Cats come from behind against Dogs
Western Bulldogs v Geelong Cats; AFL 2020 round 14 match review Ben Jensen GEELONG overcame a six goal deficit at quarter time to defeat the Bulldogs by eleven points on Friday night at Metricon Stadium. It seemed an insurmountable task to come back from such a deficit but the Cats chipped away and outscored the Bulldogs ten goals to three after quarter time.
AFL 2020 – ROUND 14
WESTERN BULLDOGS V GEELONG CATS
FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2020, 19:50
METRICON STADIUM
MATCH PREVIEW
GEELONG 0.3, 3.6, 5.9, 10.12 (72) Defeated
WESTERN BULLDOGS 6.3, 6.6, 7.7, 9.7 (61)
GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Hawkins 2, Miers 2, Rohan 2, Stanley, O’Connor, Dahlhaus, Duncan
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Naughton 2, Richards, McLean, Hunter, Dunkley, Crozier, Bontempelli, Liberatore
BEST
GEELONG CATS: Dangerfield, Stewart, Guthrie, Rohan, Parfitt, Henry
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Hunter, Crozier, Dunkley, Liberatore, Daniel, Smith
INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Zach Tuohy (ribs)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Laitham Vandermeer, Easton Wood (both hamstring)
CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Nil
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Nil
REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: Nil
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Nil
CROWD: TBC at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
UMPIRES
FIELD: Hayden Gavine, Simon Meredith 32, Jacob Mollison EMERGENCY: Justin ‘Cold’ Power
BOUNDARY: Ben MacDonald, Jordan Andrews, Nick Swanson, Michael Saunders
GOAL: Matthew Bridges, Dylan Benwell, EMERGENCY: David Rodan
GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Harry Taylor, Zach Tuohy
OUT: Jordan Clark, Esava Ratugolea (both omitted)
B: Jake Kolodjashnij, Lachie Henderson, ‘arry Taylor
HB: Jack Henry, Mark Blicavs, Tom Stewart
C: Mitch Duncan, Patrick Dangerfield, Sam Menegola
HF: Luke Dahlhaus, Gary Rohan, Tom Atkins
F: Bradley Close, Tom Hawkins, Gryan Miers
R: Rhys Stanley, Cameron Guthrie, Brandan Parfitt
INT: Mark O’Connor, Jed Bews, Jack Steven, Zach Tuohy
EMER: Lachie Fogarty, Esava Ratugolea, Jordan Clark, Zac Guthrie
WESTERN BULLDOGS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Will Hayes, Tory Dickson
OUT: Pat Lipinski, Ben Cavarra
B: Easton Wood, Alex Keath, Caleb Daniel
HB: Bailey Williams, Ryan Gardner, Hayden Crozier
C: Bailey Smith, Jack Macrae, Jason Johannisen
HF: Toby McLean, Josh Bruce, Mitch Wallis
F: Tom Liberatore, Aaron Naughton, Lachie Hunter
FOLL: Tim English, Marcus Bontempelli, Josh Dunkley
INT: Ed Richards, Laitham Vandermeer, Tory Dickson, Will Hayes
EMER: Lewis Young, Ben Cavarra, Pat Lipinski, Roarke Smith