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2012 GEELONG
LIST NUMBERS FINALISED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR from The Cattery! Who knows what season 2012 has for us? Whatever the case, the numbers and draw are now finalised, it's worth recapping what's ahead for us. Gone are premiership skipper Cameron Ling, legendary ruckman Brad Ottens, 07/09 premiership players Cameron Mooney and Darren Milburn plus a couple delistings, including 09 premiership ruckman Mark Blake. Joining the Cats are six new senior-listed players plus three rookies, and a host of other newly listed VFL players. Geelong open their season against Fremantle in Perth on Saturday 31 March at Subiaco Oval or Pattersons Stadium as it is now known. Who will lead the side? That is not yet known but most money is on Joel Selwood.
Lincoln McCarthy takes Ottens' number 6, Jordan Murdoch Mooney's 21, Orren Stephenson Marcus Drum's 23, Jed Bews Blake's 24, Shane Kersten Milburn's 39 and finally Joel Hamling Ling's famous number 45. |
2011 FOOTY ALMANAC AVAILABLE NOW!
2011 AFL PREMIERS 2011 4 DISC VICTORY PACK & ROAD TO VICTORY 2011 - GEELONG CATS SEASON HIGHLIGHTS DVD $99.95 & $29.95 + P&H
MILBURN TOOK THIS MARK OF THE YEAR CONTENDER IN 2003
GRAND FINAL DVD - $34.95 + P&H
COREY ENRIGHT WITH HIS SECOND CARJI GREEVES MEDAL
JOSH HUNT GIVES PAUL CHAPMAN A RIDE WITH THE PREMIERSHIP CUP AFL GRAND FINAL 2011 COLLINGWOOD V GEELONG SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER 2011 14:30 MCG MATCH INFO INCLUDING TEAM LISTS GEELONG LEGEND DOUG WADE TO PRESENT CUP BALLOT DECIDED FOR GEELONG MEMBERS
HALF CAT DURING TODAY'S AFL GRAND FINAL PARADE 2ND PRELIMINARY FINAL GEELONG:
5.7, 8.11, 15.14, 17.15 (117) DEFEATED SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2011 14:20 < FANS EMBRACE AFTER JOHNSON'S INJURY PRELIMINARY FINAL DVD - $24.95 + P&H
MCCARTNEY AND SANDERSON LOOK ON AT FORMER COACH MARK THOMPSON'S PRESS CONFERENCE LAST YEAR
GEELONG ADDY JUMPED THE GUN WITH THIS COMMEMORATIVE POSTER
1951-52 PREMIERSHIP AND TRUCKING LEGEND RUSSELL 'HOOKER' RENFREY JUST ABOUT BAGGED HIS REGULAR CAR PARKING SPACE (WHICH IS WHEREVER HE LIKES!!)
BOB DAVIS
BRAD SCOTT AND CHRIS SCOTT AT TUESDAY'S PRESSER, AS THEY CELEBRATE THEIR 35TH BIRTHDAY
JAMES PODSIADLY OUTMARKS ALIPATE CARLILE MATCH REPORTS BY THE FOOTYALMANAC.COM.AU 'CHAPPY' By John Harms CATS PURR WHILE THE DOG BARKS By Katherine Giese CHAPPY'S 200TH GAME By Marcus Holt
200 GAMER COREY ENRIGHT INTERVIEWED BY TOM HARLEY FOLLOWING THE ROUND ONE WIN OVER THE SAINTS
NEW GEELONG PRESIDENT COLIN CARTER
NEW GEELONG COACH CHRIS SCOTT THE CATTERY IS HEADING HOME - ARE YOU ON OUR ROUTE? (Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Turkey, Dubai, Malaysia) GET IN TOUCH!- blog.benjensen.com
THE CATTERY ON LOCATION NEAR ST CLAUDE (ROUCHFORT), FRANCE - STAGE 7 OF TOUR DE FRANCE. THE RIDERS ARE SET TO BEGIN THEIR FINAL CLIMB HERE AROUND 00:26 AEST
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AUSTRALIA V INDIA CRICKET TEST DAY
2 By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery My brother joined me today on the train trip up from Geelong, the train only about half full with cricket fans, about same as day 1 but we wonder if the Aussies were in better form would it have been full, let alone been more than a single train per hour? Met up with Duncan (the MCC Member) at Warnie’s statue, bought the bro a guess pass and we were in. Play resumed on an absolutely perfect day with Australia 6/277. Total contrast to day one, we had to apply the SPF500 from the word go, no shade on offer. Plenty of people in attendance too on our side of the ground, the Southern Stand visibly less full but the Members’ area as full as day 1 with 4 guest passes per member instead of the 2 making an impact. FULL STORY
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THREE NEW CATS
ROOKIES ROUND OUT 2012 GEELONG LIST GEELONG drafted just three new players today, all from the AFL Rookie Draft, held after the AFL Pre Season Draft in which the Cats did not have a selection. Midfielder Cameron Eardley from East Fremantle was first pick, well-known Jackson Sheringham of the Geelong VFL side second and finally roughie of all roughies Mark Blicavs who if he has his way, will not be available in 2012 and will be at the London Olympics instead. 23 year old Sheringham may well pull on the boots for the AFL side if required, while Eardley likelier to bide his time. FULL STORY |
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SIX NEW CATS
JOIN THE LITTER IN 2011 DRAFT GEELONG drafted six new players in today's AFL National Draft, including father-son selection Jed Bews and 29 year old Orren Stephenson out of relative obscurity from North Ballarat. The Cats did not have a 'round one' pick, trading their pick 26 to the Gold Coast Suns in exchange for notional second round picks 32 and 34, which they used to draft Joel Hamling and Shane Kersten. The two West Australian forwards join recruits from Glenelg Jordan Murdoch and Lincoln McCarthy, taken with picks 48 and 66, the last picks in rounds two and three respectively. Beanpole Stephenson was pick 78 in round four, while Bews, taken with the father-son rule, only cost the Cats pick 86 in round five. Barring any shock retirements, this should be Geelong's list for 2012, with no room left for any more draftees under the Pre Season draft in December, though the club should add some new rookies from the Rookie Draft. FULL STORY
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2011 FOOTY ALMANAC NOW AVAILABLE;
OFFICIAL LAUNCH THIS THURSDAY By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery THE FOOTY ALMANAC FOR 2011 is now available to order, the 'purrfect' Christmas present for Geelong fans you love dearly and Collingwood fans you may think otherwise of. Featuring articles by a variety of authors including yours truly. The Footy Almanac 2011 will be launched at the Clyde Hotel, Carlton, at 6pm on Thursday, November 24. All are welcome; please spread the word. More info about the launch will be available on The Footy Almanac website this week. |
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GEELONG CATS TRIPLE PREMIERSHIP RUCKMAN
BRAD OTTENS RETIRES By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG ruckman Brad Ottens is to announce his retirement today according to media reports. Ottens was initially thought likely to play on after the retirements of skipper Cameron Ling and Darren Milburn in the week following the Premiership. After taking a couple weeks to think things over Ottens has reached the decision to hang up the boots now and go out on top. Ottens joined the Cats in 2004 following a trade with Richmond that saw Brent Moloney head to the Demons, a trade that was widely criticised at the time, in particularly after a round 6 loss, Mark Thompson's infamous "All of you" press conference. "For some silly reason, you people want to assassinate him. It's just rubbish. You people, all of you, ALL OF YOU, leave him alone!" said Thompson at the time. FULL STORY |
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AFL DRAW SEASON 2012 FOR GEELONG CATS
By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG'S AFL DRAW for season 2012 was released yesterday after a week or two of strategic leaks from the AFL's communications department. FULL DRAW FOR CATS WITH TV DETAILS The Cats have been rewarded for their third AFL Premiership in five years by opening their defence against Fremantle at the ground formerly known as Subiaco Oval. They play an Easter Monday blockbuster against Hawthorn in a home fixture at the MCG a week or so later which is more like it, sure to draw a decent crowd. After another away fixture against the Kangaroos at Etihad, Geelong will unfurl the Premiership flag at Simonds Stadium in round 4 verses Richmond in a Sunday game to be shown on Foxtel's yet top be named footy channel. Brian Cook was diplomatic as usual. "Overall we are pleased with the 2012 fixture, and I think that our members and supporters will be happy with it too. We have a good mix with our home games, have been treated fairly with interstate games and also a good balance of playing Victorian and interstate teams at Simonds Stadium". |
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DARREN MILBURN RETIRES, BRAD OTTENS
TO PLAY ON; JED BEWS JOINS THE CATS By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery DARREN MILBURN announced his retirement on Tuesday, and the next day joined the Adelaide Crows as an assistant coach under mate Brendon Sanderson. Milburn debuted in 1997 as a 19 year old and went on to play 292 games, all for Geelong and finishes with the third highest number of games played for the club. Milburn will be the Crows' defensive coach, a position you'd say he'll be well versed in. Milburn hasn't been known to speak publicly so it will be interesting to see if we hear more of him in coming years. Jed Bews, son of former Geelong skipper Andrew, has been selected by Geelong as a father-son pick. The Cats get Bews with their final pick in the draft after no clubs made a 'bid' at Monday's father-son meeting. Bews started off with the mighty Leopold Lions in the junior ranks before playing the last two seasons at Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup elite under-18 comp. The 17 year old will join a long list of father-son recruits to the club in the AFL era, the most of any other club. In addition to two seasons at TAC Cup level Bews played three games for the Geelong VFL side this year. Bews stands 186cm tall and is currently listed at 78kg. Brad Ottens has confirmed he will pull on the boots for another season, before likely handing over the number one ruck mantle to Trent West with some help from Nathan Vardy in 2013. Ottens has now played more games with Geelong than Richmond where he debuted in 1998, before moving to the Cats in 2005. He has played an integral role in all three Premierships thus far and is keen for one more crack at glory, the club welcoming Ottens' determination to play on and not add to the three retirements already in Milburn, Cameron Ling and Cameron Mooney. FULL STORY |
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COREY ENRIGHT WINS GEELONG BEST AND
FAIREST By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery COREY ENRIGHT has won the 2011 Geelong Best and Fairest award, the Carji Greeves Medal, in the closest contest in years. Enright joins an elite club of players to have won their club best and fairest awards in a Premiership year; Enright also won the 2009 award, shared with Gary Ablett. It was the closest top ten ever they say, Enright finishing on 150 votes. Runner up was Joel Corey on 143, third place Jimmy Bartel 142. FULL STORY INCLUDING LEADERBOARD |
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GEELONG CAPTAIN CAMERON LING RETIREMENT
CONFIRMED By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CAPTAIN AND CHAMPION CAMERON LING today announced his retirement from AFL football after 246 games, 3 Premierships, 1 club best and fairest, All Australian selection in 2007, 2 NAB Cups and literally hundreds of friendships formed through footy over 12 seasons in the game. Ling was recruited from the Geelong Falcons with the Cats' final pick in the 1999 draft, as he sat nervously on his Mother's couch in Torquay. He was recruited as a full-forward but made his name in 2002 as a tagger, regularly shutting down the likes of Nathan Buckley. He then stepped his ball-magnet skills up, regularly gathering 20-30 disposals a game. Ling, 30, told the Sunday Footy Show on Sunday morning before deciding his future he'd speak to his teammates and coach Chris Scott, appeared to have made his mind up early on Tuesday as News Limited ran with the story last night. Ling announced the news following today's successful Premiership Parade in Geelong. Fittingly, Ling's final game was a typical gutsy game against one of the AFL's best midfielders in Dane Swan, and he capped it off with the final goal of the match. FULL STORY |
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GEELONG NINTH BEST TEAM EVER BY ONE
MEASURE By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS GEELONG is the ninth best side ever according to one email floating around Melbourne. Geelong defeated Collingwood on Saturday to win their third flag in five years. Geelong would be the second best side of the AFL era thus far (1990-2011), with promises of more to come with the likes of Dan Menzel, Nathan Vardy waiting in the wings. FULL STORY |
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GEELONG CATS BEAT COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES
IN AFL GRAND FINAL By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery AFL GRAND FINAL GEELONG HAS DEFEATED COLLINGWOOD to win the 2011 AFL Premiership. The Cats were well beaten in the second quarter but pegged back two goals before half time to remain in the game. They blew Collingwood away in the third and fourth quarters, in front by just seven points at the final break but completely blew them away in the last, booting five goals to none as the Geelong fans celebrated like never before. Jimmy Bartel was Norm Smith Medallist, kicking two key goals and playing well all over the ground. FULL MATCH REPORT. GEELONG:
4.3 8.6 13.7 18.11 (119) DEFEATED GOALS BEST INJURIES CHANGES FIELD: Chris Donlon, Brett Rosebury, Shaun Ryan EM:
Matt Stevic CROWD: 99,537 at MCG, Melbourne
JOHNSON'S GOAL IN THE FIRST QUARTER BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN
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STEVE JOHNSON SET TO PLAY; AFL GRAND
FINAL PARADE GEELONG CATS STEVE JOHNSON
has declared himself '99 - 100%' certain to play in tomorrow's Grand
Final at the MCG against Collingwood. Johnson trained, according to
himself after having 'a jab' of painkiller, at Skilled Stadium pursued
by Channel Seven and other helicopters overhead as he went through his
second-last fitness test. He sat in the back of a Toyota Kluger during
the Grand Final Parade, as did emergencies Darren Milburn, Cameron Guthrie
and Shannon Byrnes. GRAND FINAL
MATCH DETAILS The Grand Final Parade went off without a hitch, even Collingwood supporters were relatively well behaved, only jeering Cameron Ling for 30 seconds or so during the presentation at the top end of Collins Street. Afterwards, over 100 fans of the Footy Almanac turned up to a lunch at the Clyde Hotel in Elgin Street Carlton. Geelong Vice President Gareth Andrews was first up to the podium, quizzed by John Harms. Andrews wouldn't give anything away about Johnson and whether or not he'll play, and genuinely may not know. Next up was Jenny Hawkins (mother of Tom), later on we heard from Andrew Mackie's mother, Sam Pang, Tony Daniher and maybe two dozen others. |
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YOUR PICK FOR KICK AFTER THE SIREN? By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES V GEELONG CATS Steve Johnson is named however still has to pass a fitness test on Friday or Saturday morning. The siren sounds, the scores are level and one man has one kick to win the biggest prize in football. Whose hands do you want the ball in? And who from the other team would you most like to see taking (and missing) that kick? Footy's best bloggers including The Cattery have their say. Have yours too; let's show the Collingwood fans why we're going to win. |
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AFL GRAND FINAL 2011; COLLINGWOOD
MAGPIES V GEELONG CATS; MATCH PREVIEW INCLUDING TEAM LISTS, TV DETAILS By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES V GEELONG CATS GEELONG are unchanged while Collingwood have left out Dane Beams with a groin injury for Alex Fasalo. Steve Johnson is named however still has to pass a fitness test on Friday or Saturday morning. Geelong's emergencies are Darren Milburn, Shannon Byrnes and Cameron Guthrie, leaving no room for Cameron Mooney who has now played his last game of AFL football. Collingwood's emergencies are ruckman Cameron Wood, defender Tyson Goldsack and utility/Milburn equivalent Ben Sinclair.
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SKILLED STADIUM / KARDINIA PARK TO
BE RENAMED SIMONDS STADIUM GEELONG CATS KARDINIA PARK KARDINIA
PARK, now known as Skilled Stadium, is set to be renamed Simonds Stadium
after homebuilder Simonds at the conclusion of the AFL season, hopefully
after Geelong beats Collingwood in the Grand Final. The City of Greater
Geelong council met last night and rubber-stampted the new name, which
will take effect from 1 November 2011 for a five year period. FULL
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AFL GRAND FINAL: UMPIRES ANNOUNCED AFL GRAND FINAL GEELONG CATS COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES
UMPIRES were announced on Tuesday for the
Grand Final. Field umpires are hris Donlon, Brett Rosebury and Shaun
Ryan with Matt Stevic the emergency. Donlon and Ryan umpired the round
24 belting of the Magpies by Geelong. They are joined by boundary
umpires: Mark Foster, Christopher Gordon, Mark Thomson, Nathan Doig
and Jonathon Creasey (emergency) and goal umpires David Dixon, Luke
Walker and Chelsea Roffey (emergency). AFL Media Tsar Patrick Keane's
bat away of scuttlebutt Roffey was left out after missing a 'hit the
post' by Josh Hunt on the weekend would have made Neil Balme proud.
"Suggestions of a goal umpiring error by Chelsea Roffey in Saturday's
Prelim Final are a media myth. Hunt's long goal never touched the post",
he Tweeted.
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JAMES KELLY, JAMES PODSIADLY CLEARED
TO PLAY AFL GRAND FINAL AFL GRAND FINAL GEELONG CATS COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES
GEELONG'S James Podsiadly and James Kelly have escaped the hangman's
noose and been cleared by the AFL Match Review Panel to play in Saturday's
Grand Final against Collingwood. Kelly's incident
with Daniel Kerr in which Kelly slid into Kerr was ruled accidental
while Podsiadly's hip and shoulder on Adam Selwood was ruled as 'body
to body' with no foreful high contact made. Steve Johnson and club medicos
continue to do all they can to make sure he is likewise available, the
injury responding as well as it could, so the Cats may yet field a full-strength
side. Meanwhile the Brownlow Medal takes the attention away from the
Grand Final for a few hours tonight, with the tacky 'Blue Carpet' taking
centrestage before what many consider a yawn-fest got underway. FULL
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NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FOR STEVE JOHNSON;
WAITING GAME BEGINS STEVE JOHNSON faces an agonising few days waiting to see how his knee responds to treatment including use of a hyperbaric chamber, the club confirmed earlier this evening. Johnson twisted his knee in the third quarter in Saturday's thumping win over West Coast, and is more likely than not to miss the Grand Final with Collingwood as a result. FULL STORY |
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GEELONG LEGEND DOUG WADE TO PRESENT
AFL PREMIERSHIP CUP AFL GRAND FINAL GEELONG CATS COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES GEELONG legend and recently-departed board member Doug Wade is to present the AFL Premiership Cup, should the Cats get over the Magpies in the Grand Final next Saturday. The 1963 Premiership player and AFL goalkicking legend is a popular choice, and should bring an even greater fillip to Geelong fans should they emerge victorious on the big day. Fred Wooler's huge grin in 2007 said it all as he presented the cup and nobody can forget Bob Davis' handover of the 2009 trophy. Meanwhile, Grand Final ticket allocations have been
decided already by ballot; official advice from the club is to check
your credit card for charges between now and tomorrow night. If you
haven't been charged it's unlikely you received a ticket unfortunately.
Standing room tickets go on sale on Monday for members who didn't score
a ticket between 12noon and 5pm until sold out; at $150 it's a bit rich
but probably worth it. See further details below.
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GEELONG CRUISE PAST WEST COAST INTO
GRAND FINAL By Ben Jensen
twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG
CATS v WEST COAST EAGLES GEELONG easily
accounted for West Coast at the MCG today in front of a
smallish crowd of 59,455, cruising into their
fourth AFL Grand Final in five years against Collingwood next weekend.
The Cats led from start to finish, Travis Varcoe opening the scoring
a goal in the fourth minute, the Eagles not even scoring until a behind
nearly 12 minutes into the first quarter. The Cats were never really
in doubt however the big news was Steve Johnson may miss the Grand Final
after suffering a dislocated patella (kneecap to you and I) in the third
quarter. Johnson was stretchered off but as the final quarter was starting
he walked back around the boundary line to the interchange bench to
a standing, cheering ovation, so may yet rise from the ashes Buddy Franklin
style. James Podsiadly was leading goalkicker for Geelong with three, Tom Hawkins kicked two in another great MCG-performance (the MCG specialist that he is), Allen Christensen and Varcoe kicking two apiece. For the Weagles Josh Kennedy kicked three, Nic Naitanui two including an absolutely ripper in the last quarter. Grand Final ticket allocations have been decided already by ballot; official advice from the club is to check your credit card for charges between now and tomorrow night. If you haven't been charged it's unlikely you received a ticket unfortunately. Standing room tickets go on sale on Monday for members who didn't score a ticket between 12noon and 5pm until sold out; at $150 it's a bit rich but probably worth it. FULL MATCH REPORT; GRAND FINAL TICKET BALLOT INFO GEELONG:
5.7, 8.11, 15.14, 17.15 (117) DEFEATED GOALS BEST INJURIES FIELD: Chris Donlon (1) Matt Stevic (9) Ray Chamberlain
(18) EM: Mathew Nicholls (15) CROWD: 73,400 at MCG, Melbourne FIRST GOAL: Travis Varcoe, Geelong (4 minutes) |
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AFL PRELIMINARY FINAL GEELONG V WEST
COAST: JOEL COREY TO PLAY IN PRELIMINARY FINAL GEELONG has recalled Joel Corey for this Saturday's Preliminary Final against the West Coast Eagles at the MCG in place of injured Dan Menzel who did his knee in the Qualifying Final against Hawthorn a fortnight ago. The game begins at 2:20PM, with some tickets left, starting at $79 for standard up to $132 for premium. West Coast beat Carlton in a thriller last Saturday night at Subiaco Oval, in a game the Blues will quite probably be bleating on about for some time yet after missing out on a free kick in the closing seconds of the game. They were also only one of two sides to defeat the Cats this season, by 8 points at Subiaco in July. Joel Corey was in doubt to play again this season with
what is being termed a groin injury; he failed to train with the main
group yesterday and has not played since round 21 against Adelaide after
missing just one match until that point. Other than that the Cats have
a clean bill of health while the Weagles would be sore you'd think after
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THREE GEELONG PLAYERS IN 2011 AFL
ALL AUSTRALIAN SIDE DOMINATED BY COLLINGWOOD; SIMPKIN WINS VFL BEST
AND FAIREST By Ben Jensen
twitter.com/thecattery THREE GEELONG players
have made the 2011 AFL All Australian side, down on last year's six
and the high of nine in 2007. After missing
last year Matthew Scarlett was named for his sixth All Aussie side,
joined by Corey Enright in his fourth in a row in the other back pocket.
The third player was first time and not undeserved James Kelly, named
on the bench but in less than two weeks now gets a chance to win his
third AFL Premiership. In other news around the club, Jonathan Simpkin
won the VFL club Best and Fairest award by just 4 votes from Andrew
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FORMER GEELONG COACHES WIN SENIOR
COACHING GIGS WITH ADELAIDE, WESTERN BULLDOGS By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery FORMER GEELONG assistant coaches Brendan McCartney and Brenton Sanderson were announced as coaches of the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide Crows respectively today, on the back of former Cat Mark Neeld's appointment as new Melbourne coach last Friday. The excellent news of first McCartney and then later on Sanderson's appointments comes nearly 12 months to the day of which their worlds down at Geelong changed after Mark Thompson resigned. Both applied for the job with Sanderson believed to come a close second to Chris Scott, while McCartney 'defected' to Essendon following Thompson. Sanderson stuck with the club this season and may yet be involved what is hopefully two more finals in some capacity, unlike Neeld who immediately left his Assistant Coach position with Collingwood. |
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GEELONG TO PLAY WEST COAST IN AFL
PRELIMINARY FINAL By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS v WEST COAST EAGLES GEELONG will play the West Coast Eagles next Saturday afternoon at 2:20PM the AFL announced today. Tickets go on sale Monday, starting at $79 for standard up to $132 for premium. West Coast beat Carlton in a thriller last night at Subiaco Oval, in a game the Blues will quite probably be bleating on about for some time yet after missing out on a free kick in the closing seconds of the game. They were also only one of two sides to defeat the Cats this season, by 8 points at Subiaco in July. Joel Corey remains in doubt to play again this season
with what is being termed a groin injury; he failed to train with the
main group yesterday and has not played since round 21 against Adelaide
after missing just one match until that point. Other than that the Cats
have a clean bill of health while the Weagles would be sore you'd think
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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. 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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AFL 2011; 2ND QUALIFYING FINAL; GEELONG
V HAWTHORN; MATCH PREVIEW INCLUDING TEAM LISTS, TV DETAILS By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS V HAWTHORN HAWKS GEELONG and Hawthorn clash for the third time at the MCG tomorrow night, with the Cats hoping for three out of three over the Hawks. As supposed by The Cattery at Sunday's unofficial selection meeting in Leopold, Darren Milburn is the man to miss out for the return of Tom Lonergan, with Shannon Byrnes also making way for Matthew Stokes. The Hawks have made a cool eight changes from last weekend's narrow win over Gold Coast, to match their eight changes for that match. For the first time, viewers in NSW, Queensland and the ACT will be able to watch the game LIVE and in HD on 7mate.
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GEELONG CATS OBLITERATE
MAGPIES AT MCG, BACK IN PREMIERSHIP HUNT By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES V GEELONG CATS GEELONG annihilated Collingwood by an all-time record margin of 16 goals of 96 points at the MCG last night in front of a bumper crowd of 85,705 people. Geelong trailed at the first change but from then on barely let Collingwood believe they were involved in the game, at one stage slamming home eight unanswered goals, and booting ten in the second quarter alone. Any post-match talk the Magpies weren't trying are bulldust,
they were simply blown away in that second quarter of magic. Fair enough,
after half-time their intensity and skill level dropped off even further
as the reality set home this game was dead, but you can't detract from
Geelong's performance. West Coast mentor John Worsfold would have been
watching the match with interest, noting the unusual setup with Leigh
Brown down back and Cameron Wood up forward, as Mick Malthouse went
for an untried and now proven unsuccessful line-up. Next Friday or Saturday
night Geelong will play Hawthorn and Collingwood West Coast at the MCG
in the Qualifying Finals. FULL
MATCH REPORT FINALS
TICKET INFO GEELONG:
2.5, 12.8, 16.15, 22.17 (149) DEFEATED GOALS BEST INJURIES CHANGES FIELD: Chris Donlon (1) Shaun Ryan (25) Jacob Mollison
(32) EM: Stefan Grun (13) CROWD: 85,705 at MCG, Melbourne |
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AFL ROUND 24 2011; COLLINGWOOD V GEELONG;
MATCH PREVIEW INCLUDING TEAM LISTS, TV DETAILS By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES V GEELONG CATS GEELONG and COLLINGWOOD face off for the second but possibly not the final time for season 2011 at the MCG tomorrow night. After the 'loss we may or may of had to have' to Sydney on the weekend the Cats have the tail between their legs to a certain degree but ultimately this match will probably not go down in the annals of history. The Cats have made two changes, dropping reigning club scapegoat Shannon Byrnes and quite surprisingly defender Tom Lonergan for Mitch Duncan and Darren Milburn, resisting the temptation to bring back Cameron Mooney. Collingwood made three changes, bringing back Luke Ball, Chris Tarrant and Dirk Wellingham in place of the suspended Dale Thomas and omitted Leon Davis and Tom Young.
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