2013 Carlton Football Club season

Carlton Football Club

2013 season
President	Stephen Kernahan
Coach	Mick Malthouse
Captain(s)	Marc Murphy
Home ground	Etihad Stadium (Training and administrative: Visy Park)
AFL season	8th
Finals series	6th
John Nicholls Medal	Kade Simpson
Leading goalkicker	Jeff Garlett (43)
Club membership	50,564
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The 2013 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 150th season of competition, and 117th as a member of the Australian Football League. It was the first season coached by new coach Mick Malthouse, who replaced Brett Ratten after the club failed to reach the finals in 2012. Carlton finished sixth out of eighteen teams for the 2013 AFL season, after finishing eighth after the home-and-away season.

Club summary

The 2013 AFL season was the 117th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 117th season contested by the Carlton Football Club. As in previous years, the club's primary home ground was Etihad Stadium, with home games expecting to draw larger crowds played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and with traditional home ground Visy Park serving as the training and administrative base. The club's two joint major sponsors, car manufacturer Hyundai and confectionery company Mars, ^[1] and the club extended its deal with Mars for a further three years. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

The club adopted a new clash guernsey design for 2013, which was predominantly white with navy blue monogram, numbers, shoulders and waist; the new guernsey replaced the predominantly sky blue clash guernsey which had been in use for the previous two seasons. ^[1]

The club used the membership campaign slogan "I am Carlton" for the second consecutive season, after having success with the personalisable slogan in the 2012 season. ^[4] The club set a new membership record of 50,564, breaking by more than 10% the previous record of 45,800 set in 2012. ^[5]

Senior Personnel

There were several changes to Carlton's senior coaching panel after the 2012 season. Brett Ratten, who had coached the club since late 2007, was sacked with one year remaining on his contract after Carlton underperformed in the 2012 season, finishing tenth when a top four finish had been expected. ^[6] Shortly after the season, Ratten was replaced in the role by experienced coach Mick Malthouse, who was signed to a three-year contract. Malthouse was at the time a three-time premiership coach at West Coast (in 1992 and 1994) and Collingwood (in 2010), with twenty-eight seasons and 662 games of VFL/AFL coaching experience with Footscray, West Coast and Collingwood; he had last coached in 2011, and had spent the 2012 season as part of the Seven Network's football commentary team. ^[7]

Several of Ratten's assistants also departed after 2012, and Malthouse restructured the coaching panel. Senior assistant coach Alan Richardson and midfield assistant coaches Mark Riley and Paul Williams were all sacked with time remaining on their contracts, ^[8] and development coach and Northern Blues senior coach Darren Harris left the club to pursue a career in leadership consulting. ^[9] Western Australian state Under-16s coach Robert Wiley, who had previously worked as an assistant coach under Malthouse at West Coast, joined the club in the new role of Director of Coaching and Development, ^[10] and recently retired Melbourne player Brad Green joined the club as a midfield development coach. ^[11] Development coach Luke Webster took on the additional responsibility as Northern Blues coach for 2013. ^[3]

Chris Judd opted to step down from the role of club captain, having served in the role for five seasons from 2008 until 2012; ^[12] he was replaced in the role by Marc Murphy, with Kade Simpson and Andrew Carrazzo named as vice-captains. ^[13] The leadership group was reduced from nine players to five, with Murphy, Carrazzo, Simpson and Jarrad Waite all holding their places from 2012 and Nick Duigan being elevated to the group for the first time. ^[14]

Former club champion Stephen Kernahan continued as club president in the 2013 season, a position he had held since August 2008. ^[15]

Squad for 2013

Statistics are correct as of end of 2012 season.Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.

Senior List [16] [17]
No.	State	Player	Age	AFL Debut	Recruited from	Career (to end 2012)		2013 Player Statistics
						Gms	Gls	Gms	Gls	B	D	K	HB	M	T	HO
1		Andrew Walker	26	2004	Bendigo (U18)	142	106	23	7	3	528	398	130	102	48	–
2		Troy Menzel	18	2013	Central District	–	–	7	8	6	51	39	12	19	13	–
3		Marc Murphy (c)	25	2006	Oakleigh (U18)	142	115	23	18	7	512	284	228	87	79	–
4		Bryce Gibbs	23	2007	Glenelg	134	69	21	15	13	469	302	167	92	75	–
5		Chris Judd	29	2002	Sandringham (U18), West Coast	239	206	20	11	12	453	236	217	48	68	–
6		Kade Simpson (vc)	28	2003	Eastern (U18)	176	111	24	6	9	533	350	183	140	51	–
7		Dylan Buckley	19	2013	Northern (U18)	–	–	1	1	–	5	2	3	–	1	–
8		Matthew Kreuzer	23	2008	Northern (U18)	88	48	17	8	11	195	116	79	56	71	428
9		Kane Lucas	21	2010	East Fremantle	18	5	17	9	11	308	164	144	75	36	–
10		Matthew Watson	20	2011	Calder (U18)	11	0	5	2	1	55	41	14	20	5	–
11		Robert Warnock	25	2007	Sandringham (U18), Fremantle	58	12	12	1	1	110	62	48	15	29	414
12		Mitch Robinson	23	2009	Tasmania (U18/VFL)	67	41	21	11	12	407	237	170	64	82	2
13		Chris Yarran	22	2009	Swan Districts	63	40	21	26	25	239	178	61	66	76	1
14		Brock McLean	26	2004	Calder (U18), Melbourne	119	52	22	15	13	464	254	210	105	77	2
15		Jeremy Laidler	23	2009	Geelong (U18, AFL)	25	2	1	–	–	4	3	1	1	5	–
17		Sam Rowe	25	2013	Murray (U18), Sydney, Norwood	–	–	10	9	7	93	59	34	41	19	73
18		Tom Temay	18	–	Sandringham (U18)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19		Eddie Betts	26	2005	Calder (U18)	166	263	18	27	15	210	125	85	49	61	–
21		Josh Bootsma	19	2012	South Fremantle	5	–	9	2	–	63	43	20	17	23	–
22		Shaun Hampson	24	2007	Mount Gravatt	57	29	6	3	5	63	38	25	26	12	70
23		Lachlan Henderson	23	2007	Geelong (U18), Brisbane	60	34	24	26	14	329	242	87	153	41	–
24		Pat McCarthy	20	2012	Glenelg	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25		Luke Mitchell	20	2012	Calder (U18)	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26		Andrew McInnes	20	2012	Dandenong (U18)	8	–	8	1	–	79	49	30	23	25	–
27		Dennis Armfield	26	2008	Swan Districts	81	25	24	17	9	340	196	144	55	46	1
29		Heath Scotland	32	1999	Western (U18), Collingwood	244	74	20	5	6	435	259	176	103	46	–
30		Jarrad Waite (lg)	29	2003	Murray (U18)	154	196	14	27	17	164	127	37	84	34	–
31		Marcus Davies	21	2010	North Hobart	15	1	2	–	–	14	8	6	2	9	–
32		Nicholas Graham	18	2013	Gippsland (U18)	–	–	2	–	–	23	18	5	6	2	–
34		Nick Duigan (lg)	28	2011	Norwood	38	6	5	4	3	55	32	23	18	10	–
38		Jeff Garlett	23	2009	Swan Districts	76	128	22	43	29	268	189	79	66	76	–
40		Michael Jamison	26	2007	North Ballarat (U18, VFL)	87	1	24	–	–	259	155	104	102	45	–
41		Levi Casboult	22	2012	Dandenong (U18)	6	7	11	7	7	100	63	37	48	18	68
42		Zach Tuohy	23	2011	Laois GAA	30	8	24	13	9	305	182	123	51	61	–
43		Simon White	24	2010	Subiaco	17	2	9	–	–	96	62	34	40	13	–
44		Andrew Carrazzo (vc)	29	2004	Oakleigh (U18), Geelong	154	46	10	1	1	180	84	96	25	30	–
45		Aaron Joseph	23	2009	Tasmania (U18)	69	10	4	–	–	28	15	13	4	12	–
46		David Ellard	23	2008	Swan Districts	37	22	3	–	–	30	19	11	4	17	–
Rookie List [18]
No.	State	Player	Age	AFL Debut	Recruited from	Career (to end 2012)		2013 Player Statistics
						Gms	Gls	Gms	Gls	B	D	K	HB	M	T	HO
16		Andrew Collins	24	2009	Bendigo (U18), Richmond	36	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20		Rhys O'Keeffe	22	2011	North Adelaide	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
28		Tom Bell	21	2012	Morningside	7	4	9	4	4	135	76	59	17	31	–
35		Ed Curnow	23	2011	Geelong (U18), Adelaide, Box Hill	30	8	21	6	3	347	182	165	72	99	–
37		Jaryd Cachia	21	2013	Northern (U18), Norwood	–	–	14	1	4	202	117	85	49	68	–
39		Frazer Dale	19	2012	Calder (U18)	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Senior coaching panel [19]
	State	Coach	Coaching position				Carlton Coaching debut		Former clubs as coach
		Mick Malthouse	Senior Coach				2013		Footscray (s), West Coast (s), Collingwood (s)
		Robert Wiley	Director of Coaching and Development				2013		Perth (s), West Coast (a), Western Australia U16s (s)
		John Barker	Assistant coach (Forward)				2011		St Kilda (a), Hawthorn (a)
		Gavin Brown	Assistant coach (Defense)				2011		Collingwood (a), Collingwood (VFL) (s)
		Matthew Capuano	Assistant coach (Ruck) and Development Coach				2009
		Luke Webster	Development coach, Northern Blues senior coach				2011
		Brad Green	Development coach (Midfield)				2013

• For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes 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.

Playing list changes

The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2012 season and the conclusion of the 2013 season.

The 2012/13 offseason was the first in league history to allow players to switch clubs as free agents. Two players who qualified for unrestricted free agency – Jordan Russell and Bret Thornton – announced their intentions to seek other clubs following the 2012 season. ^[8] Russell moved to Collingwood in the club's only transaction during the initial free agency and trade period; Thornton was delisted, ^[20] and ultimately recruited by Greater Western Sydney in the preseason draft. ^[21]

In

Player	Previous Club	League	via
Troy Menzel	Central District	SANFL	AFL National Draft, first round (pick No. 11) [22]
Tom Temay	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, second round (pick No. 35) [22]
Nicholas Graham	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, third round (pick No. 54) [22]
Jaryd Cachia	Norwood	SANFL	AFL Rookie Draft, first round (pick No. 9) [23]

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Rohan Kerr [24]	West Perth [25]	WAFL	Delisted
Nicholas Heyne [24]	Ainslie [26]	NEAFL	Delisted from the rookie list
Mitchell Carter [24]	South Fremantle [27]	WAFL	Delisted from the rookie list
Blake Bray [24]	Campbelltown [28]	Sydney AFL	Delisted from the rookie list
Matthew Lodge [24]	None	None	Delisted from the rookie list; stayed at the club as a journalist for the club's website. [29]
Paul Bower [24]	Peel Thunder [30]	WAFL	Delisted
Jordan Russell [31]	Collingwood	AFL	AFL Trade Period, in exchange for a fourth round draft pick (No. 71 overall)
Bret Thornton [20]	GWS [21]	AFL	Delisted

List management

Player	Change
Levi Casboult [22]	Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list during AFL National Draft, fifth round (pick No. 89)
Zach Tuohy [22]	Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list during AFL National Draft, sixth round (pick No. 102)
Andrew Collins [32]	Delisted, [32] received permission to continue training with Carlton in the lead-up to the draft, and then redrafted in the AFL Rookie Draft, second round (pick No. 24) [23]
Kyle Reimers [33]	Received permission to train with Carlton in the lead-up to the pre-season draft, but ultimately opted not to accept the invitation
Andrew McInnes [34] Tom Bell	Prior to the NAB Cup, McInnes was moved to the long-term injury list (knee injury sustained in late 2012), and Bell was elevated to the senior list in his place.
Nicholas Graham [35] Jaryd Cachia	Prior to Round 6, Graham was moved to the long-term injury list (knee), and Cachia was elevated to the senior list in his place.
Pat McCarthy [36] Nicholas Graham	Prior to Round 12, McCarthy was moved to the long-term injury list (foot), and Graham returned to the senior list from the long-term injury list in his place.

Season summary

During November 2012, the playing list attended a high-altitude training camp in Arizona. New coach Mick Malthouse had taken his team to several such training camps in Arizona while coaching at Collingwood. ^[37]

Pre-season matches

2013 NAB Cup

Carlton won three of its four preliminary matches; due to its strong percentage, the club finished second on the NAB Cup ladder to qualify for the Grand Final, to play against Brisbane Lions, the only undefeated team in the preliminary rounds. Brisbane then defeated Carlton in the Grand Final by 40 points.

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Carlton's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
			Home	Away	Result
Lightning matches [38]
1	Sunday, 24 February (4:40 pm)	GWS	0.5.2 (32)	0.4.10 (34)	Won by 2 points [39]	Blacktown (A)	4,078	2nd
	Sunday, 24 February (5:50 pm)	Sydney	0.3.6 (24)	1.5.7 (46)	Won by 22 points [40]
Full matches
2	Saturday, 2 March (7:40 pm)	Fremantle	0.18.16 (124)	1.6.9 (54)	Won by 70 points [41]	Etihad Stadium (H)	9,402	1st
3	Friday, 8 March (8:10 pm)	Adelaide	4.11.7 (109)	2.13.10 (106)	Lost by 3 points [42]	AAMI Stadium (A)	7,511	2nd
Grand Final
GF	Friday, 15 March (7:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	0.16.13 (109)	2.7.9 (69)	Lost by 40 points [43]	Etihad Stadium (A)	24,844	2nd

Home and away season

Carlton finished the season with a win–loss record of 11–11, the ninth-best record in the league. In summary:

• Against the top six plus Essendon (clubs which finished with 14 or more wins), Carlton had a record of 1–9 from ten games, the sole win coming against Richmond in Round 20. Six of the nine losses were by three goals or less.
• Against clubs between 7th and 13th, excluding Essendon (clubs which finished with between 9 and 12 wins), Carlton had a perfect record of 6–0.
• Against the bottom five (clubs which finished with 8 wins or fewer), Carlton had a record of 4–2, suffering upset losses against St Kilda in Round 7 and Western Bulldogs in Round 20.

End of the season and the effect of Essendon supplements controversy

Coming into the last two rounds of the season, Carlton needed to win both of its games to qualify for the finals; so, when Essendon won in Round 22 by six points, Carlton was eliminated from finals contention. ^[44] However, during the season, Essendon was investigated over irregularities in its supplements and sports science program, and three days after the Round 22 match, the AFL excluded Essendon from the 2013 finals series (relegating it to ninth) as part of the penalties handed down over the scandal, promoting Carlton to eighth place. ^[45] Carlton then needed to win or draw, or lose and see other results fall favourably, in the final round to hold onto eighth place – and succeeded, overcoming a 39-point third quarter deficit to record a one-point victory against Port Adelaide. ^[46]

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Carlton's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
			Home	Away	Result
1	Thursday, 28 March (7:40 pm)	Richmond	14.17 (101)	14.22 (106)	Lost by 5 points [47]	M.C.G. (H)	80,971	10th
2	Sunday, 7 April (3:15 pm)	Collingwood	17.15 (117)	15.10 (100)	Lost by 17 points [48]	M.C.G. (A)	84,247	13th
3	Saturday, 13 April (7:40 pm)	Geelong	18.11 (119)	15.13 (103)	Lost by 16 points [49]	Etihad Stadium (A)	43,241	15th
4	Saturday, 20 April (5:40 pm)	West Coast	7.23 (65)	12.17 (89)	Won by 24 points [50]	Patersons Stadium (A)	38,674	13th
5	Saturday, 27 April (4:40 pm)	Adelaide	17.13 (115)	12.11 (83)	Won by 32 points [51]	M.C.G. (H)	44,711	9th
6	Sunday, 5 May (3:15 pm)	Melbourne	18.13 (121)	8.12 (60)	Won by 61 points [52]	M.C.G. (H)	35,286	8th
7	Monday, 13 May (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	11.11 (77)	9.14 (68)	Lost by 9 points [53]	Etihad Stadium (A)	34,054	11th
8	Sunday, 19 May (1:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	16.13 (109)	14.7 (91)	Won by 18 points [54]	Etihad Stadium (H)	29,936	10th
9	Saturday, 25 May (7:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	12.13 (85)	13.20 (98)	Won by 13 points [55]	Gabba (A)	24,037	8th
10	Saturday, 1 June (1:45 pm)	GWS	22.16 (148)	8.6 (54)	Won by 94 points [56]	Etihad Stadium (H)	25,008	6th
11	Friday, 7 June (7:50 pm)	Essendon	11.11 (77)	10.12 (72)	Lost by 5 points [57]	M.C.G. (A)	82,639	7th
12	Friday, 14 June (7:50 pm)	Hawthorn	13.9 (87)	15.12 (102)	Lost by 15 points [58]	Etihad Stadium (H)	45,670	8th
13	Bye							9th
14	Friday, 28 June (7:50 pm)	Sydney	8.17 (65)	5.13 (43)	Lost by 22 points [59]	S.C.G. (A)	25,349	9th
15	Friday, 5 July (7:50 pm)	Collingwood	12.5 (77)	17.16 (118)	Lost by 41 points [60]	M.C.G. (H)	78,224	11th
16	Saturday, 13 July (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	16.14 (110)	10.14 (74)	Won by 36 points [61]	Etihad Stadium (H)	30,949	9th
17	Friday, 19 July (7:50 pm)	North Melbourne	16.12 (108)	16.13 (109)	Won by 1 point [62]	Etihad Stadium (A)	37,443	9th
18	Saturday, 27 July (1:45 pm)	Gold Coast	11.11 (77)	16.24 (120)	Won by 43 points [63]	Metricon Stadium (A)	19,460	9th
19	Saturday, 3 August (7:40 pm)	Fremantle	12.8 (80)	17.14 (116)	Lost by 36 points [64]	Etihad Stadium (H)	30,457	9th
20	Saturday, 10 August (4:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	13.11 (89)	16.21 (117)	Lost by 28 points [65]	Etihad Stadium (H)	31,126	9th
21	Saturday, 17 August (1:45 pm)	Richmond	14.12 (96)	16.10 (106)	Won by 10 points [66]	M.C.G. (A)	63,825	9th
22	Saturday, 24 August (7:40 pm)	Essendon	9.22 (76)	12.10 (82)	Lost by 6 points [44]	M.C.G. (H)	53,630	9th
23	Saturday, 31 August (4:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	15.13 (103)	15.14 (104)	Won by 1 point [46]	AAMI Stadium (A)	45,127	8th
Source: [67]

Finals

In the elimination final, Carlton faced Richmond, which was in its first finals match since 2001. Carlton trailed by 32 points early in the third quarter, before an eight-minute purple patch in which it kicked five consecutive goals to bring the margin back to one point; Carlton went on to kick six goals to two in the final quarter to win by 20 points. ^{[68] [69]} Sydney was a comfortable winner in the semi-final, leading by 54 points at three-quarter time before finishing with a 24-point win. ^[70]

Week	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Carlton's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
First Elimination Final	Sunday, 8 September (3:20 pm)	Richmond	14.12 (96)	18.8 (116)	Won by 20 points [68]	M.C.G. (A)	94,690
First Semi-Final	Saturday, 14 September (7:40 pm)	Sydney	13.8 (86)	8.14 (62)	Lost by 24 points [70]	ANZ Stadium (A)	37,980

Ladder

2013 AFL ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Hawthorn (P)	22	19	3	0	2523	1859	135.7	76	Finals series
2	Geelong	22	18	4	0	2409	1776	135.6	72
3	Fremantle	22	16	5	1	2035	1518	134.1	66
4	Sydney	22	15	6	1	2244	1694	132.5	62
5	Richmond	22	15	7	0	2154	1754	122.8	60
6	Collingwood	22	14	8	0	2148	1868	115.0	56
7	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	2051	2002	102.4	48
8	Carlton	22	11	11	0	2125	1992	106.7	44
9	Essendon	22	14	8	0	2145	2000	107.3	56 [lower-alpha 1]
10	North Melbourne	22	10	12	0	2307	1930	119.5	40
11	Adelaide	22	10	12	0	2064	1909	108.1	40
12	Brisbane Lions	22	10	12	0	1922	2144	89.6	40
13	West Coast	22	9	13	0	2038	2139	95.3	36
14	Gold Coast	22	8	14	0	1918	2091	91.7	32
15	Western Bulldogs	22	8	14	0	1926	2262	85.1	32
16	St Kilda	22	5	17	0	1751	2120	82.6	20
17	Melbourne	22	2	20	0	1455	2691	54.1	8
18	Greater Western Sydney	22	1	21	0	1524	2990	51.0	4

Source: AFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Notes:

1. Essendon was relegated to ninth due to irregularities in its supplements program during the 2012 season. ^[71]

Leading Goalkickers

Jeff Garlett was Carlton's leading goalkicker for the season, with 43 goals. ^[17] It was the first time Garlett had won Carlton's goalkicking. ^[72]

Player	Goals	Behinds
Jeff Garlett	43	29
Jarrad Waite	27	17
Eddie Betts	27	15
Chris Yarran	26	25
Lachlan Henderson	26	14
Marc Murphy	18	7
Dennis Armfield	17	9
Brock McLean	15	13
Zach Tuohy	13	9
Chris Judd Mitch Robinson	11	12

Team awards and records

Game records

• Round 1 – Carlton's was defeated by Richmond for the first time since 2008, ending a nine-match winning streak against the Tigers. ^[47]
• First Elimination Final – the crowd of 94,690 set a new record as the highest ever to a match in the first week of the finals since prior to 1972, when the introduction of the final five meant that more than one match was played on that weekend. ^[68] This record stood until 2017.

Other

• Round 7 – St Kilda hosted Carlton in a match which commemorated the 140th anniversary of St Kilda's first ever match, which took place on 31 May 1873 against the Carlton second twenty. ^[73]
• Round 11 – Essendon hosted Carlton in a match which commemorated the 140th anniversary of Essendon's first ever match, ^[74] which took place on 7 June 1873 against the Carlton second twenty. ^[75]
• Round 23 – Port Adelaide hosted Carlton in the last AFL match ever held at AAMI Stadium. In the match, Carlton trailed by 39 points midway through the third quarter, before staging a comeback to win by one point. The win clinched eighth place and a finals berth. ^[46]

Individual awards and records

John Nicholls Medal

The Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 1 October. The John Nicholls Medal, for the best and fairest player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night. ^[76]

John Nicholls Medal

The winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Kade Simpson, who polled 92 votes. It was Simpson's first John Nicholls Medal. Simpson won ahead of Andrew Walker and Lachlan Henderson. The top ten is given below. ^[76]

Pos.	Player	Votes
1st	Kade Simpson	92
2nd	Andrew Walker	77
3rd	Lachlan Henderson	71
4th	Ed Curnow	67
5th	Bryce Gibbs	55
6th	Michael Jamison	54
7th	Zach Tuohy	53
8th	Chris Judd	52
	Brock McLean
10th	Jeff Garlett	51

Other awards

The following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:- ^[76]

• Best First-Year Player – Jaryd Cachia
• Best Clubman – Ed Curnow
• Women of Carlton Player Ambassador – Nick Duigan
• The Carltonians High Achiever Award – Lachlan Henderson
• Blues Coterie "Most Determined" Award – Lachlan Henderson
• Inner Blue Ruthness Award – Kade Simpson

AFLPA Awards

For each of the AFLPA awards, one or three Carlton players were nominated following internal vote of Carlton players; Marc Murphy was also nominated for the Best Captain award by default. ^[77] Kade Simpson finished fifth for the Robert Rose Awards; no other Carlton player finished in his respective top five. ^[78]

Leigh Matthews Trophy (Most Valuable Player)

• Lachlan Henderson (nominated)
• Chris Judd (nominated)
• Kade Simpson (nominated)

Robert Rose Award (Most Courageous Player)

• Kade Simpson (fifth place)

Best First Year Player

• Troy Menzel (nominated)

Other awards

Representative honours

• Eddie Betts represented the Indigenous All-Stars team in its pre-season match against Richmond. ^[79]
• In the 2013 International Rules Series, a two-test series held in Cavan and Dublin, Ireland, in October, Chris Yarran and Eddie Betts represented the Indigenous All-Stars team ^[80] and Zach Tuohy represented Ireland. ^[81]

Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame

• Geoff Southby, who played 268 games for and won two premierships with Carlton between 1971 and 1984, became the twelfth player elevated to Legend status in the Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame. ^[82]
• David Rhys-Jones, who played 108 games for and won one premiership and a Norm Smith Medal with Carlton between 1985 and 1992, was inducted into the Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame. ^[82]

Player records

• Round 3 – Dylan Buckley, on his AFL debut, kicked a goal with his first kick. ^[83]
• Round 11 – Jarrad Waite kicked a career-high 7.1 (43) against Essendon. ^[57]
• First Elimination Final - Ed Curnow became the first Carlton footballer to play all 50 senior games as a rookie. ^[84]

Northern Bullants

The Carlton Football Club had a full affiliation with the Northern Blues during the 2011 season. It was the eleventh season of the clubs' affiliation, which had been in place since 2003. Carlton senior- and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the Carlton team were eligible to play for either the Northern Bullants seniors or reserves team in the Victorian Football League. As in 2012, home games were shared between the VFL club's traditional home ground, Preston City Oval, and Carlton's traditional home ground, Visy Park. The Northern Blues finished 9th out of 14 in the VFL, missing the final eight by four premiership points and percentage; ^[85] there had been speculation that the Northern Blues could have been promoted to the eighth if the AFL and AFL Victoria had decided to exclude the eighth-placed Essendon reserves team from the VFL finals as part of the punishments for the club's supplements scandal, but the league did not apply this punishment. ^[86]

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