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AFL ROUND ONE 2010; GEELONG V ESSENDON;
MATCH PREVIEW PLUS TV / RADIO BROADCAST DETAILS By Ben Jensen GEELONG V ESSENDON REIGNING AFL Premiers Geelong face Essendon at the MCG tonight. The Cats have included star midfielder Joel Corey while the Bombers have named two recruits, rookie Ben Howlett and former Hawk forward Mark Williams. Geelong are unbackable favourites with the bookies, paying tops of $1.24 with the Bombers paying upwards of $4. The Cats are pretty much at full strength, missing only Max Rooke, Travis Varcoe and retired Tom Harley from the Premiership side. Josh Hunt is welcomed back after missing last season, having done his knee in the winning NAB Cup final. Tom Lonergan takes over from his retired namesake, Harley, in the key defensive position, a duty he will share with Matthew Scarlett and Harry Taylor. Mitch Duncan, the 18 year old from Joel Corey's club East Perth, takes advantage of Varcoe's absence to make his AFL debut while Steve Motlop and Nathan Djerrkura are the two emergencies eyeing off a place should Corey succumb to injury.
UMPIRES FIELD
: Michael Vozzo (2) Luke Farmer (4) Simon Meredith (21) EM: Jacob Mollison
(32) TIP? Geelong by 41 points
BETTING (As At 26/3/2010) (Check OnThePunt for latest odds)*
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AFL 2010, ROUND 1 GEELONG V ESSENDON FRIDAY 26 MARCH 2010, 19:40 AEST MCG GREAT FOOTY WEBSITE - FOOTYALMANAC.COM.AU AUSTRALIAN TV COVERAGE (LOCAL TIMES) Melbourne Seven (Delay - 20:30) Replays on Fox Sports 1; available on Foxtel, Optus and Austar AFL RADIO COVERAGE (LOCAL TIMES) Melbourne
KROCK, MMM, 3AW, ABC, SEN LINK TO LIVE FEEDS INTERNATIONAL TV COVERAGE (LOCAL TIMES) Africa ESPN - Delay, Sat 1500
2009 VICTORY PACK DVD BOX SET
2009 GEELONG HIGHLIGHTS DVD - THE ROAD TO VICTORY |
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NEW: Mitch Duncan (East Perth) HB: Corey Enright, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie C: James Kelly, Jimmy Bartel, Joel Corey HF: Steve Johnson, Tom Hawkins, Paul Chapman F: Gary Ablett, Cameron Mooney, Shannon Byrnes FOLL: Brad Ottens, Cameron Ling, Joel Selwood INT: Mark Blake, Mitch Duncan, Darren Milburn, David Wojcinski EMER: James Podsiadly, Steve Motlop, Nathan Djerrkura
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ESSENDON NEW: Ben Howlett (Peel Thunder), Mark Williams
(Hawthorn) HB: Heath Hocking, Tayte Pears, Courtenay Dempsey C: Ricky Dyson, Jobe Watson, Brent Stanton HF: Brent Prismall, Scott Gumbleton, Angus Monfries F: Mark Williams, Patrick Ryder, Alwyn Davey FOLL: David Hille, Jason Winderlich, Andrew Welsh INT: Kyle Reimers, Jay Neagle, David Zaharakis, Ben Howlett EMER: Jason Laycock, Kyle Hardingham, Bachar Houli
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Updated 26/3/2010 Player (Injury) Onset; Estimated Return; Notes Tom
Allwright (knee) indefinite |
ESSENDON INJURY LIST Michael Hurley (club
suspension) 3 weeks
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ROUND 10, SUNDAY 31 MAY 2009, 14:10 AEST ETIHAD STADIUM MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM LISTS MATCH RESULT AND REVIEW CATS GIVE BOMBERS A HIDING By Ben Jensen AFL 2009 ROUND 10 ESSENDON V GEELONG CATS GEELONG thumped Essendon by sixty-four points at Etihad Stadium this afternoon in front of just under 49,000 punters. Steve Johnson went one better than last week with six goals, while Cameron Mooney enjoyed his first game back from suspension bagging four. While the Bombers opened the goal scoring on the night, the Cats booted the next six to build a thirty-three point lead at quarter time and were never challenged from that point onwards, although the Bombers did outscore them six goals to three in the final term. Joel Corey was a late withdrawl with a footy injury, replaced by Shannon Byrnes who himself missed las week. Geelong skipper Tom Harley is another injury concern, having left the field clutching his right hamstring and set to miss at least the next two games. GEELONG
6.4, 12.7, 17.13, 20.14 (134) DEFEATED GOALS BEST INJURIES CROWD: 48,852 at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands UMPIRES FIELD:
Chris Donlon (1) Simon Meredith (21) Todd Keating (31) EM: Scott Jeffery
(29) REPORTS: NIL PREMATCH ODDS (approx): Geelong $1.07 to $1.15; Bombers $5.65 to $6.90
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TOM LONERGAN (CLICK IMAGE TO VISIT THE WEBSITE OF ZAIDEE'S RAINBOW FOUNDATION)
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