AFL ROUND 6 2010; GEELONG V RICHMOND; MATCH PREVIEW PLUS TV / RADIO BROADCAST DETAILS
Ben Jensen 30 April 2010

By Ben Jensen GEELONG V RICHMOND GARY ABLETT will miss Sunday's home clash with Richmond with a hamstring injury. Originally named in the side, the Cats confirmed Ablett will miss this afternoon and have added Nathan Djerrkura to the 25-man squad. When the final teams were announced, Travis Varcoe and Mitch Duncan were confirmed as the replacements in place of Ablett and star utility Max Rooke who shouldn't have played last week. Geelong had also named Ryan Gamble and new boy Allen Christensen on an expanded interchange. A wee bit more complicated for the Tigers; they named pretty much their entire list in their team sheet, with 25 in the provisional squad and settled for just than four omissions, all of them forced.

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UMPIRES

FIELD: Stefan Grun (13) Michael Jennings (24) Scott Jeffery (29) EM: Damien Sully (12)
BOUNDARY: Adam Coote Shane Jones Justin Bennison Gerard Large
GOAL: Mark Canning Chris Appleton EM: Adam Wojcik

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Geelong by 69 points

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GEELONG

IN: Varcoe, Duncan
OUT: Rooke (knee), Ablett (hamstring)

B: J. Hunt, Lonergan, Milburn
HB: Enright, Taylor, Mackie
C: Kelly, Ling, Wojcinski
HF: Hawkins, Podsiadly, Chapman
F: Varcoe, Mooney, Johnson
FOLL: Ottens, Selwood, Bartel
INT: Blake, Byrnes, Hogan, Duncan
EMER: Gamble, Christensen, Djerrkura

RICHMOND

IN: Morton, Jackson, Polo, Thursfield
OUT: Tambling (leg), Cotchin (leg), Taylor (leg), Martin (soreness)

B: McGuane, Thursfield, Moore
HB: Tuck, Deledio, Newman
C: Edwards, Jackson, Cousins
HF: Nason, Riewoldt, Nahas
F: Morton, Rance, Astbury
FOLL: Vickery, Polo, Foley
INT: Simmonds, Farmer, Collins, Dea
EMER: Hislop, White, Webberley

CATS INJURY LIST

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Updated 30/4/2010

Player (Injury) Onset; Estimated Return; Notes

Gary Ablett (hamstring) - unknown
Travis Varcoe (thumb) - 2-3 weeks
Mitchell Brown (leg) - 2-3 weeks
Matthew Scarlett (back) - test
Marcus Drum (detached retina) - 6 weeks
Max Rooke (shoulder) - test
Matthew Stokes (ankle) - test

TIGERS INJURY LIST

Richard Tambling (hamstring) - TBA
Troy Taylor (knee) - TBA
Will Thursfield (leg) - test

LAST TIME

AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON 2009, ROUND 2

SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2009, 14:10 AEST

SKILLED STADIUM

PREVIEW REVIEW

CATS STRUGGLE PAST TIGERS, WAIT ON OTTENS INJURY
Ben Jensen 9 April 2009

By Ben Jensen GEELONG V RICHMOND THE GEELONG CATS are licking their wounds tonight after struggling past Richmond in front of 22,288 at Skilled Stadium. While the pride of the Cats was damaged after being behind to the Tigers at one stage, the loss of ruckman Brad Ottens for at least four weeks, possibly six, is a blow to the Cats, with the number one ruckman baton now to pass to Mark Blake in the interim. The Cats led by thirty-one points at half time, however the Tigers outscored them eight goals to three to incredibly lead by one point at three-quarter time. When Joel Bowden slammed home the first goal of the final quarter it looked like the nightmare for the Cats would continue, however Ablett and Johnson put paid to that, booting three of the Cats' four goals to seal a shaky twenty-point win.

Ottens injured his right knee in a ruck contest towards the end of the first half, and while initial reports panickaly referred to a season ending injury, Cats coach Mark 'Bomber' Thompson confirmed the injury was not so serious. "It's a better result than we initially thought. We thought he had a posterior cruciate, which is the ruckman's curse. You don't like to see it. You know straight away when people can't get to their feet and walk or run they are in a bit of trouble. We had our fingers crossed and it's not completely bad news." In other injury news, draftee Mitch Brown sadly broke his leg in the VFL practice match against Collingwood earlier in the day. Ruckman Shane Mumford is also believed to be under an injury cloud, which may count against him in the battle with fellow backup ruckman Trent West to take Ottens' spot.

GEELONG 5.3, 8.9, 11.11, 15.15 (105) DEFEATED
RICHMOND 1.1, 4.2, 12.6, 13.7 (85)

GOALS
GEELONG: Johnson 4, Chapman 2, Hawkins 2, Corey, Mooney, Varcoe, Gamble, Enright, Rooke, Ablett
RICHMOND: Richardson 2, Brown 2, Morton 2, Schulz, Edwards, Bowden, Riewoldt, Foley, Hislop, Deledio

BEST
GEELONG: Johnson, Ablett, Corey, Enright, Taylor, Milburn
RICHMOND: Deledio, Richardson, Brown, Newman, Bowden, Tuck

CROWD: 22,288 at Skilled Stadium

UMPIRES: Nicholls, Stevic, Sully,

REPORTS
GEELONG: Nil
RICHMOND: Nil

INJURIES
GEELONG: Brad Ottens (knee)
RICHMOND: Nil; Richard Tambling replaced in selected side by Marc Polo

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VFL

VFL ROUND 4
GEELONG V BENDIGO BOMBERS
SUNDAY 2 MAY 2010, 09:40 AEST
SKILLED STADIUM

GEELONG

B Cowan Gillies Firman
HB Gamble Laidler T. Hunt
C T. Varcoe Hogan Byrnes
HF Christensen B. Johnson Duncan
F Simpson Vardy Menzel
R Blake Stokes Djerrkura
Int Simpkin Weston Ediriwickrama O'Keefe Cuthill Hughes Bright Rock* Raidme Jull Biemans Smith

LAST TIME

BENDIGO BOMBERS

B Shinners Flaherty J. Williams
HB Hardingham Cloke Long
C Howlett Myers Houli
HF Crameri T. Slattery Jetta
F Laycock Neagle M. Williams
R Bock Skipworth Marigliani
Int Silverlock Still Carlisle Bellchambers James Scanlon Page Quinn