AFL ROUND 5 2012; BRISBANE V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW
Ben Jensen 26 April 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery BRISBANE LIONS V GEELONG CATS BRISBANE host Geelong at the Gabba this Saturday night. Matthew Scarlett returns from a three game suspension while Steve Johnson will play after beating his tribunal charge. Joining Scarlett on the inclusion list is Billie Smedts. Tom Gillies and the Hyphen George Horlin-Smith make way for Scarlett and Smedts. For the Lions Simon Black plays his 300th match, a fantastic achievement for the triple-Premiership and 2002 Brownlow Medal winner. No major ins or outs for the Lions.

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LAST GAME DETAILS

In the VFL Geelong play yet another Friday night match, this time at Bendigo's Queen Elizabeth Oval v the Bendigo not-Bombers; they're now known as the Gold.

UMPIRES

FIELD: Chris Kamolins (19) Ben Ryan (27) Shane McInerney (30) EM: Brett Kronk (40)
BOUNDARY: Aaron Deckys Nick Liparota Nick Wade Chris Bull
GOAL: Troy Mavroudis Tristan Symes EM: Shaun Apted

TIP?

Cats by 33 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 26/4/2012

Allen Christensen (neck) - test Named in side
James Kelly (groin) - test Not named in side
Billie Smedts (chest) - test Named in side
Lincoln McCarthy (knee) - test
Daniel Menzel (knee) - indefinite
Travis Varcoe (foot) - 3-5 weeks Up from 3-4 weeks
Nathan Vardy (hip) - indefinite
Dawson Simpson (back) - 3-4 weeks
David Wojcinski (foot) - available - PLAYED VFL LAST WEEK

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LIONS INJURY LIST

Updated 25/4/2012

Matthew Leuenberger (Achilles) - 6 weeks
Brent Staker (knee) - season

LAST TIME

AFL 2011, ROUND 17, SUNDAY 17 JULY 2011 14:10 AEST, GABBA BRISBANE

MATCH PREVIEW MATCH REPORT

CATS TESTED BUT RUN OUT FIVE GOAL WINNERS OVER LIONS
Ben Jensen 17 July 2011

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery BRISBANE LIONS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG struggled to overcome the Brisbane Lions in the first three quarters at the Gabba this afternoon, but ended up winning by 31 points as James Podsiadly kicked 8 goals. Lions captain Jonathan Brown had a scare after being again hospitalised after a heavy head-high clash with a teammate in the third quarter but was later cleared of serious injury. Although a Brisbane game, Channel Seven insisted on showing the game on delay and on their SD channel, infuriating Cats fans, tens of who vowed to not watch the channel the rest of the evening.

Matthew Scarlett was a late change for Geelong with Trent West coming into the side. Although the Cats were ahead at half time and trailed by just 3 points at the final break, the Lions had most of the answers until this point, generally being a goal or two ahead. Brown went down in the third quarter and although the Lions then snatched back the lead, from then on Geelong had the run of play, kicking seven goals in the final quarter. Tom Hawkins ended up with 4 goals, kicking a couple in a row while the J-Pod did likewise, ending with his career-best tally of 8.

GEELONG: 3.4 9.4 13.8 20.13 (133) DEFEATED
BRISBANE: 4.6 8.8 13.11 15.14 (104)

GOALS
GEELONG: J Podsiadly 8, T Hawkins 3, A Christensen 2, J Corey 2, J Bartel, M Stokes, S Johnson, T Hunt, T Varcoe
BRISBANE: T Banfield 4, M Clark 3, J Hawksley, 2 P Karnezis 2, A McGrath, L Power, S Sheldon, T Rockliff

BEST
GEELONG: J Podsiadly, J Bartel, J Corey, A Christensen, C Enright, M Stokes
BRISBANE: S Black, T Banfield, M Clark, P Hanley, T Rockliff

CHANGES
GEELONG: Trent West comes in for Matthew Scarlett (back soreness)

INJURIES
GEELONG: A. Mackie (blood nose)
BRISBANE: J. Brown (concussion)
UMPIRES: Hayden Kennedy, replaced in third quarter by Ben Ryan

REPORTS: Nil

UMPIRES: FIELD: Hayden Kennedy Corey Bowen Troy Pannell EM: Ben Ryan
BOUNDARY: Aaron Deckys Blake Emmins Nick Liparota Mark Thomson
GOAL: Tristan Symes Troy Mavroudis EM: Shaun Apted

CROWD: 19,906 GABBA, Brisbane

VFL

VFL ROUND 6
BENDIGO V GEELONG
FRIDAY 27 APRIL 2012, 18:30 AEST
QUEEN ELIZABETH OVAL (BENDIGO)

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