new players joined the Carlton AFLW squad for 2018.[62] Brianna Davey was made captain of the team, having been a vice-captain in its first season; inaugural captain Lauren Arnell became vice-captain alongside Sarah Hosking.[63] Damien Keeping continued as the team's coach for the second season, with assistant coach Nick Rutley also filling in as match day senior coach in two matches when Keeping was absent due to illness.[64]

The following is the final senior squad as announced at the start of the season. Numbers in parentheses represent games played and goals kicked for Carlton in the season. Only supplementary players who played a senior match during the season are listed.

Carlton Football Club Women's Team
Women's team senior list Coaching staff
  •  1 Brianna Davey (c) (2,0)
  •  2 Katie Loynes (6,2)
  •  3 Darcy Vescio (7,5)
  •  4 Madeline Keryk (2,0)
  •  5 Kate Gillespie-Jones (6,0)
  •  6 Gabriella Pound (7,0)
  •  7 Sarah Last (2,0)
  •  8 Maddison Gay (7,1)
  •  9 Kerryn Harrington (7,0)
  •  10 Sarah Hosking (vc) (7,0)
  •  11 Jessica Hosking (6,0)
  •  12 Lauren Brazzale (5,0)
  •  13 Lauren Arnell (vc) (4,2)
  •  14 Laura Attard (1,0)
  •  15 Tiahna Cochrane (R) (1,0)
  •  16 Breann Moody (7,0)
  •  17 Courtney Webb (R) (2,0)
  •  18 Tilly Lucas-Rodd (6,0)
  •  19 Georgia Gee (6,1)
  •  21 Nicola Stevens (7,1)
  •  22 Tayla Harris (6,5)
  •  23 Bridie Kennedy (4,0)
  •  24 Reni Hicks (4,0)
  •  25 Kate Shierlaw (4,1)
  •  26 Shae Audley (7,0)
  •  28 Katie-Jane Grieve (R) (2,0)
  •  30 Alison Downie (7,3)
  •  31 Danielle Hardiman (6,0)
  •  32 Natalie Plane (2,0)
  •  35 Sophie Li (7,0)

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (R) Rookie list

Updated: 23 October 2017
Source(s): [65]


Season summary

The team won its first two matches of the season, before falling dramatically from form to lose its last five games – mostly by wide margins – and finish last in the competition. Part of the club's on-field fall from grace was attributed to the season-ending knee injury suffered by captain Brianna Davey in round two.[66][67]

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Friday, 2 February (7:40 pm) Collingwood 3.4 (22) 2.2 (14) Won by 8 points[68] Ikon Park (H) 19,852 3rd
2 Friday, 9 February (7:05 pm) GWS 1.3 (9) 3.12 (30) Won by 21 points[69] Drummoyne Oval (A) 4,952 1st
3 Saturday, 17 February (7:40 pm) Brisbane 2.6 (18) 6.4 (40) Lost by 22 points[70] Ikon Park (H) 6,200 4th
4 Friday, 23 February (7:05 pm) Western Bulldogs 12.14 (86) 2.1 (13) Lost by 73 points[71] VU Whitten Oval (A) 8,987 5th
5 Saturday, 3 March (6:40 pm) Adelaide 8.7 (55) 2.8 (20) Lost by 35 points[72] Norwood Oval (A) 5,970 7th
6 Sunday, 11 March (4:35 pm) Melbourne 3.4 (22) 8.9 (57) Lost by 35 points[73] Ikon Park (H) 6,300 8th
7 Saturday, 17 March (2:05 pm) Fremantle 9.5 (59) 6.12 (48) Lost by 11 points[74] Fremantle Oval (A) 8th
Notable events
  • The second quarter of the Round 2 match against GWS was delayed for thirty minutes by thunderstorms.[69]
  • The Western Bulldogs' score of 12.14 (86) and winning margin of 73 against Carlton in Round 4 both set records as the highest in AFLW history.[71] These records stood until Round 8, 2021 and Round 8, 2022 respectively.[75]

VFL Women's

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Prior to the 2018 season, Carlton was one of six AFL clubs granted a licence in the VFL Women's competition, as part of a significant reconfiguration of that competition which saw all Victorian-based AFL clubs taking a direct or affiliative involvement in a VFLW team. Carlton fielded a women's team, branded as the Carlton Blues, in the VFLW competition from the 2018 season onwards.[76] The team finished 7th out of 13 in the league with a win–loss record of 6–8.

Northern Blues

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The Carlton Football Club had full affiliation with the Northern Blues during the 2018 season. It was the sixteenth season of the clubs' affiliation, which had been in place since 2003. Carlton senior- and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the Carlton team were eligible to play for the Northern Blues senior team in the Victorian Football League. The club's home matches were split between the VFL club's traditional home ground Preston City Oval, and Carlton's traditional home ground Ikon Park. The team finished 12th out of 15 in the 2018 VFL season with a win–loss record of 6–12.[1]

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