CATS CRASH OUT AGAINST CROWS
Ben Jensen 12 May 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery ADELAIDE comprehensively defeated Geelong by fifty points at AAMI Stadium this afternoon. The Cats suffered a blow losing perennial All Australians Jimmy Bartel and Matthew Scarlett before the bounce, replaced by Shannon Byrnes and Tom Gillies. The Crows led for most of the game, the Cats getting a couple goals early on but soon saw goal after goal sail through, eight of them coming in the second quarter, the margin at half time a shade over ten goals. Adelaide took the foot off the pedal in the last quarter, Geelong scoring four goals to two, but the damage was done far earlier. The Cats now finding themselves outside the top eight with four wins from seven games and face Collingwood in a Grand Final replay Friday night at the MCG.

ADELAIDE: 6.3, 14.5, 17.7, 19.8 (122) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 3.2, 4.2, 6.8, 10.12 (72)

GOALS
ADELAIDE: Walker 3, Johncock 2, van Berlo 2, Tippett 2, Petrenko 2, Thompson, Jenkins, Mackay, Jaensch, Doughty, Porplyzia, Wright, Lyons
GEELONG: Duncan 3, Christensen 2, Selwood 2, Podsiadly, Stringer, Chapman

BEST
ADELAIDE: Thompson, Sloane, Reilly, Doughty, Petrenko, van Berlo, Walker
GEELONG: Selwood, Duncan, Chapman, Johnson, Kelly

INJURIES
ADELAIDE: Henderson (knee)
GEELONG: Gillies (knee), Christensen (calf)

CHANGES
GEELONG: Jimmy Bartel (ankle) and Matthew Scarlett (thigh) replaced in Geelong's selected side by Shannon Byrnes and Tom Gillies

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

CROWD: 35,535 at AAMI Stadium, Adelaide