CATS TESTED BUT RUN OUT FIVE GOAL WINNERS OVER LIONS
Ben Jensen 17 July 2011

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery BRISBANE LIONS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG struggled to overcome the Brisbane Lions in the first three quarters at the Gabba this afternoon, but ended up winning by 31 points as James Podsiadly kicked 8 goals. Lions captain Jonathan Brown had a scare after being again hospitalised after a heavy head-high clash with a teammate in the third quarter but was later cleared of serious injury. Although a Brisbane game, Channel Seven insisted on showing the game on delay and on their SD channel, infuriating Cats fans, tens of who vowed to not watch the channel the rest of the evening.

Matthew Scarlett was a late change for Geelong with Trent West coming into the side. Although the Cats were ahead at half time and trailed by just 3 points at the final break, the Lions had most of the answers until this point, generally being a goal or two ahead. Brown went down in the third quarter and although the Lions then snatched back the lead, from then on Geelong had the run of play, kicking seven goals in the final quarter. Tom Hawkins ended up with 4 goals, kicking a couple in a row while the J-Pod did likewise, ending with his career-best tally of 8.

GEELONG: 3.4 9.4 13.8 20.13 (133) DEFEATED
BRISBANE: 4.6 8.8 13.11 15.14 (104)

GOALS
GEELONG: J Podsiadly 8, T Hawkins 3, A Christensen 2, J Corey 2, J Bartel, M Stokes, S Johnson, T Hunt, T Varcoe
BRISBANE: T Banfield 4, M Clark 3, J Hawksley, 2 P Karnezis 2, A McGrath, L Power, S Sheldon, T Rockliff

BEST
GEELONG: J Podsiadly, J Bartel, J Corey, A Christensen, C Enright, M Stokes
BRISBANE: S Black, T Banfield, M Clark, P Hanley, T Rockliff

CHANGES
GEELONG: Trent West comes in for Matthew Scarlett (back soreness)

INJURIES
GEELONG: A. Mackie (blood nose)
BRISBANE: J. Brown (concussion)
UMPIRES: Hayden Kennedy, replaced in third quarter by Ben Ryan

REPORTS: Nil

UMPIRES: FIELD: Hayden Kennedy Corey Bowen Troy Pannell EM: Ben Ryan
BOUNDARY: Aaron Deckys Blake Emmins Nick Liparota Mark Thomson
GOAL: Tristan Symes Troy Mavroudis EM: Shaun Apted

CROWD: 19,906 GABBA, Brisbane