CARLTON has gone down by 28 points to Greater Western Sydney.

After a bright opening, the Blues were outrun by a GWS side that was at its efficient best under the roof, with the Blues going down 12.10 (82) to 17.8 (110).

There were a series of positional changes for the Blues from the off, with Ollie Hollands starting at half-forward while Sam Docherty produced nine first-quarter disposals in his original role across half-back.

With Carlton honouring Robert Walls with a round of applause at 12:42pm, Charlie Curnow decided to honour the late Legend in the perfect possible way, raising the decibels by kicking the opening goal from well beyond 50 metres.

Patrick Cripps had the early attention of GWS tagger Toby Bedford, but pushed forward for an old-fashioned hanger and goal to give the Blues the opening two goals.

While starting brightly in offence in what was a high-scoring term for both sides, errors in defensive moments proved costly, handing three goals to the Giants as a shootout started under the roof.

Lachie Fogarty was welcomed back on his return from injury with a goal, Ollie Hollands also hit the scoreboard and Curnow registered his second, but the Blues were struggling to contain milestone man Toby Greene (11 disposals, two goals) in the opening term.

Harry O’Farrell enjoyed a bright start on debut, winning his first contest and producing three important intercepts, with the Blues trailing by a solitary point at the first change.

GWS kicked the first of the second term as O’Farrell continued to impress, with the Blues beginning to settle into the contest after a frantic opening.

Some typical fight in the forward half - first from Cripps in an aerial contest, then Fogarty on the ground - led to a Will White goal, as the Blues held sway in the forward territory stakes but couldn’t capitalise.

Curnow alone produced six shots in the first half for a return of two goals, as the Giants counterpunched in the final five minutes with two goals to take in a 10-point lead - seven of the Giants’ eight first-half goals came from defensive transition.

Adam Cerra, George Hewett and Cooper Lord battled hard with seven disposals apiece in the second term, while nobody on the ground had more intercepts than O’Farrell’s six.

The Blues shuffled around the magnets at the half, with Mitch McGovern moving into the forward line and Lewis Young going the other way, while Hollands returned to half-back and Docherty spending more time up the ground.

After the Giants again produced the opener, Docherty and Curnow produced big moments to get the Blues back within a kick, as the home side started to get on top at clearance, producing five goals from stoppage halfway through the third term.

Cerra willed himself from contest to contest while Cripps continued to accumulate with 20 disposals for the game, as Nick Haynes - playing against his former side for the first time - began to intercept behind the ball.

But defensive lapses continued to hurt the Blues, conceding back-to-back goals as the Giants edged ahead.

A big goal from Jesse Motlop inside the final 30 seconds looked to give Carlton the momentum heading into the last, but a Jake Riccardi goal on the three-quarter time siren extending the Giants buffer back to 14 points.

In a similar fashion to start the last, Cooper Lord opened proceedings to continue a great week personally for the Rising Star nominee, only for the Giants to again produce the next two as the Blues conceded their second-highest score against for the season.

The temperature was raised inside Marvel Stadium when Cerra and Fogarty produced majors inside a minute, but as they had done all day, GWS responded, with captain Greene sealing the result in his milestone game.

CARLTON             5.1     6.6     9.9         12.10 (82)
GWS GIANTS      5.2     8.4     12.5       17.8 (110)

GOALS
Carlton: Curnow 3, Fogarty 2, Cerra, Cripps, Docherty, Hollands, Lord, Motlop, White