By Sam Lienert
July 12th 2009 @ 6:48am
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Fev the difference as Blues down Tigers
Carlton spearhead Brendan Fevola was the clear difference between the Blues and Richmond on Saturday, producing the biggest goal haul of his AFL career to strengthen his club’s finals bid.
Fevola mixed audacious party tricks with conventional forward play to boot 9.1 and lead Carlton to a 16.13 (109) to 12.17 (89) win at the MCG, [...]
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