CATS BREAK RECORD WITH WIN OVER KANGAROOS
Ben Jensen 7 May 2011

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS V NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS GEELONG has broken the VFL/AFL record for most consecutive wins at the one venue, with their 25th win in a row after defeating North Melbourne by 66 points in front of just under 24,000 at Geelong's Skilled Stadium. MATCH PREVIEW

Geelong led from start to finish, but was challenged by North up until the ten minute mark of the second quarter, but from then on it was all Geelong, the Cats kicking four straight to open up a five goal lead, which the margin remained at half time. The Cats used a shock and awe tactic in the third term, booting five goals before the Kangaroos could even score. The Roos managed three in a row of their own but a goal from best on ground Travis Varcoe pushed the Cats' lead back to 54 points at the final break. A three goal to one final term saw the Cats round out the win by 66 points, making their record six from six this season, ahead of their top of the table clash with Collingwood at the MCG next Friday night.

GEELONG: 4.4 10.5 16.11 19.13 (127) DEFEATED
NORTH MELBOURNE: 3.3 5.5 8.5 9.7 (61)

GOALS
GEELONG: Stokes 3, Podsiadly 3, Menzel 2, Varcoe 2, Selwood 2, Mackie, Kelly, Milburn, Duncan, Hawkins, Chapman, Bartel
NORTH MELBOURNE: Petrie 3, Wright 2, Thomas, Wells, Harper, Speight

BEST
GEELONG: Varcoe, Selwood, Podsiadly, Corey, Bartel, Kelly, Stokes
NORTH MELBOURNE: Wells, Anthony, Rawlings, Petrie

INJURIES
GEELONG: Steve Johnson (shoulder); replaced in selected side by Allen Christensen
NORTH MELBOURNE: Nil

REPORTS
GEELONG: Nil
NORTH MELBOURNE: Nil

CROWD: 23,669 at Skilled Stadium, Geelong

UMPIRES: FIELD: Shane Stewart (10) Ray Chamberlain (18) Chris Kamolins (19) EM: Stuart Wenn (22)
BOUNDARY: Chris Gordon Chris Bull Drew Kowalski Darren Wilson
GOAL: Luke Walker Mark Canning EM: Peter Gonis