Jack Heverin

But if they do get it inside 50, whether it's in the air or at ground level, particularly ground level, they are looking dangerous.

And at times we have seen the vulnerability with Geelong.

with ground ball inside 50 and then inside their defensive 50, because they are quite a tall back six or seven, and they've got some smalls down there causing a bit of havoc.

Now it was another ordinary kick from Newman who is one of their better kicks in the team but tonight he's just had a bit too much on the leg but again the forward pressure of Carlton that's been a real theme and it's giving them great opportunity and challenging the Geelong defence.

He did slightly lean in with that shoulder, George Hewitt, which he has done for a long time, but still the tackle was high.

If it had started at the shoulder, but no, freaky.

Yeah, we'll talk at halftime with Ash about how Carlton are winning ground ball inside their own forward 50, which is an unusual stat to be winning.

Normally the opposition defence outnumbers and wins the ground ball, but Carlton have just been hunting.

Making Geelong look a little bit jittery, and that's continued to start the quarter.

So, good positive signs for the Blues.

Yeah, that was a sharp, sharp goal.

He started boundary side, and he attacked the front of the contest.

The ball deflected off hands, but his reflexes to be able to gather it in and then snap it as he was getting pushed to the ground.

It was great speed to get hand to boot, and that was a class finish.

Just a natural forward with good goal sense.

Well he was brilliant in the first quarter and then hardly sighted in that second turn but...

This is what he does, and Carlton are just letting him go into stoppage instead of going right in with him, which some teams choose to do.

They're just sitting off with a bit of cover, but they're just allowing him then a little bit of a free reign.

Such a quality player.

Everything he does is damage.