As indicated earlier in the week a number of senior players who did not play in round one of the NAB Cup are being held back until Round three and Carlton will go into this week’s without Judd, Waite, Walker, Robinson, Duigan, Warnock and Jamison. Of these players, only Jamison and Warnock are expected not to play in round three of the NAB Cup in Maroochydore against Brisbane the following week.
While the first round of the NAB Cup consisted of two games, each being of two 20-minute halves, Sunday’s twilight game against the Western Bulldogs, and the remaining NAB Cup games, will be full-scale matches.
The interchange system of two interchange and two substitute players on the bench will be used again, however this week, with full-scale four quarter matches, four new players may be introduced for the second half of the game. The other trial rules from the first round of the NAB Cup will be used again this week:
• Free kick against player who drags or holds ball under opponent
• Deliberate out of bounds against last team to dispose of ball with a kick or handball
• Ruck contests - no contact prior to bounces or throw-ins
Carlton’s squad for Round 2 of the NAB Cup against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium on Sunday March 4 at 5:40pm:
2. Jordan Russell
3. Marc Murphy
4. Bryce Gibbs
6. Kade Simpson
8. Matthew Kreuzer
9. Kane Lucas
10. Matthew Watson
13. Chris Yarran
14. Brock Mclean
15. Jeremy Laidler
16. Andrew Collins
17. Sam Rowe
18. Paul Bower
19. Eddie Betts
21. Josh Bootsma
22. Shaun Hampson
23. Lachie Henderson
29. Heath Scotland
31. Marcus Davies
32. Bret Thornton
35. Ed Curnow
38. Jeff Garlett
39. Frazer Dale
41. Levi Casboult
42. Zach Tuohy
44. Andrew Carrazzo
45. Aaron Joseph
46. David Ellard
