Cats still winless

Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats, AFL 2023 round 3 Ben Jensen GEELONG remains winless after a nineteen point defeat at the hand of the Gold Coast Suns at Heritage Bank Stadium on Sunday. The Cats started off slowly but took a narrow lead into quarter time, and the wheels fell off from there, a goalless second term setting the scene for the rest of the game. Jeremy Cameron secured second spot in the John Coleman Medal race with three goals taking his season tally to 11, trailing North Melbourne’s Nick Larkey who has 12 goals and is yet to register a behind for the season. The Cats get a chance to resurrect their season on Easter Monday against Hawthorn at the MCG. Unlike the Cats, the Hawks have had a win, over the Kangaroos last round, but terrible percentage and on paper the Cats go in favourites.

AFL 2023 ROUND THREE
GOLD COAST SUNS V GEELONG CATS
SUNDAY 2 APRIL 2023, 14:10 AEST
HERITAGE BANK STADIUM (GOLD COAST)

GOLD COAST SUNS: 2.3, 3.9, 6.11, 10.13 (73) DEFEATED
GEELONG CATS: 3.4, 3.6, 5.10, 7.12 (54)

GOALS
GOLD COAST SUNS: Lukosius 5, Sexton, King, Jeffrey, Ballard, Anderson
GEELONG CATS: Cameron 3, Rohan 2, Dangerfield, Bowes

BEST
GOLD COAST SUNS: Witts, Miller, Lukosius, Weller, Rowell, Holman
GEELONG CATS: Stewart, Cameron, Dangerfield, Atkins, Smith

INJURIES
GOLD COAST SUNS: Ned Flanders (knee)
GEELONG CATS: Rhys Stanley (‘head’)

CHANGES
GOLD COAST SUNS: –
GEELONG CATS: –

SUBSTITUTES
GOLD COAST SUNS: Alex Sexton, replaced Flanders in the third quarter
GEELONG CATS: Gary Rohan, replaced De Koning in the third quarter

REPORTS
GOLD COAST SUNS: –
GEELONG CATS: –

CROWD: 13,122 at Heritage Bank Stadium, Gold Coast

UMPIRES
FIELD Simon Meredith, Paul Rebeschini, Matthew Young, Nicholas McGinness
BOUNDARY Drew Kowalski, Ty Duncan, Chris Delany, Adam Reardon
GOAL Tom Sullivan, Matthew Bridges EMER: Jesse Baird

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 31 points
Oscar – Suns 1 point
Cassie – Cats 23 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: T Stewart, J Ceglar
OUT: G Rohan), R Stanley (both managed); C Whyte (substitute)

B: J Bews, S De Koning, Z Tuohy
HB: E Ratugolea, T Stewart, Z Guthrie
C: M Blicavs, T Bruhn, I Smith
HF: T Stengle, J Cameron, B Close
F: G Miers, T Hawkins, T Atkins
FOLL: J Ceglar, C Guthrie, P Dangerfield
INT: M O’Connor, J Bowes, O Henry, M Holmes
EMER: R Stanley, G Rohan, J Kolodjashnij, C Whyte

GOLD COAST SUNS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: J Farrar, H Oea, W Powell
OUT: B Uwland, B Fiorini, C Constable (all omitted); A Sexton (substitute)

B: L Weller, S Collins, D Macpherson
HB: B Long, C Ballard, J Farrar
C: J Lukosius, T Miller, D Swallow
HF: B Ainsworth, L Casboult, M Rosas
F: N Holman, B King, E Hollands
FOLL: J Witts, M Rowell, N Anderson
INT: S Flanders, J Jeffrey, H Oea, W Powell
EMER: A Sexton, T Berry, M Chol, C Constable