CATS LOOKING TO CONTINUE HAWKIWOBBLES OVER HAWKS
Ben Jensen 6 July 2013

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery AFL 2013 ROUND 15; GEELONG CATS V HAWTHORN HAWKS GEELONG takes an unchanged lineup into their clash with Hawthorn at the MCG tonight as they seek to make it eleven wins in a row over the Hawks since the 2008 Grand Final in what is dubbed the 'Kennett Curse'. Since that time the Cats have had the wood over the Hawks including round one of this season and the 2011 Qualifying Final on their way to the 2011 Premiership.

Since former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett made his infamously arrogant remarks on the AFL's Offsiders program on the eve of the 2009 season (in which the Cats won the Premiership of course) Hawthorn has not won a single game over Geelong despite coming close. The closest they came was round 19 in 2012 when they led by four points when the siren sounded. Famously Tom Hawkins won the match off his own boot, slamming home the goal from outside fifty to the joy of his teammates, Geelong fans and pretty much everybody who voted Kennett out in 1998.

Although one of the more anticipated matches of each season now the game won't be telecast on free to air TV in South Australia or Western Australia, those states telecasting the Crows and the Eagles instead, similarly no radio coverage in either state. So spare a thought for those Geelong fans without Foxtel.

The Cats are still missing Paul Chapman and Travis Varcoe through injury and Steve Johnson to suspension but fortunately Varcoe returns to the VFL this morning along with Trent West. Varcoe was taken off the long term injury list today, as a consequence Josh Walker goes back to the Rookie list. Jared Rivers and Josh Cowan also come back from injury via the VFL this Saturday morning at Simonds Stadium.

The Hawks have made three changes recalling Cyril Rioli who has been out with a long term hamstring injury, ruckman Max Bailey and zippy forward Paul Puopolo. The Cats hope to continue the 'Hawkiwobbles' for at least another match and hopefully for the rest of the season.

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UMPIRES

FIELD: Matt Stevic (9) Justin Schmitt (17) Shane McInerney (30) EM: Brendan Hosking (16)
BOUNDARY: Adam Coote Ian Burrows Matthew JenkinsonJohn Morris
GOAL: Adam Wojcik Jason Venkataya EM: Michael Hammond

TIP: Cats by 3 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 4/7/2013

Paul Chapman (hamstring) - 1-2 weeks
Josh Cowan (hamstring) - test Named in VFL
Taylor Hunt (shoulder) – test Named in side
Lincoln Mccarthy (foot) - test Not named
Hamish McIntosh (Achilles) – 2-3 weeks
Daniel Menzel (knee) – season
Jared Rivers (knee) – test Named in VFL
Travis Varcoe (shoulder) – test Named in VFL
Jackson Sheringham (shoulder/hamstring) – 1-2 weeks
Jackson Thurlow (fractured jaw) - 2-3 weeks

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HAWKS INJURY LIST

Updated 4/7/2013

Jed Anderson (hamstring) - 1-2 weeks
Max Bailey (knee) - test Named in side
Grant Birchall (knee) – 3-5 weeks
Xavier Ellis (calf) - TBC
Amos Frank (knee) 3-5 weeks
Josh Gibson (neck) – available Named in side
Paul Puopolo (quad) – test Named in side
Cyril Rioli (hamstring) – test Named in side
Liam Shiels (ankle) 2-4 weeks
Ryan Schoenmakers (knee) - season
Matthew Spangher (hamstring) 2-3 weeks
Matthew Suckling (knee) - season
Alex Woodward (knee) - season

LAST TIME

AFL ROUND 1 2013

EASTER MONDAY 1 APRIL 2013 15:20 AEST, MCG

GEELONG DEFEATS HAWTHORN AS HAWKIWOBBLES CONTINUE
Ben Jensen 1 April 2013

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery HAWTHORN HAWKS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG notched up a tenth win in a row over Hawthorn in front of 76,300 at the MCG, coming from five goals down in the second quarter to win by seven points, coincidentally the exact winning margin we tipped.

MATCH REPORT GEELONG DEFEATS HAWTHORN AS HAWKIWOBBLES CONTINUE

MATCH PREVIEW AFL 2013 ROUND 1; HAWTHORN V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW; FINAL TEAMS

GEELONG: 1.5, 5.7, 10.12, 13.15 (93) DEFEATED
HAWTHORN: 4.3, 8.9, 10.10, 12.14 (86)

GOALS
GEELONG: Hawkins 2, Smedts 2, Podsiadly 2, Duncan 2, Chapman, Varcoe, Selwood, Mackie, Christensen
HAWTHORN: Franklin 2, Breust 2, Savage 2, Lewis, Guerra, Hale, Rioli, Smith, Roughead

BEST
GEELONG: Selwood, Chapman, Stokes, Lonergan, Mackie, Taylor, Motlop
HAWTHORN: Mitchell, Sewell, Birchall, Puopolo, Gibson, Schoenmakers

CHANGES
GEELONG: Nil
HAWTHORN: Brian Lake replaced in selected side by Max Bailey

INJURIES
GEELONG: Christensen (cut eye), Rivers (right knee), Murdoch (right thumb)
HAWTHORN: Breust (hip), Hill (hamstring)

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Matt Stevic, Shane Stewart, Matthew Nichols EM: Ben Ryan
BOUNDARY: Christopher Gordon, Mitchell Lefevre, John Morris Shane Thiele
GOAL: Luke Walker, Adam Wojcik EM: Jason Venkataya

CROWD: 76,300 at MCG, Melbourne

PRE-MATCH TIP: "Cats by 7 points"

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VFL

VFL ROUND 13

GEELONG V NORTH BALLARAT

SATURDAY 6 JULY 2013 11:00 AEST

SIMONDS STADIUM

B: Jed Bews, Jared Rivers, Matthew Sully
HB: Cameron Eardley, Mitchell Brown, Rob Condy
C: Travis Varcoe, Troy Selwood (c), Billie Smedts
HF: Brad Hartman, Joshua Walker, Dominc Gleeson
F: Ryan Bathie, Nathan Vardy, Jaxson Barham
R: Trent West, George Horlin-Smith, Joshua Cowan
I/C: Andrew Banjanin, Piers Flanagan, Jack Hollmer, Mitch Herbison, Daniel Gibbs, Mark Corrigan, Ben Raidme, Tom Maas, Callen Wade (23rd Player)