CARLTON has beaten PortAdelaide by 39 points in their clash at Telstra Dome in Melbourne.
Carltonkicked 22.9 (141) to Port Adelaide’s 14.18 (102).
The Blues had control of it all day, with the Power lookingsluggish right from the start.
Jarrad Waite and Brad Fisher dominated up forward, whileAndrew Carrazzo and Marc Murphy were excellent out of the middle.
Andrew Walker thoroughly beat Brett Ebert in defence, as didBryce Gibbs on Shaun Burgoyne.
Carltonblew the game open in the third term, with nine goals giving them a 59-pointlead at the final break.
The Blues shook things up at the start, with Lance Whitnallin defence and Setanta O’hAilpin up forward.
The gamble that paid off when O’hAilpin slotted through agoal 17 minutes in to the first term.
But Jarrad Waite was the star for the Blues, kicking threeof his team’s eight first-quarter goals.
Jordan Bannister made life tough for Chad Cornes in thefirst quarter, not allowing the Power star his usual freedom across half back.
Cornes lifted in the second term, with plenty of drive fromthe back half.
The scoring slowed down in the second term, with the firstgoal not coming until ten minutes in, when Brendan Fevola marked and kicked abooming goal from 65 metres out.
CARLTON 8.3 11.5 20.5 22.9 (141)
PORT ADELAIDE 4.3 5.8 9.12 14.18(102)
Goals: Carlton: J Waite 4 R Houlihan 3 B Fisher3 B Fevola 2 L Whitnall 2 J Bannister 2 S O'hAilpin 2 M Murphy A Walker KSimpson A Carrazzo. Port Adelaide: J Westhoff 4 D Rodan 2 R Gray 2 S Burgoyne CCornes P Burgoyne B Lade W Tredrea D Cassisi.
Best: Carlton: A Walker M Murphy A Carrazzo JWaite B Gibbs H Scotland J Russell B Thornton. Port Adelaide: S Salopek JWesthoff D Rodan K Cornes D Pearce P Burgoyne.
Umpires: D Goldspink C Hendrie DWoodcock.
Official crowd: 29,678 at TelstraDome.
