Unimpressive Cats get job done over winless Kangaroos

Geelong Cats v North Melbourne Kangaroos, AFL 2021 round 5 Ben Jensen GEELONG accounted for North Melbourne in yesterday’s twilight fixture at GMHBA Stadium in unconvincing style after farewelling Gary Ablett and Harry Taylor before the match. The Kangaroos led for most of the first half before the inaccurate Cats pulled away taking an eight-behind lead into the main break. A seven goal to four second half put the result beyond doubt.

Kangaroo Aaron Hall was substituted with Curtis Taylor after a shocking accidental collision with Mitch Duncan he initially recovered from but ultimately couldn’t continue with, being reported with concussion. The Cats’ substitute Jordan Clark went unused although Patrick Dangerfield missed roughly the final ten minutes of the game after injuring an ankle. Charlie Lazarro was listed as having ‘hamstring awareness’ which we didn’t know was an injury.

Next week the Cats play West Coast at home, the match beginning at 1:45pm on Saturday. Coach Chris Scott has already declared Jeremy Cameron will play so it will be interesting to see who will make way; possibly Sam De Koning who made his debut yesterday.

AFL ROUND 5 2021
GEELONG CATS V NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS
SUNDAY 18 APRIL 2021, 16:40 AEDT
GMHBA STADIUM, GEELONG
MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG 1.3, 3.9, 7.12, 10.17 (77) defeated
NORTH MELBOURNE 3.1, 3.3, 5.4, 7.5 (47)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Menegola 2, Rohan 2, Close, Bews, Dahlhaus, Tuohy, Miers, Hawkins
NORTH MELBOURNE: Larkey 2, Stephenson 2, Cunnington, Hall, Thomas

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Parfitt, Stewart, Henderson, Duncan, Blicavs, Menegola
NORTH MELBOURNE: Cunnington, Simpkin, Atley, Bonar, Stephenson, Young

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Patrick Dangerfield (ankle)
NORTH MELBOURNE: Aaron Hall (concussion), Charlie Lazarro (‘hamstring awareness’)

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Nil
NORTH MELBOURNE: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG CATS: Jordan Clark (not used)
NORTH MELBOURNE: Curtis Taylor (replaced Aaron Hall)

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: Nil
NORTH MELBOURNE: Nil

CROWD: 21,282 at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Sam De Koning, Patrick Dangerfield, Brandan Parfitt, Gary Rohan
OUT: Mark O’Connor (‘injured’), Jordan Clark, Max Holmes, Quinton Narkle, Zach Guthrie (all omitted)
B: Lachie Henderson, Mark Blicavs, Jed Bews
HB: Tom Atkins, Jake Kolodjashnij, Tom Stewart
C: Isaac Smith, Patrick Dangerfield, Zach Tuohy
HF: Gryan Miers, Sam De Koning, Jack Henry
F: Gary Rohan, Tom Hawkins, Brad Close
FOLL: Rhys Stanley, Cameron Guthrie, Joel Selwood
INT: Sam Menegola, Mitch Duncan, Brandan Parfitt, Luke Dahlhaus
EMER: Quinton Narkle, Zach Guthrie, Jordan Clark, Josh Jenkins

NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Atu Bosenavulagi, Josh Walker
OUT: Cameron Zurhaar (concussion), Luke Davies-Uniacke (calf), Luke McDonald (pectoral)
B: Aiden Bonar, Ben McKay, Shaun Atley
HB: Jack Ziebell, Josh Walker, Aaron Hall
C: Charlie Lazzaro, Jy Simpkin, Tom Powell
HF: Kayne Turner, Tom Campbell, Tarryn Thomas
F: Jack Mahony, Nick Larkey, Jaidyn Stephenson
FOLL: Todd Goldstein, Ben Cunnington, Will Phillips
INT: Bailey Scott, Atu Bosenavulagi, Lachie Young, Kyron Hayden
EMER: Curtis Taylor, Taylor Garner, Connor Menadue, Tristan Xerrie

UMPIRES
FIELD: David Harris, John Howorth, Robert Findlay EMER: Jamie Broadbent
BOUNDARY: Ben MacDonald, James Scully, Matthew Tomkins, Josh Furman
GOAL: Simon Plumridge, Stephen Williams EMER: Daniel Wilson