BREAKING NEWS: SCARLETT, BARTEL OUT OF CLASH WITH CROWS
Ben Jensen 12 May 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery MATTHEW SCARLETT AND JIMMY BARTEL are late withdrawals from Geelong's side to play Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in just under half an hour's time. Scarlett misses with a thigh injury and Bartel an ankle. Shannon Byrnes and Tom Gillies get reprieves as their replacements.

AFL ROUND 7 2012; ADELAIDE V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW
BLACK CAVIAR may be running in Adelaide this Saturday but beforehand, the Crows and the Cats battle at AAMI Park, kicking off at 12:45PM to accommodate the great mare. The Cats have made three changes, skipper Joel Selwood heading the list of ins along with Tom Lonergan and Taylor Hunt. Making way are Shannon Byrnes, Mitch Brown and Tom Gillies. Fresh from beating the Swans at the SCG the Crows made just the one change, out of necessity, Shaun McKernan out suspended replaced by Josh Jenkins who will play his first game for the club.

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LAST GAME DETAILS

In the VFL Geelong has a bye.

UMPIRES

FIELD UMPIRES: Luke Farmer (4) Shane McInerney (30) Andrew Mitchell (31) EM: Craig Fleer (2)
BOUNDARY UMPIRES: Chris Bull Darren Wilson Mark Thomson Jason Moore
GOAL UMPIRES: Daniel Hoskin Steven Axon EM: Mathew Norton

TIP?

Cats by 2 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 10/5/2012

Mathew Stokes (ankle) - 1 week
Tom Lonergan (ankle) - test NAMED IN SIDE
Joel Selwood (concussion) - test NAMED IN SIDE
Jimmy Bartel (foot) - test NAMED IN SIDE
Josh Cowan (Achilles) - 2 weeks
Jordan Murdoch (finger) - test
Daniel Menzel (knee) - indefinite
Travis Varcoe (foot) - indefinite
Nathan Vardy (hip) - indefinite
Dawson Simpson (back) - indefinite

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CROWS INJURY LIST

Updated 10/5/2012

Richard Douglas (hamstring) - 1 week
Aidan Riley (hand) - 2-3 weeks
Sam Shaw (hamstring) - test
Bernie Vince (hand) - 1-2 weeks
Brad Crouch (hamstring) - 2-3 weeks

LAST TIME

AFL 2011, ROUND 21, SUNDAY 14 AUGUST 2011 16:40 AEST, AAMI PARK

PREVIEW RESULT

CATS STRUGGLE TO WIN OVER CROWS IN BARTEL'S 200TH GAME
Ben Jensen 14 August 2011

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery ADELAIDE CROWS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG struggled over the line to defeat Adelaide by just 11 points at AAMI Park this evening. After a sometimes-customary slow start to the match the Cats were lucky to draw level with the Crows by quarter time. They went behind again early in the second term but five unanswered goals gave them a handy buffer before the Crows further pegged back the lead, with the Cats ahead by 19 at half time.

The third quarter saw pretty tough but unattractive footy, in fact we fell asleep, to be rudely awakened by Adelaide's second goal roughly ten minutes in by Ivan Maric who ended up with two. Brad Ottens sent home a long one from outside fifty however which re-sparked the Cats, who finished the quarter well enough to remain three goals in front.

Adelaide threw everything at Geelong in the final term, but constant misses from the likes of Graham Johncock and others saw them finish just short. Shannon Byrnes, who came into the side as sub in place of Andrew Mackie, kicked two goals for the quarter after being 'activated', the first of the quarter and later on the sealer a few minutes from the full-time siren.

The Cats now have the week off with the Bye, before hosting the Swans at home on Saturday 27 August.

GEELONG: 2.3 8.7 11.10 14.12 (96) DEFEATED
ADELAIDE: 2.3 5.6 8.10 12.13 (85)

GOALS
GEELONG: Podsiadly 2, Johnson 2, Byrnes 2, Mooney, Ottens, Stokes, Wojcinski, Bartel, Chapman, Duncan, Selwood
ADELAIDE: Walker 3, Henderson 2, Maric 2, Petrenko 2, Wright 2, Dangerfield

BEST
GEELONG: Kelly, Johnson, Podsiadly, Bartel, Enright, Hunt
ADELAIDE: Sloane, van Berlo, Wright, Knights, Doughty, Johncock, Talia, Vince

INJURIES
GEELONG: Andrew Mackie (ankle) replaced in selected side by Shannon Byrnes, Vardy (hip)
ADELAIDE: Ben Rutten (flu) replaced in selected side by Shaun McKernan

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Shane Stewart (10) Mathew Nicholls (15)Sam Hay (20) EM: Corey Bowen (12)
BOUNDARY: Chris Bull Mark Hill Dillon Tee Shane Thiele
GOAL: Mathew Wilson Steven Axon EM: Steven Paunovic

CROWD: Approx 33,000 at AAMI Park, Adelaide

VFL

VFL ROUND 8

CATS HAVE THE BYE