CATS CRASH OUT TO DOCKERS; SCARLETT
RETIRES By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery FREMANTLE has shocked Geelong and most of the football world by knocking the Cats out of the AFL finals in week one. The Dockers smashed the Cats in the opening quarter, kicking five goals to just one behind. The Cats went on to outscore the Dockers eleven goals to nine but it wasn't quite enough, going down by sixteen points. Matthew Scarlett made no fuss in his final game besides wave his bottle of sports drink at the crowd as he marched off the MCG in his 284th and final game as one of the all time greats. No official announcement was made but there didn't need to be. Geelong was beaten in most areas of the game, and particularly struggled to contain Freo linchpin Matthew Pavlich who finished with six goals. The Cats struggled up forward too, neither Tom Hawkins or James Podsiadly registering a goal and in fact the only multiple goal-kickers were defenders Andrew Mackie and Josh Hunt with two apiece. Too often the ball was bombed into the forward line to find Freo defenders on their own, the ball soon rebounding back to their forward line. There was a fightback of sorts in the second half but just when the Cats looked to be on a roll the Dockers banged home another goal to snuff it out. Allen Christensen and Joel Selwood fought bravely as did Andrew Mackie and Joel Corey, who copped a nasty poke in the eye and may be reconsidering his own future in the coming weeks. The Dockers go on to play Adelaide at AAMI Stadium next weekend while the Cats are left to cheer on the VFL side, who face Box Hill in a knockout final today at Casey Fields for a place in the Preliminary Final.
FREMANTLE:
5.7, 8.9, 12.11, 14.12 (96) DEFEATED GOALS BEST INJURIES UMPIRES: FIELD: Brett Rosebury
(8) Troy Pannell (28) Jordan Bannister (33) EM: Chris Kamolins (19) CROWD: 44,460 at MCG, Melbourne
VFL 2ND SEMI FINAL GEELONG V BOX HILL SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2012 14:10 AEST CASEY FIELDS
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AFL FINALS 2012 SECOND ELIMINATION FINAL GEELONG V FREMANTLE SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2012 19:45 AEST MCG VFL 2ND SEMI FINAL GEELONG V BOX HILL SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2012 14:10 AEST CASEY FIELDS
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