AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON 2008 ROUND 11; NORTH MELBOURNE V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW PLUS TV / RADIO BROADCAST DETAILS
Ben Jensen 6 June 2008

By Ben Jensen NORTH MELBOURNE V GEELONG GEELONG are hosted by newly-renamed North Melbourne at Telstra Dome this Friday night, a match finally covered live in Setanta Sports (but don't get used to it). Last time the two sides met, the Cats tore the Roos a proverbial new one, winning by a lazy one hundred and six points at the MCG in a qualifying final. Geelong's two inclusions, forwards Cameron Mooney and Paul Chapman, each kicked five goals that day, and will be looking to repeat the feat.

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Geelong by 60 points - not quite a massacre but enough of an embarassment for a Friday night.

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GEELONG

IN: Cameron Mooney, Paul Chapman
OUT: Harry Taylor (omitted), Tom Hawkins (omitted)

B: Tom Harley, Matthew Scarlett, Andrew Mackie
HB: Darren Milburn, Max Rooke, Corey Enright
C: Joel Selwood, Cameron Ling, Jimmy Bartel
HF: Steve Johnson, Cameron Mooney, Mathew Stokes
F: Paul Chapman, Tom Lonergan, Jame Kelly
FOLL: Mark Blake, Joel Corey, Gary Ablett
INT: Brad Ottens, Travis Varcoe, Shannon Byrnes, David Wojcinski
EMER: Brent Prismall, Harry Taylor, Tom Hawkins

KANGAROOS

IN: Davies, Thompson, Brown
OUT: Nathan Thompson (knee), Corey Jones (ankle), Shannon Watt (omitted)

B: Daniel Pratt, Josh Gibson, Scott Thompson
HB: Gavin Urquhart, Michael Firrito, Ben Davies*
C: Matt Riggio, Adam Simpson, Brady Rawlings
HF: Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Scott McMahon
F: Matt Campbell, David Hale, Lindsay Thomas
FOLL: Hamish McIntosh, Daniel Harris, Ed Lower
INT: Sam Power, Shannon Grant, Leigh Brown, Leigh Harding
EMER: Ben Ross, Shannon Watt, Josh Smith

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Update 6/6/2008

(The Cattery's comments in brackets)
Player Injury Onset Estimated Return

David Johnson hamstring strain Rnd 9 Rnd 14
Josh Hunt shoulder injury Rnd 9 Rnd 11
Matthew Egan navicular stress fracture Last season End of season
Paul Chapman hamstring strain R9 training Rnd 11
Scott Simpson knee injury Rnd 8 Rnd 12

KANGAROOS INJURY LIST

Player Injury Onset Estimated Return

Aaron Edwards fibula fracture Rnd 6 Rnd 17
Alan Obst collapsed lung Rnd 8 Rnd 13
Andrew Swallow ankle injury Rnd 7 Rnd 13
Daniel Wells knee injury Rnd 8 Rnd 11
Jess Sinclair ankle injury Rnd 9 Rnd 15
Jesse Smith hamstring strain Rnd 7 Rnd 13
Lachlan Hansen knee injury Rnd 7 Rnd 11
Leigh Adams knee ACL Rnd 4 End of season
Levi Greenwood groin injury Rnd 8 Rnd 11
Robert Tarrant shoulder dislocation Rnd 1 Rnd 18

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CATS DESTROY KANGAROOS, THROUGH TO PRELIMINARY FINAL
Ben Jensen 10 September 2007

By Ben Jensen GEELONG CATS V KANGAROOS GEELONG comprehensively thrashed the Kangaroos by one hundred and six points in front of 77,630 at the MCG on a brilliant September afternoon today. The Cats earn the week off and will face the winner of West Coast and Collingwood in the first Preliminary Final, probably on the Friday night, at the MCG. The core of the 2002 VFL Premiership team are determined to go one better in the AFL in three weeks' time, and won't be satisfied with anything less.

10 SEPTEMBER 2007 CATS DESTROY KANGAROOS, THROUGH TO PRELIMINARY FINAL

GEELONG 3.5 10.10 16.16 23.18 (156) DEFEATED
KANGAROOS 3.0 4.1 6.1 8.2 (50)

GOALS
GEELONG: C Mooney 5 P Chapman 5 N Ablett 3 C Enright 2 G Ablett 2 B Ottens 2 J Bartel S Johnson M Stokes A Mackie
KANGAROOS: H McIntosh S Grant L Brown D Petrie M Firrito A Edwards B Harvey D Wells

BEST
GEELONG: G Ablett J Bartel T Harley M Scarlett P Chapman J Selwood B Ottens C Ling
KANGAROOS: B Rawlings M Firrito A McIntosh A Edwards

VFL

VFL ROUND 9
CASEY SCORPIONS V GEELONG
SATURDAY 8 JUNE, 14:00 AEST
CASEY FIELDS

GEELONG

B Bedford Kangars Donohue
HB Hollmer Taylor Laidler
C Davenport Prismall Tenace
HF Gamble Mumford Hogan
F Djerrkura Hawkins Moles
FOLL West Firman Cheep
INT Barnes Wilson Stavenuiter Urie Dewey Butler
Larcombe Potter

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VFL ROUND FOURTEEN 2007
GEELONG V CASEY SCORPIONS
SUNDAY 15 JULY 2007 14:00 AEST
CASEY FIELDS
SHOCK DEFEAT BY CASEY SCORPIONS

THE BENDIGO BANK CATS lost top spot on the TruEnergy VFL ladder with a one point loss to Casey at Cranbourne's Casey Fields on Sunday. Geelong, originally the home side but giving away the home advantage due to fears for the Skilled Stadium surface, led by just under six goals at half time but that lead was cut to just thirteen points by three quarter time. Talls Tom Lonergan and Todd Grima kicked three goals apiece while for Casey Fergus Watts also booted three.

CASEY 2.2 4.6 9.8 12.12 (84) DEFEATED
GEELONG 7.2 10.3 12.3 13.5 (83)

GOALS
CASEY: F. Watts 3, N. Carmody 2, B. Voss 2, T. Makepeace, B. Brooks, R. Eddy, D. Armitage, J. Sweeney
GEELONG: T. Lonergan 3, T. Grima 3, J. Davenport 2, L. Forbes, T. West, J. Walker, N. Djerrkura, M. Firman

BEST
CASEY: N. Carmody, M. Ferguson, B. Voss, S. Harrison, F. Watts, J. Gwilt
GEELONG: J. Davenport, M. Firman, S. Byrnes, S. King, D. Johnson, S. Owen

CASEY SCORPIONS

B R. Clarke Silvagni Taylor
HB Garrubba Wall Baker
C X. Clarke Gwilt Matthews
HF Howard Rix Dunne
F C. Gardiner Allen McDonald
FOLL McEvoy Eddy McQualter
INT Geary Steven Ferguson Parker Campbell M. Gardiner L. Fisher O'Bryan Fiora Panozza Armitage Miles

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