AFL ROUND 3 2010; FREMANTLE V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW PLUS TV / RADIO BROADCAST DETAILS
Ben Jensen 9 April 2010

By Ben Jensen FREMANTLE V GEELONG GEELONG will make at least FOUR changes for their clash with unbeaten Fremantle at Subiaco this Sunday lunchtime. Brad Ottens is the latest casualty, along with the previously announced changes: Cameron Mooney suspended and Matthew Scarlett (back) and Steven Motlop (shoulder) out injured. Max Rooke and Simon Hogan are reportedly no longer in the frame while James Podsiadly and Dawson Simpson are set to make their AFL debut. Ryan Gamble, Simon Hogan, Nathan Djerrkura and would-be debutante Taylor Hunt are the others named on a seven man bench, with final teams to be announced shortly. In the VFL the Bendigo Bank Cats open their season in an away fixture at Casey Fields against the Scorpions.

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UMPIRES

FIELD: Dean Margetts (6) Michael Avon (27) Shane McInerney (30) EM: Jeff Dalgleish (16)
BOUNDARY: Nathan Doig Jace Collingridge Brett Dalgleish Richard Heptinstall
GOAL: Michael Spear Adam Peacock EM: Brett Rogers

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Geelong by 27 points

BETTING (As At 9/4/2010) (Check OnThePunt for latest odds)*

Bookie	Geelong	Fremantle
Sportingbet	$1.62	$2.32
Sports Alive	$1.65	$2.25
Betfair (-5%)	$1.67	$2.29
Sportsbet (TAB Vic)	$1.62	$2.30
Paddy Power	$1.62	$2.20

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GEELONG

IN: Podsiadly, Gamble, Djerrkura, Dawson Simpson
OUT: Mooney (suspended), Scarlett (back), Motlop (shoulder), Ottens (back)
NEW: James Podsiadly, Dawson Simpson

B: Josh Hunt - Tom Lonergan - Corey Enright
HB: James Kelly - Harry Taylor - Andrew Mackie
C: Jimmy Bartel - Cameron Ling - Joel Selwood
HF: Mitch Duncan - Tom Hawkins - Gary Ablett
F: Steve Johnson - James Podsiadly - Shannon Byrnes
FOLL: Mark Blake - Joel Corey - Paul Chapman
INT: Simpson, Gamble, Djerrkura, Wojcinski
EMER: Hogan, T.Hunt, Rooke

FREMANTLE

IN: Matthew de Boe
OUT: Garrick Ibbotson (shoulder)
NEW: Nathan Fyfe (Claremont)

B: Jay van Berlo, Chris Tarrant, Ryan Crowley
HB: Greg Broughton, Luke McPharlin, Roger Hayden
C: Anthony Morabito, David Mundy, Paul Hasleby
HF: Michael Johnson, Matthew Pavlich, Stephen Hill
F: Des Headland, Chris Mayne, Hayden Ballantyne
FOLL: Aaron Sandilands, Michael Barlow, Paul Duffield
INT: de Boer, Suban, McPhee, Silvagni
EMER: Fyfe, Bradley, Dodd

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CATS INJURY LIST

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Updated 9/4/2010

Player (Injury) Onset; Estimated Return; Notes

Darren Milburn (hamstring) - 1 week
Travis Varcoe (thumb) - 5-7 weeks
Mitchell Brown (leg) - 3-5 weeks
Ranga Ediriwickrama (hamstring) - test
Steven Motlop (shoulder) - TBA
Matthew Scarlett (back) - test

FREMANTLE INJURY LIST

Garrick Ibbotson (shoulder) 6-8 weeks
Matt de Boer (shin) test
Chris Tarrant (ankle) test
Antoni Grover (knee) 3-4 weeks
Tim Ruffles (knee) 4-6
Scott Thornton (groin) 4-6 weeks

LAST TIME

ROUND 22, SATURDAY 29 AUGUST 2009, 14:10 AEST

SKILLED STADIUM, GEELONG

MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG 5.1 9.3 11.6 14.10 (94) Defeated
FREMANTLE 1.2 2.2 5.4 8.6 (54)\

GOALS
GEELONG: Hawkins 3, Mooney 2, Gamble 2, Hogan 2, Wojcinski, Ablett, Corey, Rooke, Byrnes
FREMANTLE: Mayne, Headland, Broughton, Ballantyne, Bradley, Pavlich, Duffield, Hill.

BEST
GEELONG: Ablett, Scarlett, Milburn, Mooney, Kelly, Wojcinksi, Bartel, Hawkins
FREMANTLE: Bradley, Tarrant, Schammer, Drum, Duffield, Hasleby

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VFL

VFL ROUND 1
CASEY SCORPIONS V GEELONG
SUNDAY 10 APRIL 2010, 19:00 AEST
CASEY FIELDS

GEELONG

B Menzel Gillies Laidler
HB T. Hunt B. Johnson Wojcinski
C Duncan Firman Hogan
HF Rooke Vardy Gamble
F Simpson West A. Varcoe
FOLL Blake Djerrkura Christensen
INT (FROM) O'Keefe Jull Cuthill Bright* Weadon Raidme Kee Biemans Weston Rock Smith Simpkin

LAST TIME

VFL ROUND 16
GEELONG V CASEY SCORPIONS
SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2009, 14:00 AEST
SKILLED STADIUM

MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM LISTS

GEELONG 4.4 7.6 11.9 15.10 (100) DEFEATED
CASEY SCORPIONS 3.4 8.5 9.10 14.12 (96)

GOALS
GEELONG: Podsiadly 6 Westwood 3 Moles Tutungi West Carson Sheringham Smith
CASEY SCORPIONS: C. Sylvia 3, B. Waite 2, D. Hughes 2, T. McNamara, B. MacReadie, K. Matthews, N. Scanlon, A. Silvagni, T. Zomer, R. Robertson

BEST
GEELONG: West Podsiadly Moles Tutungi Firman Laidler
CASEY SCORPIONS: M. Stockdale, C. Sylvia, P. Faulks, J. Wall, K. Matthews, P. Liddle

CASEY SCORPIONS

B Garland Panozza Stockdale
HB Cheney Wall Nicholls
C Gysberts N. Jones McGough
HF Purdy Miller Watts
F Mohr Spencer Martin
FOLL P. Johnson MacReadie McKenzie
INT (FROM) Taylor Strauss Creed Fieldsend Bate Healey
McNamara L. McDonald Plummer M. Dowse* Newton Maric