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CATS LOSE TO GIANTS
Ben Jensen 4 April 2016

AFL ROUND 2 2016: GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY GIANTS V GEELONG CATS THE CATS crashed back down to earth on Sunday, losing to the Giants at Canberra's Manuka Oval. While many pundits who watch Geelong thought it was a danger game for the Cats, the loss still comes as a surprise after the emphatic round one win against the Hawks at the MCG. While many pointed to the six day break verses the Giants' eight and other factors, Coach Chris Scott was having none of it, rankled his team had put in a sub-par performance, the efforts of the Giants led by ex-Cats Steve Johnson and Shane Mumford notwithstanding.

Mitch Duncan found himself poleaxed by Mumford in the third quarter, a quarter that saw the Giants boot eight goals to the Cats' three to take a commanding four goal lead into the final quarter- the margin at one stage stretched to around six goals before late goals from Josh Caddy and Cory Gregson spared blushes. Duncan would have to be in doubt to play on Sunday at home against the Lions though the seven day break gives him some chance. Whether or not the Cats' brains trust will take the risk when others such as George Horlin-Smith and Dan Menzel are waiting in the wings is another matter.

In other news, sadly legendary country footy and 1980s VFL umpire Greg Sidebottom has passed away on the weekend, after suffering an apparent heart attack while umpiring a match between Ardmona and Undera. We were fortunate to have Greg as a client in our day job and are very saddened by his passing. He was always the first to reach for the wallet to pay for the coffees or lunch and very fair in how he did business.

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY: 2.1, 8.4, 12.8, 13.11 (89) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 1.5, 5.7, 8.8, 11.10 (76)

GOALS
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY: Griffen 2, Smith 2, Johnson 2, Wilson, Coniglio, Shiel, Scully, Mumford, Hoskin-Elliott, Lobb
GEELONG: Hawkins 3, Blicavs 2, Stanley 2, Lang, McCarthy, Caddy, Gregson

BEST
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY: Griffen, Scully, Mumford, Johnson, Kelly, Greenel
GEELONG: Hawkins, Blicavs, Mackie, Enright, Guthrie, Lang

INJURIES
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY: Marchbank (ankle)
GEELONG: Duncan (concussion)

UMPIRES: Fleer, Mitchell, Stevic

CROWD: 13,656 at Manuka Oval, Canberra

TEAMS
GEELONG	GWS
IN: - OUT: - Original team (Thursday): IN: Josh Cowan, George Horlin-Smith, Daniel Menzel OUT:	IN: Will Hoskin-Elliott, Stephen Coniglio, Jonathon Patton OUT:Adam Tomlinson (Omitted), Jack Steele (Omitted), James Stewart (Omitted) Original team (Thursday): IN: Will Hoskin-Elliott, Stephen Coniglio, Jonathon Patton, Zac Williams OUT: James Stewart (Omitted)
B: Harry Taylor, Tom Lonergan, Corey Enright HB: Andrew Mackie, Lachie Henderson, Jake Kolodjashnij C: Mark Blicavs, Joel Selwood, Mitch Duncan HF: Josh Caddy, Rhys Stanley, Lincoln McCarthy F: Darcy Lang, Tom Hawkins, Jimmy Bartel FOLL: Zac Smith, Cameron Guthrie, Patrick Dangerfield INT: Cory Gregson, Shane Kersten, Steven Motlop, Jordan Murdoch EMER: Josh Cowan, George Horlin-Smith, Daniel Menzel	B: Heath Shaw, Aidan Corr, Caleb Marchbank HB: Nathan Wilson, Phil Davis, Adam Kennedy C: Lachie Whitfield, Callan Ward, Will Hoskin-Elliott HF: Rhys Palmer, Rory Lobb, Tom Scully F: Stephen Coniglio, Steve Johnson, Devon Smith FOLL: Shane Mumford, Ryan Griffen, Dylan Shiel INT: Matt Buntine, Josh Kelly, Toby Greene, Jonathon Patton EMER: Adam Tomlinson, Zac Williams, Jack Steele

AFL 2016 ROUND 2

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY GIANTS V GEELONG CATS

SUNDAY 3 APRIL 2016 13:10 AEST

MANUKA OVAL

MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM LISTS

VALE PAUL COUCH

1964 - 2016

PAUL COUCH PICTURED WITH SON TOM IN 2006

PAUL COUCH PICTURED WITH SON THOMAS IN 2006

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