AFL FINALS SEASON 2008 FIRST QUALIFYING FINAL; GEELONG V ST KILDA; MATCH PREVIEW PLUS TV / RADIO BROADCAST DETAILS 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. MATCH RESULT
AND REVIEW - GEELONG POWERS INTO PRELIMINARY FINAL
UMPIRES TBC
TIP? Geelong by 47 points
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AFL 2008, FIRST QUALIFYING FINAL GEELONG V ST KILDA SUNDAY 7 AUGUST 2008, 14:40 AEST MCG Tickets will go on sale to Geelong members on Monday, September 1, from 9am through Ticketmaster
MATCH RESULT AND REVIEW - GEELONG POWERS INTO PRELIMINARY FINAL
VFL ROUND 20
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AFL TV COVERAGE (ALL LOCAL TIMES): Melbourne CHANNEL SEVEN DELAY REPLAY ON FOX SPORTS 1 IN EACH STATE Replays on Fox Sports; available on Foxtel, Optus and Austar
AFL RADIO COVERAGE: Melbourne KROCK, SEN, ABC774, MMM, 3AW
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IN: Andrew Mackie, Max Rooke
B: Tom Harley, Matthew Scarlett, Josh Hunt
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ST KILDA IN: McQualter, X. Clarke
B: Jason Blake, Max Hudghton, Raphael Clarke
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Updated 21/7/2008 Player (Injury) Onset; Estimated Return Cameron
Ling fractured cheekbone Rnd 15 Rnd 20 Unchanged |
ST KILDA INJURY LIST TBA |
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ROUND 4, 2008 SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2008, 14:10 AEST, TELSTRA DOME CATS ROLL SAINTS 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) GOALS BEST UMPIRES: Rosebury, Chamberlain, Meredith CROWD: 44,368 at Telstra Dome, Docklands, Melbourne
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