Cats win Danger game over Crows

AFL 2019 round 15 Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows, Ben Jensen GEELONG was tested early on but solid second, third and final quarters saw them defeat Adelaide by 27 points on Friday night at GMHBA Stadium, a match the Cats emerged almost unscathed but for a very sore Patrick Dangerfield (see video further below).

The Crows had the better start taking an early fifteen point lead before the Cats got going. Taylor Walker kicked his only goal of the match while Gary Ablett, Tom Hawkins and Paul Seedsman who would go on to be multiple goal kickers all got on the board too. Rhys Stanley, who in my opinion cops far too much stick including after last week’s loss to the Power, kicked a goal after the quarter time siren to make the margin nine points to the Crows.

When Lachlan Murphy and Hugh Greenwood put the Crows twenty points in front mine minutes into the final quarter Cats fans got a bit nervous, but their boys slammed on the final three goals of the quarter to take a one point lead into quarter time. Hawkins kicked his second, Tim Kelly his first, while Jed Bews in his first game all season brought the house down with the Cats’ third.

The game was very much in the balance at half time but the second half was mostly Geelong; the two sides went goal for goal for half of the third term but the Cats then broke free increasing their lead to 14 points by the final break. A three goal to one final quarter gave the Cats a handy win, easily clear of second place on the ladder. All three Cats sides won on the weekend; the VFL men and women both had wins against their respective Blues opponents in Carlton.

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— AFL (@AFL) 28 June 2019

AFL 2019 – ROUND 15
GEELONG CATS V ADELAIDE CROWS
FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2019, 19:50 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG CATS: 4.1, 7.6, 11.9, 14.12 (96) DEFEATED
ADELAIDE CROWS: 5.4, 7.5, 9.7, 10.9 (69)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Ablett 2, Hawkins 2, Kelly 2, Miers 2, Guthrie 2, Stanley, Clark, Duncan, Bews
ADELAIDE CROWS: Himmelberg 2, Seedsman 2, Gallucci, Murphy, O’Brien, Greenwood, Walker, Smith

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Kelly, Selwood, Clark, Miers, Hawkins, Guthrie
ADELAIDE CROWS: Seedsman, M.Crouch, B.Crouch, Sloane, O’Brien

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Patrick Dangerfield (hip)
ADELAIDE CROWS: Taylor Walker (elbow)

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: –
ADELAIDE CROWS: –

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: –
ADELAIDE CROWS: –

CROWD: 28,108 at GMHBA stadium, Geelong

UMPIRES
FIELD: TBA

GEELONG CATS TEAM
IN: Lachie Fogarty, Jed Bews
OUT: Gary Rohan (concussion), Darcy Fort
B: Zach Tuohy, Jake Kolodjashnij, Mark O’Connor
HB: Jack Henry, Harry Taylor, Tom Stewart
C: Patrick Dangerfield, Tim Kelly, Mitch Duncan
HF: Luke Dahlhaus, Lachie Fogarty, Tom Hawkins
F: Gary Ablett, Jed Bews, Tom Atkins
FOLL: Mark Blicavs, Cameron Guthrie, Joel Selwood
INT: Rhys Stanley, Gryan Miers, Jordan Clark, Brandan Parfitt
EMER: James Parsons, Zac Smith, Wylie Buzza, Scott Selwood

ADELAIDE CROWS TEAM
IN: Bryce Gibbs, Elliott Himmelberg, Ben Davis
OUT: Josh Jenkins (Injured), Wayne Milera (Injured), Cameron Ellis-Yolmen (Injured)
NEW: Ben Davis
B: Luke Brown, Daniel Talia, Rory Laird
HB: Brodie Smith, Alex Keath, Bryce Gibbs
C: Rory Atkins, Brad Crouch, Jake Kelly
HF: Jordan Gallucci, Taylor Walker, Richard Douglas
F: Hugh Greenwood, Elliott Himmelberg, Eddie Betts
FOLL: Reilly O’Brien, Matt Crouch, Rory Sloane
INT: Paul Seedsman, Kyle Hartigan, Ben Davis, Lachlan Murphy
EMER: David Mackay, Chayce Jones, Andy Otten, Sam Jacobs