Cats back on track with win over Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs v Geelong Cats, AFL 2023 round 12 Ben Jensen GEELONG broke their string of losses in convincing fashion on Saturday night at GMHBA Stadium, defeating the Western Bulldogs by 22 points. Veteran forwards Tom Hawkins, Gary Rohan and Jeremy Cameron were all firing while former Grovedale duo Gryan Miers and Mitch Knevitt had their best matches for the season. The Cats now have a week off while the Bulldogs hope to bounce back against Port Adelaide on Friday night.

AFL 2023 ROUND TWELVE
WESTERN BULLDOGS V GEELONG CATS
SATURDAY 3 JUNE 2023, 19:25 AEST
MARVEL STADIUM

GEELONG CATS: 5.2, 8.5, 12.6, 15.7 (97) DEFEATED
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 5.4, 8.7, 10.12, 10.15 (75)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Hawkins 2, Cameron 2, Rohan 2, Tuohy, Stewart, Stengle, Miers, Knevitt, Close, Bruhn, Blicavs, O.Henry
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Weightman, Ugle-Hagan, Treloar, Smith, Richards, O’Donnell, Naughton, Macrae, Lobb, Daniel

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Stewart, Cameron, Miers, Blicavs, Tuohy, Atkins, Knevitt
WESTERN BULLDOGS: English, Daniel, Liberatore, Dale, Treloar, Macrae

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Gary Rohan (nose), Jonathon Ceglar (unspecified)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Richards (hamstring)

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: –
WESTERN BULLDOGS: –

SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG CATS: Sam Simpson, replaced Jonathon Ceglar in fourth quarter
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Matt Crouch; replaced Nick Murray after half time

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: –
WESTERN BULLDOGS: –

CROWD: 41,944 at Marvel Stadium (Melbourne Docklands)

UMPIRES
FIELD Mathew Nicholls, Jamie Broadbent, Craig Fleer, Andre Gianfagna
BOUNDARY Matthew Jenkinson, Joshua Furman, Damien Main, Josh Mather
GOAL Chelsea Roffey, Adam Wojcik EMER: Dylan Benwell

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 27 points
Oscar – Bulldogs 26 points
Evie – Bulldogs 2 points
Cassie – Bulldogs 7 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Gary Rohan
OUT: Esava Ratugolea (hamstring), Brandon Parfitt (omitted)

B: M O’Connor, E Ratugolea, J Kolodjashnij
HB: O Mullin, S De Koning, T Stewart
C: Z Guthrie, T Atkins, I Smith
HF: B Close, O Henry, T Stengle
F: T Hawkins, J Henry, J Cameron
FOLL: J Ceglar, M Blicavs, T Bruhn
INT: J Bews, Z Tuohy, B Parfitt, G Miers
EMER: S Simpson, M Knevitt, J Willis, O Dempsey

WESTERN BULLDOGS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: A Treloar
OUT: L McNeil, M Hannan (both omitted)

B: T Duryea, L Jones, T O’Brien
HB: B Dale, R Gardner, E Richards
C: A Scott, M Bontempelli – C, B Williams
HF: J Macrae, A Naughton, C Daniel
F: C Weightman, J Ugle-Hagan, R Lobb
FOLL: T English, A Treloar, T Liberatore
INT: J O’Donnell, A Jones, O Baker, B Smith
EMER: L McNeil, A Keath, L Vandermeer, M Hannan