Cats reel in Saints, keep top two spot
Geelong Cats v St Kilda Saints, AFL 2021 round 21 Ben Jensen GEELONG were pushed by St Kilda but won by 14 points after an arm wrestle of a match at GMHBA Stadium. The Saints led at quarter time by 19 points and a goal at half time, but the Cats’ six goals to four second half secured their sixteenth win of the season. Jeremy Cameron’s welcome return saw him boot four goals alongside fellow key forward Tom Hawkins who snagged three.
AFL ROUND 22 2021
GEELONG CATS V ST KILDA SAINTS
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST, 16:35 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM
MATCH PREVIEW
GEELONG 2.0, 6.2, 10.5, 13.7 (85) DEFEATED
ST KILDA SAINTS 5.1, 7.2, 10.3, 11.5 (71)
GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Cameron 4, Hawkins 3, Stanley, Menegola, Close, Simpson, Smith, Dangerfield
ST KILDA SAINTS: Membrey 3, King 2, Crouch 2, Sharman 2, Jones, Higgins
BEST
GEELONG CATS: Dangerfield, Menegola, C. Guthrie, Cameron, Higgins
ST KILDA SAINTS: Steele, Crouch, Sinclair, Membrey, Howard, King
INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Esava Ratugolea (corked quadricep)
ST KILDA SAINTS: Max King (groins), Col Joyce (head knock)
CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Nil
ST KILDA SAINTS: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG CATS: Quinton Narkle (replaced Esava Ratugolea)
ST KILDA SAINTS: Clavarino (replaced Joyce)
REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: Danger
ST KILDA SAINTS: Nil
CROWD: 0, GMHBA Stadium, Kardinia Park, Geelong
GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Henderson, Smith, Cameron, O’Connor, Simpson
OUT: Tuohy, Rohan, Stewart (injured), Narkle (sub), Kreuger, Clark (omitted),
B: Henry, Blicavs, Henderson
HB: Simpson, Kolodjashnij, Bews
C: Holmes, C.Guthrie, Smith
HF: Dahlhaus, Cameron, Higgins
F: Close, Hawkins, Ratugolea
FOLL: Stanley, Selwood, Dangerfield
INT: O’Connor, Menegola, Z.Guthrie, Parfitt
EMER: Clark, Evans, Narkle, Kreuger
ST KILDA SAINTS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Howard, Hannebery
OUT: Connolly (injured), Joyce, Bytel (omitted)
B: Wilkie, Howard, Highmore
HB: Sinclair, Webster, Hill
C: Hannebery, Byrnes, Ross
HF: Butler, Crouch, Higgins
F: King, Membrey, Kent
FOLL: Marshall, Steele, Jones
INT: Coffield, McKenzie, Dunstan, Sharman
EMER: Joyce, Long, Hunter, Bytel
UMPIRES
FIELD Hayden Gavine, Mathew Nicholls, John Howorth EM: Luke Porter
BOUNDARY Damien Main, Chris Esler, Christopher Gordon, James Scully
GOAL Stephen Williams, David Rodan EM: Steven Piperno
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Ben Jensen
THE CATTERY started out as a labour of love, and remains that, by creator and principal contributor Ben Jensen in mid season 2002. His aim was to make the best 'Unofficial' Geelong Football Club site on the net. A consultant by day and webmaster by night, he created his first website back in 1996 whilst at the time studying Engineering and Science at Deakin University in Geelong.