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AFL 2018 ROUND 1:
MELBOURNE DEMONS V GEELONG CATS; MATCH PREVIEW & TEAMS AFL 2018 ROUND 1: MELBOURNE DEMONS V GEELONG CATS WILL HE OR WON'T HE? Well that question was answered on Thursday as Patrick Dangerfield was ruled out of playing in the Cats' round one clash with the Demons at the MCG this Sunday due to a hamstring injury. Gary Ablett who rejoined the Cats in the summer also had a hamstring complaint but will definitely line up. Joining Ablett as 'new' players are Tim Kelly, Esava Ratugolea and Lachie Fogarty though all three were initially named on the seven man interchange. Charlie Constable was also named in the initial squad of 28 but didn't make the final cut. Rhys Stanley was originally named at centre half forward but was also left out, replaced at CHF by Ratugolea. The Demons named two newbies in Jake Lever and Bayley Fritsch - Lever recruited in the off-season from Adelaide, presumably not wanting to be associated with the Crows again after their Grand Final embarrassment against Richmond. Skipper Joel Selwood will play his 250th game while Cory Gregson returns after not playing a game in 2017 due to a horror run of injuries. No Nakia Cockatoo though, he has had a calf complaint but was pronounced fit earlier in the week. In a quirk we will take a while to get used to there are now four emergencies being named, in the past it's been three.
UMPIRES TBA TIP: Cats by 37 points
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AFL ROUND 1 2018 MELBOURNE DEMONS V GEELONG CATS SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2018, 15:20 AEST MCG
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AFL 2017 - ROUND
3 8 APRIL 2017 CATS STRUGGLE AGAINST BUT OVERCOME DEMONS, REMAIN UNDEFEATED 6 APRIL 2017 AFL 2017 ROUND 3: GEELONG CATS V MELBOURNE DEMONS; MATCH PREVIEW & TEAMS CATS STRUGGLE AGAINST BUT OVERCOME DEMONS,
REMAIN UNDEFEATED AFL ROUND 3 2017, GEELONG CATS V MELBOURNE DEMONS GEELONG started off very well but struggled to hold off a determined Melbourne side who finally snatched the lead in the third quarter, but four goals in a row, the last two of the third term and first two of the last, were enough to shake the Demons off. The Cats conceded one goal to the Dees about five minutes into the final term but from then on absolutely belted them. A lot didn't work for the Cats such as having Harry Taylor up forward again but the absolute positives for the Cats were their good start (we often have a shocker and play catch-up football!), performance up forward by Dan Menzel and Tom Hawkins, Brandan Parfitt in his third game, and of course further commanding performances from Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood. And then there is the accuracy, of course if the Demons had of kicked better in the third quarter the Cats may have been 30 points behind but they didn't; the Cats were deadly accurate, twenty goals six behinds to the Demons' thirteen nineteen. Lachie Henderson was taken off the field into the rooms for a concussion assessment in the third quarter but returned soon after - but copped another knock to the face in the final quarter so may be under a cloud for next week. Selwood was barroled into by Demon Tom McDonald after taking a mark on the wing with six minutes to go, the 50m penalty easing the pain somewhat but Selwood really took some deep beaths before slotting the goal, more or less the sealer, from just inside fifty well over a minute later. Dangerfield spent some time off the field having attention on the right side of his groin just after the Selwood incident but should be OK. GEELONG:
5.2, 9.2, 14.2, 20.6 (126) DEFEATED GOALS BEST INJURIES CHANGES REPORTS UMPIRES: Hosking, Mollison, Ryan CROWD: 29,733 at Ethihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
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