Geelong's 'seconds' play in the Victorian Football League (VFL), an amalgamation of sorts between the former Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the old AFL Reserves competition. The AFL Reserves was known as the Victorian State Football League (VSFL) for a few years after the original VFL became the AFL in 1990. Geelong remains the only AFL club to field a 'standalone' team in the VFL. In 2003 the last of the standalone teams, the Kangaroos, Essendon, and Carlton all formed alliances with 'old' VFA teams, Port Melbourne, Bendigo and the Northern Bullants, respectively.

Geelong won the Premiership in 2002, inspired by a talented mix of experience and youth (pictured above). Coached by Captain Tim McGrath, local legend Ronn Watt, ably assisted by 'supercoach' Terry Emond and other Geelong support staff, the Cats defeated Port Melbourne (then aligned with the Sydney Swans) in the Grand Final at Optus Oval in front of over 10,000 fans. It was Geelong's first Premiership at any level since 1982.

In addition to those AFL listed players not in the AFL side, 'Rookie' listed players as well as other 'Supplementary' (I hate that word) players make up the VFL side. The supplementary players are typically drawn from the local leagues, usually the Geelong Football League (GFL). In recent years loacl players such as Andrew Merriman, Adam Cook, Tom Lyons, Mathew Jovanovic, Tyson Blackney and Warwick Knucky have played for Geelong.

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SEASON 2006 - A NEW HOPE

Season 2006 fixture (VFL WEBSITE)

ROUND ELEVEN

ROUND 11 - SUNDAY 18 JUNE 13:00
GEELONG V TASMANIA
SKILLED STADIUM

TEAM LIST

ROUND TEN

ROUND 10 - SUNDAY 11 JUNE 14:00
WILLIAMSTOWN V GEELONG
BURBANK OVAL

TEAM LIST

WILLIAMSTOWN 4.5 8.13 11.14 18.16 (124) DEFEATED
GEELONG 3.5 5.5 9.8 12.10 (82)

GOALS: WILLIAMSTOWN: Williams 4 Rose 3 Galea 3 Cox 2 Cloke 2 Johnson McKenzie Lloyd Egan.
GEELONG: Playfair 4 Byrne 2 Prismall 2 Davenport Koulouriotis Johnson Tenace.

BEST: WILLIAMSTOWN: Johnson Lawry Cloke Lloyd Walker Anthony.
GEELONG: Byrne Lonergan Grima West Batchelor Playfair.

ROUND NINE

ROUND 9 - SUNDAY 4 JUNE 14:00
NORTH BALLARAT (KANGAROOS AFFILIATE) V GEELONG
AUSTAR ARENA

TEAM LIST

GEELONG 4.3 9.5 15.9 19.11 (125) DEFEATED
NORTH BALLARAT 5.1 12.2 13.4 15.6 (96)

GOALS

GEELONG M. McCarthy 6, K. Kingsley 2, L. Forbes 2, N. Butler, D. Wojcinski, H. Playfair, T. Lonergan, K. Tenace, N. Batchelor, S. Owen, J. Davenport, T. Varcoe
NORTH BALLARAT S. Rocca 6, D. Whyman 4, L. Harding, M. Sharkey, D. McConnell, B. Le Cras, S. Clifton

BEST
GEELONG M. McCarthy, P. Koulouriotis, T. Lonergan, D. Wojcinski, R. Gamble, N. Batchelor
NORTH BALLARAT O. Stephenson, M. Jamison, M. Sharkey, S. Rocca, B. Grima, C. Urch

ROUND EIGHT

ROUND 8 - SUNDAY 28 MAY 13:00
GEELONG V SANDRINGHAM (MELBOURNE AFFILIATE)
SKILLED STADIUM

GEELONG 2.2 12.7 15.8 18.9 (117) DEFEATED
SANDRINGHAM 4.4 8.5 8.10 13.17 (95)

BEST:
GEELONG: Callan Byrne Blake Ablett Spencer Batchelor
SANDRINGHAM: Warnock Gallagher Summers Smith Corp Hughes

GOALS:
GEELONG: Batchelor 3 Cook 3 Ablett 2 Gamble 2 Forbes 2 Owen West Lonergan McCarthy Cheep Davenport
SANDRINGHAM: Motlop 4 Smith 3 Summers 2 Hughes Holland Read Gallagher

ROUND SEVEN

ROUND 7 - SUNDAY 21 MAY 14:00
WERRIBEE (BULLDOGS AFFILIATE) V GEELONG
CHIRNSIDE PARK

GEELONG 6.3 16.8 19.11 25.16 (166) DEFEATED
WERRIBEE 4.2 8.4 13.6 17.8 (110)

GEELONG
GOALS: T. Lonergan 5, A. Mackie 5, S. Byrnes 4, J. Davenport 3, J. Byrne 2, N. Batchelor 2, P. Koulouriotis, M. McCarthy, S. Hunt, C. Gardiner
BEST: A. Mackie, M. Blake, T. Lonergan, S. Byrnes, P. Koulouriotis, D. Wojcinski

WERRIBEE
GOALS: J. Allan 4, J. Podsiadly 3, B. Robinson 3, B. Murphy 2, W. Twomey 2, S. Power, C. Faulkner, S. Higgins
BEST: B. Robinson, J. Young, J. Allan, M. Sleeman, R. Castello, S. Hassan

ROUND SIX

ROUND FIVE

ROUND 5 - SATURDAY 6 MAY 13:00
GEELONG V 'FRANGAS' FRANKSTON
SKILLED STADIUM

GEELONG 3.2 5.6 6.7 11.7 (73) DEFEATED
FRANGAS 0.5 2.6 6.12 9.13 (67)

GEELONG
GOALS: S. Johnson 5, M. McCarthy 3, N. Ablett, T. Grima, T. Varcoe
BEST: M. Stokes, T. Lonergan, S. Johnson, M. Blake, P. Koulouriotis, T. Callan

FRANGAS
GOALS: M. Marigliani 3, M. Burns 3, A. Edwards, D. Clarke, P. Kennedy
BEST: B. Murphy, A. Roberts, P. Kennedy, A. Eames, C. Ongarello, N. Benbow

ROUND FOUR

ROUND 4 - SATURDAY 29 APRIL 14:00
TASMANIA V GEELONG
AURORA STADIUM (TASMANIA)

TASMANIA 8.5 10.7 12.9 16.13 (109) DEFEATED
GEELONG 1.3 9.6 12.10 13.12 (90)

TASMANIA
GOALS: H. McIntosh 3, S. McMahon 3, C. Thurley 2, J. Rawlings 2, T. Bartlett 2, B. Beams, B. Atkin, B. Moran, B. Geappen
BEST: J. Gibson, B. Geappen, C. Jones, N. Grima, H. McIntosh, I. Callinan

GEELONG
GOALS: S. Johnson 5, J. Davenport 2, S. Byrnes 2, J. Byrne, N. Ablett, N. Butler, T. Varcoe
BEST: M. Stokes, J. Davenport, S. Byrnes, A. Mackie, S. Johnson, N. Butler

ROUND THREE

ROUND 3 - SUNDAY 23 APRIL 14:00
PORT MELBOURNE V GEELONG
TEAC OVAL (DID TEAC ACTUALLY PAY THE BILL?)

PORT MELBOURNE 3.2 7.3 14.6 17.8 (110) DEFEATED
GEELONG 5.2 9.7 12.9 16.10 (106)

PORT MELBOURNE
GOALS: S. Lawrence 4, D. Pitt 2, S. Pleming 2, R. Bloomfield, B. Morrison, N. Becker, R. Nayna, R. Nahas, T. Pinwill, K. McGlynn, L. Cotchett, R. McMahon
BEST: T. Hooker, R. McMahon, W. Carlyle, M. Smith, S. Lawrence, T. Pinwill

GEELONG
GOALS: C. Gardiner 6, B. Prismall 4, J. Cheep 2, J. Davenport 2, M. Torney, A. Mackie
BEST: B. Prismall, C. Gardiner, S. Hunt, J. Davenport, R. Gamble, T. Grima

TEAM LISTS

ROUND TWO

ROUND 2 - SATURDAY 15 APRIL 10:30AM
GEELONG V COBURG TIGERS
SKILLED STADIUM

The Bendigo Bank Cats overcame a three goal deficit at three quarter time to win by ten points, over Richmond affiliate Coburg as a curtain raiser to the AFL game. Tom Lonergan continued his good form with five goals, and is a good chance to come into the AFL side to replace captain Steven King.

Next Sunday the Cats play in a traditional Sunday game, against winless and newly-standalone club, Port Melbourne, at their TEAC Oval.

GEELONG 2.3 5.8 7.9 14.11 (95) DEFEATED
COBURG TIGERS 4.3 6.5 10.9 12.13 (85)

BEST:
GEELONG: Wojcinski [SHOULD COME IN THIS WEEK] Prismall Lonergan Byrne Spencer Grima
COBURG TIGERS: Ronaldson Foley Rodan Shelton Neville Krakouer

GOALS:
GEELONG: Lonergan 5 [A CHANCE TO REPLACE KING] Ablett 2 Wojcinski 2 Gamble Callan Rudd Stokes Cook
COBURG TIGERS: Krakouer 3 Stafford 2 Rodan 2 Chaffey Foley Meyer White Hughes

ROUND ONE

ROUND 1 - SATURDAY 8 APRIL 10:15AM
GEELONG V NORTH BALLARAT
SKILLED STADIUM

GEELONG 2.2 7.4 10.5 12.9 (81) DEFEATED BY
NORTH BALLARAT 3.4 10.6 20.12 24.14 (158)

GEELONG
GOALS: T. Lonergan 4, B. Prismall 2, M. Torney 2, J. Byrne, T. Grima, R. Gamble, M. Stokes
BEST: T. Lonergan, T. Callan, M. Stokes, T. Sheringham, J. Byrne, B. Prismall

NORTH BALLARAT
GOALS: S. Rocca 6, B. Le Cras 6, N. Saunders 5, M. Searl 2, E. Sansbury 2, S. Dinnell, B. Goodes, A. Swallow
BEST: M. Searl, A. Swallow, B. Le Cras, N. Saunders, S. Rocca, S. Moloney Apple

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