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AFL ROUND 3 2012; NORTH MELBOURNE
V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG has made three changes to the side that beat Hawthorn on Easter Monday, to play North Melbourne on Sunday at Etihad Stadium. The Hyphen they've all been waiting for, George Horlin-Smith, is one of the three along with Tom Gillies and big man Orren Stephenson. Making way are injured pair Matthew Stokes and Billie Smedts while Mitch Brown has been given a spell in the VFL. The Roos brought in Jack Ziebell and Luke Delaney in place of Cameron Delaney and Aaron Mullett. Meanwhile poor old Nathan Vardy has had more surgery on his hip. Neil Balme offered this frankupdate: "We have said all along that Nathan is a fair way from playing and nothing has changed on that front".
UMPIRES FIELD: Matt Stevic (9) Michael Jennings
(24) Jacob Mollison (32) EM: Shaun Gleeson (37) TIP? Cats by 36 points
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AFL 2012 ROUND 3 KANGAROOS V GEELONG SUNDAY 15 APRIL 2012 16:40 AEDT ETIHAD STADIUM GREAT FOOTY WEBSITE - FOOTYALMANAC.COM.AU AUSTRALIAN TV COVERAGE (LOCAL TIMES) Melbourne Seven/Fox Footy (LIVE
- 15:00) Replays on Fox Sports 1; available on Foxtel, Optus and Austar
GEORGE HORLIN-SMITH IN THE VFL LAST WEEKEND; PHOTO COURTESY Arj ONLINE IMAGES
AFL RADIO COVERAGE (LOCAL TIMES) Melbourne
KRock, SEN, ABC, MMM
LINK TO LIVE FEEDS
GRAND FINAL DVD - $34.95 + P&H
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Original side named: B: Scott McMahon, Scott Thompson,
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Updated 10/4/2012 Steve Johnson (thigh) - test |
KANGAROOS INJURY LIST Updated 4/4/2012 Max Bailey (wrist)
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AFL 2011, 2ND QUALIFYING FINAL, FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2011 19:45 AEST, MCG CATS MAINTAIN HOODOO OVER HAWKS, INTO
FIFTH STRAIGHT PRELIMINARY FINAL By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS v HAWTHORN HAWKS GEELONG smashed Hawthorn tonight to reach their fifth Preliminary Final in a row, taking their foot off the gas to win by 31 points and ensuring at least one punter collected a cool $70 profit. MCG specialists Tom Hawkins and James Podsiadly teamed up with big man Brad Ottens for seven goals between them, while in one of two tragedies of the night Dan Menzel kicked two in the first quarter but did his anterior cruciate liagament (ACL) in his knee in the second quarter. He is all but certain to be out for 9 to 12 months, along with Lance 'Buddy' Franklin who also did an ACL late in the game. The game was played at a cracking pace, and was a genuine contest until Geelong final broke free of Hawthorn As we write just after midnight several Geelong stars,
stuck on the West Gate Freeway due to a bit of a pile up, are tweeting
their frustrations along with more than a few fans. The Cats now have
a weekend off and are likely to face West Coast in a prelim final but
could in theory face any one of Collingwood, Essendon or Carlton. The
Hawks meanwhile must regroup and take on St Kilda or Sydney without
their spearhead Franklin. Full match report to come tomorrow. GEELONG:
2.0 7.2 12.6 14.14 (98) DEFEATED GOALS BEST INJURIES FIELD: Chris Donlon (1) Mathew Nicholls (15) Shaun Ryan
(25) EM: Justin Schmitt (17) CROWD: 73,400 at MCG, Melbourne |
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