CATS LOSE OUT TO MAGPIES
Ben Jensen 15 July 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG were all but belted by Collingwood at the MCG last night, trailing by just under ten goals late in the third quarter before the Cats doubled their goal tally to finish 31 points behind at the final siren despite having four more scoring shots. The eight goal to two first quarter won it for the Magpies, their next two quarters fairly impressive but the heavy lifting was certainly done early on. One positive from the day was the VFL side beat Collingwood by 36 points at Victoria Park.

Jackson Sheringham and Josh Walker acquainted themselves quite well in their first games, Sheringham kicking a goal in the last quarter after coming on for Matthew Stokes in the third quarter as the substitute. There were some victories for individuals. Tom Lonergan completely outplayed Travis Cloke and Tom Hawkins did likewise to his opponent but could only kick one goal four behinds. Experienced duo Paul Chapman and Stokes were quite disappointing though they weren't alone.

A number of umpiring decisions didn't appear to go Geelong's way on the night but mostly in the second half. One of the more contentious decisions was the non-goal to skipper Joel Selwood. The soccered goal would have been his second in a few minutes but instead was referred to the video reviewer. From my seat on level 4 on a good angle it looked pretty clear Selwood kicked it but after a number of minutes the umpire's original hunch that it was actually booted by Heath Shaw that stood, to a chorus of boos. This robbed the Cats of their momentum to a degree though Chapman did kick his only goal four minutes later. Another dud was a deliberate out of bounds decision paid against Chapman who booted the ball fifty metres from defence, the ball eventually spilled out of bounds on the wing on the Cats' side of the ground yet inexplicably a free kick was paid to the Magpies.

COLLINGWOOD: 8.2, 11.6, 15.7, 17.8 (110) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 2.4, 3.8, 6.13, 10.19 (79)

GOALS
COLLINGWOOD: Thomas 3, Beams 2, Dawes 2, Goldsack 2, Fasolo 2, Tarrant 2, Elliott, Jolly, Maxwell, Cloke
GEELONG: West 2, Motlop 2, Selwood 2, Chapman, Hawkins, Stokes, Sheringham

BEST
COLLINGWOOD: Swan, Beams, Pendlebury, Thomas, Shaw, Blair, Jolly, Tarrant, O'Brien
GEELONG: Lonergan, Kelly, Johnson, Guthrie, Selwood, West

INJURIES
COLLINGWOOD: Simon Buckley (hip)
GEELONG: Nil

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Brett Rosebury (8) Shane Stewart (10) Mathew Nicholls (15) EM: David Harris (34)
BOUNDARY: Chris Roberts Drew Kowalski Tim Morrison Shane Jones
GOAL: Mark Canning David Dixon EM: Chelsea Roffey

CROWD: 61,717 at MCG, Melbourne

VFL ROUND 16
COLLINGWOOD V GEELONG
SATURDAY 14 JULY 2012 13:00 AEST
VICTORIA PARK, COLLINGWOOD

TEAM LISTS

GEELONG flogged Collingwood in the second half for their ninth win of the season, putting them into third spot on the VFL ladder with a decent percentage.

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GEELONG 4.4, 4.7, 7.14, 11.18 (84) DEFEATED
COLLINGWOOD 2.1, 4.3, 4.6, 7.5 (48)

GOALS
GEELONG: G. Horlin-Smith 2, J. Barham 2, J. Hamling 2, J. Simpkin , M. Corrigan , S. Kersten , J. Murdoch , S. Hogan
COLLINGWOOD: C. Gault 2, D. Farmer , R. Ferraro , T. Young , P. Yagmoor , J. Witts

BEST
GEELONG: T. Selwood, M. Brown, G. Horlin-Smith, J. Simpkin, C. Eardley, D. Simpson
COLLINGWOOD: N. Riddle, L. Rounds, P. Yagmoor, P. Seedsman, P. Cribbin, L. Wallace

SKIPPER TROY SELWOOD SENDS HIS SIDE INTO ATTACK

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