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CARLTON champion Chris Judd says while his team’s miraculous comeback win over Port Adelaide might not be its making, it ranked right up there with the best wins of his career.

The Blues overcame a five-goal deficit at the final change to steamroll the Power and win by 12 points.

Judd, the former West Coast star involved in many triumphs in his days as an Eagle, said while the come-from-behind victory didn’t match September success it was a close second.

“It was huge,” Judd said at Princes Park on Monday morning.

“Bar winning a final that’s about as good as a win gets.

“To kick three goals for the first three quarters and then seven [in the last] to come away with a win against a quality side on their home ground, who had a lot to play for, it was extremely satisfying.”

Carlton trailed 3.12 to 8.12 when the siren sounded for three-quarter time and the Blues skipper was unsure whether his young teammates had the capacity to come back, despite having shown “a fair bit of resilience in a reasonably short amount of time” this season.

“I wouldn’t say I was walking away from the three-quarter time huddle expecting to come away with a win but it was a huge effort and we were rapt to get it,” he said.

The win moved Carlton to five wins from 11 matches although perhaps a sterner test awaits Brett Ratten’s side in round 12 when it faces Collingwood – a team the Blues beat earlier this season.

Judd said his team would not be content with over-running the Power and would instead steel itself for the Magpies.

“It [the win] can either give you confidence going into this week that you’re able to fight back no matter what the situation or conversely it can make you say ‘oh well, the pressure’s off, we’ve had a win, we’re five and six, there’s less people questioning us and we can take the foot off the pedal’,” Judd said.

“Look it can go either way and we’re pretty keen to focus on this week against probably the in-form side of the competition and put up a good showing.”

The Blues are now just two points outside the top eight but Judd said the Blues weren’t looking beyond coming crunch matches against Collingwood, Essendon and Richmond.

“Finals are just so far away, at this stage of the year,” he said.

“We’ve got a huge three weeks ahead of us before the break and we really don’t need to look any further than this week so that’s where we’re at.”