AFL 2017 ROUND 6: GEELONG CATS V COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES; MATCH PREVIEW & FINAL TEAMS
Ben Jensen 28 April 2017

AFL 2017 ROUND 6: GEELONG CATS V COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES JED BEWS and Sam Menegola return to the Geelong line up to play Collingwood this Sunday afternoon at the MCG. They come in at the expense of Dan Menzel, who has been rested/managed, and Jackson Thurlow, omitted. Collingwood has also dropped a Jackson in Ramsay, managed Ben Reid and brought in Josh Smith and Lynden Dunn - the latter to play his first game for the Magpies since crossing from Melbourne in the pre-season. The round six figure is just under ten years after the Cats kicked the highest score of the century over Richmond. The Cats play a struggling Magpies side whose coach, poor old Nathan 'Bucks' Buckley, appears in all sorts of strife - at least from the outside, everything may well be fine and he has the full support of the Board, etc.

Geelong initially made just one change managing Dan Menzel with four brought in to the squad of 25 - usual suspects Rhys Stanley, Jed Bews, Tom Ruggles, and Sam Menegola returning from suspension. Bews must have had enough of being called into the side on the seven man interchange only to be named an emergency; Stanley too - Bews gets his chance now and will hopefully take the proverbial bull by the horns. Last year of course the Magpies gave the Cats a shock, winning by four goals, similar to how St Kilda and Carlton did - last week they erased that memory over the Saints so will be hoping to do the same against the Magpies. Josh Cowan (achilles soreness) remains on the injury list and was not named in the VFL nor AFL sides, and neither was Lincoln McCarthy (groin). The VFL side play Casey Scorpions at home on Saturday at 1PM, entry free for members.

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AFL 2016 ROUND 9

COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES V GEELONG CATS

SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 13:45 AEST

MCG

22 MAY 2016 MAGPIES BLITZ CATS IN FIRST QUARTER TO HAND CATS SHOCK LOSS

20 MAY 2016 AFL 2016 ROUND 9: COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES V GEELONG CATS; MATCH PREVIEW & TEAMS

MAGPIES BLITZ CATS IN FIRST QUARTER TO HAND CATS SHOCK LOSS
Ben Jensen 22 May 2016

AFL ROUND 9 2016: COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES V GEELONG CATS WHILE MANY GEELONG observers including ourselves thought this a danger game not many would have tipped Collingwood to do the job on us. But fix us up Nathan Buckley's boys did, breaking the Cats' six game winning streak with a 24 point win. A seven goal to none first quarter by the Magpies was too much for the Cats to recover from, although winning the next three quarters it was too little, too late with the Magpies winning by 24 points, while kicking five additional goals. Briefly in the final term it appeared as though the Cats were about to run over the Magpies after booting the opening two to make four consecutive goals to make the margin just 9 points, but the Magpies then went on their own run, three unanswered goals putting the match beyond doubt.

While Collingwood certainly played a great team game, finally doing coach Nathan Buckley proud, the match stats told a pretty sorry tale of missed opportunity by Geelong. Costly misses of relatively simply shots for goal from the likes of Patrick Dangerfield and even Jimmy Bartel heaped the pressure on the Cats heading into half time, trailing by 32 points while having three goals and four behinds for the term to Collingwood's two straight goals. Despite wins by Greater Western Sydney and the Sydney Swans the Cats remain in second spot on the AFL ladder, ahead of GWS (just) and the Swans on percentage. In brighter news today the VFL side had another win down at Frankston by six goals squaring their le. The VFL Cats have a bye next week.

COLLINGWOOD: 7.5, 9.5, 11.7, 16.8 (104) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 0.3, 3.7, 6.10, 11.14 (80)

GOALS
COLLINGWOOD: Motlop 4, Kersten 3, Caddy, Duncan, Enright, Lang, Menzel, Stanley
GEELONG: Hawkins 4, Motlop, Menzel, Duncan, Lang, Caddy, Stanley, Smith

BEST
COLLINGWOOD: Sidebottom, Pendlebury, Howe, Treloar, Adams, Grundy, Greenwood
GEELONG: Bartel, Enright, Duncan, Lang, Blicavs, Caddy

CHANGES
COLLINGWOOD: Nil
GEELONG: Tom Lonergan, replaced by Tom Ruggles due to concussion

INJURIES
COLLINGWOOD: Nil
GEELONG: Nil

REPORTS: Nil

UMPIRES: Dalgleish, Jeffery, Ryan

CROWD: 59,864 at MCG, Melbourne

VFL

VFL 2017 - ROUND 3

GEELONG CATS V CASEY DEMONS

SATURDAY 29 APRIL 2017, 13:00 AEST

SIMONDS STADIUM

GEELONG

IN: T. House, R. Abbott, A. Black, B. Moloney, G. Horlin-Smith, J. Thurlow, J. Gow, M. Thompson, S. Menegola, R. Condy, T. Ruggles
OUT: Floyd, E. Ratugolea, S. Simpson

B: 8. J. Kolodjashnij, 20. R. Gardner, 66. J. Edwards
HB: 40. J. Thurlow, 39. Z. Guthrie, 36. T. Ruggles
C: 42. M. O'Connor, 16. S. Selwood, 27. S. Menegola
HF: 41. J. Jones, 30. T. House, 64. T. Atkins
F: 24. J. Bews, 12. W. Buzza, 23. A. Black
FOLL: 1. R. Stanley, 51. J. Tsitas, 33. G. Horlin-Smith
INT (FROM!): 54. R. Condy, 45. R. Abbott, 38. J. Henry, 61. M. Thompson, 52. A. Hickey, 50. D. Capiron, 31. J. Cunico, 63. S. Dobson, 58. B. Moloney, 56. B. Reid, 15. M. Hayball, 65. S. McLachlan
23P: 74. J. Gow

CASEY SCORPIONS

IN: J. Harmes, D. Tyson, N. Gardiner, D. Collis, M. Hannan, B. Stretch, J. Wagner, C. Salem, S. Weideman, S. Dwyer, N. Foote
OUT: J. Briggs, A. Brayshaw, C. Pedersen

B: 41. M. White, 1. J. Hutchins, 42. J. Wagner
HB: 19. M. Hannan, 48. C. Maynard, 85. C. Salem
C: 83. T. Bugg, 76. D. Kent, 15. B. Stretch
HF: 45. D. Keilty, 28. O. McDonald, 71. D. Tyson
F: 43. J. Harmes, 26. S. Weideman, 27. A. Scott
FOLL: 34. M. King, 54. J. Trengove, 69. B. Kennedy
INT (FROM!): 75. S. Dwyer, 9. M. Gent, 55. L. Hulett, 24. J. Moncrieff, 5. D. Collis, 35. A. Ferreira, 37. D. Johnstone, 17. E. Morris, 18. B. Hillard, 49. N. Foote, 2. B. Fritsch, 20. N. Gardiner
23P: 22. G. Lok