REGARDLESS of how things play out from here, Blake Acres will forever be a member of Navy Blue folklore.
Not just him. Weitering, Hollands, Docherty, Acres — in that specific order.
It was the play which secured rite of passage to Carlton’s first AFL preliminary final since 2000, and one which Bluebaggers everywhere have, are and will be replaying for years to come.
If a week’s a long time in football, then a season would’ve felt like an eternity. In his Carlton debut in Round 1, Acres was fingertips away from becoming the hero in a draw against Richmond: he said a week later after some big moments against Geelong that he felt he owed his new supporters.
The month of September ensured that Acres would go down as Carlton’s Iceman.
“To get those moments I had, to be in the Club’s first final after 10 years, it was great for me and the Club,” Acres told…
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