Cats sneak past Kangaroos; VFLW side through to grand final

North Melbourne Kangaroos v Geelong Cats, AFL 2021 round 20 Ben Jensen GEELONG took until the second half to kick clear of North Melbourne, winning by 20 points. Zach Guthrie in his ninth game of the 2021 season and just 29th overall played what might be his best yet, behind only brother Cameron in the best players who also kicked two goals as did Gary Rohan. At about the same time the VFLW Cats were booking their ticket to a grand final against Collingwood after defeating Essendon by 28 points The grand final will be played on Saturday at North Port Oval in Port Melbourne.

AFL ROUND 20 2021
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS V GEELONG CATS
SATURDAY 31 JULY, 13:15 AEST
BLUNDSTONE ARENA
MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG 2.4, 5.6, 6.11, 8.14 (62) DEFEATED
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS 3.2, 4.4, 5.6, 6.6 (42)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Cam Guthrie 2, Rohan 2, Blicavs, Hawkins, Higgins, Narkle
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: Larkey 2, Bosenavulagi, Davies-Uniacke, Ford, Taylor

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Cam Guthrie, Zach Guthrie, Tuohy, Bews, Close, Stewart, Smith
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: Davies-Uniacke, Simpkin, McKay, Hall, Ziebell, Goldstein

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Joel Selwood (quadricep)
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: Nil reported

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Tom Atkins (back) replaced in selected side by Zach Guthrie
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG CATS: Jordan Clark (not used)
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: Shaun Atley (not used)

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: Nil
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS : Nil

CROWD: TBC, Blundstone Arena, Hobart

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Shaun Higgins
OUT: Lachie Henderson, Gryan Miers (both injured)
B: Atkins, Blicavs, O’Connor
HB: Stewart, Henry, Kolodjashnij
C: Smith, C.Guthrie, Tuohy
HF: Parfitt, Ratugolea, Higgins
F: Close, Hawkins, Rohan
FOLL: Stanley, Selwood, Dangerfield
INT: Bews, Narkle, Menegola, Dahlhaus
EMER: Holmes, Kreuger, Clark, Z.Guthrie

NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Tarrant, Ford, Mahony
OUT: Thomas, Zurhaar (both injured), Cunnington (managed), Atley (omitted), 
B: Tarrant, McKay, Turner
HB: Ziebell, Walker, Hall
C: Dumont, Simpkin, McDonald
HF: Stephenson, Larkey, Taylor
F: Ford, Xerri, Mahony
FOLL: Goldstein, Davies-Uniacke, Phillips
INT: Anderson, Scott, Polec, Bosenavulagi
EMER: Atley, Lazzaro, Spicer, Campbell

UMPIRES
FIELD Brett Rosebury, Andrew Stephens, Paul Rebeschini EM: Luke Porter
BOUNDARY Jordan Andrews, Patrick Jackson, Kieran Ferguson, Matthew Konetschka
GOAL Steve Piperno, Chelsea Roffey EM: Matthew Maclure