CATS SLUMP TO THIRD LOSS IN A ROW, JAMES KELLY HAS A HAPPY 300TH GAME
Ben Jensen 13 May 2017

AFL 2017 ROUND 8: ESSENDON BOMBERS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG were well beaten for the third game in a row, this time by Essendon in James Kelly's 300th match in the still-unfamiliar Bombers colours. The Bombers led all game increasing their lead by a goal each quarter; they led by just under five goals at quarter time, just under six at half time and just under seven at three quarter time. The Cats kicked the first three goals of the final quarter and for a while looked like they may do what they did against the Kangaroos earlier in the season but a timely long goal from Joe Daniher put paid to that idea. The Bombers only managed three goals to the Cats' six in the final term but it was enough for a 17 point win. If the Cats had of managed to run over the Bombers it would have been something of an injustice considering how far behind and outclassed they'd been all night. This leaves the Cats five wins and three losses, the losses coming the last three weeks. Next Friday the Cats host the reighning premiers Western Bulldogs in the opening match at Simonds Stadium after 18 months of construction work, and we expect to go in north of $2. Elsewhere today the VFL side lost to Essendon bat Windy Hill by 61 points while the VFLW side beat Seaford at Ocean Grove by 47 points.

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ESSENDON: 6.2, 9.4, 14.7, 17.8 (110) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 1.5, 3.8, 7.9, 13.15 (93)

GOALS
ESSENDON: Daniher 5, McDonald-Tipungwuti 3, Fantasia 3, Stewart 3, Green 2, Hooker
GEELONG: Hawkins 4, Dangerfield 2, Menzel 2, Motlop, Stewart, Horlin-Smith, Parsons, Smith

BEST
ESSENDON: Daniher, Zaharakis, Merrett, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Kelly, Hurley, Goddard
GEELONG: Dangerfield, Menegola, Hawkins, Guthrie

CHANGES
ESSENDON: Nil
GEELONG: Nil

INJURIES
ESSENDON: Zaharakis
GEELONG: Stanley (knee)

REPORTS: Nil

UMPIRES: Fisher, McInerney, Schmitt

CROWD: 57,172 at MCG, Melbourne

VFL 2017 - ROUND 5

ESSENDON BOMBERS V GEELONG CATS

SATURDAY 13 MAY 2017, 12:00 AEST

WINDY HILL

ESSENDON 1.3, 6.6, 11.12, 17.14-116 DEFEATED
GEELONG 3.3, 4.3, 6.4, 8.7 (55)

GOALS
ESSENDON: A. Marklew 3, A. Boyse 3, T. Bellchambers 3, J. Begley 2, K. Langford 2, C. Bird, B. Howlett, N. Holmes, J. Merrett
GEELONG: J. Tsitas 3, A. Black 2, B. Reid, W. Buzza, J. Cunico

BEST
ESSENDON: C. Bird, S. Draper, M. Gleeson, B. Stanton, H. Hocking, T. Bellchambers
GEELONG: J. Cunico, W. Buzza, M. O''Connor, J. Tsitas, A. Hickey, T. Ruggles

GROUND: Windy Hill

 

GEELONG

IN: J. Thurlow, D. Lang, J. Jones, C. Mitchell, J. Murdoch, A. Black, Z. Guthrie, T. McMullan
OUT: M. O'Connor, J. Henry, M. Thompson, J. Kolodjashnij

B: 52. A. Hickey, 20. R. Gardner, 15. M. Hayball
HB: 36. T. Ruggles, 50. D. Capiron, 39. Z. Guthrie
C: 21. J. Murdoch, 16. S. Selwood, 51. J. Tsitas
HF: 64. T. Atkins, 30. T. House, 11. D. Lang
F: 23. A. Black, 12. W. Buzza, 56. B. Reid
FOLL: 45. R. Abbott, 40. J. Thurlow, 31. J. Cunico
INT: 66. J. Edwards, 41. J. Jones, 17. E. Ratugolea, 37. S. Simpson, 58. B. Moloney, 75. C. Mitchell, 72. T. McMullan, 65. S. McLachlan
23P: 74. J. Gow

ESSENDON BOMBERS

IN: B. McNiece, A. Francis, B. Stanton, K. Langford, N. Holmes, M. Gleeson, N. Hind, B. Howlett
OUT: J. Stewart, B. Dobson, B. Laguda, K. Mutch

B: 25. A. Morgan, 50. J. Ferry, 60. B. McNiece
HB: 8. M. Gleeson, 10. A. Francis, 39. H. Hocking
C: 57. N. Hind, 5. B. Stanton, 54. N. O'Brien
HF: 20. J. Merrett, 51. A. Boyse, 30. K. Langford
F: 77. N. Holmes, 44. S. McKERNAN, 16. J. Begley
FOLL: 2. T. Bellchambers, 40. B. Howlett, 24. C. Bird
INT: 38. S. Draper, 62. M. Luxford, 27. M. Redman, 37. D. Clarke, 65. O. Uysal, 56. J. Peters, 34. J. Long, 63. M. Darby
23P: 69. A. Marklew

 

VFLW 2017 - ROUND 2

GEELONG CATS V SEAFORD TIGERS

SATURDAY 13 MAY 2017, 13:00 AEST

SHELL RESERVE (OCEAN GROVE)

GEELONG 4.2, 6.3, 8.5, 11.7 (73) DEFEATED
BOX HILL HAWKS 1.1, 1.1, 2.2, 4.2 (26)

GOALS
GEELONG: H. Burchell 2, A. Teague, A. Habib, H. Trevean, E. Allen, K. Darby, M. Boyd, C. Blakeway, M. Janssen, L. Mithen
SEAFORD: M. Arthur 2, K. Cox, L. Rutter

BEST
GEELONG: C. Blakeway, H. Burchell, A. Teague, L. Mithen, J. Woollett, H. Trevean
SEAFORD: B. Rogan, K. Cox, J. Eberle, M. Goodwin , S. Karlson, M. Macdonald

GROUND: Shell Reserve, Ocean Grove

GEELONG

IN: E. Ramsay, L. Taylor, E. Allen, M. Fedele
OUT: E. Coventry

B: 35. K. Woodroffe, 44. R. Goring, 16. L. Williams
HB: 10. L. Taylor, 40. A. Teague, 31. J. Woollett
C: 1. E. Strachan, 33. H. Trevean, 3. H. Burchell
HF: 2. D. Higgins, 6. M. Boyd, 5. J. Ivey
F: 17. H. Mangan, 32. A. Habib, 8. K. Darby
FOLL: 7. C. Hynes, 4. C. Blakeway, 14. L. Mithen
INT: 29. B. Surgeon, 13. E. Allen, 12. R. Garing, 15. M. Janssen
EMER: 19. E. Ramsay, 28. M. Fedele, 18. M. Maguire

SEAFORD TIGERS

IN: T. Daly, J. Adams, C. Mackey, L. Rutter, S. Conway, G. Walker
OUT: M. Hare

B: 29. T. Annear, 31. M. Goodwin , 1. L. Rutter
HB: 44. J. Eberle, 20. S. Karlson, 5. K. Gillespie-Jones
C: 58. C. Bury, 49. K. Cox, 40. J. Mandile
HF: 57. J. Baguley, 25. C. Munn, 30. N. Brisbane
F: 7. G. Walker, 23. J. Rolland, 47. S. Conway
FOLL: 53. M. Tilley, 9. B. Rogan, 10. S. Hosking
INT: 45. J. Adams, 50. T. Daly, 54. M. Macdonald, 22. C. Mackey
EMER: 48. L. Bonnet, 19. G. Hollingsworth, 18. M. Arthur, 35. C. Weiss, 46. K. Sanders