AFL FINALS SEASON 2008 FIRST QUALIFYING FINAL; GEELONG V ST KILDA; MATCH PREVIEW PLUS TV / RADIO BROADCAST DETAILS
Ben Jensen 5 September 2008

By Ben Jensen GEELONG V ST KILDA PREMIERS GEELONG face late charging St Kilda in the AFL ‘First’ Qualifying Final at the MCG this Sunday afternoon. Andrew Mackie and Max Rooke return, at the expense of Shannon Byrnes and Ryan Gamble. Rooke missed a week through suspension while Mackie returns after being a late change last week with a back complaint. Smiling like the fish that missed the hook are Travis Varcoe, Harry Taylor and Brent Prismall, who have been in and out of the side in recent weeks. Not so happy will be David Wojcinski, a key player in last year's finals, who hasn't been able to force his way back into the side after being pronounced free from injury. Gamble and Byrnes too can consider themselves very unlucky.

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GEELONG

IN: Andrew Mackie, Max Rooke
OUT: Shannon Byrnes, Ryan Gamble

B: Tom Harley, Matthew Scarlett, Josh Hunt
HB: Corey Enright, Andrew Mackie, Darren Milburn
C: Cameron Ling, Jimmy Bartel, Joel Corey
HF: Mathew Stokes, Cameron Mooney , Steve Johnson
F: Paul Chapman, Tom Lonergan, Travis Varcoe
FOLL: Brad Ottens, Gary Ablett, Joel Selwood
INT: Mark Blake, Brent Prismall, Harry Taylor, Max Rooke
EMER: Ryan Gamble, Shannon Byrnes, David Wojcinski

ST KILDA

IN: McQualter, X. Clarke
OUT: Sean Dempster (ankle); Birss

B: Jason Blake, Max Hudghton, Raphael Clarke
HB: Sam Gilbert, Sam Fisher, Jason Gram
C: Clint Jones, Nick Dal Santo, Robert Harvey
HF: James Gwilt, Nick Riewoldt, Leigh Montagna
F: Stephen Milne, Justin Koschitzke, Adam Schneider
FOLL: Steven King, Lenny Hayes, Brendon Goddard
INT: Andrew McQualter, Charlie Gardiner, Xavier Clarke, Robert Eddy

EMER: Shane Birss, Jack Steven, David Armitage

CATS INJURY LIST

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Updated 21/7/2008

Player (Injury) Onset; Estimated Return

Cameron Ling fractured cheekbone Rnd 15 Rnd 20 Unchanged
Gary Ablett ankle sprain Rnd 15 Rnd 17 Unchanged
James Kelly calf strain Rnd 14 Rnd 16 Unchanged
Kane Tenace knee injury Rnd 15 Rnd 16 Unchanged
Liam Bedford hamstring strain Rnd 14 Rnd 17 Unchanged
Matthew Egan navicular stress fracture Last season End of season

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ROUND 4, 2008

SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2008, 14:10 AEST, TELSTRA DOME

CATS ROLL SAINTS
Ben Jensen 12 April 2008

By Ben Jensen, from London GEELONG taught ST Kilda who's boss at the Telstra Dome today, victors by fourty-two points in a game that was over five minutes into the third quarter. The Aints led at quarter time after kicked a couple late goals to go with their seven behinds, however it was the Cats who played the more entertaining brand of footy for the rest of the afternoon (or morning for us), earning their fourth victory of the season and eighth in a row from last year.

Steve Johnson led the goalkicking with a bag of four, fellow forwards Tom Hawkins and Cameron Mooney also getting amoungst the goals with three apiece. For St Kilda it was left to tall timber Justin Koschitzke and Nick Riewoldt to provide the bulk of their attack, in contrast to Geelong who had eleven goalkickers, six of them multiple.

The Cats take on the Sydney Swans, a side St Kilda half tries to emulate through coach Ross Lyon, at Skilled Stadium next Saturday in another Channel Ten (and Setanta Sports) televised match. The Swans flogged West Coast at 'ANZ Stadium' by sixty-two points today, and will be one of the first real tests for a side sitting on top of the ladder, threatening to go back to back already. But, the Swannies will almost certainly be without Barry Hall. Matthew Scarlett is going to have a field day down at Skilled; a bit like when parents go to a party and leave the kids at the grandparents - he'll have no-one to be responsible for and should pick up 25-30 possessions.

GEELONG 4.0 (24) 10.6 (66) 17.9 (111) 21.10 (136)
ST KILDA 4.7 (31) 7.8 (50) 10.11 (71) 13.16 (94)

GOALS
GEELONG: S Johnson 4 C Mooney 3 T Hawkins 3 J Kelly 2 M Stokes 2 D Wojcinski 2 J Hunt J Selwood R Gamble P Chapman C Ling
ST KILDA: J Koschitzke 3 N Riewoldt 3 F Gehrig 2 S Gilbert 2 S Milne 2 L Fisher

BEST
GEELONG: S Johnson M Scarlett C Ling J Bartel J Kelly J Corey
ST KILDA: L Hayes L Montagna N Riewoldt L Ball S Fisher B Goddard

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Chamberlain, Meredith

CROWD: 44,368 at Telstra Dome, Docklands, Melbourne

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