Gary Rohan kick after siren sinks Bulldogs, delivers Cats sixth win on trot

Geelong Cats v Western Bulldogs, AFL 2021 round 14 Ben Jensen AN AFTER THE SIREN GOAL FROM GARY ROHAN gave Geelong victory by five points over the Western Bulldogs in front of a crowd of less than 7,000 at GMHBA Stadium on Friday night. The match saw the lead change hands no less than thirteen times, the second last one some six minutes prior to the final siren, Bulldog Toby McLean putting his side in front by one point, cancelling out a goal by Geelong’s Sam Menegola a minute or so prior.

It was Menegola who delivered the ball to Rohan just before the siren sounded, the Geelong bench frantically signalling to not play on; no problem there with Rohan having kicked twenty goals already this season going back for a set shot on a getable angle but close to the boundary line (see the video below). There were absolute scenes as the ball sailed in for a goal; a miss would have delivered a draw which perhaps would have been a fair result but the Covid-reduced home crowd erupted into scenes of joy, setting up a happy weekend in Geelong.

Next round the Cats play Brisbane at the Gabba and unfortunately Mitch Duncan won’t be there after suffering a posterior cruciate ligament injury to his knee, for which he was an early substitute from the game replaced by Shaun Higgins.

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— Ben🖖 🐨🇦🇺🚴🍺♻️☮ (@thecattery) June 18, 2021

AFL ROUND 14 2021
GEELONG CATS V WESTERN BULLDOGS
FRIDAY 18 JUNE 2021, 19:50 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM, GEELONG
MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG 1.4, 6.6, 9.10, 12.11 (83) Defeated
WESTERN BULLDOGS 1.4, 5.5, 9.8, 11.12 (78)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Cameron 2, Menegola 2, Rohan 2, Close, Hawkins, Dahlhaus, Selwood, Ratugolea, Parfitt
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Bruce 3, Scott 2, Liberatore, Weightman, Johannisen, Bontempelli, Daniel, McLean

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Stewart, Selwood, Menegola, Smith, Dangerfield, Parfitt
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Liberatore, Bontempelli, Macrae, Bruce, Daniel, Williams

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Mitch Duncan (knee), Tom Hawkins (neck),
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Stefan Martin (shoulder) replaced in selected side by Toby McLean

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Lachie Henderson (hip) replaced in selected side by Quinton Narkle
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Aaron Naughton (ribs)

SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG CATS: Quinton Narkle (not used)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Mitch Wallis, replaced Aaron Naughton

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: Nil
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Nil

CROWD: 6,583 at GMHBA Stadium, Kardinia Park, Geelong

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Cameron Guthrie
OUT: Quinton Narkle (Medi-Sub), Shaun Higgins (Managed)
B: J. Bews, L. Henderson, J. Henry
HB: Z. Tuohy, T. Stewart, J. Kolodjashnij
C: I. Smith, C. Guthrie, S. Menegola
HF: L. Dahlhaus, J. Cameron, B. Close
F: P. Dangerfield, T. Hawkins, G. Rohan
FOLL: E. Ratugolea, M. Duncan, J. Selwood – C
INT: M. O’Connor, T. Atkins, M. Blicavs, B. Parfitt
EMER: Q. Narkle, Z. Guthrie, S. Higgins, R. Stanley

WESTERN BULLDOGS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: –
OUT: R. West (Medi-Sub)
B: R. Gardner, A. Keath, H. Crozier
HB: T. Duryea, Z. Cordy, C. Daniel
C: B. Dale, T. Liberatore, L. Hunter
HF: J. Johannisen, J. Bruce, C. Weightman
F: M. Hannan, A. Naughton, T. English
FOLL: S. Martin, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli – C
INT: B. Smith, A. Scott, B. Williams, R. Smith
EMER: T. McLean, M. Wallis, E. Wood, J. Sweet

UMPIRES
FIELD Andrew Stephens, Hayden Gavine, Nathan Williamson EM: Brendan Hosking
BOUNDARY Christopher Gordon, Josh Furman, Damien Main, Lachlan Rayner
GOAL Dylan Benwell, Daniel Wilson EM: Matthew Dervan