It was a tough night for the Bombers in their celebration game for 150 years of football. They had eight less inside-50s than the Blues but just one less scoring shot,only to go down by 26 points.

A corked calf to Darcy Parish soured the Bombers’ night,but Rutten said it was too early to tell whether the prolific midfielder would get up for next Friday’s clash with St Kilda.

“We’ll have to wait and see how that settles,” Rutten said.

“Corkies,they’ll be pretty sore for two or three days,and then we’ll start to get it moving,and we’ll get a better idea as the week goes on.”

Meanwhile,Adam Cerra looks unlikely to be ready off a six-day break for Carlton’s meeting with Richmond next Thursday night.

The former Docker had two touches before being subbed out early in the match with hamstring tightness.

Blues coach Michael Voss said scans would determine the severity of any injury.

“Until he gets scans,we’ll wait and see,” he said.

“I would have thought[he’d be unlikely for next week],but I’d be genuinely guessing.”

Voss said he would not focus on the Blues’ ladder position after they moved back into the top-four with a 9-3 record.

“We celebrate the four points. This is an extremely hard environment in which we play in,” Voss said.

“We take nothing for granted in what we’ve been given because we have to deserve it.”

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