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February 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What they said: Patrick Cripps’ big pre-season update: carltonfc.com.au/news/1704051...

IT’S ALL picking up.

Carlton’s full list of senior players have been back for a few weeks now, and it’s just a matter of days before they head off for a Sunshine Coast pre-season camp.
What they said: Patrick Cripps’ big pre-season update
Patrick Cripps speaks on how the Blues are shaping leading into his 12th year at the Club.
carltonfc.com.au
December 12, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Cristian Filippo - 'It's still a bit wild': AFL life sinking in for Boyd, the boy from Spotswood: carltonfc.com.au/news/1704022...

HE’S HEADING into his fifth season as a Carlton player, but Jordan Boyd is just about coming to terms that this his life nowadays.
'It's still a bit wild': AFL life sinking in for Boyd, the boy from Spotswood
He's heading into his fifth season as a Carlton player, but Jordan Boyd is just about coming to terms that this his life nowadays.
carltonfc.com.au
December 11, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Cristian Filippo - How Lachie Fogarty's attacking 2025: carltonfc.com.au/news/1703676...

What’s Lachie Fogarty hoping to see in the Carlton forward line next year?

“Hopefully a bit of flair.”
How Lachie Fogarty's attacking 2025
The official AFL website of the Carlton Football Club.
carltonfc.com.au
December 11, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Nic Newman on new Head of High Performance Rob Inness: “He loves his speed sessions and his sprinting, it's definitely been tough. It's new ideas, new voices, a new philosophy on things.

We all do such similar things at AFL clubs, and you can only train so much, so it's tweaking little things.
December 9, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Charlie Curnow was voted the 3rd best key forward in the competition & Harry McKay was voted 7th in the SEN AFL Fan Survey. www.sen.com.au/news/2024/12...
Putting team bias aside… The best key forward in the AFL is? The results are in!
The best forwards in the league.
www.sen.com.au
December 9, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Fox Footy - Every AFL club’s predicted Round 1 side www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2024...

B: A.Saad, J.Weitering, N.Newman
HB: N.Haynes, M.McGovern, S.Docherty
C: B.Acres, P.Cripps, O.Hollands
HF: E.Hollands, H.McKay, M.Cottrell
F: Z.Williams, C.Curnow, L.Fogarty
FOLL: T. De Koning, G.Hewett S.Walsh
Recruits straight in, draftees to make boom debuts: Every AFL club’s predicted Round 1 side
Recruits straight in, draftees to make boom debuts: Every AFL club’s predicted Rd 1 side
www.foxsports.com.au
December 8, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Jon Pierik - Revenue from Carlton’s poker machines exceeds $20.5 million: www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/le...

Carlton’s revenue from club-owned poker machine venues exceeded $20.5 million last season, but it was the on-field lure of being in the premiership hunt that boosted the club’s bottom line.
Blues pokies revenue jumps by $350,000, legendary Collingwood recruiter departs
In today’s AFL briefing, a jump in pokies revenue at Carlton was offset by rising expenses in 2024. At Collingwood, Derek Hine’s departure continues a football department shake-up.
www.theage.com.au
December 8, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Josh Barnes - Mega AFL pre-season track watch: Who’s tearing up the track at your club: www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/me...

Adam Cerra

Hamstring issues have peppered Cerra’s last two seasons but he looked in great shape. The onballer moved well and was not part of the large rehab group.
www.heraldsun.com.au
December 8, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Martin Smith - The player at your club ready to fire after a frustrating 2024: www.afl.com.au/news/1262419...

Jack Silvagni (zero games in 2024)
After rupturing his ACL last January, Silvagni will feel like a new player for Michael Voss in 2025.
The player at your club ready to fire after a frustrating 2024
Check out the player at your club we're tipping to have a big impact next year
www.afl.com.au
December 8, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Cristian Filippo - Looking forward, literally: Kemp preparing for change: www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1702473...

IT ORIGINALLY came out of necessity.

But Brodie Kemp expects to be playing a fair bit more in the forward line in 2025. And he’s mighty glad to be doing it in Navy Blue.
Looking forward, literally: Kemp preparing for change
In the latest Friday Feature, Brodie Kemp speaks on the uncertainty of Trade Period and an impending move to the forward line.
www.carltonfc.com.au
December 8, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Carlton announces 2024 financial result: www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1701922...

THE Carlton Football Club is pleased to announce a statutory profit of $3,017,058 (2023: $3,302,904) for the financial year ending on 31 October 2024.
Carlton announces 2024 financial result
The Carlton Football Club has released its 2024 Annual Report.
www.carltonfc.com.au
December 5, 2024 at 5:08 AM
Jack Jovanovski - Top 25 AFL players under 25: foxsports.com.au/more-sports/...

12. SAM WALSH (CARLTON)
Proof Swans’ era won’t end soon; three clubs totally missing — Top 25 AFL players under 25
Proof Swans’ era won’t end soon; three clubs totally missing — Top 25 AFL players under 25 ranked
foxsports.com.au
December 5, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Jacob Weitering was voted the 3rd best key defender in the competition in the SEN AFL Fan Survey.
Putting team bias aside… The best key defender in the AFL is? See the survey results!
The best defenders in the league.
sen.com.au
December 5, 2024 at 1:18 AM
What they said: Walsh raring for another season: carltonfc.com.au/news/1701814...

BACK in the swing of things.

With a new pre-season underway - and a new Club partnership to launch - you couldn't wipe the smile off of Sam Walsh's face with the summer officially having commenced.
What they said: Walsh raring for another season
“The biggest thing for me is getting that full pre-season under my belt.
carltonfc.com.au
December 4, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Josh Barnes - Track watch: Blues unleash top draftee in surprise new role: www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/af...

Carlton has begun some summer experimentations with half-back flanker Nic Newman and winger Ollie Hollands showing off a potential swap.
www.heraldsun.com.au
December 4, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Your AFL club's captaincy situation going into the 2025 season: sen.com.au/news/2024/12...

Captain: Patrick Cripps
Your AFL club's captaincy situation going into the 2025 season
We’ve broken down how all 18 clubs are looking from a leadership perspective.
sen.com.au
December 3, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Lachlan Geleit - Best mates in navy blue: Jagga Smith and Cooper Lord ready to make an impact at Carlton: sen.com.au/news/2024/12...

Cooper Lord’s start to life as a Carlton player got even better following the 2024 AFL Draft.
Best mates in navy blue: Jagga Smith and Cooper Lord ready to make an impact at Carlton
“We are both still struggling to believe that we’re out on the field together again.”
sen.com.au
December 2, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Josh Barnes - AFL 2025 supplementary selection period: Who’s training for an SSP spot at every club: heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/af...

List spots: 2
Train-on players: Liam McMahon, Denver Grainger-Barras, Sam Durdin, Matt Carroll
heraldsun.com.au
December 2, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Riley Beveridge - Your club's best 22 in 2025: Who's in, who's out, who's new: afl.com.au/news/1260580...

Carlton wanted to improve its key defensive stocks across the summer and brought in Nick Haynes as a free agent option.
Your club's best 22 in 2025: Who's in, who's out, who's new
With the trade period and draft done, our reporters have their say on your team's best line-up for next year
afl.com.au
December 2, 2024 at 9:46 PM
OFFICIAL: The Carlton Reserves have made their first signing of the summer, securing Ethan Phillips.
December 2, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Nic Newman was voted the 2nd most underrated player in the competition in the SEN AFL Fan Survey. www.sen.com.au/news/2024/12...
We asked you who the most underrated player in the AFL is... and one thing is clear
We asked you who the most underrated player in the AFL is and one thing is certain...
www.sen.com.au
December 2, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Riley Beveridge - Vossy on the ball: Blues coach leans on Ange in UK study tour: www.afl.com.au/news/1262075...

Michael Voss will spend time with Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou this week, with the Blues boss taking advantage of the club's connections to Australia's greatest round-ball manager.
Vossy on the ball: Blues coach leans on Ange in UK study tour
Blues coach spotted in the stands at Tottenham's English Premier League clash with Fulham
www.afl.com.au
December 2, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Dwayne Russell has Michael Voss at #5 on the coaching pressure meter: www.sen.com.au/news/2024/11...

“Carlton might claim to be the biggest club in the land … but I don't think you can be the biggest club in the land unless you win one in the recent decade at least.
Dwayne Russell's 2025 AFL head coach pressure meter
Dwayne Russell's pressure meter.
www.sen.com.au
December 1, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Cristian Filippo - "We refused to believe": Best mates Lord, Smith living childhood dream: www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1699965...

RUNNING it back.

In May, when Cooper Lord was selected on a Wednesday night in the Mid-Season Rookie Draft, he was surprised by a heap of his closest friends at home.
We refused to believe: Best mates Lord, Smith living childhood dream
Best mates for years, Cooper Lord and Jagga Smith refused to believe that they could be united as AFL teammates - until they actually were.
www.carltonfc.com.au
November 30, 2024 at 1:39 AM