CATS IN CLEAR FOLLOWING AFL MATCH REVIEW PANEL DECISION; SAM MITCHELL ACCEPTS REPRIMAND
Ben Jensen 27 April 2011

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery AFL 2011 ROUND 5 HAWTHORN HAWKS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG players Matthew Scarlett and James Kelly are in the clear following the AFL Match Review Panel's rulings today. However Hawks skipper Sam Mitchell will be ineligible for this year's Brownlow after pleading guilty to a charge of high contact on Steve Johnson but is free to play after just sneaking under 100 activation points and a one-match suspension.

OFFICIAL RULINGS

Matthew Scarlett cleared on contact with Jordan Lewis, fourth quarter, as MRP ruled that he made contact with ball in his spoiling action

James Kelly cleared on contact with Grant Birchall, first quarter after MRP rules he was pushed into contact.

Sam Mitchell was offered and accepted a reprimand, for high contact on Steve Johnson. Using the set formula, the incident was rated 93.75 points with a guilty plea, which Mitchell accepted.

GEELONG recorded a 19 point win over 2008 Grand Final victors Hawthorn, following a huge build-up all weekend and leading up to the first bounce. MATCH REPORT

GEELONG: 5.2 6.7 13.10 17.15 (117) DEFEATED
HAWTHORN: 5.3 8.3 12.6 15.8 (98)

GOALS
GEELONG: M Duncan 3 P Chapman 3 J Podsiadly 2 T Varcoe 2 B Ottens C Ling J Bartel J Corey J Kelly J Selwood T Hawkins
HAWTHORN: C Bateman 3 J Roughead 3 L Franklin 3 D Hale 2 B Guerra C Young S Burgoyne S Savage

BEST
GEELONG: Taylor, Scarlett, Chapman, Lonergan, Selwood, Bartel
HAWTHORN: Mitchell, Suckling, Rioli, Bateman, Sewell

INJURIES
GEELONG: Taylor Hunt (knee - substituted in first quarter)
HAWTHORN: Cyril Rioli (hamstring)

REPORTS
GEELONG: Nil
HAWTHORN: Nil

CROWD: 78,579 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

UMPIRES: FIELD: Michael Vozzo (2) Jason Armstrong (26) Troy Pannell (28) EM: Heath Ryan (14)
BOUNDARY: Patrick Tongue, Ian Burrows, Chris Roberts, Chris Morrison
GOAL: David Flegg, Mark Canning EM: Chris Appleton