2016 Carlton Football Club season

Carlton Football Club

2016 season
President	Mark LoGiudice
Coach	Brendon Bolton
Captain(s)	Marc Murphy
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Training and administrative: Ikon Park)
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The 2016 AFL season will the 120th season in the Australian Football League contested by the Carlton Football Club.

Club summary

The 2016 AFL season will the 120th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it will also the 120th season contested by the Carlton Football Club. Carlton's primary home ground continued to be the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with the club playing six home matches there and five at Etihad Stadium; traditional home ground Ikon Park continued to serve as the training and administrative base. The club's two joint major sponsors will be car manufacturer Hyundai, which has sponsored the club since 2008,^[1] and job seekers' service provider CareerOne, newly signed in 2016 to a two-season deal;^[2] the club's six-year association with confectionery company Mars came to an end at the end of the 2015 season.^[3] The club faces a financially challenging schedule, with no matches in the most lucrative Friday night timeslot following poor performances in 2015.^[4] 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.

The club made a small alteration to its clash guernsey for 2016, by removing the navy blue panel around the waist of the guernsey and narrowing the widths of other blue panels and features. The design is plain white with navy blue side and shoulder panels, trimmings, monogram and number.^[5]

Senior Personnel

Mark LoGiudice will continue as club president, a role he has held since June 2014.^[6] Marc Murphy retained the role of captain for his fourth season in the role, and Kade Simpson remained vice captain; the rest of the seven-man leadership group comprised Patrick Cripps, Ed Curnow, Bryce Gibbs, Andrew Walker and Sam Docherty.^[7]

The club's coaching panel underwent significant changes after the 2015 season, following the dismissal of incumbent Mick Malthouse after Round 8, 2015. In August 2015, Hawthorn assistant coach Brendon Bolton was appointed Carlton's new senior coach; the club appointed Bolton to an ongoing staff position, rather than the more typical approach of hiring a senior coach on discrete fixed term contracts, with the caveat that Bolton be paid out for his first three years if dismissed during that time.^[8] The majority of the assistant coaching panel was turned over with only John Barker, who had served as caretaker coach in 2015 following Malthouse's dismissal, and Matthew Capuano surviving from the 2015 panel. New additions to the assistant coaching panel were Richmond assistant coach Tim Clarke (midfield), Geelong assistant coach Dale Amos (backline), North Melbourne assistant coach Shane Watson (forward-line), and Gold Coast reserves coach Josh Fraser (development and VFL senior coach).^[9] Neil Craig replaced Rob Wiley as director of coaching, development and performance, after having served in a similar role at Essendon.^[10]

Squad for 2016

The following is Carlton's squad for the 2016 season after offseason transfers and drafts.

Statistics are correct as of end of 2015 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.

Senior List[11]
No.	State	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of Birth	Age (end 2015)	AFL Debut	Recruited from	Games (end 2015)	Goals (end 2015)
1		Andrew Walker (lg)	190	88	4 February 1986	29	2004	Bendigo (U18)	191	130
2		Jack Silvagni	191	81	17 December 1997	18	–	Oakleigh (U18)	–	–
3		Marc Murphy (c)	180	80	19 September 1987	28	2006	Oakleigh (U18)	204	150
4		Bryce Gibbs (lg)	188	85	15 March 1989	26	2007	Glenelg	187	102
6		Kade Simpson (vc)	182	75	5 May 1984	31	2003	Eastern (U18)	242	124
7		Dylan Buckley	179	75	16 March 1993	22	2013	Northern (U18)	27	7
8		Matthew Kreuzer	200	103	13 May 1989	26	2008	Northern (U18)	65
9		Patrick Cripps (lg)	190	88	18 March 1995	20	2014	East Fremantle	23	6
10		Harry McKay	200	84	24 December 1997	18	–	Gippsland (U18)	–	–
11		Sam Kerridge	188	85	26 April 1993	22	2012	Bendigo (U18), Adelaide	27	23
12		Blaine Boekhorst	184	75	2 September 1993	22	2015	Swan Districts	11	5
13		Jed Lamb	182	83	19 October 1992	23	2013	Gippsland (U18), Sydney, GWS	22	17
14		Liam Jones	198	98	24 February 1991	24	2010	North Hobart, Western Bulldogs	75	75
15		Sam Docherty (lg)	184	85	18 October 1993	22	2013	Gippsland (U18), Brisbane Lions	48	10
16		Dillon Viojo-Rainbow	184	82	8 February 1996	19	–	Western (U18)	–	–
17		Sam Rowe	198	96	19 November 1987	28	2013	Murray (U18), Sydney, Norwood	51	13
18		Kristian Jaksch	196	90	7 October 1994	21	2013	Oakleigh (U18), GWS	13	3
19		Liam Sumner	177	75	16 August 1993	22	2012	Sandringham (U18), GWS	12	9
20		Lachie Plowman	192	90	11 September 1994	21	2013	Calder (U18), GWS	20	1
22		Jason Tutt	177	81	15 May 1991	24	2011	Ainslie, Western Bulldogs	39	26
23		Jacob Weitering	195	94	23 November 1997	18	2016	Dandenong (U18)	–	–
24		Mark Whiley	188	87	1 December 1992	23	2012	Murray (U18), GWS	20	3
25		Clem Smith	177	77	3 February 1996	19	2015	Perth	7	–
26		Jayden Foster	194	91	1 June 1995	20	–	Calder (U18)	–	–
27		Dennis Armfield	181	81	22 December 1986	29	2008	Swan Districts	125	57
28		David Cuningham	183	78	30 March 1997	18	–	Oakleigh (U18)	–	–
30		Charlie Curnow	191	95	3 Pebruary 1997	18	2016	Geelong (U18)	–	–
31		Matthew Dick	187	88	3 November 1994	21	2015	Calder (U18), Sydney	6	–
32		Nicholas Graham	182	80	12 June 1994	21	2013	Gippsland (U18)	16	5
33		Andrejs Everitt	194	88	13 March 1989	26	2007	Dandenong (U18), Western Bulldogs, Sydney	118	76
34		Andrew Phillips	202	98	3 July 1991	24	2012	Lauderdale, GWS	14	5
35		Ed Curnow (lg)	182	84	7 November 1989	26	2011	Geelong (U18), Adelaide, Box Hill	88	11
37		Daniel Gorringe	200	96	2 June 1992	23	2011	Norwood, Gold Coast	22	7
39		Dale Thomas	185	84	21 June 1987	28	2006	Gippsland (U18), Collingwood	182	135
40		Michael Jamison	193	98	11 June 1986	29	2007	North Ballarat (U18, VFL)	145	2
41		Levi Casboult	199	100	15 March 1990	25	2012	Dandenong (U18)	52	53
42		Zach Tuohy	187	92	10 December 1989	26	2011	Laois GAA	98	34
43		Simon White	190	93	17 June 1988	27	2010	Subiaco	59	10
46		Matthew Wright	178	76	14 December 1989	26	2011	North Adelaide, Adelaide	94	63
Rookie List[11]
No.	State	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
21		Ciarán Sheehan	188	80	19 November 1990	25	2014	Cork GAA	4	–
29		Billy Gowers	184	81	10 June 1996	19	–	Oakleigh (U18)	–	–
36		Cameron Wood	204	101	4 March 1987	28	2005	West Adelaide, Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Williamstown	88	28
38		Ciarán Byrne	188	90	6 December 1994	21	2015	Louth GAA	1	–
45		Andrew Gallucci	178	67	28 January 1994	21	–	Calder (U18), Williamstown	–	–
47		Jesse Glass-McCasker	195	95	3 January 1997	18	–	Swan Districts	–	–
48		Matt Korcheck	208	105	12 October 1991	24	–	Arizona	–	–
Senior coaching panel[12]
	State	Coach	Coaching position				Carlton Coaching debut	Former clubs as coach
		Brendon Bolton	Senior Coach				2016	North Hobart (s), Tasmania (VFL) (s), Clarence (s), Box Hill (s), Hawthorn (a)
		John Barker	Assistant Coach (Stoppages)				2011	St Kilda (a), Hawthorn (a)
		Neil Craig	Director of Coaching, Development and Performance				2016	Norwood (s), Adelaide (s), Melbourne (cs), Essendon (m)
		Tim Clarke	Assistant Coach (Midfield)				2016	Richmond (a), Coburg (s), Richmond reserves (s)
		Shane Watson	Assistant Coach (Forward-line)				2016	Lower Plenty (s), Sandringham (U18) (a), Eastern (U18) (s), North Melbourne (a)
		Dale Amos	Assistant Coach (Back-line)				2016	South Barwon (s), Geelong (a), Geelong reserves (s)
		Matthew Capuano	Development Coach				2009
		Josh Fraser	Development Coach, Northern Blues senior coach				2016	Gold Coast reserves (s)

• For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain, (dvc) denotes deputy 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

The following summarises all player changes which have occurred since the conclusion of the 2015 season. Unless otherwise noted, draft picks refer to selections in the 2015 AFL draft.

In

Player	Previous Club	League	via
Matt Korcheck[13]	University of Arizona	Pac-12 Basketball	Signed as a Category B International rookie late in the 2015 season.
Sam Kerridge[14]	Adelaide	AFL	AFL Trade Period, with Geelong's second-round draft pick (provisionally No. 28, obtained in the trade for Patrick Dangerfield), in exchange for Troy Menzel.
Jed Lamb[14]	GWS	AFL	AFL Trade Period, with a first-round draft pick (provisionally No. 8), in exchange for Carlton's fifth- and sixth-round draft picks (provisionally No. 77 and 95), Geelong's second-round draft pick (provisionally No. 28, obtained from Adelaide in the trade for Troy Menzel) and Geelong's first-round draft pick in the 2016 National Draft (obtained in exchange for Lachie Henderson).
Andrew Phillips[14]	GWS	AFL
Lachie Plowman[14]	GWS	AFL
Liam Sumner[14]	GWS	AFL
Daniel Gorringe[15]	Gold Coast	AFL	Signed as a delisted free agent prior to the National Draft.
Jacob Weitering[16]	Dandenong	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, first round (No. 1 overall)
Harry McKay[17]	Gippsland	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, first round (No. 10 overall)
Charlie Curnow[18]	Geelong	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, first round (No. 12 overall)
David Cuningham[19]	Oakleigh	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, first round (No. 23 overall)
Jack Silvagni[20]	Oakleigh	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, third round (No. 53 overall) under the father-son rule, after demoting a fourth round selection (from No. 55 to No. 58) to match the bid made by Essendon
Matthew Wright[21]	Adelaide	AFL	Signed as a delisted free agent after the National Draft.
Jesse Glass-McCasker[22]	Swan Districts	WAFL	AFL Rookie Draft, first round (No. 1 overall)
Andrew Gallucci[23]	Williamstown	VFL	AFL Rookie Draft, second round (No. 19 overall)

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Chris Judd[24]			Removed from the list following his retirement in June 2015
Andrew Carrazzo[25]	Field umpiring[26]	VAFA	Retired from playing
David Ellard[27]	Greensborough[28]	Northern FL	Retired
Matthew Watson[29]	East Fremantle[30]	WAFL	Delisted prior to the trade period
Cameron Giles[29]	Woodville-West Torrens[31]	SANFL	Delisted prior to the trade period
Blaine Johnson[29]	South Fremantle[32]	WAFL	Delisted from the rookie list prior to the trade period
Fraser Russell	Northern Blues[33]	VFL	Delisted from the rookie list (category B) prior to the trade period
Lachlan Henderson[34]	Geelong	AFL	AFL Trade Period, in exchange for a first-round draft pick in the 2016 National Draft.
Tom Bell[35]	Brisbane Lions	AFL	AFL Trade Period, with a third-round draft pick (provisionally No. 41), in exchange for a second-round draft pick (provisionally No. 21) and a fourth-round draft pick (provisionally No. 60).
Troy Menzel[14]	Adelaide	AFL	AFL Trade Period, in exchange for Sam Kerridge and Geelong's second-round draft pick (provisionally No. 28, obtained in a trade for Patrick Dangerfield).
Chris Yarran[36]	Richmond	AFL	AFL Trade Period, in exchange for Gold Coast's end-of-first-round compensation draft pick (provisionally No. 19, obtained in a three-way trade involving Port Adelaide).
Robert Warnock[37]			Delisted prior to the national draft
Nick Holman[37]	Central District[38]	SANFL	Delisted prior to the national draft
Brad Walsh[37]	Peel[39]	WAFL	Delisted from the rookie list prior to the national draft
Tom Fields[37]	South Adelaide[40]	SANFL	Delisted from the rookie list prior to the national draft

List management

Player	Change
National draft	Carlton applied for a priority draft pick in the national draft,[41] but the request was rejected by the AFL.[42]
National draft	Carlton traded its second-round draft pick (provisionally No. 20), Brisbane's second-round draft pick (provisionally No. 21, obtained in the trade for Tom Bell) and its fourth-round draft pick in the 2016 National Draft in exchange for Western Bulldogs' first-round draft pick (provisionally No. 11) and its third-round draft pick in the 2016 National Draft.
Nick Holman	Received permission to train with Carlton from the beginning of pre-season training in November 2015,[15] but he was not redrafted.

Season summary

Pre-season matches

The club's three scheduled pre-season matches were played as part of the 2016 NAB Challenge series.

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Thursday, 18 February (7:10 pm)	Hawthorn	0.8.5 (53)	0.4.8 (32)	Lost by 21 points[43]	Aurora Stadium (A)	9,181
2	Sunday, 28 February (2:05 pm)	Essendon	1.3.8 (35)	1.13.8 (95)	Lost by 60 points[44]	Ikon Park (H)	18,718
3	Friday, 11 March (5:50 pm)	Sydney	1.8.12 (69)	0.14.7 (91)	Lost by 22 points[45]	Etihad Stadium (H)	6,804

Home and away season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
			Home	Away	Result
1	Thursday, 24 March (7:25 pm)	Richmond	14.8 (92)	12.11 (83)	Lost by 9 points[46]	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	75,706	12th
2	Sunday, 3 April (4:40 pm)	Sydney	10.11 (71)	20.11 (131)	Lost by 60 points[47]	Etihad Stadium (H)	33,146	15th
3	Saturday, 9 April (5:40 pm)	Gold Coast	13.17 (95)	5.11 (41)	Lost by 54 points[48]	Metricon Stadium (A)	13,885	17th
4	Saturday, 16 April (7:25 pm)	Western Bulldogs	7.7 (49)	13.7 (85)	Lost by 36 points[49]	Etihad Stadium (H)	27,662	18th
5	Sunday, 24 April (1:20 pm)	Fremantle	9.14 (68)	10.12 (72)	Won by 4 points[50]	Domain Stadium (A)	34,796	15th
6	Sunday, 1 May (3:20 pm)	Essendon	10.12 (72)	8.9 (57)	Won by 15 points[51]	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	43,827	14th
7	Saturday, 7 May (1:45 pm)	Collingwood				Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)
8	Sunday, 15 May (1:10 pm)	Port Adelaide				Etihad Stadium (H)
9	Saturday, 21 May (7:25 pm)	North Melbourne				Etihad Stadium (A)
10	Sunday, 29 May (1:10 pm)	Geelong				Etihad Stadium (H)
11	Saturday, 4 June (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions				Etihad Stadium (H)
12	Sunday, 12 June (1:10 pm)	St Kilda				Etihad Stadium (A)
13	Bye
14	Saturday, 25 June (4:35 pm)	GWS				Spotless Stadium (A)
15	Saturday, 2 July (7:25 pm)	Collingwood				Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)
16	Sunday, 10 July (1:10 pm)	Adelaide				Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)
17	Sunday, 17 July (1:10 pm)	West Coast				Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)
18	Saturday, 23 July (1:45 pm)	Sydney				Sydney Cricket Ground (A)
19	Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn				Aurora Stadium (A)
20	Sunday, 7 August (1:10 pm)	St Kilda				Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)
21	Saturday, 13 August (1:45 pm)	Brisbane Lions				Gabba (A)
22	Sunday, 21 August (1:10 pm)	Melbourne				Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)
23	26 – 28 August	Essendon				Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)

Team records

• Round 3 – Carlton's score of 5.11 (41) set a new record as the lowest score ever conceded by Gold Coast in its five year history in the AFL.^[52]

Individual awards and records

Other awards

NAB AFL Rising Star

Jacob Weitering was nominated for 2016 NAB AFL Rising Star award after his Round 3 performance against Gold Coast.^[53]

Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame

At the 2016 Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame dinner on 29 April, four players were inducted into the Hall of Fame and one was elevated to Legend Status:^[54]

• Sergio Silvagni, who played 239 games for and won two premierships and two best-and-fairests with Carlton between 1958 and 1971, became the thirteenth player elevated to Legend Status;
• Scott Camporeale, who played 233 games for and won one premiership and one best-and-fairest for the club between 1995 and 2005, was inducted;
• Mil Hanna, who played 190 games for and won one premiership with the club between 1986 and 1997, was inducted;
• Ian Robertson, who played 125 games for and won three premierships with the club between 1966 and 1974, was inducted;
• Jack Wrout, who played 130 games for the club between 1936 and 1944 and later served as chairman of selectors, was inducted.

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