Cats beat Hawks in Easter Monday MCG clash

GEELONG beat Hawthorn by 23 points in front of 66,347 people at the MCG today, the Cats leading at every change but the Hawks never gave up, pulling the Cats’ lead back to just 16 points with around ten minutes to go.

Hawthorn dominated much of the first term but the Cats kicked the final two goals of the quarter including one after the siren to Gary Rohan, to lead by a solitary behind at quarter time. Rohan kicked two goals for the term and four in the match. The Cats outscored the Hawks six goals to three in the second quarter, another Gary kicking two goals, Ablett this time.

By this stage our household was hoping to emulate Carlton yesterday and win all four quarters, but it was not quite to be for the Cats. Five goals to three in the so-called ‘premiership quarter’ made it the first three, the Cats leading by 30 points or five goals at three quarter time. Patrick Dangerfield kicked the first goal of the final quarter to push the Cats’ margin to 36 points but the Hawks would kick the next three, the margin inside three goals with ten minutes to go.

The Cats held out though, Tom Hawkins kicking his only goal of the match to seal the win with around five minutes to go.

Next the Cats play West Coast at GMHBA Stadium – 4:40PM on Sunday. The Hawks also play on Sunday in a ‘home’ match in Tasmania against Carlton.

AFL 2019 – ROUND 5
HAWTHORN HAWKS V GEELONG CATS
EASTER MONDAY 22 APRIL 2019, 15:20 AEST
MCG
MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG CATS: 4.3, 10.6, 15.10, 17.11 (113) DEFEATED
HAWTHORN HAWKS: 4.2, 7.7, 10.10, 13.12 (90)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Rohan 4, Ablett 3, Kelly 2, Dangerfield 2, Stanley 2, Dahlhaus, Taylor, Miers, Hawkins
HAWTHORN HAWKS: Puopolo 2, Roughead 2, McEvoy 2, Henderson 2, Lewis, Cousins, Smith, Worpel, O’Meara

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Selwood, Kelly, Rohan, Ablett, Dangerfield, Dahlhaus
HAWTHORN HAWKS: Henderson, Sicily, O’Meara, McEvoy, Worpel

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Brandon Parfitt (corked thigh)
HAWTHORN HAWKS: –

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Nil
HAWTHORN HAWKS: Ben Stratton (concussion) replaced in selected side by David Mirra

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: Nil
HAWTHORN HAWKS: Nil

CROWD: 66,347 at MCG, Melbourne

UMPIRES:
FIELD: Dean Margetts, Hayden Gavine, Shane McInerney EM: Nicholas Brown
BOUNDARY: Damien Main, James Scully, Patrikc Dineen, Josh Furman
GOAL: Stephen Williams, Adam Wojcik EM: Matthew Maclure

GEELONG CATS TEAM
IN: Cameron Guthrie
OUT: Charlie Constable (managed)
NEW: –

B Jake Kolodjashnij, Jack Henry, Tom Stewart
HB Mark Blicavs, Harry Taylor, Luke Dahlhaus
C Mark O’Connor, Patrick Dangerfield, Cameron Guthrie
HF Mitch Duncan, Esava Ratugolea, Brandan Parfitt
F Gary Ablett, Tom Atkins, Gary Rohan
FOLL Tom Hawkins, Joel Selwood, Tim Kelly
INT Jordan Clark, Sam Menegola, Rhys Stanley, Gryan Miers
EMER Charlie Constable, Zach Guthrie, Zac Smith, James Parsons

HAWTHORN HAWKS TEAM
IN: Kaiden Brand, Jaeger O’Meara, Mitchell Lewis
OUT: James Frawley (hamstring), Jonathan Ceglar (omitted), David Mirra (omitted)
NEW: – A

B Blake Hardwick, Kaiden Brand, Jarman Impey
HB Tom Scully, James Sicily, Ben Stratton
C Isaac Smith, Jaeger O’Meara, Ricky Henderson
HF Paul Puopolo, Conor Nash, Jack Gunston
F Luke Breust, Chad Wingard, Jarryd Roughead
FOLL Ben McEvoy, James Worpel, Daniel Howe
INT Mitchell Lewis, Harry Morrison, James Cousins, Jack Scrimshaw
EMER Dylan Moore, Tim O’Brien, Jonathon Ceglar, David Mirra