Cats blow head start and lose to Swans

Sydney Swans v Geelong Cats, AFL 2021 round 7, Ben Jensen GEELONG blew a 29 point lead to lose to the Swans, who outscored the Cats twelve goals six after quarter time. The Cats kept their nose in front by most of the match but the Swans kicked the final goal of the match to sneak to a two point lead. Geelong then should have had a kick right on the siren by Jeremy Cameron, a chance to win the match, but the kick was disallowed as being not fifteen metres (refer video below). An incorrect decision but the Cats only had themselves to blame – and the Swans, finally playing an entertaining and attacking game, were far more accurate and the better team after quarter time. Earlier in the day the VFL sides each had wins – the women thrashing the Western Bulldogs at Deakin and the men scraping over the line against the Swans.

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— Ben🖖 🐨🇦🇺🚴🍺♻️☮ (@thecattery) May 1, 2021

AFL ROUND 7 2021
SYDNEY SWANS V GEELONG CATS
SATURDAY 1 MAY 2021, 15:20 AEDT
SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND (SCG)

SYDNEY SWANS: 2.1, 7.2, 10.6, 14.6 (90) DEFEATED
GEELONG CATS: 6.5, 7.8, 10.10, 12.16 (88)

GOALS
SYDNEY SWANS: McLean 4, Florent 2, Papley 2, Warner, Gulden, Stephens, McInerney, Hickey, Rowbottom
GEELONG CATS: Cameron 3, Rohan 2, Close 2, Miers, Menegola, Duncan, Hawkins, Dahlhaus

BEST
SYDNEY SWANS: Mills, Hickey, McLean, Florent, Rowbottom, McCartin
GEELONG CATS: Guthrie, Selwood, Duncan, Stewart, Cameron, Henry

INJURIES
SYDNEY SWANS: Melican (hamstring)
GEELONG CATS: Gryan Miers (lower leg)

CHANGES
SYDNEY SWANS: Nil
GEELONG CATS: Brandan Parfitt (hip) replaced in selected side by Quinton Narkle

SUBSTITUTES
SYDNEY SWANS: Ryan Clarke (replaced Melican)
GEELONG CATS: Zach Guthrie (replaced Gryan Miers)

REPORTS
SYDNEY SWANS: –
GEELONG CATS: –

CROWD: 33,728 at SCG, Sydney

UMPIRES
FIELD Brett Rosebury, Mathew Nicholls, Andrew Heffernan EM: Matthew Baigent
BOUNDARY Daniel Field-Read, Michael Baker, Michael Saunders, David Wood
GOAL Angus McKenzie-Wills, Alex Chisholm EM: Brodie Kenny-Bell

Clayton Oliver grabbed himself a valuable stat after the quarter time siren. #AFLDeesCatspic.twitter.com/6iBdAdT88u

— Melbourne Footy (@MelbourneFooty) April 11, 2021

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Jordan Clark, Quinton Narkle
OUT: Mark O’Connor (hamstring), Jake Kolodjashnij (knee)
B: Lachie Henderson, Mark Blicavs, Jack Henry
HB: Tom Atkins, Tom Stewart, Jordan Clark
C: Isaac Smith, Quinton Narkle, Zach Tuohy
HF: Luke Dahlhaus, Jeremy Cameron, Brandan Parfitt
F: Gary Rohan, Tom Hawkins, Brad Close
FOLL: Rhys Stanley, Mitch Duncan, Joel Selwood
INT: Jed Bews, Cameron Guthrie, Sam Menegola, Gryan Miers
EMER: Nick Stevens, Zach Guthrie, Charlie Constable, Josh Jenkins

SYDNEY SWANS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Tom Hickey, Tom McCartin, Dylan Stephens, Colin O’Riordan
OUT: Sam Reid (calf), George Hewett (concussion), Nick Blakey, Kaiden Brand (both omitted)
B: Harry Cunningham, Lewis Melican, Colin O’Riordan
HB: Jordan Dawson, Tom McCartin, Jake Lloyd
C: Ollie Florent, Josh Kennedy, Justin McInerney
HF: Will Hayward, Isaac Heeney, James Rowbottom
F: Sam Wicks, Hayden McLean, Tom Papley
FOLL: Callum Sinclair, Luke Parker, Callum Mills
INT: Tom Hickey, Chad Warner, Dylan Stephens, Errol Gulden
EMER: Ryan Clarke, Nick Blakey, Kaiden Brand, James Bell